We have so many Microraptor specimens we know the color of their feathers, how they molted, what they ate, and much more. Plus a new hypothesis for why the first wings may have evolved. On a lighter note we cover some famous pop-culture dinosaurs: Rodan, Godzillasaurus, Ultimasaurus, and Toronto's Raptor mascot.

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Dinosaur of the day Microraptor, a small 4 or 5 winged dinosaur that we first knew from just a tail, but now we even know what it ate.

In dinosaur news this week:Dinosaur feathers were a lot more like bird feathers than we thoughtScientists have a new framework for figuring out if a dinosaur could flyA robotic Caudipteryx demonstrated how dinosaurs could have used their “half” wings to startle insects (and eat them) 

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Microraptor revisited and April Fowl's Day

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Dinosaur of the day Tarbosaurus, the Mongolian version of T. rex.

Interview with Dr. Phil Currie, the Canadian paleontologist who came up with the theory that carnivorous dinosaurs, like tyrannosaurs, lived in gangs. He is also the professor of the Coursera class, Dino 101, via the University of Alberta.




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Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaur brains didn't fill their whole skull. Plus Kallie Moore joins from the fantastic YouTube channel PBS Eons and shares how the project started and how it's going.

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Dinosaur of the day Xiaosaurus, a small forest-dwelling ornithischian from the Jurassic.

Interview with Kallie Moore, the Collections Manager/Fossil Librarian at the University of Montana Paleontology Center, co-host of the YouTube channel PBS Eons, and executive producer for the documentary Why Dinosaurs? Follow her on Instagram @fossil_librarian

In dinosaur news this week:T. rex was not nearly as smart as a baboon, according to a new study of dinosaur intelligence based on brain size and neuron counts 

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T. rex Intelligence and Kallie Moore from PBS Eons

How we can tell dinosaur brain size and shape from their skulls; Evidence from the brain of Thescelosaurus shows it may have burrowed; Plus an update on Ornithoscelida

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Dinosaur of the day Dracovenator, a close relative of Dilophosaurus from the Jurassic of South Africa.

In dinosaur news this week:Brain size varied in dinosaursTurns out, the dinosaur Thescelosaurus had a powerful sense of smell, a sensitive vestibular system, but terrible hearing—all which may mean it was a burrowerA new hiking trail with 134 sauropod dinosaur footprints is now open to the public in Colorado, according to The Denver GazetteThe Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park is opening in June in New Jersey


Listener Questions:What would a real "modern tyrannosaur" look like?Update on the Ornithoscelida debate (where theropods and ornithischians are grouped together). We also explain Saurischia (sauropods + theropods) and Phytodinosauria/Ornithischiformes (sauropods + ornithischians).


Fun Fact: According to the Dinosaur Heresies, pterosaurs are dinosaurs.




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Dinosaur Brains and Early Dinosaur Evolution

a new titanosaur from central Patagonia that lived alongside Carnotaurus; "Jingia" is now Jingiella; Two new studies help show why dinosaurs took over the Jurassic world

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Dinosaur of the day Limusaurus, a fascinating dinosaur that started out with over 40 teeth, but had their teeth completely replaced by a beak by the time they turned one.

In dinosaur news this week:A new Patagonian titanosaur, Titanomachya gimenezi, was named after an epic battle of the Greek godsThe mamenchisaurid sauropod “Jingia” dongxingensis has been renamed to Jingiella dongxingensisHaving a wide variety of limb proportions and gaits helped dinosaurs become a successEarly dinosaurs grew fast, and that was a good thing for them, but they weren't the only ones to grow quickly 

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Titanomachya: The downfall of the titan(osaur)s

Thyreosaurus was a stegosaur, but wore its armor like an ankylosaur; A new iguanodontian, Hesperonyx, was named from Portugal; and dinosaur of the day Eotyrannus, a large early tyrannosauroid

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Dinosaur of the day Eotyrannus, a tyrannosauroid from the Early Cretaceous which was surprisingly large for its time—aptly named the "dawn tyrant".

In dinosaur news this week:A new stegosaur, Thyreosaurus atlasicus, had large oval plates different than any other stegosaurA new iguanodontian, Hesperonyx martinhotomasorum, was found in PortugalDinosaurs and concrete have a lot in common 

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Microraptor revisited and April Fowl's Day

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