Nanosaurus - Episode 217
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast
I KNOW DINO, LLC
4.7 • 653 Ratings
🗓️ 23 January 2019
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Dinosaur of the day Nanosaurus, a small herbivorous dinosaur from the Late Jurassic.
Interview with Tom Holtz, principal lecturer at the University of Maryland’s Department of Geology and the Faculty Director of the Science and Global Change Program. His primary focus is theropods, especially tyrannosaurids. He has also written several books, including Dinosaurs: The Most Complete Up-to-Date Encyclopedia for Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages and Jurassic World Dinosaur Field Guide. Follow him on twitter @TomHoltzPaleo
In dinosaur news this week:
- Our first new dinosaur of 2019 is Adynomosaurus, the “weak shouldered” hadrosaur from Northeast Spain
- Bob the 90% complete Triceratops from North Dakota is back on sale
- In Mongolia, two men were arrested while trying to sell a dinosaur fossil after posting it on Facebook
- Dinosaurs Take Flight: The Art of Archaeopteryx opened at Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History
- The American Museum of Natural History in New York has a new exhibit, T. rex: The Ultimate Predator opening on March 11
- The Natural History Museum in London and the Science Museum next door will have related exhibits opening in 2020 featuring dinosaurs
- The app MyFossil allows you to upload fossil images from the field to compare and discuss findings and techniques
- Tri-C, a community college in Cleveland, Ohio, has a new Triceratops mascot
- The Atlantic has a fun gallery of “dinosaur statues of questionable accuracy”
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| 0:31.6 | Music Hello and welcome to I Know Dino. I'm Garrett. |
| 0:48.3 | And I'm Sabrina. |
| 0:49.4 | This week in our 217th episode, we have an interview with Dr. Thomas R. Holtz Jr. |
| 0:58.2 | of Tyrannosaur and other dinosaur fame. |
| 1:01.4 | We also have Dinosaur of the Day nanosaurus, |
| 1:05.4 | and as always a bunch of news, |
| 1:07.6 | including the first new dinosaur of 2019, |
| 1:13.8 | depending on how you determine what you're a dinosaur is from. |
| 1:15.0 | But more on that later. |
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