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I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

Weird & Dead Treasures

I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

I KNOW DINO, LLC

Iknowdino, Science, Dinosaurs, Dinosaur Podcast, Earth Sciences, Dinosaur, Natural Sciences, Education

4.7653 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Amy Atwater, co-host of Weird & Dead joins to discuss some of her favorite fossils and her new book The Fossil Keeper's Treasure. Plus a new ornithomimosaur with big hands, Mexidracon, and monstersaurs

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Mochlodon, links from Amy Atwater, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Mochlodon-Episode-551/

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Dinosaur of the day Mochlodon, a stocky island dinosaur that was first found way back in 1859.

Interview with Amy Atwater, a paleontologist and science communicator, the Director of Paleontology at Friends of Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado, co-host of the podcast Weird & Dead, and author of the book “The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure”. Follow her @Mary_Annings_Revenge

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There’s a new ornithomimosaur with very large hands named Mexidracon longimanus

 

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0:00.0

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0:05.5

U.K.-slash-wondery. That's audible.com.uk slash Wondery.

0:14.0

Hello and welcome to I-No-Dino. Keep up with the latest dinosaur discoveries and science with us.

0:23.4

I'm Garrett.

0:23.9

And I'm Sabrina.

0:24.8

And today in our 551 episode, we've got an interview with Amy Atwater, paleontologist and author of the book The Fossil Keepers Treasure, as well as one of the hosts of Weird and Dead, the podcast.

0:41.3

We also have some news, a new ostrich-like dinosaur with ridiculously big hands, probably.

0:48.7

And Dinosaur of the Day, Moclodon, a stocky dinosaur that lived on an island, as well as our fun fact, which is there's a group of animals known as Monster Sores.

0:58.2

They've lived from the time of dinosaurs up to now, and there's a newly named one of them that's named for a Goblin King.

1:05.6

I thought Monster Sores was going to be like a kaiju thing, like not an actual scientific clade.

1:11.1

Oh, yes.

1:12.1

Interesting.

1:13.1

I'm excited to hear about that later.

1:15.5

But before we get into all of that, as always, we like to acknowledge the wonderful patrons who keep our podcast running.

1:22.3

And we have three new patrons to thank this week.

1:24.7

And they are Reese, Jacqueline, and Jerry. Thank you all very much for

1:29.9

joining our Patreon and keeping us going. And then rounding out our shoutouts, we've got

1:34.6

Stuart I Raptorsaurus, Dino Mimi, Doin, Grossus Girl, Deplotto Kate, and Anna Rose.

1:49.7

Thank you so much for being a dino at all in our community. We really, really appreciate it.

1:54.1

Especially in these times when we have not had a sponsor in a little while.

1:58.4

Without Patreon, we would definitely not be still going.

2:02.9

So we hope that you're enjoying all the perks that come with being a dino at all.

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