In our 179th episode, we got to chat with Tony Campagna about his amazing dinosaur toy collection. He’s @thedinogeek on Instagram. And creator of the Facebook group Plastic Paleontology which will soon also be a book.

Episode 179 is also about Microceratus, a small ceratopsian from Mongolia which was in the first Jurassic Park book and may be in Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.

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In this episode, we discuss:

News:

• A tyrannosaur was found in western North America with bite marks that may indicate cannibalism
• A new small dinosaur/bird from Northeastern China was discovered
• 43bluedoors posted about the 10,000 dinosaur tracks at Cal Orcko in Bolivia
• “Esri UK” created a map with every dinosaur discovery location in the UK
• Three members of the Tennessee Air National Guard have been removed from their posts because of the infamous dinosaur puppet video
• A man dressed in an inflatable T. rex costume ran the London marathon and then proposed to his fiance in the costume
• “Spinosaurus, Lost Giant of the Cretaceous” is at the Royal Theatre in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on May 2
• The Arizona Museum of Natural History unveiled its new Acrocanthosaurus that’s breaking out the side of the museum
• Windsor ComiCon in Ontario, Canada will have Jurassic Park Experience this fall
• Jurassic World The Exhibition is now in Paris, until September 2
• Australia post will be releasing a stamp pack for Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom in June
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom will have the second most dinosaur animatronics of the series after the original
• Sonorasaurus is now the official state dinosaur of Arizona

The dinosaur of the day: Microceratus

• Can see Microceratus in Jurassic World, on a brochure made as a movie prop, also on the JW website, and is mentioned in the first Jurassic Park book
• Ceratopsian that lived in the Cretaceous in what is now the Gobi Desert in Mongolia
• Name means “small horned”
• First described in 1953 by Bohlin and named Microceratops. but Microceratops was already the name of a wasp
• Mateus gave it a new name in 2008, Microceratus
• Type species is Microceratus gobiensis
• Partial remains found
• However, most of the material found was reassigned to Graciliceratops
• Small, about 2 ft (0.6 m) long
• Had a frill and beak (used to bite off vegetation)
• Small frill probably used for display
• Herbivorous, ate ferns, cycads, conifers
• Bipedal, with short arms
• Probably fast and agile
• May have been prey for small dromaeosaurs and troodonts

Fun Fact:

• Steven Spielberg has made more money (by far) than any other director, and with JurassicWorld Fallen Kingdom, he’ll likely be the top grossing Producer again as well

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