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Triceratops, the three-horned face
Triceratops horridus (Marsh, 1889) Pronounced “Try- sair- uh- tops Hoar-eye-dus” Means “Standing Up Three-Horned Face” Named for the 3 large horns projecting from the face Lived in the Late Cretaceous,...
Triceratops, the three-horned face
Triceratops horridus (Marsh, 1889) Pronounced “Try- sair- uh- tops Hoar-eye-dus” Means “Standing Up Three-Horned Face” Named for the 3 large horns projecting from the face Lived in the Late Cretaceous,...
Brigham Young University's Museum of Paleontolo...
For my money, the Museum of Paleontology located in Provo, Utah, literally in the shadow of Brigham Young University's Cougar Stadium, offers the best dinosaur museum experience per square foot,...
Brigham Young University's Museum of Paleontolo...
For my money, the Museum of Paleontology located in Provo, Utah, literally in the shadow of Brigham Young University's Cougar Stadium, offers the best dinosaur museum experience per square foot,...
Ultimate Herbivores!
Welcome Fossil Fans to September! Fall is the perfect season to celebrate our friends the herbivores! Plant-eaters are always in style (and on the menu!). The Ultimate Herbivores crate comes...
Ultimate Herbivores!
Welcome Fossil Fans to September! Fall is the perfect season to celebrate our friends the herbivores! Plant-eaters are always in style (and on the menu!). The Ultimate Herbivores crate comes...
Cretoxyrhina mantelli, gigantic warm-blooded sh...
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Pronounced “Cree-tox-ee-rine-uh Man-tell-eye” Means “Mantell’s Cretaceous sharp-nose” Named for the initial belief it had a large, sharp nose, in reality, the nose was blunt Late Cretaceous (108-70 million...
Cretoxyrhina mantelli, gigantic warm-blooded sh...
Cretoxyrhina mantelli Pronounced “Cree-tox-ee-rine-uh Man-tell-eye” Means “Mantell’s Cretaceous sharp-nose” Named for the initial belief it had a large, sharp nose, in reality, the nose was blunt Late Cretaceous (108-70 million...
Tylosaurus proriger, Giant Marine Reptile in Ka...
Tylosaurus proriger Cope 1869 Pronounced ‘Tie-Low-saur-us Pro-rigor’ Means “protuberance lizard bearing a prow” Named for its unusual bottle-shaped, toothless snout Late Cretaceous (94 - 66 million years ago) Lived in the...
Tylosaurus proriger, Giant Marine Reptile in Ka...
Tylosaurus proriger Cope 1869 Pronounced ‘Tie-Low-saur-us Pro-rigor’ Means “protuberance lizard bearing a prow” Named for its unusual bottle-shaped, toothless snout Late Cretaceous (94 - 66 million years ago) Lived in the...
Dynamoterror dynastes we hardly knew ya!
Dynamoterror dynastes is a tyrannosaurid named in 2018 by McDonald et al. from fragmentary remains excavated in the Late Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. A fantastic name that means "powerful terror ruler"...
Dynamoterror dynastes we hardly knew ya!
Dynamoterror dynastes is a tyrannosaurid named in 2018 by McDonald et al. from fragmentary remains excavated in the Late Cretaceous Menefee Formation of New Mexico. A fantastic name that means "powerful terror ruler"...
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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,...
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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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...
