Let us introduce you (or perhaps, re-introduce, for some of you fossil aficionados out there) to strange looking dinosaurs, crazy evolutionary adaptations and other incredibly nerdy fossil related news. Today, we bring you: Shovel Face-Vacuum Mouth – better known as Nigersaurus taqueti. Nigersaurus was first found in the Republic of Niger in 1976 by French…
Animal News Round Up: Dinosaur Discoveries, Chameleon Gamers and Dolphin Depths
Yet another new dinosaur was discovered last week. Wendiceratops pinhornensis is a new horned dino, named after Alberta’s famous fossil hunter, Wendy Sloboda. The dino is literally named “Wendy’s horned-face” and she’s not really a single dino. In fact, the new species was described using the bones of 3 adults and a young dinosaur found in a bone…
Dinosaur News Round Up: New Discovery, Fish Explosions and Gendered Dinos
Scientists are busy finding new dinosaurs all over the place. Last week we brought you the Hell Chicken Dinosaur, this week, we bring you Clive. Okay, fine, they aren’t really calling Sefapanosaurus zastronensis Clive, but don’t you think he would have gotten more attention if they had? Clive is a sauropodomorph (yes, like the brontosaurs that may or…
Hell Chicken Dinosaur and Other Fossil Facts
We are a nation obsessed with dinosaurs. And zombies. Clearly the next step is demonic zombie chicken-like dinosaurs. Well, do we have news for you! Back in March, scientists announced that they had found the dinosaur “chicken from hell.” Standing on two legs, at 11 feet tall and weighing in at 500 pounds, we bring…
Sexing A Dinosaur
ZOMG. Get your mind out of the gutter. We would never write about dinosaur sexxxytime. We are not that kind of blog. Well, except that one time. At band camp. No. What we are talking about is exciting news in the field of paleontology: finally, scientists believe they can accurately differentiate between male and female…
“Fake” Fossil Turns Out To Be Real Find
Museums are odd places; a casual visitor sees only the tip of the iceberg. But behind the exhibits are treasure troves of carefully archived items. And occasionally the right person comes along and finds that something previously thought of as totally insignificant is actually an incredible discovery. The Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery had just such a…