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I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast · Friday · 1 hr 8 min

Dinosaur Growth!

Tyrannosaurus hatchlings; Tyrannosaurus took 40 years to reach full size; Some dinosaurs grew really fast and some were incredibly slow; Growth affects how much dinosaurs need parental care; A listener question about how sauropod diets changed as they grew; And a whole lot more dinosaur growth research For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tambatitanis, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tambatitanis-Episode-571/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day Tambatitanis, a titanosauriform from Japan named after the friendship between the two people who found the dinosaur. In dinosaur news this week: There’s a new titanosauriform dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensis When estimating how dinosaurs grew, some models may be missing important data points Dinosaurs were likely thicker and heavier than previously estimated How much did climate affect dinosaur body size evolution? It’s hard to say Scans of Early Triassic archosauromorph fossils show that this group had a variety of growth strategies from the beginning How scales grow as dinosaurs grow can give us some information on how they lived Tyrannosaur hatchlings may have left the nest shortly after hatching to hunt It took Tyrannosaurus rex 40 years to reach its full size Ceratosaurus grew more than 9 times faster than some of its fellow ceratosaurs The basal ornithopod Changchunsaurus was one of the slowest growing dinosaurs (that we know of) Maiasaura grew in a way that it needed a lot of parental care as a hatchling The hadrosaur Gryposaurus grew (mostly) isometrically (meaning everything grew at the same rate) The small iguanodont Dysalotosaurus had some interesting fused bones in its neck A new, tiny, young sauropodomorph sheds light on how early dinosaurs grew The titanosaur Neuquensaurus grew quickly, but differently than expected Our collectible cards were approved for a bonus month of orders! Commemorate the biggest new dinosaurs discoveries of the last year with us! You can get 6 (or 7 for patrons) cards including the unlocked Shri rapax card! Get yours now at iknowdino.com/cards and choose from cards, stickers, keychains and even a brand new custom enamel pin! Get yours soon, because they are only available for a limited time. www.iknowdino.com/cards See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Tyrannosaurus hatchlings; Tyrannosaurus took 40 years to reach full size; Some dinosaurs grew really fast and some were incredibly slow; Growth affects how much dinosaurs need parental care; A listener question about how sauropod diets changed as they grew; And a whole lot more dinosaur growth research

For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tambatitanis, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tambatitanis-Episode-571/

Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more.

Dinosaur of the day Tambatitanis, a titanosauriform from Japan named after the friendship between the two people who found the dinosaur.

In dinosaur news this week:

  • There’s a new titanosauriform dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensis
  • When estimating how dinosaurs grew, some models may be missing important data points
  • Dinosaurs were likely thicker and heavier than previously estimated
  • How much did climate affect dinosaur body size evolution? It’s hard to say
  • Scans of Early Triassic archosauromorph fossils show that this group had a variety of growth strategies from the beginning
  • How scales grow as dinosaurs grow can give us some information on how they lived
  • Tyrannosaur hatchlings may have left the nest shortly after hatching to hunt
  • It took Tyrannosaurus rex 40 years to reach its full size
  • Ceratosaurus grew more than 9 times faster than some of its fellow ceratosaurs
  • The basal ornithopod Changchunsaurus was one of the slowest growing dinosaurs (that we know of)
  • Maiasaura grew in a way that it needed a lot of parental care as a hatchling
  • The hadrosaur Gryposaurus grew (mostly) isometrically (meaning everything grew at the same rate)
  • The small iguanodont Dysalotosaurus had some interesting fused bones in its neck
  • A new, tiny, young sauropodomorph sheds light on how early dinosaurs grew
  • The titanosaur Neuquensaurus grew quickly, but differently than expected


Our collectible cards were approved for a bonus month of orders! Commemorate the biggest new dinosaurs discoveries of the last year with us! You can get 6 (or 7 for patrons) cards including the unlocked Shri rapax card! Get yours now at iknowdino.com/cards and choose from cards, stickers, keychains and even a brand new custom enamel pin! Get yours soon, because they are only available for a limited time. www.iknowdino.com/cards

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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