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Dynamic Images?
What is the most dynamic, awe-inspiring image of Tuojiangosaurus that one can find on the internet? There are a near infinite number of opinions regarding which image and why any particular image might...
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Dragon Hunters
Dinosaurs and fossil hunters have been referred to as dragons and dragon hunters for centuries now; however, there is only one dinosaur whose name means "Dragon Hunter": Dracovenator regenti Yates...
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As with many dinosaurs, there are a number of papers that mention Dracovenator, far more than the number of papers that actually focus all of their attention on our featured dinosaur. The description...
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Night Flying
If a niche exists in nature, some animal somewhere is, was, or will be an expert in that lifestyle. During the Jurassic Laurasia, the northern supercontinent, was populated by a number of pterosaurs...
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Rhamphorhynchus appears in two popular films for brief periods in each. The first, One Million Years B. C. is vintage Ray Harryhausen stop motion work with a very inaccurate version of Rhamphorhynchus...
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Coming Back with A Sun God
First, it is really nice to be able to sit and write something for this page again. The past few months it has been difficult to work on writing all day long and then have any energy at the end of the...
View ArticleTawa and the National Science Foundation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) was all over the discovery and naming of Tawahallae, with good reasons, and because of their coverage we have an entire page of videos on not only the dinosaur but...
View ArticleScience Descriptions
When an article appears in Science it is typically accessible forever. In terms of Tawa hallae this is very good news for us because the describing and naming paper are housed and available on the...
View ArticleFame and the Dinosaur
Tawa hallae is a famous early theropod not only because of its coverage by the National Science Foundation or the publication of its description in Science. Tawa is also famous because it was an early...
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Thecodontosaurs
An early socket-toothed sauropod, Thecodontosaurus antiquusMorris, 1843, was discovered in Southern England from Late Triassic (227-205 million years ago) soils around 1834. As many of these stories...
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WizScience with a summary video of facts for you to learn some more general information about Thecodontosaurus on this wonderful Sunday:Additionally, there are a number of pages that have fact files,...
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Thecodontosaurus is not very famous in terms of on film presence (for many dinosaurs this translates simply into "not very famous" at all). However, the University of Bristol started a program in 2000...
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Socketed Teeth
Thecodontosaurus was named for its teeth. Thecodont teeth are situated so that the base is completely enclosed in a bony socket, like our teeth and the teeth of other mammals, crocodilians, and...
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Brazilian Theropod
Herrerasaurids make up some of the earliest dinosaurs and the earliest theropod dinosaurs as well. These small carnivorous bipeds are known for their agile appearances and small stature as well as...
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Staurikosaurus is not very well known, in terms of media presence and general availability of quality fact pages on the internet. There are a few notable pages, such as the NHM in London, KidsDinos,...
View ArticlePapers and Beyond
Staurikosaurus headlines a chapter in an older edition of the book The Dinosauria. This chapter has been replaced in newer editions of the book, but the importance of Staurikosaurus and the many papers...
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Known but not Famous
I mentioned on Tuesday that Staurikosaurus is a much published and important dinosaur in the scientific community. Outside of the scientific community the knowledge about, and reaction to, the...
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The Mouse Lizard
Reaching an estimated 3 m (10 ft) in length and 70 kg (150 lbs) in weight, the early sauropodomorph Mussaurus patagonicus was an aptly named dinosaur. The name means "Mouse Lizard" and was applied...
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Mussaurus lends itself to cute titles on webpages. One such page, from Mental Floss, is title 10 Mousey Facts about Mussaurus. The facts on this site address issues like the size of the animal and the...
View ArticleMouse Movement
Mussaurus is not a movie star, despite it being a recognizable dinosaur for many people in and out of the paleontological profession. It has been studied and a video showing its range of movement has...
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