Dinosaur of the day Nyasasaurus, a 240 million year old dinosauriform that may be the earliest known dinosaur.Interview with Christopher DiPiazza, a science teacher, paleo artist, and creator of the popular site, Prehistoric Beast of the Week. He covers a different prehistoric animal (nearly) every week, with an original painting he creates, a photograph of the fossil, and whenever possible, input from a paleontologist who worked on that animal. Follow him on twitter or @ChrisDPiazza or Instagram.In dinosaur news this week:A new early cretaceous carcharodontosaurian, Siamraptor, was discovered in ThailandRebecca Jensen shared her database and map of Dinosaur National Monument with usIn St. George, Utah, carnivorous dinosaur footprints have been found from roughly 200 million years agoThe Las Vegas Natural History Museum announced their paleontology team found 240 million year old vertebrate tracksThe Dickinson’s Badlands Dinosaur Museum has a new find, a 77 million year old tyrannosaurNew fossils on display, including a juvenile Triceratops, adult Triceratops, and a hadrosaurMaximus, a 70 million year old 3m long dinosaur recently sold for for about $227,000Smithsonian Mag published a list of spots to dig for dinosaur bonesIn Sacramento, California, a man in a Allosaurus costume stopped by a Sacramento City HallSupergirl star, Melissa Benoit, shared a photo of herself riding a dinosaur and hugging a T. rexTo get our postcard from SVP, sign up on our Patreon by October 22, 2019 https://www.patreon.com/iknowdinoFor links to every news story, all of the details we shared about Nyasasaurus, links from Christopher DiPiazza, and our fun fact check out https://iknowdino.com/Nyasasaurus-Episode-255/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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