Rob Sula who co-discovered the Tanis site

About this episode

Rob Sula discusses the significance of the Tanis site and introduces new dinosaur species.

The Tanis site is one of the most important paleo sites in North America, showing details of the exact day when the Cretaceous ended. Plus two new cute dinosaurs. For links to every news story, all of the details we shared about  Silvisaurus , links from Rob Sula, and our fun fact check out  https://iknowdino.com/Silvisaurus-Episode-564/ Join us at  www.patreon.com/iknowdino  for dinosaur requests, bonus content, ad-free episodes, and more. Dinosaur of the day  Silvisaurus,  an ankylosaur with a pear-shaped skull. Interview with Rob Sula, the Senior field supervisor for Paleo Prospectors . He's a field paleontologist, teacher, and artist with decades of experience hunting and excavating dinosaurs and has co-discovered some very important fossil sites. He was also recently featured in the documentary Why Dinosaurs? In dinosaur news this week: Dr. Hans Sues has ascended to paleo legend status There’s a new cute ornithopod, Foskeia pelendonum There’s another new, possibly even cuter dinosaur, the thescelosaurid ornithischian Doolysaurus huhmini   Tell us what you think about our show in our  2026 IKD Survey ! We want our show to be as…

People in this episode

Guest: Rob Sula

Topics covered

• paleontology
• dinosaur discovery
• Cretaceous extinction
• new dinosaur species
• interview

Keywords

• Tanis site
• Cretaceous
• Silvisaurus
• paleontology
• dinosaur news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paleo Prospectors

Products: Silvisaurus, Foskeia pelendonum, Doolysaurus huhmini

Books & works: Why Dinosaurs?

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