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• Ornitholestes with feathers

  By Jason R. Abdale on November 28, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Greetings all. Every child with a rough grasp of what life was like in Late Jurassic North America probably knows the Morrison Formation’s main characters. If such a child were to be asked to name the meat-eaters from that formation,… Read More ›

• Alamosaurus

  By Jason R. Abdale on November 25, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  I know that it’s been a while, but here is my latest addition of paleo-art to this blog. Behold – Alamosaurus, a behemoth of a sauropod that roamed Texas during the late Cretaceous Period. Alamosaurus was a member of the… Read More ›

• Tyrannosaurus rex with scales

  By Jason R. Abdale on July 26, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Behold my masterpiece. This is the fifth T. rex drawing that I’ve posted to this blog, and it is the hardest drawing that I have ever had to make. Every individual scale was done by hand, one by one. This… Read More ›

• Captain Louis Antoine de Bougainville

  By Jason R. Abdale on June 17, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Louis Antoine de Bougainville (November 12, 1729 – August 31, 1811) was a French scholar, military officer, and explorer. He was a brilliant mathematician, gained fame for himself fighting in the French and Indian War, he became the first Frenchman… Read More ›

• My book “Four Days in September”, 2nd Edition, has been released!

  By Jason R. Abdale on May 2, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Two years ago, the first edition of my history book Four Days in September: The Battle of Teutoburg was published by Trafford Publishing. Since then, my book has been taken on by a well-known military history publisher based in Britain… Read More ›

• Chasmosaurus

  By Jason R. Abdale on March 31, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Chasmosaurus was a common genus of ceratopsian dinosaur found in North America, especially Alberta, Canada circa 75 MYA. This creature is so recognizable due to its rectangle-shaped frill that it has given its name to a whole slew of other… Read More ›

• A quickie Dimetrodon sketch

  By Jason R. Abdale on March 28, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Hello all, I just now hashed out a sketch of the famous Early Permian pelycosaur Dimetrodon – specifically, this is Dimetrodon grandis, one of the largest North American species, measuring at 10 feet long. There’s been a bit of buzz… Read More ›

• The Easter Rising of 1916: 100 Years Later, and Some Thoughts on the Importance of History

  By Jason R. Abdale on March 28, 2016 • ( 0 )

  Today marks the 100th anniversary one of the most important dates in modern European history. On the Monday after Easter in 1916, a group of young heavily-armed men dressed in military uniforms stood outside the front doors of the General… Read More ›

• Anzu

  By Jason R. Abdale on August 14, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Anzu was a caenagnathid from the Hell Creek Formation. I wrote of its discovery and naming in an earlier post that you can read here. The caenagnathids were a primitive group of oviraptorosaurs, the “egg thief” dinosaurs. Anzu is so… Read More ›

• Torvosaurus: The Grizzly Bear of the Jurassic

  By Jason R. Abdale on August 8, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  NOTE: The original article concerning Torvosaurus was published on August 8, 2015. It was completely overhauled and re-published on December 9, 2020, with more information and new artwork. Introduction The Morrison Formation of western North America, dated to the late… Read More ›