Two new dinosaurs from the middle of the Triassic: the theropod Anteavis and the sauropodomorph Huayracursor. Plus our reviews of several TV shows, movies, and books including Walking with Dinosaurs.

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Dinosaur of the day Ornithopsis, a titanosaur found way back in the 1830s which was named for its bone's similarity to the lightweight structure of a bird's skeleton.

In dinosaur news this week:

• We not yet have found the earliest dinosaur fossils, but they may be in the Amazon and areas by the equator in South America and Africa
• Dinosaurs may have originated in South America, and then moved simultaneously to the east and north
• There’s a new very early theropod dinosaur, Anteavis crurilongus
• A nearly complete skeleton from a Triassic sauropodomorph, Huayracursor jaguensis

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Spicomellus, Nanotyrannus, and tons of other fantastic new discoveries!

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Dinosaur of the day Garudimimus, an ornithomimosaur that wasn't that fast.

In dinosaur news this week:

• Smallest find to make a big impact: Ahvaytum (ep 531)
• HM: Archaeocursor (ep 533)
• HM: Itaguyra (ep 545)
• HM: Maleriraptor (ep 550)
• HM: Taleta (ep 553)
• Most surprising new dinosaur: Nanotyrannus lethaeus (ep 554)
• Best new therizinosaur: Duonychus (ep 535)
• Best new pachycephalosaur: Zavacephale (ep 553)
• HM: Brontotholus (ep 553)
• Best new ornithomimid: Mexidracon (ep 551)
• Best new basal neornithischian: Pulaosaurus (DD 7)
• Best new ankylosaurid genus: Huaxiazhoulong (ep 530)
• Best new dromaeosaur: Shri rapax (DD8)
• Best new compsognathid*: Huadanosaurus (ep 541)
• Best new iguanodontian: Istiorachis (ep 548)
• Best new megaraptor: Joaquinraptor (ep 552)
• Best new basal sauropodomorph: Xingxiulong yueorum (ep 549)
• HM: Lishulong (ep 539)
• Best new enantiornithine: Navaornis (ep 533)
• New genus hiding for the longest in plain sight: Newtonsaurus (DD8)
• HM: Tameryraptor (ep 534)
• Best new basal allosauroid: Yuanmouraptor (ep 536)
• Best new oviraptorosaur: Yuanyanglong (ep 532)

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Two separate groups of researchers have independently confirmed that Nanotyrannus is its own genus and not just a juvenile T. rex. Plus a new Nanotyrannus species and another new tyrannosauroid and tyrannosaur injuries.

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Dinosaur of the day Calamosaurus, a small theropod that’s been mixed up with lots of other theropods.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new complete Nanotyrannus skeleton confirms that it deserves its own genus and is not just a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex
• A close analysis of the small throat (hyoid) bone from the Nanotyrannus holotype confirms it was nearly full-sized
• Review of the taxonomic history of Nanotyrannus
• There’s a new Late Cretaceous tyrannosauroid, Khankhuuluu mongoliensis, related to the fluffy Yutyrannus
• Scotty the T. rex appears to have blood vessel structures in a rib showing how it healed. (in the fun fact)
• Companies are claiming to make luxury fashion items out of T. rex leather but that’s not currently possible. (in the fun fact)

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