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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...

Marine Marauders! - Fossil Crates

Marine Marauders!

  Welcome Fossil Fans to August, the heat of which leads people to beaches in droves, into waters that once were patrolled by the fearsome foursome offered up in our...

Marine Marauders!

  Welcome Fossil Fans to August, the heat of which leads people to beaches in droves, into waters that once were patrolled by the fearsome foursome offered up in our...

Chew-ly Chompionship 2020 - Contest of the Ultimate Predators

Chew-ly Chompionship 2020 - Contest of the Ulti...

Useful information on the 16 entrants into the 2020 Fossil Crates Chew-ly Chompionship contest! Enter online here!  An overview of the bracket can be seen here.   

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Chew-ly Chompionship 2020 - Contest of the Ulti...

Useful information on the 16 entrants into the 2020 Fossil Crates Chew-ly Chompionship contest! Enter online here!  An overview of the bracket can be seen here.   

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  • 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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