Exhibit Spotlight: Oviraptor philoceratops

Oviraptor! How we thought we knew thee! Like so many popular dinosaurs gracing books and other media over the past century, it turns out that the fossil evidence for this critter is scanty, that the taxonomic ideas about it range wide as well as provide sources of confusion, and that the real animal more often […]

Is Jurassic Park Really Possible?

Readers beware: the following post may completely and irrecoverably smash your hopes and dreams.

Are Mammoth Clones Really Possible?

They’re dead, Jim. It’s Not a Mammoth, They Just Dressed It This Way You’ve probably heard this story wandering about the internet, and you may have regarded it as folklore. Doubtless some versions of the story fudge the details a bit, but their underlying basis is true: various parties really are currently attempting to restore […]

Exhibit Spotlight: Ceratosaurus nasicornis

Weird and wonderful, Ceratosaurus has perplexed paleontologists and pleased popular perceptions for 132 years. It also abets awful alliteration, apparently.

Paleontology Newsflash: Tyrannomimus fukuiensis

Sure, this thing looks exactly like Tyrannosaurus rex, but don’t be fooled: it’s only a tyrannosaur mimic! It’s not closely related, it’s not a new rival, it’s not shedding new light on the media’s . . . er, everyone’s favorite dinosaur. It’s just a clever impersonation, like the paleontological equivalent of Rich Little. Totally not a clone. Nope. But anyone could be forgiven for mistaking it for T. rex, absolutely!

Guest Factoid: Massospondylus

Greetings. I am the Massospondylus. The mass is only in my name–I myself am lean and lithe, perfect for a muy macho dancer, no? But I do not chew upon the roses. They have not been invented yet. Que lastima! John Michalski is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee with a bachelor’s degree […]

Guest Factoid: Dryosaurus

Dem bones, dem bones, dem DRY-osaurus bones! John Michalski is a graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee with a bachelor’s degree in geology. Currently he is working on achieving a masters of science degree at Utah State University, aiming for a career in vertebrate paleontology. He has been passionate about dinosaurs since he could […]

Paleontology Newsflash: Ulughbegsaurus uzbekistanensis

You may have noticed some startling news over the weekend—something about a monstrous new dinosaurian carnivore that made Tyrannosaurus rex look like a lap dog. News outlets as well-known as Yahoo News and People Magazine reported it, and so far I haven’t seen a retraction (though I haven’t looked terribly closely for one).

Guest Factoid: Majungasaurus Dinosaur

Image Credit: Jaime A. Headden (User:Qilong), CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons John Michalski is a senior geology major at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He has been passionate about dinosaurs since he could walk and talk, and loves to discuss and educate others about paleontology and prehistoric life. Majestic Majungasaurus Dinosaur: A Guest […]

Guest Factoid: Prosaurolophus

Hadrosaurs were among the most successful dinosaurs to appear in the entirety of the Mesozoic Era. Colloquially known as duck-billed dinosaurs, they became massively abundant during the late Cretaceous, with numerous species populating North America and Asia, as well as some appearing in Africa (Ajnabia) and South America (Bonapartesaurus). But this diversity is shadowed by the popularity of individual genera. Most people vaguely familiar with duckbills may recall Edmontosaurus, Maiasaura, or Parasaurolophus, perhaps the most famous of all hadrosaurs.

Few, however, would have heard of such creatures as Gryposaurus, Hypacrosaurus, or in this case Prosaurolophus.