Dinosaur Growth!

About this episode

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 For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Tambatitanis, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Tambatitanis-Episode-571/ Join us at www.patreon.com/iknowdino for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. 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 tocantinensis • When estimating how dinosaurs grew, some models may be missing important data points • Dinosaurs were likely thicker and heavier than previously estimated • How much did climate affect dinosaur body size evolution? It’s hard to say • Scans of Early Triassic archosauromorph fossils show that this group had a variety of growth strategies from the beginning • How scales grow as dinosaurs grow can gi