Dr. BC's Hindsight
Paleontologist & Fossil Crates Co-Founder Dr. Brian Curtice's periodic musings about what's going on (and what went on millions of years ago) in the world of dinosaurs.
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"...
Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis, the newest addit...
Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis "Zhucheng's Chinese Fused Lizard" A new member of the Ankylosauria from China, Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis, was named in July 2020. It means "Zhucheng's Chinese Fused Lizard" and was excavated in the...
Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis, the newest addit...
Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis "Zhucheng's Chinese Fused Lizard" A new member of the Ankylosauria from China, Sinankylosaurus zhuchengensis, was named in July 2020. It means "Zhucheng's Chinese Fused Lizard" and was excavated in the...