Episode 424: What the Titanic has to do with dinosaurs. Plus two new dinosaurs, a sauropod and a hadrosaur that both show unexpected diversity in their locales; Ornithopods had bigger brains than we thought; and more

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Dinosaur of the day Silesaurus, a dinosauromorph (or dinosaur depending on who you ask) from the Triassic with herbivorous and quadrupedal traits.

In dinosaur news this week:

There’s a new macronarian sauropod, Yuzhoulong, that shows more diversity in Sichuan, China than previously thought
A new basal hadrosaurid, Malefica, named "witch" or "sorceress" was found in Big Bend National Park
Ornithopods, and especially hadrosaurs, had bigger brains than we thought
Washington state is still working on getting a state dinosaur
South Australian Museum in Adelaide, Australia, has a new exhibit, Six Extinctions

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What the Titanic has to do with dinosaurs