Three New Troodontids from Mongolia, China, and Japan

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🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Harenadraco, the sand dragon; Hypnovenator the sleep hunter; and Urbacodon norelli, Norell's URBA-tooth are all recently named troodontids. Plus some new good kid's books and our sixth Di-Know-It-All Challenge.

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Dinosaur of the day Tianyuraptor, a small raptor from China, with unusually short arms.

In dinosaur news this week:

The "sand dragon" from Mongolia, Harenadraco prima [sic], is the first troodontid from the Baruungoyot Formation
There’s a new troodontid dinosaur, Hypnovenator matsubaraetoheorum, found in a sleeping position in Japan
There’s a new troodontid species, Urbacodon norelli, known for its large unique teeth

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0:40.9	Hello and welcome to I Know Dino.
0:44.1	Keep up with the latest dinosaur discoveries in science with us.
0:45.0	I'm Garrett.
0:45.8	And I'm Sabrina.
0:52.6	And today in our 507th episode, we have three new troodontids.
0:58.5	Yes, all from Asia. We also talk about some new kids dinosaur books because it's the end of summer, so it seems like a good time for some end of summer reading.
1:04.7	Hopefully it's not too late. Yeah. And we have Dinosaur of the Day, Tianu Raptor, which is a small Dramasaur from China.
1:13.3	We've also got our sixth installment of our Dinoidol challenge.
1:18.7	And a fun fact, which is that different theropods evolved different air sac systems.
1:25.2	And those systems are what made their bones lighter.
1:28.4	But before we get into all of that, as always, we'd like to thank some of our patrons.
1:32.5	And this week, we have a new patron to thank, and that is Steve T.Rex.
1:36.4	Thank you very much for joining.
1:38.1	And then rounding out our shoutouts, we've got Staijakosaurus, Tomasaurus, Brossus girl, it's Devin Baby, Anne, James Pasco, Reed, Dennis, and Mary
1:53.1	Sorolophis.
1:54.7	Yes, thank you so much, Dinoidals.
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