022 - Dinosaurs That Buck The Trend (Therizinosaurus and Psittacosaurus)
ReferencesTherizinosaurs in pictures, although Mark Witton has since indicated that this is probably not an accurate look, even if it did have feathersYour Dinosaurs Are Wrong once again bringing the ...
23 Okt 202033min
021 - Common Not-Dinosaurs (Dimetrodon and Ichthyosaurus)
ReferencesI decided to look up what dolphin skeletons looked like. I regret that decision.The big book of paleoart that is mentioned in the episode.A discussion of that book, in progress, with a copy ...
9 Okt 202035min
020 - Long Lads (Mamenchisaurus and Tanystropheus)
ReferencesThe Long Boyes subredditMark Witton on the likely life-behaviour of Tanystropheus from 2015Recent paper on Tanystropheus, detailing the two species and its aquatic lifestyleWhy giraffes have...
25 Sep 202032min
019 - The Dinosaurs That Made Us (Acinonyx and Compsognathus)
ReferencesThomas Huxley’s paper where he puts Compsognathus as a sister taxon to Dinosauria (a bold move, to be sure) and makes fun of the name “Dinosauria” (possibly a bolder move)Get In TouchEmail: ...
11 Sep 202037min
018 - Were Dinosaurs Warm-Blooded? (Apatosaurus and Corythosaurus)
ReferencesComparison of ornithiscian dinosaurs with modern reptiles, looking at who may have been “warm blooded”Discussion of whether dinosaurs were warm blooded from 1990Sharks keep their eyes warmDi...
28 Aug 202035min
017 - Velociraptor: Fact and Fiction (Velociraptor)
ReferencesYDAW episode on Velociraptor, covering just about everything you could want to know about this beastVelociraptor definitely had feathersThe “fighting dinosaurs” fossil is remarkably poorly-d...
14 Aug 202044min
016 - The Scoop on Dino-poop (Borealopelta and Gryposaurus)
ReferencesDiscussion of evidence of late sauropods (titanosaurs) eating grasses in India, as seen in their poopRhamphorynchus with a big ol’ fish in its stomachTurns out herbivorous dinosaurs ate plan...
31 Juli 202033min
015 - Super Sauropods (Nigersaurus and Bajadasaurus)
ReferencesSauropod egg sizeSauropod parentingThis is the best source I have on baby sauropods running. All the sources I can find are press releases from late 2010, and I haven’t been able to find any...
17 Juli 202037min
