Dr. BC's Hindsight

Anzu wyliei is the largest, and most complete, North American oviraptorosaur thus far discovered, measuring 11’ long and around 600 lbs.  Its massi...

Aiden Rouse, an independent researcher from Central Florida, conducted a series of observation-based measurements on Galeamopus pabsti (SMA0011) mo...

Taylor Oswald, paleontologist at Brigham Young University, sent me this thought-provoking paper on dromaeosaurid hunting practices and the origin o...

Welcome to our first edition of Hindsight! Dr. BC blesses us with 3 takes on the latest paleontological finds, new looks on old specimens, and other thoughts from the depths of his paleo-obsessed brain!

  The Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) is the closest living bird I can think of to a dromaeosaur foot-claw-wise. The Wildlife World Zoo(than...

New Megalodon Facts  As reported by incredible shark expert Dr. Kenshu Shimada and his team of scientists, the largest predatory shark to ever live...

Ubirajara jubatus, the "Maned Lord of the Spear", is a beautifully preserved 3' long, ~112 million-year-old meat-eating Brazilian dinosaur.  The s...

Fossil Crates offers so many fantastic casts, which one to choose? Gift Giving Guide Want to buy your favorite dino fan a crate but don't ...

Now you can recreate the classic dinosaur battle scene portrayed time after time in movies, books, and artwork, as well as countless times in real ...

Ah the turkey, that staple of Thanksgiving fare!  Its scientific name is Meleagris gallopavo.  The genus means "Guinea fowl" and the species name ...

Raptor versus Megaraptor   What's a "raptor"? Today "raptor" refers to voracious, bipedal dinosaurs with "killing claws", toe claws that never touc...

Not knowing much about noasaurs I found this paper rather interesting!  Released in September, 2020 and written by Souza et al., the team studied t...