
“Scaled reconstruction of Bannykus wulatensis. (Tom Parker, 2018)” by Tomopteryx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bannykus.png
Here’s what came out this week in dinosaur news:
- The new alverezsauroids Bannykus and Xiyunykus were found in China, filling the largest gap in theropod evolution source
- Walking with Dinosaurs The Arena Spectacular has gone on tour in Europe, with some of the most impressive dinosaur animatronics ever made source
- Expedition: Dinosaur, will be at Grand Rapids Public Museum starting October 14. There will be life sized animatronic dinosaurs, and visitors will be able to control some of them source
- Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History got a $160 million donation from Edward P. Bass, a billionaire and philanthropist who graduated from Yale in 1967 source
- Congrats to Drumheller’s World’s Largest Dinosaur Structure which reached two million visitors source
- In Sibay, Russia,a welder caught a T. rex on fire at an amusement park source
- A couple got engaged on the Jurassic Park ride at Universal Studios Hollywood after riding it 62 times, breaking the park record source
- A fiberglass T. rex head is for sale on Okaloosa Island, in Florida source
- Parkasaurus, a sim where you can build your own dinosaur park, is opening up early access on Steam September 25 source
Check out these stories, our fun fact, and dinosaur of the day Achillobator in episode 197 of the I Know Dino Podcast!