A New Spinosaurid and a Spinosaurus Swimming Update
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
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🗓️ 7 March 2024
⏱️ 57 minutes
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The latest spinosaurid, Riojavenatrix lacustris, was named from Spain; An update on the swimming Spinosaurus debate; And a new mamenchisaurid was named "Jingia", but a moth has that name so it will be renamed soon.
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Dinosaur of the day Walgettosuchus, an opalized tail vertebra that was found in Australia in 1905.
In dinosaur news this week:
- There’s a new mamenchisaurid sauropod, "Jingia" dongxingensis, but it will be renamed soon
- A new spinosaurid was named from Spain, Riojavenatrix lacustris, the "La Rioja huntress from the lake"
- A new paper adds to the debate on how spinosaurs hunted and if/how they swam
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| 1:02.0 | Hello and welcome to I Know Dino. I'm Garrett. And I'm Sabrina. And today in our 484th episode, we have a whole bunch of spinosaurus and spinosaur stuff to talk about. We've got a new spinosaur as well as an update on how likely it is that there were diving sailbacked Spinosaurus. But don't worry, if you weren't looking for Spinosaur this episode, we've also got a new Mementiosaur, which is the sauropods known for their really long necks. |
| 1:12.1 | But then for the fun fact, I'm going back to the Spinosaurus. |
| 1:16.7 | So lots of Spinosaur action. |
| 1:19.7 | We also have Dinosaur of the Day, Walgetta suckus. |
| 1:22.9 | Or Walgettasocus, if you want to say it that way. |
| 1:27.0 | True. |
| 1:27.2 | And I know we teased the Ankylosaur's last episode, but... get a succus if you want to say it that way. True. |
| 1:33.3 | And I know we teased the anchylosaurs last episode, but this paper about diving sphinosaurs came out and we couldn't resist. |
| 1:34.6 | So the anchylosores are next week. |
| 1:37.4 | Yeah, the paper has been in preprint for a few months and it's been on our radar. |
| 1:41.6 | People have talked about it a little bit. |
| 1:44.0 | And it's the ongoing debate that everybody's interested in. |
| 1:47.3 | So we figured, delay this episode to 11 a.m. when the embargo lifts, and we can get straight into it. |
| 1:56.6 | But before we do, we want to thank some of our patrons for helping to make this podcast possible. |
| 2:02.0 | And this week we have 10 patrons to thank. |
| 2:04.1 | And they are Ray, Adamantosaurus, Lou, Chris, Dr. Eric Nefarious, Larissa, Linda, |
| 2:15.3 | Joao, lazy dump truck, |
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