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Terrible Lizards

Terrible Lizards

By: Iszi Lawrence and David Hone
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Terrible Lizards is a podcast about Dinosaurs with Dr David Hone and Iszi Lawrence.iszi.com Biological Sciences Nature & Ecology Science
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  • S12E01 African Prosauropods
    Jan 28 2026

    You can watch this episode as a video on youtube: https://youtu.be/C2atVWsvkS0

    To support the show/get bonus content: www.patreon.com/terriblelizards

    We've barely mentioned African dinosaurs (apart from you-know-what) over the years and have repeatedly failed to give much love to the early sauropodomorphs either (the 'prosauropods'). Happily, this month we're getting a great two-for-one deal by speaking to Kimi Chapelle who tells us all about her work on the incredibly well-represented, but not actually that well-studied Massospondylus. This species is known from dozens of complete skeletons but has attracted surprisingly little attention in the scientific literature and Kimi has been working to correct that with a whole series of projects on this animal and its relatives. There's plenty to discuss and more to come on these overlooked dinosaurs, so headphones on and enjoy.

    Please support the podcast and get access to bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/terriblelizards

    Kimi's website: Kimberley (Kimi) Chapelle | Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University https://renaissance.stonybrookmedicine.edu/anatomy/people/facultypage/chapelle

    A profile of her and her work from the Superscientists website: Dinova - Kimberley Chapelle — SuperScientists https://www.superscientists.org/superscientists/chapelle

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    56 mins
  • TLS12DB02 colours and Compsognathus bites
    Jan 21 2026

    Dinosaur Bites 002 Terrible Lizards Podcast returns with a discussion on dinosaur colours, and Compsognathus, from a 2021 live session. We talk about the preservation of dinosaur colours is limited to certain pigments and while some colours may not preserve well, the organisation of melanosomes is a more significant factor. And candidate for the cutest dinosaurs: Compsognathids, a group of small theropod dinosaurs, are often found as juveniles, leading to uncertainty about their phylogenetic placement. We discuss Andrea Cau's hypothesises that they may not be what they seem!

    Direct video link: https://youtu.be/5wGuzaJ16M8

    For more bonus content and to get your questions answered: https://www.patreon.com/terriblelizards

    Also apologies for the audio glitches - when we talked over each other it became incomprehensible - so it was shoddily repaired by iszi.

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    12 mins
  • TLS12DB01 Spinosaur Bites
    Jan 7 2026

    A short extract from a live we did back in 2021 about these two new #spinosaur species: Riparovenator and Ceratosuchops.

    If you want to find out more about these animals please listen to the free full episode on youtube: https://youtu.be/jO6gyw-onBY?si=qHQ6oJ0wnqxJAaX- or find 'TLS05E01 Riparovenator and Ceratosuchops' on your podcast feed. https://terriblelizards.libsyn.com/tls05e01-riparovenator-and-ceratosuchops

    Terrible Lizards a podcast about #dinosaurs with Dr Dave Hone and Iszi Lawrence. It is released on the last wednesday of the month and there is a large back catalogue.

    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Ud7Vyrmvx9zUBLcXjiSSl?si=4d37e2a2fe3e4319

    We will be releasing Terrible Lizards Dinobites intermittently too: to help promote the show - so if you enjoyed this do like and share and leave a review.

    For more info and bonus material and videos go to: www.patreon.com/terriblelizards

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    14 mins
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Im a big fan of history pods and I've listened to my fair share. This is the first natural history pod I've listened to and I must say it has rekindled my love of dinosaurs and natural history in general! Keep up the good work guys loved the pod so much I'm on a mission to listen to everyone from start to finish!

Extremely interesting!

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Great for understanding dinosaurs. Dave explains perfectly and Iszi asks all the right questions

informative and entertaining

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Too woke. Thought this was about science. What is a female carcharodontasaur? Did Dr Wu assign it at birth ?

Pandering.

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Nice mix of facts and fun 🙂 I usually listen as I drop off to sleep, currently on my second play through.

my bedtime podcast

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