Tyrannosaurus update and Riley Black

Riley Black joins to discuss her new book "Tyrant Lizard Queen" which follows the chaotic life of one particular T. rex. Plus lots of tyrannosaur news: T. rex was as warm as a human, three new tyrannosaurs named based on some splitting, juvenile Gorgosaurus diets, and more
For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Noasaurus, links from Riley Black, and our fun fact check out iknowdino.com/Noasaurus-Episode-577
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Dinosaur of the day Noasaurus, a small theropod with very sharp teeth.
Interview with Riley Black, an award-winning science writer whose work has appeared in National Geographic, Scientific American, Nature, Smithsonian, and more. She has also written many books, most recently, “Tyrant Lizard Queen,” an imaginative celebration of T. rex from hatching to adulthood. Follow her on rileyblack.net or on bluesky & buttondown @restingdinoface
In dinosaur news this week:
• T. rex was as warm as a person
• An update on Scotty the T. rex: it died of its broken rib
• There’s a new albertosaurine tyrannosaurid, Tromerosaurus, known from at least three partial skulls and skeletons
• A juvenile Gorgosaurus skull sheds light on how and where Gorgosaurus lived
• Two new tyrannosaurs were named, though they don’t appear to be widely accepted: Gilmoretyrannus and Larsonvenator
• Asiatyrannus xui and Raptorex kriegsteini are likely junior synonyms of Tarbosaurus bataar

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