Tag: dinosaurs
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New long‑clawed British dinosaur is the first of its kind in Europe
Phys.org has a story about a new dinosaur discovery in the United Kingdom. The new animal, Invictibellatrix amberina, lived about 120 million years ago, during the Cretaceous Period in what is now the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. I. amberina belongs to a group of dinosaurs known as the Megaraptora. The description was…
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Fossilised red blood cells found in 115m-year-old dinosaur’s bone, say scientists
The Guardian has a story about the discovery of fossilized red-blood cells in a dinosaur bone. The fossilized cells were found the hind leg bones of a small, meat-eating dinosaur called Aratasaurus. Aratasaurus lived about in 115 million years ago in what is now northeastern Brazil. The research was published in a paper in the…
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‘Jodi,’ a Nanotyrannus Skeleton, Gets $47.3 Million at Auction
The New York Times is reporting that “Jodi” the Nanotyrannus lancensis sold for 47.3 million at Sotheby’s on October 27th, 2026. Both the buyer and seller are unknown at this time… Ok, who bought and when are you inviting us over to see it?!? A skeleton belonging to a smaller relative of Tyrannosaurus rex was…
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Throwback Thursday #340: Happy 152nd Birthday, Charles Knight!
Charles Knight was born on October 21st, 1874. That would make him 152 today. Unfortunately, he passed away on April 15th, 1953 at the age of 78. Knight was an American wildlife and paleoartist during the early 1900s. He is probably best known for his many detailed paintings of dinosaurs and prehistoric life created for…
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What Can Four-Winged Dinosaurs Teach Us About Birds?
The New York Times’ Trilobites column has an interesting story about four-winged birds. A new paper in the journal Nature Communications describes a new Microraptorinae, Norellraptor barsboldi, named for the late paleontologist Mark Norell. This new animal lived about 121 million years ago in what is now northeastern China. More than 120 million years ago,…
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Incredibly Rare “Jodi” The Nanotyrannus At The Center Of Heated T. Rex Debate Goes Up For Auction At Sotheby’s
IFLScience has a story about another dinosaur up for sale at Sotheby’s. This one is named “Jodi” and is a Nanotyrannus. It was discovered by rancher Jodi Pierson in 2019. It was found just a few miles from the famous “Dueling Dinosaurs.” With 191 bone elements, including an almost complete skull with 35 teeth, Jodi…
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Found On Newcastle Ranch, ‘Rex Jr.’ Could Be Most Important T. Rex Ever Discovered
Cowboy State Daily has a story about “Rex Junior.” First discovered in the 1950’s on a ranch near Newcastle, Wyoming, a partial skeleton of a sub-adult T. rex may be the most important T. rex that has or will ever be found. That is the opinion of paleontologist Paul Sereno. Sereno said “this specimen from…
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T. Rex, King of the Dinosaurs, Had a Body Temperature of 97 Degrees
The New York Times has a story about recent T. rex research. There’s been a long running debate about whether dinosaurs were warm or cold blooded – endothermic or exothermic. New research, published recently in the journal Science Advances, adds a little evidence to the warm blooded side. Scientists at the University of California, Los…
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A Feather Found in Dinosaur Poop Might Explain How Birds Beat Extinction
The New York Times has a story about an amazing, chance discovery. In 2016, a researcher in the Hell Creek Formation in Montana picked up a small rock that turned out to be a small piece of fossilized dinosaur dung. Fossilized dung is called a coprolite and this one had a “big” surprise. It had…
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PBS Eons at the Field Museum!
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Eons (@eonsshow) PBS Eons posted this video a few days ago on Instagram. In making Life and Death on Pangea, not only did we get to tell the story of one of the most dramatic times in Earth’s history, but we got visit places that were…
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A Nearly 200-Year-Old Museum Known for Its T. Rex Faces Extinction
The New York Times has a piece about the plight of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. The institution first opened its door in 1828… nearly 200 years ago. It is the oldest natural history museum in the US. Due to financial difficulties since the Covid-19 pandemic, it is being forced to close at the…
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Denver Museum of Nature & Science – Only a few days left … Ends September 7th, 2026
Only a few days left!!!! Step inside the world of sauropods in “The World’s Largest Dinosaurs.” Stand beneath a towering, life-sized 60-foot Mamenchisaurus and discover the amazing biology behind the largest animals to ever live.
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Would VELOCIRAPTOR make a good pet? | Cromo Paleo Show
The Cromo Paleo Show has an entertaining video on Youtube. Somehow, I don’t think a pet dinosaur will turn out well… Would Velociraptor make a good pet? 🦖 In this episode of the “Would It Make a Good Pet?” series, we dive deep into the REAL science behind owning one of the most famous dinosaurs…
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Paleontology rocked by organic molecules found in 66-million-year-old dinosaur bones
Science Daily has a story about another discovery of organic molecules in dinosaur bones. Since the early 2000’s, paleontologists have been finding organic material in dinosaur bones. The discoveries have been met with skepticism by paleontologists. Now a study in the journal Analytical Chemistry adds new evidence. Professor Steve Taylor, chair of the Mass Spectrometry…
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Throwback Thursday #331: Happy (Belated) Unearth Day, SUE!
Last Wednesday was SUE’s Unearth Day! SUE was found by Sue Hendrickson on August 12th, 1990. Sue hung back at camp, while the rest of the team from the Black Hills Institute went to town to fix a flat tire on one of their trucks. Sue decided to explore some area around the camp. She…
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Storms that built a graveyard: ancient monsoons created a spectacular dinosaur fossil site
The Conversation has an interesting post about an important fossil site in northeastern Italy. The Villaggio del Pescatore site dates to 80 million years ago, which was near the end of the Cretaceous Period. Fossil animals found in the locality were swept in to the area by monsoon rains and tropical cyclones. Dinosaurs, crocodiles, and…
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Throwback Thursday #327: Walter Cronkite and… dinosaurs!
David Bressan of the History of Geology group on Facebook has an interesting post about the 1991 A&E documentary series “Dinosaur!”. Walter Cronkite was the host. Several episodes are available to watch on YouTube. I vaguely remember watching the series when it aired. Revisiting it today is fascinating as it offers an opportunity to see…
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NPR: Mystery bidder buys T. rex nicknamed ‘Gus’ for a record $50 million
NPR has a story about the recent auction of “Gus” the Tyrannosaurus rex at Sotheby’s in New York. The winning bid of 50.1 million represents the highest price ever paid for a dinosaur. “Gus” was found by the late Gary “Gus” Licking, a cattle rancher in Harding County, South Dakota. The same county that has…
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Paleontologists Discover New Species of Titanosaur in Uruguay
SciNews has a post about a new species of titanosaur from Uruguay. Mesetasaurus protector lived between 86 and 72 million years ago during the Cretaceous Period. The paper describing this species was published in the journal Ameghiniana. The new species was a member of a group of titanosaurian sauropod dinosaurs known as Aeolosaurini, a lineage that…
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The 250-million year rise and fall of the dinosaurs | Steve Brusatte
Big Think has a video with Steve Brusatte, an American paleontologist, a professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at the University of Edinburgh, and author of a few pop-science books. Steve grew up in Ottawa, IL. He’s spoken to ESCONI in the past. In this video, Steve discusses the origin and the evolution of dinosaurs, mammals, and…
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Throwback Thursday #325: Journey to the Beginning of Time
Ok, who remembers “Journey to the Beginning of Time” on Garfield Goose on morning television in Chicago? Just recently, the trailer to the US version of the movie recently appeared in one of my feeds, so I did a little research to find out more about the film/episodes.
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‘Gus’ the T. rex presented in New York ahead of auction
Phys.org has an article about “Gus” the Tyrannosaurus rex. “Gus” lived during the late Cretaceous Period, about 67 million years ago. The fossil is about 61% complete by bone count and 75-80% by bone mass. It was discovered in Harding County, South Dakota in 2021. “Gus” is named after the late rancher Gary “Gus” Licking,…
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Inside the making of the world’s most modern natural history museum
National Geographic has an interesting story about the making of the new Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. The museum opened in late 2025, with beautiful modern exhibits. This is the story of its making…
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After 35 Years, 152-Million-Year-Old Dinosaur ‘Big Al’ Returns Home To Wyoming
Cowboy State Daily has a story about “Big Al” the Allosaurus… He is headed home! “Al”, the star of the 2000 BBC documentary “Walking with Dinosaurs”, was found near Shell, WY in 1990. He lived about 152 million years ago during the Jurassic Period. A 2002 paper, “Record-Breaking Pain: The Largest Number and Variety of…
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The Field Museum’s Dinopalooza 2026, Saturday, June 13th, 2026
The Field Museum’s annual paleontology extravaganza “Dinopalooza 2026” is today! Come on out and join the fun!
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High-Energy X-Ray CT Scanning of large, dense fossils
Today’s post comes from Ravi Chandran and Tyler Keillor. Ravi Chandran is an ESCONI member and volunteer in Paul Sereno’s lab. Tyler Keiller is Manager of the fossil lab and past ESCONI member. He has presented at Paleofest and for ESCONI in the past. He is also paleo-artist. The Fossil Lab in Washington Park (5437…
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A 75-million-year-old fossil reveals a shocking tyrannosaur secret
Science Daily has a story about the feeding habits of tyrannosaurs. The diet of tyrannosaurs has been long and sometimes controversial, remember when it was proposed that T-rex was a scavenger? Well a new paper in the journal Evolving Earth, found evidence of cannibalism from marks on a massive tyrannosaur foot bone. Interestingly, the marks…
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PBS Eons: How Dinosaurs May Have Cursed Us With Aging
PBS Eons has a new episode. This one is about how aging in mammals might be due to evolved traits while we lived alongside dinosaurs.
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Science Quickly: The dinosaurs at your window: How birds survived the asteroid that killed all other dinosaurs
Scientific American’s “Science Quickly” had an interview with Steve Brusatte on a recent episode. Steve’s new book “The Story of Birds” is available to day April 28th, 2026.
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Video for ESCONI April 2026 Paleontology Meeting – “Digging the Marl of the Lance Formation”
The April 2026 Paleontology Study Group Meeting featured Keith Robitschek and his presentation “Digging the Marl of the Lance Formation”.
