Beyond Bones: Feathers
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
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🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Episode 458: Beyond Bones: Feathers. Plus a mammal found fossilized on top of (and likely fighting) a Psittacosaurus
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Dinosaur of the day Caudipteryx, A peacock sized oviraptorosaur known for its tail fan of feathers and flightless-bird-like body.
In dinosaur news this week:
- A new recreation of the color on Wulong's impressive feathers
- Beetles found in amber munching on cretaceous dinosaur feathers
- 2004 paper about the first ever parasitic louse found in the fossil record (which was eating dinosaur feathers)
- Most (maybe all) modern birds molt at least once a year, but Mesozoic dinosaurs may have molted less frequently
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| 0:41.1 | Hello and welcome to I Know Dino. I'm Garrett. |
| 0:41.7 | And I'm Sabrina. |
| 0:43.0 | And today in our 458 episode, we're talking about dinosaur feathers. |
| 0:50.5 | It's a continuation of our mini-season beyond bones. |
| 0:57.1 | And so the soft tissue for this episode is feathers. |
| 1:03.2 | We're going to be talking about their colors, how they molted, and even what ate them. |
| 1:09.0 | And in addition to that, we're going to be talking about Dinosaur of the Day, Caudipterix, which is famous for its feathers. |
| 1:15.9 | Sure is. And in case you missed it, you can check out last episode, which was the first episode of Beyond Bones, where we talked about dinosaur soft tissues overall and, you know, what they are |
| 1:22.3 | and how paleontologists have been able to study them, especially more recently. |
| 1:27.8 | Including feathers. |
| 1:29.4 | And we also have a fun fact, which is really amazing. |
| 1:33.5 | It's about another example of a mammal fighting a dinosaur, which are so rare in the fossil record. |
| 1:39.2 | So definitely stay tuned for that. |
| 1:41.9 | But before we get into all of that, we want to thank some of our patrons. |
| 1:45.6 | And this week, we have a new patron to thank. And that's Scott. Thank you very much for joining |
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| 1:57.9 | Taylor, Ayumi, Sarasaurus Rex, lazy dump truck, Ian, and James Pasco. |
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