Paleontology

The town of Glen Rose is located in north central Texas in the United States.  It is located near the Paluxy River and site to some on the most clearly defined as well as largest collection of Dinosaur footprints in…
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Giganotosaurus, new heavyweight champion:  Long before Tyrannosaurus rex terrorized the North American woodlands at the close of the Cretaceous period another giant theropod dinosaur dominated the forests and swamps of what would become southern Argentina. Giganotosaurus carolinii, a name which…
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The great white shark fills many humans with fear. However, a few million years ago, there were far bigger sharks. The biggest shark know to man is megalodon. Scientists have been able to calculate an approximate length from the dimensions…
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Spinosaurus; enigmatic giant:  Tyrannosaurus rex, long considered to be the heavyweight champion of the predatory dinosaurs has recently been forced to yield that title to Giganotosaurus carolinii, the scourge of South America 100 million years ago. While Giganotosaurus still holds…
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In 2000, Princeton Univ. Press published “The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times” by Adrienne Mayor. As a folklorist, she presents an interpretation that the Greek myths and legends demonstrate knowledge of the fossilized remains of Protoceratops…
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Sarcosuchus Imperator, the dinosaur killer:  The mid Cretaceous was the heyday of the dinosaurs, when monsters ruled the earth. But not every deadly creature was a dinosaur. Sub-Saharan Africa knew an ancient crocodilian we now call Sarcosuchus imperator, the largest…
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Sarkastodon: Record holder for largest mammalian predator? An Eocene contemporary of Andrewsarchus mongoliensis, and like Andrewsarchus and Megistotherium – a fellow creodont which roamed the North African plains of the Miocene epoch – contenders for the largest mammalian predator heavyweight crown,…
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The first discovered dinosaur remains. What was the first discovery of dinosaur remains? A good question no doubt. One might immediately assume that the first discovery of dinosaur remains would a complete skeleton, but this was not the case. In…
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Biggest of the big cats:  Until a larger contender is discovered this is the honor we must grant to Panthera leo atrox, the American lion, sometimes known as the American cave lion. This truly enormous cat is estimated to have…
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The person who recorded and posted one of two YouTube videos claims it shows something huge, reptilian, and mysterious flying above a Papua New Guinea beach. He  tries to describe it as definitive proof that the Ropen, a “living dinosaur,” has finally been caught on video; it’s a claim that supports what…
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