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Beelzebufo

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...

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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...

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In Memory of mi amigo Dr. Jorge Calvo

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...

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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...

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Lambeosaurus Protrachodon

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...

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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...

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Chienkosaurus ceratosauroides - a dinosaur you've likely not heard of!

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?

  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...

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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...

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Seriema - modern day Velociraptor?

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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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 - 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.   Click here to learn...

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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.   Click here to learn...

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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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