The Shady Dinosaur and April Fowls
I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast3 Apr 2025

The Shady Dinosaur and April Fowls

Archaeocursor may have been named after an April Fool's Joke, but it was a real dinosaur.

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Earl Sinclair, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Earl Sinclair-Episode-533/

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Dinosaurs of the day: Earl Sinclair, Godzilla, & Cryptids.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There is a Shady dinosaur, and it's a Triceratops
  • A Stegosaurus just sold for over 13 million dollars using shares as a sort of "investment"
  • An Apatosaurus sold in Europe for about 6 million Euros
  • Archaeocursor asiaticus is the oldest known ornithischian from Asia
  • A 47 gram (1.7 ounce) enantiornithine bird was described with "robust teeth" and feather traces
  • The "short pubis" enantiornithean bird, Novavis pubisculata, was named from the Early Cretaceous of China
  • Navaornis hestiae was named after the Greek goddess Hestia, the oldest and youngest Olympian (Navaornis is an old bird with a modern looking skull)
  • Baminornis zhenghensis may be the first bird to ever evolve a pygostyle (to support tail feathers)
  • A new Archaeopteryx specimen was described (making it the 14th of all time)

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