Yuanmouraptor wasn't a raptor or a megaraptorid, but it did have two foot long jaws full of sharp, serrated, teeth. Plus a "noble" tyrannosauroid, Kileskus, that had a long crest down its head and lived about 100 million years before T. rex.

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Dinosaur of the day Kileskus, one of the oldest known tyrannosauroids. It lived in the Middle Jurassic of what is now Siberia.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new carnivorous metriacanthosaurid dinosaur, Yuanmouraptor jinshajiangensis

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Duonychus tsogtbaatari was found in what is now Mongolia with strong evidence that it only had two fingers on each hand. Plus the Jurassic World: Rebirth trailer, Walking with Dinosaurs is coming back, and more.

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Dinosaur of the day Sinovenator, a common troodontid, one of which was found curled up in a sleeping posture similar to Mei long.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new therizinosaur with just two large claws per hand, Duonychus tsogtbaatari
• There’s a trailer for Jurassic World: Rebirth
• BBC’s Walking with Dinosaurs revival is coming out later this year
• There’s a new dinosaur horror comedy, called The Invisible Raptor
• Petition to save "Tyra" the "world's largest dinosaur" in Drumheller
• Petition to make T. rex the U.S. national fossil

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Tameryraptor markgrafi is a significant dinosaur that was named by an even more significant paleontologist. But only photos and a braincase of it remain.

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Dinosaur of the day Dakotadon, an ornithopod that was originally pronounced the "first species from the United States that can be clearly referred to the European genus Iguanodon".

In dinosaur news this week:

• The newly named Tameryraptor is such a significant find that it could be considered the original Carcharodontosaurus

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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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A pair of Yuanyanglong were found together in the summer of 2021 after fossilizing together for 100 million years. Plus our Dino Duels continue

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Dinosaur of the day Phuwiangosaurus, the first sauropod named from Thailand.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new oviraptorosaurian dinosaur, Yuanyanglong bainian, the "lovebird dragon"

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The sauropodomorph Ahvaytum is several million years older than any previously known dinosaur from Laurasia. And there are some even older tracks. Plus the results of the sweet sixteen round of our dino duels bracket.

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200 years of dinosaurs, our book titled I Know Dino! will be published soon with National Geographic Kids! Pre-order your copy at https://bit.ly/ikdbook2025 if you tell us you ordered it at https://bit.ly/iorderedthebook we'll send you an addendum with a dozen more dinosaurs we had to cut from the book.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new sauropodomorph shows that dinosaurs were living in the northern hemisphere way earlier than previously thought

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Huaxiazhoulong is one of the most complete ankylosaurs ever found (except for the head). Plus "Apex" the extremely expensive Stegosaurus is now on public display.

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Dinosaur of the day Pawpawsaurus, an ankylosaur with a well preserved skull which preserved the first nodosaurid eyelids.

In dinosaur news this week:

• The most expensive dinosaur ever sold at auction, the Stegosaurus "Apex", is now on display at the American Museum of Natural History.
• The new ankylosaur, Huaxiazhoulong shouwen, is nearly complete (from the shoulders back).

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Happy March! We're celebrating with a friendly Dino Duels Competition. Fill out a bracket to predict which dinosaur will win their matchups and you could win a prize!

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Dinosaur of the day Cumnoria, another dinosaur that was considered to be Camptosaurus for a while.

Here are the steps to enter the Dino Duels Competition:

• Check out our interactive Dinosaur Bracket at bit.ly/dinoduelsbracket and predict the dinosaur champions
• Then copy over your picks and submit them in the Google Form by March 11, 2025 at bit.ly/dinoduelspicks
• Go to bit.ly/dinoduelsrules for all the rules for the Dino Duels Competition

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