Paleontology Newsflash: Elessaurus gondwanoccidens
Let him go or I’ll fossilize you, Longshanks! This newly discovered Triassic reptile fossil doesn’t come from a dinosaur, but it does foreshadow a new addition that will be joining […]
Exhibit Spotlight: Microraptor zhaoianus
The only thing that could make this more awesome is if it were riding a shark and wielding a machine gun. Picture by Fred Wierum, used under Creative Commons. Let’s […]
Exhibit Spotlight: Brachiosaurus altithorax
Easy. Breezy. Beautiful. Brachiosaurus. Steven Spielberg did well in using this iconic giant to make the first full appearance of a dinosaur in Jurassic Park one of the most memorable […]
Paleontology Newsflash: Dineobellator hesperonotus
Chuck Norris probably kept one as a pet. [Picture used under Creative Commons license, from Jasinski et al. 2020, margins modified]. Paleontology Newsflash: Dineobellator hesperonotus Science has added another beast […]
Exhibit Spotlight: Carnotaurus sastrei
With Carnotaurus featuring so prominently in the recent Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom trailer, it seems apropos to review the science on this genuinely bizarre dinosaur. Buckle up: this one’s gonna […]
Exhibit Spotlight: Baryonyx walkeri
The new trailer to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom appears to include Baryonyx as a new (to audiences) addition to the Jurassic Park fauna. Given that opportunity, let’s check it out […]
Exhibit Spotlight: Spinosaurus aegypticus
A unique physical profile gave Spinosaurus an early edge in the popular imagination despite the fact that for nearly a century we knew very little about it. Discoveries during the […]
Did You Eat Dinosaur for Thanksgiving This Year?
Paleontology on a platter . . . or IS it?! By now the idea that birds represent the only surviving members of the once vast and diverse dinosaurian lineage has […]
Exhibit Spotlight: Smilodon
Image Credit: JJonahJackalope, CC BY-SA 4.0 , via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon Exhibit Spotlight: Smilodon As an icon of prehistory, the Sabertooth Tiger looms large in the popular imagination. Sometimes this leads to […]
Scales, Fuzz, and Feathers
Image Credit: © Mohamad Haghani—Stocktrek Images/Getty Images Scales, Fuzz, and Feathers With all the buzz about Jurassic World floating about the internet, you’ve probably wondered whether dinosaurs were scaly or […]