Tyrannosaurus hatchlings; Tyrannosaurus took 40 years to reach full size; Some dinosaurs grew really fast and some were incredibly slow; Growth affects how much dinosaurs need parental care; A listener question about how sauropod diets changed as they grew; And a whole lot more dinosaur growth research
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Dinosaur of the day Tambatitanis, a titanosauriform from Japan named after the friendship between the two people who found the dinosaur.
In dinosaur news this week:
- There’s a new titanosauriform dinosaur, Dasosaurus tocantinensisWhen estimating how dinosaurs grew, some models may be missing important data pointsDinosaurs were likely thicker and heavier than previously estimatedHow much did climate affect dinosaur body size evolution? It’s hard to sayScans of Early Triassic archosauromorph fossils show that this group had a variety of growth strategies from the beginningHow scales grow as dinosaurs grow can give us some information on how they livedTyrannosaur hatchlings may have left the nest shortly after hatching to huntIt took Tyrannosaurus rex 40 years to reach its full sizeCeratosaurus grew more than 9 times faster than some of its fellow ceratosaursThe basal ornithopod Changchunsaurus was one of the slowest growing dinosaurs (that we know of)Maiasaura grew in a way that it needed a lot of parental care as a hatchlingThe hadrosaur Gryposaurus grew (mostly) isometrically (meaning everything grew at the same rate)The small iguanodont Dysalotosaurus had some interesting fused bones in its neckA new, tiny, young sauropodomorph sheds light on how early dinosaurs grewThe titanosaur Neuquensaurus grew quickly, but differently than expected
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