Baiyinosaurus was one of the earliest stegosaurs ever found (from the Middle Jurassic); Debate on the evolution of the tyrannosaur Daspletosaurus; Miragaia updates; And our latest Di-Know-It-All Challenge!

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Dinosaur of the day Miragaia, a stegosaur that may be a synonym of Dacentrurus (which was named first).

In dinosaur news this week:

• There’s a new stegosaur, Baiyinosaurus baojiensis
• A new study reaffirms that Daspletosaurus species evolved into one another (anagenesis)
• Elopteryx might be a strange climbing dinosaur with a long tail, and synonymous with Balaur

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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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