I still remember the first time watching Jurassic Park as a kid. Watching the raptors leaping on to their prey, hooking and…
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Dinosaurs Killer claws or climbing crampons?
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Dinosaurs One-toed Brazilian dinosaur dashed across ancient deserts
A new theropod dinosaur has been discovered from the little-explored region of northern Paraná in modern Brazil. Named Vespersaurus, it had a…
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Dinosaurs Mega-raptors were top predators in Thailand 100 million years ago
If you go to an average Thai island today, you find a very different “predator” to what existed 100 million years ago…
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Dinosaurs Ancient amino acids from 100 million year old dinosaur feathers in amber
Then fossil record some times is one of those things which just stops you dead in your tracks, with ‘wow’ written all…
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Dinosaurs Out of Africa: A new hypothesis for the world’s biggest ever dinosaurs
Most of our most beloved and well-known dinosaurs tend to come from Europe and North America. Diplodocus, T. rex, Triceratops, all household…
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Dinosaurs Mongolian proto-thief dinosaur had egg-crushing jaws
Our understanding of dinosaurs is constantly changing. From centuries old views of slow, lumbering, lizards to a modern understanding of nimble, often…
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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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Dinosaurs Armoured dinosaurs had an efficient internal cooling system
Ankylosaurs are the group of herbivorous ornithischians that looked like armoured-rhinos. Renowned for being covered in thick bony plates for protection against…
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Dinosaurs Munching and Migrating Megabeasts: Sauropod teeth illuminate migration patterns between Europe and Africa
When someone studies migration patterns of different organisms, one may consider many lines of evidence. For modern organisms, that is easy: visual…
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Dinosaurs Stepping Out: New Ornithomimosaur from Arkansas Described
Last week, a new species of dinosaur was described in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. The dinosaur, Arkansaurus fridayi, is an ornithomimosaur…
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Dinosaurs Author Interview: Kimi Chapelle & Massospondylus Skull Anatomy
I’m a huge anatomy geek, and love papers that figure and describe the nooks and crannies of skulls. The increasingly widespread use…
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Dinosaurs Top 10 Open Access Fossil taxa of 2017: Borealopelta markmitchelli
The second ankylosaur in our Top 10 of 2017, Borealopelta markmitchelli, comes in at spot number 2! Weighing in at around 1300kg…