A most amazing set of spoor
Dino spoor, that is. A recently reported finding in PLoS ONE clarifies a number of questions about how certain dinosaurs held their front limbs (zombie/Frankenstein-position palm-down vs. huggie-wuggie...
View ArticleGerta Keller goes after impact theory again
Keller has been one of the leading voices opposing the impact KT boundary extinction hypothesis. According to a press release from her university, she has more on this matter. Press Release: Gerta...
View ArticleExtinction of the Old, Evolution of the New: What really happened to the...
Many years ago, a sudden event occurred that changed everything. Or at least, that is what we think now. But in truth, the event took longer than many today believe, and many of the specific details,...
View ArticleTwo Dinosaur Books for the Kiddies
previously reviewed Giant Dinosaurs of the Jurassic is a children’s book for kids in third to fifth grade or, in my opinion, a little younger. Certainly this is an excellent choice, because of the cool...
View ArticleNew Dinosaur Species from Niger
Just reported in PLoS ONE is a new dinosaur. Spinophorosaurus nigerensis Here are the salient facts: Species name: Spinophorosaurus nigerensis Who found it: Scientists with the State Museum of Natural...
View ArticleSpoor of South African Dinos Analyzed
A new investigation of the sedimentology and ichnology of the Early Jurassic Moyeni tracksite in Lesotho, southern Africa has yielded new insights into the behavior and locomotor dynamics of early...
View ArticleTriassic Life on Land: I love this book
The Triassic is old. This book is new. That is a hard to beat combination. Let’s see … The Triassic is about here: (You can also look it up in this PDF file supplied by the USGS. It is situated between...
View ArticleDarwin’s Universe: Evolution from A to Z (a free excerpt)
… from the National Center for Science Education. Click the picture to get the PDF of Darwin’s Universe: Evolution from A to Z .
View ArticleHow to find dinosaurs!
Study hard and get this guy’s job: I love that book, but when I was a kid they didn’t have dinosaurs yet.
View ArticleGreenhouse of the Dinosaurs
You all know Don Prothero. He is an active member of the Skeptics and Science Blogging community. He is the author of several books, one of which you are totally supposed to own and if you don’t it’s...
View ArticleFlying Dinosaurs: A New Book on the Dinosaur Bird Link
Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds by science writer John Pickrell is coming out in December. As you know I’ve written a lot about the bird-dinosaur thing (most recently, this: “Honey...
View ArticleTitanic Fearless Dinosaur Unearthed
I’m sure you’ve heard. The most complete skeleton of a titanosaur, a newly named species, Dreadnoughtus schrani, is being reported from Argentina. It is not a bird. I mention that because we’ve been...
View ArticleGiant Semiaquatic Predatory Dinosaur
It is called Spinosaurus aegyptiacus but it sounds a bit more like Godzilla. Spinosaurus is a theropod dinosaur (that’s the groups birds evolved within) found in what is now NOrth Africa, between about...
View ArticlePterosaurs by Mark Witton
Pterosaurs: Natural History, Evolution, Anatomy by Mark P. Witton is a coffee-table size book rich in detail and lavishly illustrated. Witton is a pterosaur expert at the School of Earh and...
View ArticleBully for Brontosaurus
Much is being made of Brontosaurus. Brontosaurus is a genus name for a large dinosaur, known to watchers of “Land Before Time” as “Long-Necks.” That generic name dates to the 19th century, but in the...
View ArticleDinosaurs Biting Other Dinosaurs In The Face
The number one rule of the Taphonomy Club is don’t talk about marks on bones … without placing them in context. Many marks on bones could have multiple causes, such as putative cut marks caused by...
View ArticleAn Interview with Don Prothero
Ikonokast interviews Don Prothero. Don Prothero is the author of just over 30 books and a gazillion scientific papers covering a wide range of topics in paleontology and skepticism. Mike Haubrich and I...
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