Almost 40 new dinosaurs have been named this year (and we still have a few months left)!

Don’t worry, we're covering them all on I Know Dino. However, it’s hard to keep up, soooo good news for our patrons: we’ve got an early access episode for you, and it’s all about 4 of the new dinosaurs!

If you could have a pet pterosaur, an anurognathid might be the best choice

They were small (one of them had an estimated wingspan of only 14 inches!) and cute, and at first glance look (maybe) a little like bats (at least to us)

(Image by Zhao Chuang, via Wikimedia Commons)

We get into the details of the watery graveyard of ceratopsians, the bird-like Jeholornis enjoying fruit in a tree, the pair of early reptiles getting cozy taking shelter from the rain, Psittacosaurus and its butt, the mammal-like reptile with 38 babies, & of course the fossil that had two heads

The stories and science are engrossing, the illustrations are stunning, and we got to talk about it all in depth with them in our latest podcast episode (plus hear some of the behind-the-scenes stories about the book)

Happy #FossilFriday!

Ever wondered how dinosaurs lived?

Award winning paleontologist @deanrlomax.bsky.social and world-renowned natural history artist @bobnichollsart.bsky.social bring to life some of the most unusual & fascinating fossils with their upcoming book “The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs”

What do (some) dinosaurs and medieval knights have in common?

Armor!

Some dinosaurs were so heavily covered in armor they were like living tanks (woot woot Ankylosaurus)

Thanks @pocketcasts.com for sharing our paleo podcasts list! Celebrate #JurassicWorldRebirth & embrace your inner science nerd w @commondescentpod.bsky.social @pbseons.bsky.social @weirdanddead.bsky.social @jurassicparkpod.bsky.social & more (& I Know Dino ;) )

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