There's a New Stegosaur in Town!

Baiyinosaurus was one of the earliest stegosaurs ever found (from the Middle Jurassic); Debate on the evolution of the tyrannosaur Daspletosaurus; Miragaia updates; And our latest Di-Know-It-All Challenge!

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Dinosaur of the day Miragaia, a stegosaur that may be a synonym of Dacentrurus (which was named first).

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new stegosaur, Baiyinosaurus baojiensis
• A new study reaffirms that Daspletosaurus species evolved into one another (anagenesis)
• Elopteryx might be a strange climbing dinosaur with a long tail, and synonymous with Balaur

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