Dr. BC's Hindsight

Anteating dinosaurs???
Ants, they aren't just for anteaters any more! Did some dinosaurs dine exclusively on ants? Myrmecophagy, literally "ant eating", exists in modern reptiles, birds, and mammals. My beloved pangolin (watch...
Anteating dinosaurs???
Ants, they aren't just for anteaters any more! Did some dinosaurs dine exclusively on ants? Myrmecophagy, literally "ant eating", exists in modern reptiles, birds, and mammals. My beloved pangolin (watch...

2021 International Dinosaur Ambassadors
Please meet our 2021 Ambassadors!  North America CarnivoreAllosaurus (with 67% of the vote) Ambassador Allosaurus has an illustrious past indeed! Not only is it the Utah State Dinosaur, but it...
2021 International Dinosaur Ambassadors
Please meet our 2021 Ambassadors!  North America CarnivoreAllosaurus (with 67% of the vote) Ambassador Allosaurus has an illustrious past indeed! Not only is it the Utah State Dinosaur, but it...

Fossil Crates presents a Virtual Summer Camp on...
Noble Fossil Fans, Â Â Â This June, Fossil Crates has teamed up with the Arizona Museum of Natural History to present a totally unique Dinosaur Virtual Summer Camp experience, led...
Fossil Crates presents a Virtual Summer Camp on...
Noble Fossil Fans, Â Â Â This June, Fossil Crates has teamed up with the Arizona Museum of Natural History to present a totally unique Dinosaur Virtual Summer Camp experience, led...

International Dinosaur Day 2021
Noble Fossil Fans! International Dinosaur Day 2021 is upon us. What is it? Aside from a time for the world to come together for a day and celebrate all that...
International Dinosaur Day 2021
Noble Fossil Fans! International Dinosaur Day 2021 is upon us. What is it? Aside from a time for the world to come together for a day and celebrate all that...

Measuring specimens - the start of a study comp...
Aiden Rouse, an independent researcher from Central Florida, conducted a series of observation-based measurements on Galeamopus pabsti (SMA0011) mounted at the Cincinnati Museum Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The specimen being...
Measuring specimens - the start of a study comp...
Aiden Rouse, an independent researcher from Central Florida, conducted a series of observation-based measurements on Galeamopus pabsti (SMA0011) mounted at the Cincinnati Museum Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The specimen being...

Theories for Behavior in Deinonychosaurs and th...
Taylor Oswald, paleontologist at Brigham Young University, sent me this thought-provoking paper on dromaeosaurid hunting practices and the origin of avian monogamy. I am linking to a PDF as it...
Theories for Behavior in Deinonychosaurs and th...
Taylor Oswald, paleontologist at Brigham Young University, sent me this thought-provoking paper on dromaeosaurid hunting practices and the origin of avian monogamy. I am linking to a PDF as it...
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Majungasaurus, dinosaur with an identify crisis
Dr. Brian CurticeMajungasaurus  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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Dr. Brian CurticeMajungasaurus  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!
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 dwarfs its 6’ long North American relatives, Chirostenotes and...
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 dwarfs its 6’ long North American relatives, Chirostenotes and...
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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...