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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Paleontology Newsflash: Spectrovenator ragei
TAPS. We’re here to help. With four new dinosaur species announced from South America this October, this might be the happiest Halloween for fossil aficionados since 2015, when the giant […]