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.

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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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