Dr. BC's Hindsight

Rebbachisaurus garasbae Lavocat, 1954 Pronounced “Reb- bawk -ee -sore -us Gar- az- bay” Means “Garasb’ Rebbach lizard Named for the part of the w...

Edmontosaurus annectens (Marsh, 1892) Pronounced “Ed- Mahn- to -sore- us An-neck-tens” Means “Connected Edmonton Lizard”  Named for the Edmonto...

Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis (Gilmore, 1931) Pronounced “Pack - ee - sef - uh - low - sore - us Why- oh- ming -in -sis” Means “Wyoming’s Thic...

Triceratops is a legend among dinosaur fans and deservedly so!  Three times the length and weight of a rhino, with a skull over 8' long, two brow...

Triceratops horridus (Marsh, 1889) Pronounced “Try- sair- uh- tops Hoar-eye-dus” Means “Standing Up Three-Horned Face” Named for the 3 large horn...

For my money, the Museum of Paleontology located in Provo, Utah, literally in the shadow of Brigham Young University's Cougar Stadium, offers the b...

Welcome Fossil Fans to September!  Fall is the perfect season to celebrate our friends the herbivores!  Plant-eaters are always in style (and on t...

Carcharocles megalodon Pronounced “Car-care-oh-klees Meg-uh-low-don” Means “Large toothed glorious shark”  Named for its giant teeth “Megalodon” l...

Cretoxyrhina mantelli  Pronounced “Cree-tox-ee-rine-uh  Man-tell-eye” Means “Mantell’s Cretaceous sharp-nose”  Named for the initial belief it ha...

  Xiphactinus audax Named by Leidy in 1870 Pronounced “Zif-Fact-in-us Odd-ax” Means “Bold Sword-ray”  Named for Its amazing fins and massive teeth ...

Tylosaurus proriger Cope 1869 Pronounced ‘Tie-Low-saur-us Pro-rigor’ Means “protuberance lizard bearing a prow” Named for its unusual bottle-s...

Dynamoterror dynastes is a tyrannosaurid named in 2018 by McDonald et al.  from fragmentary remains excavated in the Late Cretaceous Menefee Format...