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Pack Hunting Raptors - What is the evidence?

Pack Hunting Raptors - What is the evidence?

Pack Hunting Raptors - What is the evidence?   Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor, and all the other dinosaurs colloquially known as “Raptors,” are bipedal (two-legged) carnivores (meat-eaters) possessing sharp teeth and...

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Pack Hunting Raptors - What is the evidence?

Pack Hunting Raptors - What is the evidence?   Velociraptor, Deinonychus, Utahraptor, and all the other dinosaurs colloquially known as “Raptors,” are bipedal (two-legged) carnivores (meat-eaters) possessing sharp teeth and...

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How do we know some dinosaurs have feathers?

How do we know some dinosaurs have feathers?

How do we know Velociraptor had feathers since we haven’t actually found any feathers?  Despite not having found a feather belonging to Velociraptor paleontologists are confident they were present.  Why?  Comparative...

How do we know some dinosaurs have feathers?

How do we know Velociraptor had feathers since we haven’t actually found any feathers?  Despite not having found a feather belonging to Velociraptor paleontologists are confident they were present.  Why?  Comparative...

  • Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis - Fossil Crates

    Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Majungasaurus   Majungasaurus, "Mahajunga lizard," lived in Madagascar at the end of the dinosaurs' reign, from ~70 mya right up to the very end 66 mya.   Like most early-named dinosaurs,...

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    Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Majungasaurus   Majungasaurus, "Mahajunga lizard," lived in Madagascar at the end of the dinosaurs' reign, from ~70 mya right up to the very end 66 mya.   Like most early-named dinosaurs,...

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  • Anz-who?  Anzu, that's who! - Fossil Crates

    Anz-who? Anzu, that's who!

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Anzu wyliei is the largest and most complete North American oviraptorosaur thus far discovered, measuring 11’ long and around 600 lbs.  Its massive size dwarfs its 6’ long North American relatives, Chirostenotes and...

    Anz-who? Anzu, that's who!

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Anzu wyliei is the largest and most complete North American oviraptorosaur thus far discovered, measuring 11’ long and around 600 lbs.  Its massive size dwarfs its 6’ long North American relatives, Chirostenotes and...

  • Ubirajara jubatus, "Maned Lord of the Spear": Were the ribbons real? - Fossil Crates

    Ubirajara jubatus, "Maned Lord of the Spear": W...

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Ubirajara jubatus, the "Maned Lord of the Spear," is a beautifully preserved 3' long, ~112 million-year-old meat-eating Brazilian dinosaur.  The specimen is preserved with a proto-feathery mane down its spine...

    Ubirajara jubatus, "Maned Lord of the Spear": W...

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Ubirajara jubatus, the "Maned Lord of the Spear," is a beautifully preserved 3' long, ~112 million-year-old meat-eating Brazilian dinosaur.  The specimen is preserved with a proto-feathery mane down its spine...

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