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Lambeosaurus Protrachodon

Protrachodon, or how I spent hours chasing a gh...

What the heck is a Protrachodon (and should it even be italicized)?  (If you are thinking about being a paleontologist, this blog captures the steps I took to track down...

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Protrachodon, or how I spent hours chasing a gh...

What the heck is a Protrachodon (and should it even be italicized)?  (If you are thinking about being a paleontologist, this blog captures the steps I took to track down...

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Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides - a dinosaur you've likely not heard of!

Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides - a dinosaur you'...

Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides Another theropod you likely haven't heard of, Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides, "Chien Ko Lizard Ceratosaurus-like'' (my best guess at the correct genus translation) was name by Young in 1942 from only teeth. ...

Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides - a dinosaur you'...

Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides Another theropod you likely haven't heard of, Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides, "Chien Ko Lizard Ceratosaurus-like'' (my best guess at the correct genus translation) was name by Young in 1942 from only teeth. ...

Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex?

Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex?

  Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex?   More than you ever wanted to know about a mysterious group of theropod dinosaurs! I came across the fragmentary femur pictured above while researching Szechuanosaurus.  I never thought it'd...

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Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex?

  Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex?   More than you ever wanted to know about a mysterious group of theropod dinosaurs! I came across the fragmentary femur pictured above while researching Szechuanosaurus.  I never thought it'd...

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Seriema - modern day Velociraptor?

Seriema - modern day Velociraptor?

Modern Day Velociraptor?   (Link to our research photos and video here!) Meet the red-legged seriema, Cariama cristata.  This modern South American bird is the only surviving cousin to the famed "terror...

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Seriema - modern day Velociraptor?

Modern Day Velociraptor?   (Link to our research photos and video here!) Meet the red-legged seriema, Cariama cristata.  This modern South American bird is the only surviving cousin to the famed "terror...

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Saurophaganax, "King of the Lizard Eaters", Fun Facts and Size Discussion

Saurophaganax, "King of the Lizard Eaters", Fun...

Saurophaganax King of the Lizard Eaters Video about Snax here:https://youtu.be/04Rvai4NN8Y Saurophaganax maximus "King of the Lizard Eaters, Maximum", is legendary in size, yet how long and heavy was this massive...

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Saurophaganax, "King of the Lizard Eaters", Fun...

Saurophaganax King of the Lizard Eaters Video about Snax here:https://youtu.be/04Rvai4NN8Y Saurophaganax maximus "King of the Lizard Eaters, Maximum", is legendary in size, yet how long and heavy was this massive...

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Meraxes gigas - giant carcharodontosaurid with small arms! - Fossil Crates

Meraxes gigas - giant carcharodontosaurid with ...

Meraxes gigas (a video version of this article can be watched below)  This giant carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur was named after a dragon in Game of Thrones, Meraxes.  The species name...

Meraxes gigas - giant carcharodontosaurid with ...

Meraxes gigas (a video version of this article can be watched below)  This giant carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur was named after a dragon in Game of Thrones, Meraxes.  The species name...

  • 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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