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Largest Jurassic Predator?  Meet Torvosaurus! - Fossil Crates

Largest Jurassic Predator? Meet Torvosaurus!

  The title of largest Jurassic predator is up for grabs.  Torvosaurus certainly makes a great case for being the heaviest, and longest, of the known Jurassic giant-killers! Originally named in...

Largest Jurassic Predator? Meet Torvosaurus!

  The title of largest Jurassic predator is up for grabs.  Torvosaurus certainly makes a great case for being the heaviest, and longest, of the known Jurassic giant-killers! Originally named in...

2021 Year in Review - Fossil Crates

2021 Year in Review

2021 Selected Interesting Dinosaur Papers 2021 was another banner year for dinosaurs!  Let's go through, month by month, and revisit some of my favorites! Thank you kindly, BC January We...

2021 Year in Review

2021 Selected Interesting Dinosaur Papers 2021 was another banner year for dinosaurs!  Let's go through, month by month, and revisit some of my favorites! Thank you kindly, BC January We...

Spinosaurus! - Fossil Crates

Spinosaurus!

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Stromer, 1915)  “Spine Lizard from Egypt” named because of the tall sail made up of tall vertebral spines Late Cretaceous, 100-93 mya, Egypt, Morocco   Spinosaurus is one...

Spinosaurus!

Spinosaurus aegyptiacus (Stromer, 1915)  “Spine Lizard from Egypt” named because of the tall sail made up of tall vertebral spines Late Cretaceous, 100-93 mya, Egypt, Morocco   Spinosaurus is one...

2022 Holiday Gift Guide - Fossil Crates

2023 Holiday Gift Guide

Want to buy your favorite dino fan a crate but don't know which one to buy?  No worries, we've got you covered! Tyrannosaurus rex, King of the Dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex is...

2023 Holiday Gift Guide

Want to buy your favorite dino fan a crate but don't know which one to buy?  No worries, we've got you covered! Tyrannosaurus rex, King of the Dinosaurs Tyrannosaurus rex is...

Supersaurus - world's longest dinosaur - Fossil Crates

Supersaurus - world's longest dinosaur

  Life restoration of Supersaurus It would take 4 full seconds for the fastest man in the world to run from nose to tail.  It is longer than 3 large school...

Supersaurus - world's longest dinosaur

  Life restoration of Supersaurus It would take 4 full seconds for the fastest man in the world to run from nose to tail.  It is longer than 3 large school...

Supersaurus as the Longest Dinosaur confirmed by new discoveries! - Fossil Crates

Supersaurus as the Longest Dinosaur confirmed b...

Supersaurus vivianae - World's Longest Dinosaur It would take the fastest sprinter in the world 4 full seconds to run the length of the newly crowned "World's Longest Dinosaur."  I studied...

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Supersaurus as the Longest Dinosaur confirmed b...

Supersaurus vivianae - World's Longest Dinosaur It would take the fastest sprinter in the world 4 full seconds to run the length of the newly crowned "World's Longest Dinosaur."  I studied...

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  • 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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