Do you love Deinonychus? Who doesn’t? Well, weirdos, I suppose, but anyway, I’ve just uploaded a new paleo logo to my Redbubble art merch page representing the Cloverly Formation of south-central Montana and north-central Wyoming, which lasted from 140-98 million… Read More ›
Phaedrolosaurus, meaning “elated lizard”, was a species of dromaeosaurid raptor dinosaur which lived in western China during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 130-120 million years ago. In 1963, a team of local geologists were exploring an area near the town… Read More ›
And today’s topic which is sure to start an argument is…Are there three different species of Falcarius within the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation? The basal therizinosaur Falcarius utahensis, which was officially named and described in 2005… Read More ›
Gigantoraptor was a massive 25-30 foot long oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur which lived in eastern Asia (and possibly in North America) during the middle of the Cretaceous Period. The fossils of this enormous bird-like dinosaur, consisting of a partial skeleton, were… Read More ›
Martharaptor was a therizinosaur theropod dinosaur which lived in Utah during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 135-132 million years ago. Therizinosaurs are known mostly from the middle and later parts of the Cretaceous Period. Fossils dating to the early Cretaceous… Read More ›
Adasaurus mongoliensis was a dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur (commonly referred to as a “raptor“) which lived in Mongolia during the late Cretaceous Period about 70 million years ago. Fragmentary remains were found during the 1970s, and it was officially named and… Read More ›
Falcarius was a 12 foot long theropod dinosaur which lived in Utah during the early Cretaceous Period, approximately 139 to 136 million years ago. It was a very primitive therizinosaur – so primitive that it still bears a close resemblance… Read More ›
The reconstructed skull of Utahraptor, on display in Brigham Young University’s Museum of Paleontology. Photo by Jaren Wilkey of Brigham Young University (January 26, 2018). Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BYU_Utahraptor_skull.jpg. Introduction Within the American West, you don’t need to travel… Read More ›
Since I started this blog in the Summer of 2013, I have written several articles and I have posted several examples of my artwork associated with the Hell Creek Formation. This geological formation, dated to the very end of the… Read More ›
IntroductionNedcolbertia (named in honor of the American paleontologist Dr. Edward “Ned” Colbert, 1905-2001) was a mysterious and intriguing creature which inhabited western North America during the early Cretaceous Period about 140-130 million years ago. When it was officially named and… Read More ›
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