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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: Museum Camp: Kids Interpret Skeletal Mounts
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. Museum Camp: Kids Interpret Skeletal Mounts. WARNING: The following post contains drawings and interpretations of adorable six-year-old kids who love dinosaurs and may cause your head to explode from utter cuteness overload. You have been warned. One exhibit we take them to is probably the most dramatic in the whole museum. Its of an adult Barosaurus. Defending her baby from an attacking Allosaurus. We also allow the kids to converse with each other i...
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: Tenontosaurus: Beast of the Week
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Sunday, February 17, 2013. Tenontosaurus: Beast of the Week. Was a plant eating dinosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous Period between 118 and 110 million years ago in what is now the United States of America. Its remains have been found in several states including Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Wyoming, and even on the east coast in Maryland. It was a member of the ornithopod group of dinosaurs, and was close relatives with Iguanodon. Was about twenty three feet long.
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: Parasaurolophus: Beast of the Week
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Sunday, May 10, 2015. Parasaurolophus: Beast of the Week. This week we will be taking a look at a very popular duck-billed dinosaur. Say hello to Parasaurolophus. Was a plant-eating, duck-billed dinosaur that lived in what is now North America during the Late Cretaceous, about 77 to 73 million years ago. Parasaurolophus. Measured about thirty one feet long from beak to tail, but certain incomplete specimens show evidence of having been a bit larger. Parasaurolophus. And it liv...
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: Pachyrhinosaurus: Prehistoric Animal of the Week
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Sunday, December 22, 2013. Pachyrhinosaurus: Prehistoric Animal of the Week. This week belongs to a unique ceratopsid dinosaur, Pachyrhinosaurus. Was a very successful plant-eater that lived in what is now Canada and Alaska during the Late Cretaceous. There are actually three species within this genus that range in age from 73 million to about 69 million years old. Pachyrhinosaurus. Had a wide, flat structure called a boss. It did have horns on its frill, however. To name just...
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: Anchiornis: Prehistoric Animal of the Week
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Sunday, June 30, 2013. Anchiornis: Prehistoric Animal of the Week. Was a small, feathered dinosaur that lived in what is now China during the Jurassic period a little over 160 million years ago. It's genus name translates to "Near Bird" in reference to its striking similarity to birds. Its species name honors Thomas Henry Huxley who was one of the first scientists to propose birds and (other)dinosaurs were related. Life reconstruction of Anchiornis huxleyi. In fact, Anchiornis.
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: About Us
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Welcome to Prehistoric Beast of the Week! Welcome to Prehistoric Beast of the Week! This site was born from the widely popular, now offline, Jersey Boys Hunt Dinosaurs, which started back in 2012. Luckily, I was able to save all of my articles, including my weekly prehistoric animal reports (which had become pretty popular with readers) and am now in charge of my own site which you see before you. Going to keep doing things I know are successful. In order to fully understand a...
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: Chasmosaurus: Beast of the Week
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Monday, August 17, 2015. Chasmosaurus: Beast of the Week. Was a ceratopsian (beaks, horns, and frills) dinosaur that lived in what is now Canada, during the Late Cretaceous Period, between 76.5 and 75.5 million years ago. From snout to tail it measured about sixteen feet long, and it would have eaten plants when alive. The genus name, Chasmosaurus. Translates to "Chasm Lizard/Dinosaur" in reference to the two large holes, called fenestrae. In general, Chasmosaurus. The exact f...
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: National Zookeeper Week: 2015
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Friday, July 24, 2015. National Zookeeper Week: 2015. This photo was taken on my last day at the Bergen County Zoo earlier this summer. The animal I am holding is called a Springhaas or Springhare. It is a rodent native to Africa that hops on its hind legs like a small kangaroo. It's one of those animals that few people have heard of and it's a real shame because they really are awesome. That's what happens when you don't go to college! A big part of it. Then scroll down and c...
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: Struthiomimus: Beast of the Week
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Saturday, August 8, 2015. Struthiomimus: Beast of the Week. All birds are dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs were necessarily birds! This week's beast is a perfect, yet confusing, example of that. Let's check out Struthiomimus. Was a theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now North America, specifically Alberta, Canada, and parts of the Western United States, during the Late Cretaceous Period. There are currently three recognized species of Struthiomimus. Was alive, true birds ...
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Prehistoric Beast of the Week: Euoplocephalus: Prehistoric Animal of the Week
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List of Prehistoric Beasts. Sunday, September 7, 2014. Euoplocephalus: Prehistoric Animal of the Week. Sorry for the delay. (Not really though because I had no choice in the matter.) This week we will be looking at a well studied, but until recently not so well understood armored dinosaur. Check out Euoplocephalus tutus. Life reconstruction by Christopher DiPiazza. I say "more famous" because many depictions in pop culture or in toy form that are labelled as Ankylosaurus. The genus name, Euoplocephalus.