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New sauropod discoveries... held hostage.
Just got a nice little heads up from one of my loyal watchers. Two new sauropods have just been discovered and described. Zby atlanticus, a basal Turiasaurid from Portugal, and Vahiny depereti, a...
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Hot News! RECORD-SMASHING titanosaur just discovered!
News flash: we have a new biggest dinosaur.Yes, I know you've got cause to be skeptical. Ever since a number of somewhat dubious contenders took the title from Brachiosaurus in the 80s, it's been very...
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More on the Chubut Monster
A few more pieces of information have been trickling out about the new giant titanosaur found in Chubut province, Argentina. While it may be anyone's guess when the paper will be out (and I would...
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Is the French Monster a Euhelopodid?
One of these days we may see a paper come out about this. France, as you may know, contains a dinosaur of truly gigantic proportions (and no, I'm not talking about the Algerian species "Brachiosaurus"...
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Dreadnoughtus - the Truth and the Myth
I knew this day was coming!Lacovara's titanosaur has been described, named, and even 3D imaged! Dreadnoughtus schrani, read about it here:...
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The Giant that Never Was: All your Bruhathkayosaurus questions answered!
Happy New Year, everyone! A lot of new dinosaur discoveries in 2011, and 2012 promises to be even better. BHI's dueling dinosaurs (a large Nanotyrannus and a previously unknown chasmosaurine...
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Rethinking "Brouhaha-saurus" - what if it were real?
The previous post on Bruhathkayosaurus has given me some thoughts on an interesting possibility: what if this animal were indeed real?It's no secret that I'm seriously skeptical of the remains that...
View ArticleWARNING: ACT NOW OR FACE CENSORSHIP!
PLEASE READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY.I decided when I started this blog that it would be devoted to science, not politics. But politics has interfered in the future of the blogosphere in a very nasty way....
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The Satanic Science Publishing Mafia EXPOSED! Are they racketeering your...
Hot on the heels of the (now temporarily down) PIPA-SOPA bill debacle, comes another nasty threat this time specifically geared towards the free exchange of information. Lets break it down more simply...
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Pulling out the Rug from under Elsevier - sign your name on the petition!
Apparently despite all the negative attention and criticism of Elsevier's abuse of wealth and power to stifle scientific knowledge behind steep paywalls, the executives of the corporate academic...
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FORGOTTEN GIANTS, #3: Andesaurus
Well after a LONG time, the Andesaurus project is finally finished - for a while at least. While the open-access issue has been very important, it's time to get back to what this blog is all about -...
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Name that Dinosaur! (#1)
While more Forgotten Giants articles are in progress, let's take a look at the odds and ends that often turn up in the more interesting corners of paleontology.Every once in a while we see something...
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The Paleo King's Frequently Asked QuestionsI figured that after having been around on the blogosphere this long, it is worth posting a brief FAQ section so that some of the emails I get can be easily...
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Giraffatitan's dorsals are just WEIRD.
Some really interesting stuff here. First off, the last "name that dinosaur" contest was a good one, Zach Armstrong won. It was indeed the La Invernada titanosaur, a relatively small species that...
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Name that Dinosaur! (#2)
Recently I saw some pretty impressive dinosaur remains that evade description. These are tough. They're even stumping me, believe it or not.Of course they are hips.Sauropod hips are usually pretty easy...
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Giraffatitan's head is just WEIRD.
The Jurassic weirdness continues! The last post on Giraffatitan focused on the torso, and how it had often been inaccurately restored. But I didn't appreciate just how strange this animal's spine was...
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Giraffatitan's weird head gets even weirder
In the last post on Giraffatitan, we focused on just how strange the head is, and explored some hints about the ontogeny of the animal's face.However after a deeper exploration of the actual fit of the...
View ArticleI am now "officially" as famous as Dr. Bakker!
I just came across this little paper, not about any particular dinosaur species, but about Paleo-art itself. Link is:http://digital.csic.es/bitstream/10261/120877/1/Manuel_ejip%202015.pdfAlthough this...
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How much time did sauropods need to spend eating?
This is a question we hear a lot, especially from dino-fans in awe of the size and scale of some of these creatures, which can only go up after seeing one in a museum.However huge you think they are,...
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How big was the French Monster?
Earlier you may have heard of a truly colossal sauropod species known as the French Monster. First it appeared to be a titanosaur, though now it looks to be a basal somphospondyl, along the same lines...
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Don't judge a dinosaur by its ankle.
A change of pace from the sauropods for a bit: after a few questions from a follower of my work, I looked at Hutchinson (2011) again - the paper that estimated Sue the T. rex at 9 tons; I can't tell...
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'Toroceratops' is BUSTED. Conclusively.
Q: I have heard that the Jack Horner theory about Torosaurus being nothing more than old individuals of Triceratops is getting a lot of pushback. Paleo King, what are your views on the theory, and what...
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Another Torosaurus feature you won't find on any Triceratops
We've seen different snouts, different beak shapes, different frill stud counts, different frill shapes, different squamosal shapes, and different horn shapes in the biggest and most mature...
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Were the scaly T. rex paintings of the 90s right after all?
Well, I have to admit it.It was tempting to draw large tyrannosaurs with a heavy coat of feathers. It proved VERY tempting. But I stuck to my guns and held out on it. Why? I wasn't convinced the...
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The Chubut Monster is officially named!
Today the Chubut Monster, possibly the largest dinosaur known, has been published.There are apparently six specimens from the same site. The largest of them may have exceeded 120 feet in length, and...
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