Tony and James join to discuss the status of their dinosaur documentary. Tietasaura was named from the oldest dinosaur fossils collected in South America. A new Archaeopteryx. Plus a breakdown of the major sauropod groups.

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Dinosaur of the day Bradycneme, a probable alvarezsaurid that was first thought to be a huge owl, but is now thought to be a fairly small non-avian theropod.

Interview with Tony and James Pinto, Tony and James are the father and son team behind the feature length documentary Why Dinosaurs? Which we have been following for years. Tony is the filmmaker and the director and James recently graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in Integrative Biology & Geology. Follow them on Instagram @WhyDinosaurs

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new elasmarian ornithopod, Tietasaura derbyiana
• The Field Museum in Chicago has a new to science Archaeopteryx on display
• The National Museum of Brazil got a donation of over 1,100 fossils that were all found in Brazil

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• An interesting Triassic sauropodomorph named Pampadromaeus
• A breakdown of the major sauropod groups and what makes them unique

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Dinosaur of the day Tarbosaurus, the Mongolian version of T. rex.

Interview with Dr. Phil Currie, the Canadian paleontologist who came up with the theory that carnivorous dinosaurs, like tyrannosaurs, lived in gangs. He is also the professor of the Coursera class, Dino 101, via the University of Alberta.

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Tyrannosaurus rex and other dinosaur brains didn't fill their whole skull. Plus Kallie Moore joins from the fantastic YouTube channel PBS Eons and shares how the project started and how it's going.

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Dinosaur of the day Xiaosaurus, a small forest-dwelling ornithischian from the Jurassic.

Interview with Kallie Moore, the Collections Manager/Fossil Librarian at the University of Montana Paleontology Center, co-host of the YouTube channel PBS Eons, and executive producer for the documentary Why Dinosaurs? Follow her on Instagram @fossil_librarian

In dinosaur news this week:

• T. rex was not nearly as smart as a baboon, according to a new study of dinosaur intelligence based on brain size and neuron counts

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