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The bare-bones dinosaur edu-tainment podcast! Join your hosts David and Michaela in their journey of dinosaur discovery, starting with the very basics and moving on to the latest dino digs.... more
FAQs about The Dinosource:How many episodes does The Dinosource have?The podcast currently has 47 episodes available.
December 18, 2020026 - Spooky Scary Theropods (Concavenator and Ceratosaurus)ReferencesQuick primer on why illegally smuggling fossils is badThesaurus tea company, for those who are interestedConcavenator’s introductory paperIcthyovenator is the anti-ConcavenatorCeratosaurus’ forelimb researchGet In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more35minPlay
December 04, 2020025 - Ceratopsids (Styracosaurus and Protoceratops)ReferencesDinosaurs were not on the way out when the asteroid hit, new research findsProtoceratops nest with 15 juveniles preservedProtoceratops preserved with its footprintYDAW on StyracosaurusCotylorhynchus, the anti-ceratopsidDarren Naish discussing the possibility that ceratopsid frills were attached to the rest of their body all the way up (it’s not likely)Protoceratops fossil with multiple standing on top of each otherGet In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more38minPlay
November 20, 2020024 - Extinction Events (Saurolophus and Tiktaalik)ReferencesLIFE magazine from the 1950’s treats “racial senescence” like it’s a real thing that makes any senseThere’s a paper which tries to estimate which dinosaurs were alive at the time of the K-Pg extinction event. I don’t think it’s very good.Of course, David is immediately shown to be wrong about dinosaurs possibly being on the way out when the space-rock hit.Get In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more42minPlay
November 06, 2020023 - SVP 2020 Roundup (Daspletosaurus and Ouranosaurus)ReferencesDino butt!Tetrapod Zoology discussing a few things, including discussing Dr Unwin’s controversial pterosaur paper/press releaseUnwin and Martill on pterosaur fibres (or lack thereof)Dr Tsai’s paper on saurischian hip adaptationsSailbacks vs buffalo-backs in dinosaursBertozzo et al on OuranosaurusGet In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more49minPlay
October 23, 2020022 - Dinosaurs That Buck The Trend (Therizinosaurus and Psittacosaurus)ReferencesTherizinosaurs in pictures, although Mark Witton has since indicated that this is probably not an accurate look, even if it did have feathersYour Dinosaurs Are Wrong once again bringing the cold, hard facts about TherizinosaurusPsittacosaurus looked funny and also may have been spelled very different from how you imaginedOsborn’s paper describing Psittacosaurus2016 paper by Vinther et al showing off Psittacosaurus’ colourationWe’ve touched on it before, but feathers on a large animal like Therizinosaurus might have hindered more than they helpedGet In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more34minPlay
October 09, 2020021 - Common Not-Dinosaurs (Dimetrodon and Ichthyosaurus)ReferencesI decided to look up what dolphin skeletons looked like. I regret that decision.The big book of paleoart that is mentioned in the episode.A discussion of that book, in progress, with a copy of Riou’s famous (and much copied) illustrationPBS Eons’ episode on DimetrodonPBS Eons with more info on synapsidsWhy not more Eons? Here’s their episode on ichthyosaursGet In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more36minPlay
September 25, 2020020 - Long Lads (Mamenchisaurus and Tanystropheus)ReferencesThe Long Boyes subredditMark Witton on the likely life-behaviour of Tanystropheus from 2015Recent paper on Tanystropheus, detailing the two species and its aquatic lifestyleWhy giraffes have long necks, courtesy of the BBCWhy do animals have long necks? My new favourite paperGet In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more33minPlay
September 11, 2020019 - The Dinosaurs That Made Us (Acinonyx and Compsognathus)ReferencesThomas Huxley’s paper where he puts Compsognathus as a sister taxon to Dinosauria (a bold move, to be sure) and makes fun of the name “Dinosauria” (possibly a bolder move)Get In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more37minPlay
September 04, 2020Movie Madness 01 - VelocipastorA bit of a break from normal this week, as our hosts have watched the famously bad, low-budget comedy horror movie "Velocipastor".Get In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more26minPlay
August 28, 2020018 - Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded? (Apatosaurus and Corythosaurus)ReferencesComparison of ornithiscian dinosaurs with modern reptiles, looking at who may have been “warm blooded”Discussion of whether dinosaurs were warm blooded from 1990Sharks keep their eyes warmDid you know that sloths don’t have a steady body temperature? Weird but true.Mark Witton has written an excellent blog post on the operating temperatures of animals, and talks about how large animals are more concerned with shedding heat than generating itLooking for our series on the Bone Wars? Look no further!Big dinos had difficulty shedding heat, not keeping itEagle et al’s paper looking at fossilized teeth to determine the temperature at which they were formedA follow-up paper by Eagle doing more of the same, but for different fossilsAnd further replication of these resultsGet In TouchEmail: [email protected]Twitter: @TheDinosourceThanks to June "McGreatness" Paik for our lovely podcast artwork....more36minPlay
FAQs about The Dinosource:How many episodes does The Dinosource have?The podcast currently has 47 episodes available.