The Dinosource
Episodes
46 episodes
021 - Common Not-Dinosaurs (Dimetrodon and Ichthyosaurus)
ReferencesI decided to look up what dolphin skeletons looked like. I regret that decision.
020 - Long Lads (Mamenchisaurus and Tanystropheus)
ReferencesThe Long Boyes subredditMark Witton on the likely life-behaviour of Tanystropheus from 2...
019 - The Dinosaurs That Made Us (Acinonyx and Compsognathus)
ReferencesThomas Huxley’s paper where he puts Compsognathus as a sister taxon to Dinosauria (a bold move, to be sure) and makes fun of the name “Dinosauria” (possibly a bolder move)<...
017 - Velociraptor: Fact and Fiction (Velociraptor)
ReferencesYDAW episode on Velociraptor, covering just about everything you could want to know about this beast
016 - The Scoop on Dino-poop (Borealopelta and Gryposaurus)
ReferencesDiscussion of evidence of late sauropods (titanosaurs) eating grass...
015 - Super Sauropods (Nigersaurus and Bajadasaurus)
ReferencesSauropod egg size
014 - Hell Creek Predators (Tyrannosaurus and Dakotaraptor)
ReferencesAn excellent summary of the Hell Creek Formation and the dinosaurs found there by Russel et al
013 - Pterosaurs (Pterodactylus and Dimorphodon)
ReferencesMark Witton’s excellent book, Pterosaurs<...
012 - Fossilization (Oviraptor, Kosmoceratops and Umoonasaurus)
Referenceshttps://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/11/191106112109.htm
011 - Lumps Bumps and Humps (Dilophosaurus and Pachyrhinosaurus)
ReferencesFacial integument in centrosaurines which doubles in a very good primer on close-to-the-bone integument
010 - The Bone Wars Part 3: Modern Day (Hadrosaurus and Troodon)
ReferencesA wonderful biography of Joseph Leidy
009 - The Bone Wars Part 2: ED Cope (Coelophysis and Camarasaurus)
ReferencesCope responds to Marsh’s gloating over the Elasmosaurus incidentThe Saga...
008 - The Bone Wars Part 1: OC Marsh (Allosaurus and Diplodocus)
ReferencesAllosaurus feeding behaviour
007 - Thyreophorans (Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus)
ReferencesStegosaur skin impressions!
006 - Early Paleontology and Wastebasket Taxa (Megalosaurus and Hylaeosaurus)
ReferencesMegalosaurus as a valid species
004 - Dinosaur Renaissance (Iguanodon and Archaeopteryx)
ReferencesJohn Ostrom on the origin of flight
003 - Dinosaur Hips (Brachiosaurus and Yutyrannus)
References- Paul Sereno's landmark 1999 paper on the evolution of dinosaurs-
