S12E08 Live At Dinocon 2026

Recorded live at DinoCon 2026, Iszi Lawrence and Dr Dave Hone answer audience questions covering everything from Spinosaurus and Tyrannosaurus to fossil auctions, pterosaur wings and the strangest dinosaur names imaginable.

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Questions in this episode:

• Did Spinosaurus hunt by swimming like a crocodile, or stalking prey like a heron?
• If you could discover one fossil that would revolutionise our understanding of spinosaurs, what would it be?
• Is the famous Coelophysis cannibalism evidence still accepted?
• If fossils become rock, how can scientists still use chemical isotopes and other geochemical clues to study them?
• What is the one fossil each of you would most like to discover?
• Are the waffle-textured Stegosaurus plates shown in Netflix's Life on Our Planet scientifically plausible?
• If you could visit any point in prehistory, where would you go? Has there been any progress understanding the enormous vertebrae from Zhuchengtyrannus?
• How has recognising Nanotyrannus as a separate species affected our understanding of Tyrannosaurus growth?
• What do you think about the recent paper on T. rex parental care?
• Is there any evidence that spinosaurs fought each other or other dinosaurs?
• Do we have any evidence that different dinosaur species hybridised?
• Did tyrannosaurs hunt in family groups or packs?
• Following the record-breaking sale of Gus, should fossils be protected by laws similar to archaeological treasure?
• Could high-quality 3D printing help solve the problems surrounding private fossil ownership?
• What's the current thinking on the famous sail of Ouranosaurus?
• Did pterosaurs tear their wings, and if they did, could they still fly?
• What do the newly described sensitive snouts of spinosaurs tell us, and what do Dave and Iszi think about the latest debate over Suchomimus and Cristatusaurus?

Plus, Dave reveals the fossil he'd most love to discover, Iszi campaigns for giant prehistoric frogs, and the audience helps bring the episode to a suitably noisy dinosaur conclusion.

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