Mononykus - Episode 218

Mononykus - Episode 218

Dinosaur of the day Mononykus, an Alvarezsaurid with tiny arms but big claws that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • Connecticut may have picked the wrong state dinosaur since Eubrontes tracks may have been made by a sauropodomorph instead of a predator
  • UV vision may have helped dinosaurs see their way through dense forests
  • There may have been an increase in asteroid impacts near the beginning of the Mesozoic
  • The lawsuit regarding Bears Ears monument status will be heard in Washington D.C.
  • Paris the Parasaurolophus sculpture has “laid an egg” (really grown a mushroom)
  • The Japanese manga series One Piece has a story arc with a group of dinosaur pirates
  • The mobile game Dino People lets you build a very simple dinosaur civilization

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