Amy Atwater, co-host of Weird & Dead joins to discuss some of her favorite fossils and her new book The Fossil Keeper's Treasure. Plus a new ornithomimosaur with big hands, Mexidracon, and monstersaurs

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Dinosaur of the day Mochlodon, a stocky island dinosaur that was first found way back in 1859.

Interview with Amy Atwater, a paleontologist and science communicator, the Director of Paleontology at Friends of Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado, co-host of the podcast Weird & Dead, and author of the book “The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure”. Follow her @Mary_Annings_Revenge

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new ornithomimosaur with very large hands named Mexidracon longimanus

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Herrerasaurs are some of the earliest known dinosaurs and these Triassic carnivores have been found all over the world. They're a confusing group, but thanks to pathologies and fossilized poop we know a bit about how they behaved.

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Dinosaur of the day Sanjuansaurus, a herrerasaur dinosaur whose existence helps show dinosaurs’ dominance.

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new herrerasaur dinosaur, Maleriraptor kuttyi
• Herrerasaurs probably bit each other on the face
• Herrerasaurs were a successful, complicated group

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A new Spicomellus find reveals just how crazy its armor was. Plus Six brand new sauropods!

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Dinosaur of the day Liaoningosaurus, a small ankylosaur that may or may not have been semi-aquatic and carnivorous.

In dinosaur news this week:

• A much more complete Spicomellus skeleton was found with some of the strangest and most elaborate armor ever seen
• There’s a new sauropodomorph species, Xingxiulong yueorum, which is quite a bit bigger than the previous species from the genus
• The oldest known sauropodomorph from East Asia, Wudingloong wui, was just described
• There’s a new eusauropod, Huashanosaurus qini, named for famous mountain with impressive rock art
• There’s a new mamenchisaurid sauropod, Tongnanlong zhimingi, which is estimated to be over 80ft long
• There’s a new rebbachisaurid (vacuum cleaner head) sauropod, Cienciargentina sanchezi, from Patagonia
• There’s another new rebbachisaurid, Astigmasaura genuflexa, measuring in at about 59ft (18m) long and weighing over 10 tons

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