Plus an interview with Dr. Bruce Rubidge, expert in the Karoo Supergroup of South Africa, plus what we know about Triceratops from a bonebed, the second puzzle in the DI-KNOW-IT-ALL CHALLENGE, and more.

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Dinosaur of the day Minotaurasaurus, an ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia (Djadochta Formation).

Interview with Bruce Rubidge, Professor Emeritus at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and he is an expert on the fossils in the Karoo Supergroup in southern Africa.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A Triceratops bonebed tells us more about how Triceratops lived and behaved
• There’s a new dinosaur cemetery (bonebed) in Yunnan Province, China

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Plus our first ever Di-Know-It-All puzzle, a new approach on the semi-aquatic Spinosaurus model, what whales and dinosaurs have in common, and more

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Dinosaur of the day Brodavis, a loon like dinosaur that probably hunted for fish in Cretaceous lakes.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new unenlagiine dromaeosaur, Diuqin lechiguanae, that was bitten hard enough to leave punctures on its upper arm bone
• Scientists studied skull shapes of 99 animals to figure out how much time Spinosaurus spent in the water
• The sauropod at the NHM officially has a new nickname (same as the old nickname)
• Dinosaur Connection Challenge: Cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises)

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Plus, more complexities to the dinosaur extinction and a new green Jurassic sauropod fossil

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Dinosaur of the day Pampadromaeus, one of the earliest known dinosaurs.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A new ceratopsian, Lokiceratops, had the biggest parietal frill ornamentation of any centrosaurine
• The asteroid killed off the non-avian dinosaurs, but volcanic eruptions may have set the stage for their mass extinction
• Dust from the asteroid impact may have been the biggest factor in the non-avian dinosaurs going extinct
• Studying fossils can help us understand the deep past and predict our future (and how vulnerable we are to going extinct)
• The Los Angeles County Natural History Museum is doing a poll to nickname their new green Jurassic sauropod

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