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Tylosaurus proriger, Giant Marine Reptile in Kansas! - Fossil Crates

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 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 addition to the armored dinosaur family!

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...

75 million years ago Montana was a swamp and Fossil Crates went on location to check it out!

75 million years ago Montana was a swamp and Fo...

The Fossil Crates team took a trip 75 million years back in time to what was then swampland in Central Montana.  Below is a brief day-by-day account of our adventures...

75 million years ago Montana was a swamp and Fo...

The Fossil Crates team took a trip 75 million years back in time to what was then swampland in Central Montana.  Below is a brief day-by-day account of our adventures...

Arizona Museum of Natural History - A Desert Jewel

Arizona Museum of Natural History - A Desert Jewel

Spotlight on the Arizona Museum of Natural History https://www.arizonamuseumofnaturalhistory.org/ The Arizona Museum of Natural History (AZMNH) is a desert jewel well worth a visit.  Located 15 minutes from Sky Harbor...

Arizona Museum of Natural History - A Desert Jewel

Spotlight on the Arizona Museum of Natural History https://www.arizonamuseumofnaturalhistory.org/ The Arizona Museum of Natural History (AZMNH) is a desert jewel well worth a visit.  Located 15 minutes from Sky Harbor...

Deploying Drones to Find Fossils! - Fossil Crates

Deploying Drones to Find Fossils!

We live in amazing times!  Technology continues to produce incredibly cool devices that paleontologists can leverage to study deep time.  First, a bit of reminiscing.  Think about how amazing GPS...

Deploying Drones to Find Fossils!

We live in amazing times!  Technology continues to produce incredibly cool devices that paleontologists can leverage to study deep time.  First, a bit of reminiscing.  Think about how amazing GPS...

  • 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.   Click here to learn...

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    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.   Click here to learn...

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  • 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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