Mark Witton and the King Tyrant

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🗓️ 18 March 2026

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Plus a new alvarezsaurid theropod, Manipulonyx; A huge bonebed in Romania; new dinosaur fossils found at Dinosaur National Monument; and our first Dino Duels winners

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Dinosaur of the day Inosaurus, a dubious theropod known from vertebrae and a piece of its shin.

Interview with Mark Witton, a paleontologist, author, and artist, known for his research on pterosaurs and his work with museums, universities, and shows including Walking with Dinosaurs, Planet Dinosaur, Prehistoric Planet, and the IMAX film T. rex. He also has published a number of books, including the recently published King Tyrant. Follow him on bluesky and patreon @markwitton

In dinosaur news this week:

There’s a new alvarezsaurid theropod, Manipulonyx reshetovi
Paleontologists have found thousands of fossils in a bonebed in Romania (Hateg Basin), including bones from titanosaurs and rhabdodontids
New dinosaur fossils have been found at Dinosaur National Monument

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by the Colorado Northwestern Community College.
0:04.7	Join them for two weeks digging up fossils like dinosaur bones in northwest Colorado this summer.
0:10.3	For details, go to cNCC.edu slash paleo 26.
0:24.5	Hello and welcome to I Know Dino.
0:27.5	Keep up with the latest dinosaur discoveries and science with us.
0:28.4	I'm Garrett.
0:29.1	And I'm Sabrina.
0:36.2	And today in our 561 episode, we've got the winners of our second week of dino duels.
0:42.0	Yes, but before we get to that, we've got a new alvarosaur that may have eaten eggs.
0:49.6	There's also a new bone bed in Transylvania in the Hotsag Basin found, full of titanosaurs and turtles and more.
0:53.3	And new dinosaur bones have been found at Dinosaur National Monument.
0:59.0	We also have an interview with Mark Whitten about his book, King Tyrant. We also talk a lot about his other art.
1:01.0	And the art in King Tyrant.
1:03.0	You might know from the name Tyrannosaurus.
1:05.0	It's all about Tyrannosaurus.
1:07.0	We also have Dinosaur of the Day, Inosaurus, a dubious theropod known from vertebrae and a piece of its shin.
1:14.2	And our fun fact is that as of mid-December of 2024, 2,67 non-avian dinosaur species have been named,
1:23.3	and 1,383 of them are still considered valid today.
1:28.0	And that doesn't include IKno and Utaxa, which are footprints and eggs.
1:32.2	Actual body fossils.
1:34.2	Which means, because we're on episode 561, there are a lot more Dinosaur of the Day requests people can make.
1:41.1	Yeah, that's true, because each one of those could be a request.
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