The sauropodomorph Lufengosaurus appears to have fed its young. Plus two new dinosaurs, a ceratopsian and a titanosaur; Plateosaurus tail injuries; and the connection between the bubonic plague and dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur of the day Saichania, an ankylosaur known for its pretty face.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new ceratopsian dinosaur, Sasayamagnomus saegusai
• There’s a new titanosaur sauropod, Qunkasaura pintiquiniestra
• Damage to a number of tails may mean the sauropodomorph Plateosaurus often had to live with its injuries
• Long necked dinosaurs did care! The basal sauropodomorph Lufengosaurus probably took care of and fed its young

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Edward Dolnick joins to discuss how scientists and the general public viewed dinosaurs in the early 1800s. Plus hadrosaurs living in age-separated groups, two new hadrosauroids: Coahuilasaurus from Mexico and Qianjiangsaurus from China, and the latest installment in the Jurassic Park franchise will be called Jurassic World Rebirth and come out on July 2, 2025

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Dinosaur of the day Theiophytalia, an iguanodontian that was originally thought to be from the Jurassic (due to a Bone Wars shipping mix-up), but actually lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now Colorado.

Interview with Edward Dolnick, the author of the book, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party, which is about how a group of Victorians discovered prehistoric animals and it changed our understanding of the world

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new kritosaurin hadrosaur dinosaur, Coahuilasaurus lipani
• There’s a new hadrosauroid ornithopod dinosaur, Qianjiangsaurus changshengi
• The hadrosaur Hypacrosaurus lived in groups separated by age (juveniles lived separately from adults)
• The new Jurassic World film, coming out next July 2, has a title: Jurassic World Rebirth

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Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus was just named from Kyrgyzstan, plus a new abelisaurid from France, and a Triassic dinosaur in Brazil. We also discuss if dinosaur mounts are art and a few new dinosaur books.

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Dinosaur of the day Confuciusornis, a crow-sized dinosaur that is known from potentially over 1,000 specimens.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new allosauroid theropod dinosaur, Alpkarakush kyrgyzicus, that was found in Kyrgyzstan
• There’s a new abelisaurid theropod dinosaur, Caletodraco cottardi, described from Normandy, France
• Should dinosaur skeletal mounts be considered works of art?
• A couple new dinosaur books

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