Hoplitosaurus - Episode 177
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
I KNOW DINO, LLC
4.7 • 653 Ratings
🗓️ 19 April 2018
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In our 177th episode, we got to chat with Ethan Pettus author of Primitive War, a sci-fi novel about the Vietnam War and dinosaurs that was published in early 2017.
In the news: A new dinosaur found in China named Anomalipes—think Gigantoraptor, but about 2% of the size; Lufengosaurus appears to have developed an abscess, likely after a bite by a Sinosaurus; Three sets of dinosaur tracks were found on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, the first set was published; A new material inspired by Indominus rex; museum events; and much more
Dinosaur of the day Hoplitosaurus an ankylosaurian named after the spear-toting Greeks famous for their phalanx formation.
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| 0:31.6 | Music Hello and welcome to I Know Dino. |
| 0:47.3 | I'm Gary. |
| 0:48.3 | And I'm Sabrina. |
| 0:49.3 | This week we have an interview with Ethan Pettus and just a quick warning, I guess. He wrote a book that's all about the |
| 0:57.6 | Vietnam War. So if you don't want to hear... With dinosaurs. Yes. So if you don't want to hear about |
| 1:02.6 | war, though, then you probably don't want to listen to the interview because it's a little bit |
| 1:06.5 | war themed, a little graphic potentially. A little bit graphic. |
| 1:11.6 | Yeah. |
| 1:12.1 | But on lighter news, we have Dinosaur of the Day, Hoplidosaurus, and a bunch of dinosaur |
| 1:17.7 | news. |
| 1:18.6 | And before we get into all that, we want to thank some of our patrons. |
| 1:22.1 | This week, we would like to thank Chris, Nicholas, Blaise Campbell, Trent Carbohal, Stefan, Nutmeg, Taya, and Glenn Liddell. |
| 1:32.2 | Thank you all so much for your support. |
| 1:34.6 | We really appreciate everybody who joins, and Glenn Liddell is a newcomer, so thank you for joining. |
| 1:42.6 | It really helps us out in all our ventures. We're planning on |
| 1:45.9 | going to Korea and Japan soon to see some dinosaur museum. So if you have any tips too, |
| 1:51.7 | we'd be happy to hear where we should stop by, see if we can work it into our schedule. |
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