The mastodon–an Ice Age cousin of today’s elephants–is an icon of North American paleontology. Known to science for over 200 years, and…
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Interview Mastodon Surprise! An Interview with Alton Dooley
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post Modern Connections for the Ancient Sharks of Madagascar
The word “Madagascar” conjures up images of lemurs and baobob trees—indeed, a great portion of vertebrate paleontological research has pursued questions on…
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Dinosaurs The Open Access Dinosaurs of 2018
Happy New Year! As we look forward to 2019’s paleontology discoveries, let’s also look back upon some of the open access dinosaurs…
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post A Collage of Cretaceous Coprolites
Coprolites, a fancy term for fossilized poo, are commonly highlighted by paleontologists for pure shock value and bad pun potential (“Protect Rare…
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post Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Gondwanagaricites magnificus
Continuing our march through the Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017… We’re now in the top five, as determined by…
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Open Access Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Shringasaurus indicus
The word “Mesozoic” makes most people think of dinosaurs, and that’s not a bad thought. But, the first chunk of the Mesozoic, the…
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Dinosaurs Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017: Isaberrysaura mollensis
We’re continuing with our countdown of the Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017…here in the Number Nine Slot, we’ve got…
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Open Access Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa of 2017
The big moment is finally here! With 669 votes cast from around the world, we have our Top 10 Open Access Fossil Taxa…
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post A Brief Prehistory of the Cranberry
Every species on Earth has a story. My job as a paleontologist is to read and retell that story, so that we have a…
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Interview Author Interview: Bobby Boessenecker on the early dolphin Albertocetus
Today, a new paper describing new fossils of an early dolphin, Albertocetus, was published in PLOS ONE. This animal was named several years back, and…