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Episode 524: Dinosaur Dancing and Movement

Thank you so much to all our patrons! Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. This episode was originally published on January 1, 2025. Subscribe to "I Know Dino" in your podcast app to get every new episode right when it's published. In dinosaur news this week: "Display arenas" showing potential courtship ceremonies in Cretaceous rock; Two oviraptorosaur tails that may show differences between males and females (males with tail-shaking muscles); Dinosaur "dance floor" of tracks that seem to show stopping and crouching behaviors; A simulation of the enormous sauropod Argentinosaurus walking This week's dinosaur of the day is Valdosaurus Iguanodont ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Early Cretaceous in what is now England (Isle of Wight) Described as somewhat kangaroo-shaped Walked on two legs, had shorter arms, long tail, bulky body, and small head Estimated to be about 13 to 16 ft (4 to 5 m) long The holotype, the femora, were 14 cm (5.5 in) long, and it was estimated to be 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long and weigh 10 kg (22 lb), but the holotype was a juvenile Considered to be a dryosaurid Dryosaurs are iguanodonts that lived in the Middle Jurassic to Early Cretaceous in what’s now Africa, Europe, and North America As a dryosaur, had a beak And probably was a fast runner, based on limb proportions and muscle attachments No skull of Valdosaurus found, but probably had a battery of teeth The type species is Valdosaurus canaliculatus Genus name means "strong" in Latin and comes from the Latin Valus, "Wealden" which refers to the Wealden Group where the fossils were found Genus name means "Weald lizard" Species name means "with a small channel" in Latin, and refers to a groove in the thighbone Reverend William Darwin Fox collected two small thighbones on the Isle of Wight, and in 1868 suggested they came from the same individual (an Iguanodon found in 1848 by Gideon Mantell, that was renamed in 1869 as Hypsilophodon) … read more at https://iknowdino.com/Valdosaurus-Epi... Know Dino: The big #dinosaurpodcast. News, interviews, and discussions about #dinosaurs and dinosaur #science.