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2025 Fossil Crates Paleoart Awards
Fossil Crates Paleoart Awards 2025! Â Fossil Crates is proud to announce the winners of our annual Paleoart Awards. These artists were commissioned by Fossil Crates to produce artwork for...
2025 Fossil Crates Paleoart Awards
Fossil Crates Paleoart Awards 2025! Â Fossil Crates is proud to announce the winners of our annual Paleoart Awards. These artists were commissioned by Fossil Crates to produce artwork for...
BC's Response to GP's Commeonts on BC's Utetita...
BC's Response to GP's Comments on BC's Utetitan blog Below is Greg Paul’s response to my blog. He tried posting it to the website; however, his inclusion of a link to...
BC's Response to GP's Commeonts on BC's Utetita...
BC's Response to GP's Comments on BC's Utetitan blog Below is Greg Paul’s response to my blog. He tried posting it to the website; however, his inclusion of a link to...
Et Tu Ut Te (Titan)? Thoughts on Alamosaurus an...
Remember the Alamosaurus? I do! I recall my first encounter with the Late Cretaceous sauropod material dubbed Alamosaurus at the Smithsonian Institution on June 27th, 1995. I visited specifically to...
Et Tu Ut Te (Titan)? Thoughts on Alamosaurus an...
Remember the Alamosaurus? I do! I recall my first encounter with the Late Cretaceous sauropod material dubbed Alamosaurus at the Smithsonian Institution on June 27th, 1995. I visited specifically to...
Museums Selling Fossils Can't Be Legal... Can It?
Disclaimer: A quick note before we dive in: Everything you’re about to read reflects my personal observations, experiences, and opinions, formed over decades of hanging out in museums, digging (and...
Museums Selling Fossils Can't Be Legal... Can It?
Disclaimer: A quick note before we dive in: Everything you’re about to read reflects my personal observations, experiences, and opinions, formed over decades of hanging out in museums, digging (and...
Dinosaur Day and International Dinosaur Day - T...
 Origins of the 3rd Tuesday of May and June 1st as Dinosaur Days Dinosaurs are so cool that they have TWO days set aside for their awesomeness: June 1st...
Dinosaur Day and International Dinosaur Day - T...
 Origins of the 3rd Tuesday of May and June 1st as Dinosaur Days Dinosaurs are so cool that they have TWO days set aside for their awesomeness: June 1st...
Fossil Crates 2024 Paleoartist Awards
Congratulations to our 2024 Fossil Crates Paleoartist award winners! Each year Fossil Crates selects from among its many commissioned pieces those that we enjoyed the most in the year. These...
Fossil Crates 2024 Paleoartist Awards
Congratulations to our 2024 Fossil Crates Paleoartist award winners! Each year Fossil Crates selects from among its many commissioned pieces those that we enjoyed the most in the year. These...
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Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis
Dr. Brian CurticeMajungasaurus Majungasaurus, "Mahajunga lizard," lived in Madagascar at the end of the dinosaurs' reign, from ~70 mya right up to the very end 66 mya. Â Click here to learn...
Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis
Dr. Brian CurticeMajungasaurus Majungasaurus, "Mahajunga lizard," lived in Madagascar at the end of the dinosaurs' reign, from ~70 mya right up to the very end 66 mya. Â Click here to learn...
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Anz-who? Anzu, that's who!
Dr. Brian CurticeAnzu 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 CurticeAnzu 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...
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Ubirajara jubatus, "Maned Lord of the Spear": W...
Dr. Brian CurticeUbirajara 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 CurticeUbirajara 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...
