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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest: November 2013
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest. Your stop for Mesozoic creatures, and more. Sunday, 24 November 2013. Two new theropods in November! November's not quite done yet, and we've seen two important new theropod dinosaurs named this month alone. Both of these are scientifically significant, and both come from Utah, but they lived at different times and are from different groups. Here, I will briefly introduce you to these two new dinosaurs, Lythronax. First up is Siats meekororum. From the Late Cretaceous.
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Australian Megafauna A-Z: C is for Centropus | Blogozoic
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A terrestrial tetrapod's thoughts on the world of palaeontology. In Australian Megafauna A-Z. Australian Megafauna A-Z: C is for Centropus. Time for another entry in my Australian megafauna A-Z series. We’ve previously looked at Alkwertatherium. Better known as the giant coucal. Coucals are closely related to cuckoos and roadrunners (it’s a real bird not just a cartoon). Thanks for the heads up David! This is the pheasant coucal (. The only living australian coucal species. Image source: Wikipedia. A sim...
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My PhD: 3 Month Report | Blogozoic
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A terrestrial tetrapod's thoughts on the world of palaeontology. My PhD: 3 Month Report. From Imperial College London, who suggested doing what he did and blogging his 3 month report so everyone can see what I’m getting up to (for better or for worse). So here you go! It’s a little bit drier than my usual blogging style and has a bit more jargon, but have at it anyway! If there’s anything you want to know more about drop me an email (see about section at top of the blog page for the email address). Moder...
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Australian Megafauna A-Z: A is for Alkwertatherium | Blogozoic
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A terrestrial tetrapod's thoughts on the world of palaeontology. In Australian Megafauna A-Z. Australian Megafauna A-Z: A is for Alkwertatherium. Before I introduce the first species of the series, I’ll quickly define what I mean when I say Australian megafauna. They were a of group large animal species that existed in Australia until sometime in the Pleistocene. They weighed at least 30 kg, with the largest taxa weighing up to an estimated 2,000 kg! The holotype skull of Alkwertatherium webbi. Apolo...
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Australian Megafauna A-Z: B is for Barawertornis | Blogozoic
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A terrestrial tetrapod's thoughts on the world of palaeontology. In Australian Megafauna A-Z. Australian Megafauna A-Z: B is for Barawertornis. Just over a month ago I started a new series here on Blogozoic, the Australian megafauna A-Z, in order to show people the weird and wonderful products of the evolutionary and geographic isolation of Australia. In the first post of the series I wrote about Alkwertatherium. To other dromornithids as well as make some inferences about how this animal may have lived.
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Dugong it, where are all the Australasian fossil sea cows? | Blogozoic
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A terrestrial tetrapod's thoughts on the world of palaeontology. Dugong it, where are all the Australasian fossil sea cows? Well, time certainly flies when you’re busy and before you know it, it’s been almost a month since you’ve last written a blog post. At least that’s what has just happened to me! But I haven’t been blogging and bringing you, dear readers, new and cool fossil discoveries. So let’s rectify that situation then shall we? The single living species of dugong,. Erich M. G. Fitzgeral...I am ...
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest: Dinosaurian Myths: Take 2
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest. Your stop for Mesozoic creatures, and more. Monday, 16 September 2013. Dinosaurian Myths: Take 2. Last week, we introduced you to a few different dinosaur-related myths. Brontosaurus, all dinos were big, and Triceratops. Is no more) that are particularly irksome in my opinion. This week, we're going to continue on this theme with three more common dinosaurian myths! Since last week was 1-3, this week will continue with 4-6. That we always see in books? You may be aski...
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest: Taphonomy
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest. Your stop for Mesozoic creatures, and more. Tuesday, 3 September 2013. This week, we're going to talk about something that is arguably one of the most important things to understand in palaeontology: taphonomy. A basic definition of taphonomy is the study of everything that happens to an organism after it dies, and before we find the fossil millions of years later. Bonebed in Edmonton. An example of a multitaxic monodominant bonebed. Photo by Liz Martin. 1 Eberth, D&#...
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest: Pleistocene Megafauna
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Mesozoic Musings at Jurassic Forest. Your stop for Mesozoic creatures, and more. Wednesday, 9 October 2013. A number of these fossils are very well known, like mammoths, and sabre-toothed cats, but other ones are less well known. Although Albertan palaeontology tends to mainly be dinosaurs and similarly aged animals, there are actually a number of the Pleistocene megafauna fossils that can be found in Alberta. Relatives of modern animals like horses (from the genus Equus. Skeleton. Photo by Daderot.
