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Sigilmassasaurus from Cenomanian Cretaceous Morocco is Valid and Not a Carcharodontosaur

A reevaluation of Sigilmassasaurus brevicollis (Dinosauria) from the Cretaceous of MoroccoAuthors: 1. Bradley McFeeters (a)2. Michael J. Ryan (a)3. Sanja Hinic-Frlog (b) 4. Claudia Schröder-Adams (a)Affiliations:a. Dept. of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada.b. Show More Summary

Paranyctoides aralensis: A Eutherian of Turonian Cretaceous Uzbekistan With a Reinterpretation

New material and reinterpretation of the Late Cretaceous eutherian mammal Paranyctoides from UzbekistanAuthors:1. Alexander O. Averianov (a)2. J. David Archibald (b)Affiliations:a. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. Show More Summary

Psittacosaurus Juvenile Herds

Juvenile-only clusters and behaviour of the Early Cretaceous dinosaur PsittacosaurusAuthors:1. Qi Zhao (a,b)2. Michael J. Benton (a)3. Xing Xu (b)4. Martin J. Sander (c)Affiliations:a. School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1RJ, UK ab. Show More Summary

Malawania anachronus: A Ghost Lineage Ichthyosaur Taxon From the Early Cretaceous of

An international team of scientists have revealed a new species of ichthyosaur (a dolphin-like marine reptile from the age of dinosaurs) from Iraq, which revolutionises our understanding of the evolution and extinction of these ancient...Show More Summary

Wormhole Map, A Handy Guide For Time Travelers Returning From the Cretaceous Period

last weekOdd : Laughing Squid

The Wormhole Map poster design by Californian writer J. Ryan Stradal and artist Wilfred Castillo is a handy guide for time travelers returning from the Cretaceous Period. It is available to purchase from the Echo Park Time Travel Mart, a time travel themed store in Los Angeles that benefits the nonprofit children’s tutoring center 826LA. [...]

Anklyosaurs Were More Diverse Than Previously Thought In the Late Cretaceous

Euoplocephalus tutus and the Diversity of Ankylosaurid Dinosaurs in the Late Cretaceous of Alberta, Canada, and Montana, USA Authors: 1. Victoria M. Arbour (a) 2. Philip J. Currie (a) Affiliations: a. Department of Biological Sciences,...Show More Summary

‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ Trailer – A 3D Adventure in the Late Cretaceous

3 weeks agoGenres / Sci Fi : Screen Rant

The international 'Walking with Dinosaurs' trailer offers a sneak peek at the 3D film adaptation, which is based on the award-winning BBC TV mini-series.

Exquisite Juvenile Specimen of Basal Bird Sapeornis Found from Lower Cretaceous China

A new juvenile specimen of Sapeornis (Pygostylia: Aves) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northeast China and allometric scaling of this basal bird Authors: 1. HANYONG PU (a) 2. HUALI CHANG (a) 3. JUNCHANG LÜ (b) 4. YANHUA WU (a) 5. LI XU (a) 6. Show More Summary

Artist Larry Moss (previously featured here) and the rest of the...

Artist Larry Moss (previously featured here) and the rest of the Airigami team recently completed this awesome 20-foot-long balloon sculpture of an Acrocanthosaurus, a predatory dinosaur from the early Cretaceous period. It took the team four days to create the giant inflated beast. Show More Summary

20-Foot Long Balloon Dinosaur

last monthOdd : Neatorama

Larry Moss's Airigami team assembled this enormous and reasonably lifelike acrocanthosaurus, a carnivorous dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period. At 20 feet long, it's almost a 1:1 scale model. You can see photos of the assembly process at the link. Link | Artist's Website

Carbon Isotope Excursions Across the Boreal Jurassic–Cretaceous Boundary

Carbon isotope excursions in Boreal Jurassic–Cretaceous boundary sections and their correlation potential Authors: 1. Oksana S. Dzyuba (a) 2. Olga P. Izokh (b) 3. Boris N. Shurygin (a) Affiliations: a. Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Branch of RAS, Acad. Show More Summary

An Unbalanced Terrestrial Ecology in Cenomanian Cretaceous Morroco?

Unbalanced food web in a Late Cretaceous dinosaur assemblageAuthors:1. Läng Emilie (a)2. Boudad Larbi (b)3. Maio Laszlo (c)4. Samankassou Elias (c)5. Tabouelle Jérôme (d)6. Tong Haiyan (e)7. Cavin Lionel (a)Affiliations:a. Dpt de Géologie...Show More Summary

New Maryland Multituberculate Mammal From the Aptian Cretaceous

New multituberculate mammal from the Early Cretaceous of eastern North AmericaAuthors:1. Richard L. Cifelli (a) 2. Cynthia L. Gordon (b)3. Thomas R. Lipka (a)Affiliations:a. Sam Noble Museum, 2401 Chautauqua Ave. Norman, OK 73072, USA.b. Show More Summary

Pleisosaur and Pliosaur Extinction and Evolution Through the Jurassic-Cretaceous Boundary

Faunal turnover of marine tetrapods during the Jurassic–Cretaceous transitionAuthors:1. Roger B. J. Benson (a)2. Patrick S. Druckenmiller (b)Affiliations:a. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K.b. Department...Show More Summary

What Happened to My Brontosaurus?

Triceratops can be an elusive creature. The 30-foot-long, tri-horned herbivore would have been hard to miss on the Cretaceous landscape, but 66 million years later, what’s left only peeks out of the rock in shards and fragments. When I tried to find this great dinosaur in July of 2010, I didn’t have any luck. Show More Summary

Jurassic Heart: My Dating Sim Adventure With a Ukulele-Playing T-Rex

When the Daily Dot reported on a dating sim that involved buying your Tyrannosaurus crush a new ukulele, I was all in. After all, how many chances does a girl get to woo an apex predator of the late Cretaceous?

World's oldest dinosaur embryo bonebed yields organic remains

The great age of the embryos is unusual because almost all known dinosaur embryos are from the Cretaceous Period. The Cretaceous ended some 125 million years after the bones at the Lufeng site were buried and fossilized. Led by University...Show More Summary

Lufengosaurus Embryonic Bonebed Found From Sinemurian Jurassic China

The great age of the embryos is unusual because almost all known dinosaur embryos are from the Cretaceous Period. The Cretaceous ended some 125 million years after the bones at the Lufeng site were buried and fossilized.Led by University...Show More Summary

Homeworld creators still making Hardware: Shipbreakers

I had completely forgotten that Hardware: Shipbreakers was being developed. It was first announced back in the Cretaceous period (2011), a social strategy game from the creators of Homeworld, but then I didn't really hear a peep from...Show More Summary

Its CUTE! A New Albian Cretaceous Eutherian Mammal from Japan

A new Early Cretaceous eutherian mammal from the Sasayama Group, Hyogo, JapanAuthors:1. Nao Kusuhashi (a)2. Yukiyasu Tsutsumi (b)3. Haruo Saegusa (c,d)4. Kenji Horie (e)5. Tadahiro Ikeda (d)6. Kazumi Yokoyama (b)7. Kazuyuki Shiraishi (e)Affiliations:a. Show More Summary

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