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Fossil Crates Gift Guide - Fossil Crates

Fossil Crates Gift Guide

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 know which one to buy? ...

Fossil Crates Gift Guide

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 know which one to buy? ...

Triceratops Torosaurus Tyrannosaurus rex battle

Classic Battle!

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 life... Tyrannosaurus rex vs Torosaurus (Triceratops'...

Classic Battle!

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 life... Tyrannosaurus rex vs Torosaurus (Triceratops'...

A Turkey's Thanksgiving Family Feast Attendees

A Turkey's Thanksgiving Family Feast Attendees

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

A Turkey's Thanksgiving Family Feast Attendees

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

Utahraptor

Megaraptor vs Raptor - what's the difference?

Raptor versus Megaraptor   What's a "raptor"? Today "raptor" refers to voracious, bipedal dinosaurs with "killing claws," toe claws that never touch the ground and thus are always sharp.  Velociraptor is the...

Megaraptor vs Raptor - what's the difference?

Raptor versus Megaraptor   What's a "raptor"? Today "raptor" refers to voracious, bipedal dinosaurs with "killing claws," toe claws that never touch the ground and thus are always sharp.  Velociraptor is the...

Small dinosaurs grew slower in harsh environments

Small dinosaurs grew slower in harsh environments

Not knowing much about noasaurs I found this paper rather interesting!  Released in September, 2020 and written by Souza et al., the team studied the bone growth (histology) of the...

Small dinosaurs grew slower in harsh environments

Not knowing much about noasaurs I found this paper rather interesting!  Released in September, 2020 and written by Souza et al., the team studied the bone growth (histology) of the...

Largest display of dinosaurs in the world at the Museum of Ancient Life! - Fossil Crates

Largest display of dinosaurs in the world at th...

    The Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point is one of the best dinosaur museums in the world!  Located in Lehi, Utah and open Monday - Saturday, 10...

Largest display of dinosaurs in the world at th...

    The Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point is one of the best dinosaur museums in the world!  Located in Lehi, Utah and open Monday - Saturday, 10...

  • 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,...

    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,...

  • 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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