Amy Atwater, co-host of Weird & Dead joins to discuss some of her favorite fossils and her new book The Fossil Keeper's Treasure. Plus a new ornithomimosaur with big hands, Mexidracon, and monstersaurs
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Dinosaur of the day Mochlodon, a stocky island dinosaur that was first found way back in 1859.
Interview with Amy Atwater, a paleontologist and science communicator, the Director of Paleontology at Friends of Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison, Colorado, co-host of the podcast Weird & Dead, and author of the book “The Fossil Keeper’s Treasure”. Follow her @Mary_Annings_Revenge
In dinosaur news this week:
- There’s a new ornithomimosaur with very large hands named Mexidracon longimanus
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