Hadrosaur holotypes and duck-billed diets

I Know Dino: The Big Dinosaur Podcast

A new small African hadrosaur, Minqaria, was named; Mantellisaurus was redescribed and found to be a valid genus; Maiasaura had a high metabolism; and much more

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Dinosaur of the day Titanoceratops, a large ceratopsid which, despite the name, is probably smaller than Triceratops.

In dinosaur news this week:

• New lambeosaurine dinosaur from Morocco, Minqaria bata
• A new description of Mantellisaurus (including a complete 3D scan of the 80% complete holotype) confirms that it is a unique genus
• Maiasaura was an active hadrosaur that grew quickly and used lots of energy
• Hadrosaurs were so successful because they were good at chewing
• Update on Hypsibema/Parrosaurus missouriensis

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