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Paleo201 comes to an end
The first offering of Paleo201, Dinosaurs in the Fossil Record, essentially comes to an end today with the final field trip of the semester. The students will have their exam later in December.Even...
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Back to Hwaseong
This week I've been in Hwaseong city, Korea for the HwaseongInternational Dinosaurs Expedition Symposium. I started this blog back in 2010 as a way to document my experiences working in the dino lab in...
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Cock-a-doodle-doo
I've finally got the time and gumption to sit down and write again, so let's do some research blogging! And let's show some skin while we're at it!The first paper I'll talk about is not one that I'm...
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Scaling Up
Let's turn our attention from hadrosaur skin to ankylosaur skin, a topic which has received surprisingly less attention in the published literature than I would have thought. I should qualify that...
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Name that Specimen, Canadian Museum of Nature edition
I haven't done one of these for a while! See if you can guess what specimen is which!1.2.3.4.5. 1. It's spiky side up for this Styracosaurus!2. Here's the shovel-beaked maw of a hadrosaur.3. Don't get...
View ArticleNitpicking Euoplocephalus
A friend of mine posted this amazing video on Facebook, and I must share it!I really like how the Geek Group have obviously put a lot of time into researching the anatomy of the dinosaurs they're...
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The Systematic Position of the King of the Monsters
A few weeks ago I was really excited to be contacted by Danielle Venton, a freelance writer working on a piece for Popular Mechanics about the biology of Godzilla! With a new big-screen appearance by...
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Many animals have skeletons besides dinosaurs.
I was reminded of an old post on this blog today when someone brought up the all too common question of "Is that real?" in museums. In 2011 I had visited the Smithsonian natural history museum for some...
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Did the sauropod Leinkupal survive the End Cretaceous mass extinction?
No.Discovery News has a short video up discussing a new paper in PLOS ONE, Gallina et al.'s "A diplodocid sauropod survivor from the Early Cretaceous of South America". I think it is really great that...
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Big screaming hairy dinosaurs.
Kulindadromeus, a little ornithischian from the Jurassic of Siberia, has the palaeosphere abuzz with talk of fluff, feathers, scales, and all kinds of interesting integumentary goodness. Kulindadromeus...
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What's new with Dino 101?
The third offering of Dino 101 kicked off again last week, and we're already into our 2nd lesson, on taphonomy and fossilization. Here's a quick update for what's new this time around!A new section...
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Discovering Dinosaurs, Revealing Teamwork
It's a wonderful feeling when you get to be part of something that celebrates teamwork.Yesterday was the opening reception for the University of Alberta's new exhibit, Discovering Dinosaurs: The Story...
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Know Your Ankylosaurs: New Mexico Edition!
There's a new ankylosaur in town - meet Ziapelta sanjuanensis from the Cretaceous of New Mexico!Hello, Ziapelta! Many thanks to new Currie Lab MSc student Sydney Mohr for this wonderful life...
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Happy birthday, Dynamosaurus!
Today marks the auspicious anniversary of one of the most significant dinosaurs ever described: Dynamosaurus imperiosus! Surely one of the greatest and most fearful of all of the predatory dinosaurs,...
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Meeting the Urvogel
Greetings from Deutschland! I've returned from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting in Berlin. Here's a couple of snapshots from the Museum fur Naturkunde, where the welcome reception...
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Know Your Ankylosaurs: Mongolia Edition!
After a whirlwind couple of weeks with a bunch of international travel, I've finally had a chance to sit down and write about my most recent paper on the ankylosaurs of the Baruungoyot and Nemegt...
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A Body for Terrible Hands
It was a whirlwind year for dinosaur palaeontology, yet again. This week I'm writing about what I consider the most important news in my science field for 2014, for the Science Borealis blog carnival....
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Edmontosaurus in Edmonton
Happy 2015, readers! So many exciting things are happening right now – the Dino Hunt Canada website launched a few weeks ago and the documentary will air on History Channel Canada later this month,...
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The Great Canadian Dinosaur Hunt
Dino Hunt Canada is almost here! Starting this Friday, History Channel Canada will be airing a series of hour-long documentaries devoted to dinosaur expeditions all across Canada - and not just in the...
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Animal, mineral, or vegetable?
Today is World Pangolin Day! And given my fondness for armoured animals, I would be remiss in not sharing at least a little bit of information about pangolins today. I think it's a shame that many...
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