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Iszi Lawrence and Dr Dave Hone answer audience questions about various dinosaur-related topics at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2026.

Recorded live at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival 2026, Iszi Lawrence and Dr Dave Hone tackle questions from the audience on everything from Spinosaurus salt glands and Jurassic World to feathered pterosaurs, Troodon taxonomy, AI in palaeontology and where the next great dinosaur discovery might be hiding. Questions featured in this episode include: • Could pterosaurs perch, hover or even fly backwards? • Did Spinosaurus have salt glands? • Has the Jurassic World franchise helped or harmed public understanding of dinosaurs? • Should amateur fossil collecting be restricted? • Is Troodon formosus valid again? • Do you need a PhD to work in palaeontology? • How little fossil material is needed to name a new species? • What made Troodon teeth so unusual? • What prehistoric animal would Dave and Iszi dress up as? • Has anyone tried reconstructing pterosaur calls? • Is AI useful in palaeontology? • Are pterosaur pycnofibres really feathers? • Why are Triassic ornithischian fossils so rare? • Where might the next big dinosaur discovery come from? • Have Dave or Iszi found any fossils recently? Support Terrible Lizards on Patreon: https://patreon.com/terriblelizards Iszi Lawrence NEW…

People in this episode

Hosts: Iszi Lawrence, Dr Dave Hone

Topics covered

• Spinosaurus
• Jurassic World
• Troodon taxonomy
• palaeontology
• fossil discovery
• pterosaurs

Keywords

• Spinosaurus
• Jurassic World
• Troodon
• pterosaurs
• fossil collecting
• AI in palaeontology
• dinosaur discovery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jurassic World, Lyme Regis Fossil Festival

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