Episode 468: What to feed a dinosaur. Ali Nabavizadeh, expert in dinosaur feeding biology, joins us to discuss which modern foods different dinosaurs could eat. Plus a new Triceratops frill that was chewed on by a T. rex

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Dinosaur of the day Liaoceratops, a tiny ceratopsian that weighed less than 5 pounds.

Interview with Ali Nabavizadeh, a paleontologist, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, and author of the recently published book An Illustrated Guide to Dinosaur Feeding Biology

In dinosaur news this week:

An undergraduate student found one of the largest theropod fossils in the eastern U.S.
There’s a potential new certificate of paleontology for undergrads at Utah State University
New evidence of Tyrannosaurus biting Triceratops right on the frill
Hadrosaurs may have had muscles for chewing (not just biting and swallowing things whole)
Words matter, and scientific names can have an impact on how something is perceived
Researchers analyzed paleontology documentaries
Why Dinosaurs? documentary had its Hollywood premiere

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