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Marine Marauders! - Fossil Crates

Marine Marauders!

  Welcome Fossil Fans to August, the heat of which leads people to beaches in droves, into waters that once were patrolled by the fearsome foursome offered up in our...

Marine Marauders!

  Welcome Fossil Fans to August, the heat of which leads people to beaches in droves, into waters that once were patrolled by the fearsome foursome offered up in our...

Chew-ly Chompionship 2020 - Contest of the Ultimate Predators

Chew-ly Chompionship 2020 - Contest of the Ulti...

Useful information on the 16 entrants into the 2020 Fossil Crates Chew-ly Chompionship contest! Enter online here!  An overview of the bracket can be seen here.   

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Chew-ly Chompionship 2020 - Contest of the Ulti...

Useful information on the 16 entrants into the 2020 Fossil Crates Chew-ly Chompionship contest! Enter online here!  An overview of the bracket can be seen here.   

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Deploying Drones to Find Fossils! - Fossil Crates

Deploying Drones to Find Fossils!

We live in amazing times!  Technology continues to produce incredibly cool devices that paleontologists can leverage to study deep time.  First, a bit of reminiscing.  Think about how amazing GPS...

Deploying Drones to Find Fossils!

We live in amazing times!  Technology continues to produce incredibly cool devices that paleontologists can leverage to study deep time.  First, a bit of reminiscing.  Think about how amazing GPS...

Unboxing the Ultimate Spinosaurus versus Tyrannosaurus standard crate! - Fossil Crates

Unboxing the Ultimate Spinosaurus versus Tyrann...

This is my unboxing video of the Ultimate Spinosaurus versus Tyrannosaurus standard crate.  The wooden crate comes with the same elements but has the awesome wooden crate too!   

Unboxing the Ultimate Spinosaurus versus Tyrann...

This is my unboxing video of the Ultimate Spinosaurus versus Tyrannosaurus standard crate.  The wooden crate comes with the same elements but has the awesome wooden crate too!   

Ode to the Field Season - Fossil Crates

Ode to the Field Season

The field season is upon us.  That special time of the year when we dust off our boots (ok, who am I kidding, there is no dust as I wear...

Ode to the Field Season

The field season is upon us.  That special time of the year when we dust off our boots (ok, who am I kidding, there is no dust as I wear...

International Dinosaur Days and Reflections

International Dinosaur Days and Reflections

Such is the popularity of dinosaurs that they have two International Dinosaur Days, June 1st and the 3rd Tuesday in May.  A bit of internet sleuthing revealed Dinosaurs Day on...

International Dinosaur Days and Reflections

Such is the popularity of dinosaurs that they have two International Dinosaur Days, June 1st and the 3rd Tuesday in May.  A bit of internet sleuthing revealed Dinosaurs Day on...

  • Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis - Fossil Crates

    Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Majungasaurus   Majungasaurus, "Mahajunga lizard," lived in Madagascar at the end of the dinosaurs' reign, from ~70 mya right up to the very end 66 mya.   Like most early-named dinosaurs,...

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    Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Majungasaurus   Majungasaurus, "Mahajunga lizard," lived in Madagascar at the end of the dinosaurs' reign, from ~70 mya right up to the very end 66 mya.   Like most early-named dinosaurs,...

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  • Anz-who?  Anzu, that's who! - Fossil Crates

    Anz-who? Anzu, that's who!

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Anzu 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 Curtice

    Anzu 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...

  • Ubirajara jubatus, "Maned Lord of the Spear": Were the ribbons real? - Fossil Crates

    Ubirajara jubatus, "Maned Lord of the Spear": W...

    Dr. Brian Curtice

    Ubirajara 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 Curtice

    Ubirajara 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...

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