Dr. BC's Hindsight
Paleontologist & Fossil Crates Co-Founder Dr. Brian Curtice's periodic musings about what's going on (and what went on millions of years ago) in the world of dinosaurs.
Beelzebufo
World’s Deadliest Frog… Ever! Beezelbufo hunting a juvenile Masiakasaurus - artwork by Gustavo Monroy for Fossil Crates Photo of Beelzebufo skeleton from Triebold Paleontology Inc., used with permission As...
Beelzebufo
World’s Deadliest Frog… Ever! Beezelbufo hunting a juvenile Masiakasaurus - artwork by Gustavo Monroy for Fossil Crates Photo of Beelzebufo skeleton from Triebold Paleontology Inc., used with permission As...
In Memory of mi amigo Dr. Jorge Calvo
In Memoriam Dr. Jorge Calvo (April 27, 1961 - January 10, 2023) (Image from Proyecto Dino FB page) I met Jorge in the mid-90s at an SVP meeting where we had...
In Memory of mi amigo Dr. Jorge Calvo
In Memoriam Dr. Jorge Calvo (April 27, 1961 - January 10, 2023) (Image from Proyecto Dino FB page) I met Jorge in the mid-90s at an SVP meeting where we had...
Protrachodon, or how I spent hours chasing a gh...
What the heck is a Protrachodon (and should it even be italicized)? (If you are thinking about being a paleontologist, this blog captures the steps I took to track down...
Protrachodon, or how I spent hours chasing a gh...
What the heck is a Protrachodon (and should it even be italicized)? (If you are thinking about being a paleontologist, this blog captures the steps I took to track down...
Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides - a dinosaur you'...
Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides Another theropod you likely haven't heard of, Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides, "Chien Ko Lizard Ceratosaurus-like'' (my best guess at the correct genus translation) was name by Young in 1942 from only teeth. ...
Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides - a dinosaur you'...
Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides Another theropod you likely haven't heard of, Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides, "Chien Ko Lizard Ceratosaurus-like'' (my best guess at the correct genus translation) was name by Young in 1942 from only teeth. ...
Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex?
Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex? More than you ever wanted to know about a mysterious group of theropod dinosaurs! I came across the fragmentary femur pictured above while researching Szechuanosaurus. I never thought it'd...
Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex?
Larger than Tyrannosaurus rex? More than you ever wanted to know about a mysterious group of theropod dinosaurs! I came across the fragmentary femur pictured above while researching Szechuanosaurus. I never thought it'd...
Seriema - modern day Velociraptor?
Modern Day Velociraptor? (Link to our research photos and video here!) Meet the red-legged seriema, Cariama cristata. This modern South American bird is the only surviving cousin to the famed "terror...
Seriema - modern day Velociraptor?
Modern Day Velociraptor? (Link to our research photos and video here!) Meet the red-legged seriema, Cariama cristata. This modern South American bird is the only surviving cousin to the famed "terror...
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Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis
Dr. Brian CurticeMajungasaurus Majungasaurus, "Mahajunga lizard", lived in Madagascar at the end of the reign of the dinosaurs, from ~70 mya right up to the very end 66 mya. Like most...
Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis
Dr. Brian CurticeMajungasaurus Majungasaurus, "Mahajunga lizard", lived in Madagascar at the end of the reign of the dinosaurs, from ~70 mya right up to the very end 66 mya. Like most...
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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 dwarf its 6’ long North American relatives...
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 dwarf its 6’ long North American relatives...
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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...
