Paleontology

An Allosaurus on display at the University of Michigan, January 2012

Welcome to my new paleontology blog! I’m a lifelong paleo-fan. If you would like to submit a news tip, collaborate on something, or just have a bone-to-pick, feel free to Contact me.

Recent news

• Illinois' 300-million-year-old fossil octopus turns out to be a different creature

• When muskox tromped through Michigan

• Miocene fossil ape 'Masripithecus' discovered in Egypt

• The musk ox trawled up from the North Sea

• Triassic bipedal croc discovered in Petrified Forest National Park

Older news

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• When musk oxen roamed Texas

• Triassic cat-sized crocodile named after hero from Arthurian legend

• Fossil tooth found in North Dakota suggests mosasaurs hunted in freshwater rivers

• A completely new type of headbutting dinosaur discovered in Mexico

• New evidence of tyrannosaur cannibalism revealed in Montana

• Oklahoma legislator proposes this long-neck as new state fossil

• Fossil forelimbs found in Utah prove to be record-breaking stegosaur

• A single neckbone proves this dinosaur once roamed Montana

• New Discovery Proves This Fearsome Predator Took Much Longer To Go Extinct Than Experts Thought

• 15-Million-Year-Old New Species Fossil Has Experts Excited For An Unusual Reason

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