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Cephalopods You Say?
Finishing up April in style this week is going to be quite a bit of fun. Rather than discussing a single genus or species, this week is more about an entire subclass of Cephalopoda that we collectively...
View ArticleUnprecedented
I almost hate doing this, however, I am going to take a day off, in a way. I opened my list of blogs that I like to read, which I do before every entry into this blog, and I saw that Mark Witton has...
View ArticleFinding Copious Fossils
Ammonites are well known to most fossil hunters in part thanks to the shells that were so well-preserved and copiously fossilized. Because they are so prevalent in the record there are facts everywhere...
View ArticleAmmonites In Motion
Ammonites are popular, as we know by now, and their inclusion in many videos and documentaries is to be expected. Their fossils are known globally, making them available for all kinds of documentaries...
View ArticleAmmonite Literature Is All Around Us
Ammonites are often used as markers of biozones and stratigraphic layers. They are not as often used to describe mineral deposits in formations or zones of interior seaways (okay, that is not entirely...
View ArticleMore Than Index Fossils
Ammonites do indeed make wonderful index fossils thanks to their abundance and long presence in the global fossil record. The name ammonite is one of the oldest in paleontology, with Pliny the Elder...
View ArticleAmmonites In Spotlights
Ammonites are popular because they are well known. They show up in all sorts of pop culture arenas including the Jurassic Park Facebook game, the Walking with... series (if only as a floating shell...
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Sailing Away
©Alvaro RozalenThe number of dinosaurs covered here continues to grow and the number of dinosaurs that have yet to be covered continues to become increasingly perplexing. For the most part this is...
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Happily Cooling
©Emily WilloughbyNever has a theropod been this happy to cool down in the twilight air. Concavenator is hypothesized to have used the hump or sail on its back to thermoregulate. I note here that I...
View ArticleCamels of the Dinosaur World
Oftentimes drawing a comparison to living animals that young readers are more acquainted with helps them to picture and understand extinct animals much better. Equating this dinosaur to camels may not...
View ArticleWhen You're Not A Star
Somehow, despite being known and described for a number of solid years, this interesting and unique specimen of theropod life has escaped notice in documentaries and many other dinosaur video outlets....
View ArticleDescribing and Feathers
The most important paper is always the describing paper. Fortunately that is available online as a pdf, which is wonderful because it is already free and something that can be shared amongst the...
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Differing Interpretations
Two main features of the skeleton of Concavenator have stood out to researchers. The first has been covered in many conversations. The hump above the pelvis is fairly well understood and interpreted in...
View ArticleDarling of The Toy Industry
Since its discovery and highly publicized description, Concavenator has been modeled by a number of toy makers. Safari LTD. has made the biggest splash in the Concavenator market it appears, as it...
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Tiny Tanks of England
136 million years ago in the Cretaceous of England a 6 meter long ankylosaurid was plodding along living its ankylosaurid life. In 1832 that animal was described by Gideon Mantell as a 7.6 meter long...
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The Original Fossils
The type material for Hylaeosaurus is a confusing looking muddle of bones. Aside from the fact that the term dinosaur was not in existence at the time these were described, this jumble of very alien...
View ArticleFriendly and Happy
Hylaeosaurus was one of the first described dinosaurs and used in the determining what a dinosaur was initially. It stands to reason that it has some level of fame then. This level of notoriety means...
View ArticleHome Video Day
As popular as Hylaeosaurus was yesterday, today it is almost unheard of. The realm of documentaries, movies, and other film adaptations is filled with popular, scary, and awe inspiring dinosaurs. A...
View ArticlePapers Among Us
There are a few good papers to read concerning Hylaeosaurus. The original description seems to have not made its way to the internet, but it could just be hiding out rather well; it is cited in papers...
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Small Remains
Basing a description off of the limited material of the type specimen is difficult. It can be done however, and comparison of the spikes, vertebrae, and general outlay of the type specimen's slab...
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