Extinct Animal of the Week

(formerly Dinosaur of the Week)

31 December 2012

Not A Surprising Lack of Movies

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Not surprisingly, with a lack of general public awareness and the entire mystery surrounding Amphicoelias, there have not been any fantastic...
30 December 2012

The Mystery That Eludes Children

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The mystery around Amphicoelias is elusive to children. Unfortunately they do not have the resources to join this debate unless they can rea...
29 December 2012

Enormous Imaginations

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©Charles R. Knight No matter how outdated a Charles Knight illustration, I still love them. When drawing Amphicoelias Knight borrowed fr...
28 December 2012

You're Gonna Want A Bigger Boat

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Had this week's dinosaur been one of those at Jurassic Park, or the second island where, in The Lost World, dinosaurs were being capture...
27 December 2012

How To Increase One's Popularity

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First and foremost, be comprised of more bone! The lack of bone leads to doubts, by some, in the scientific community and that in turn leads...
26 December 2012

Look At That Manicure

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The claw at lower right belongs to Dryptosaurus aquilunguis . The photo is courtesy of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel Universi...
25 December 2012

The Christmas Post

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I know most of us have much more to do today than read about dinosaurs; however, I want to share a few papers on Dryptosaurus that you can r...
24 December 2012

Constant Topic of Discussion

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First of all, Happy Holidays from me! Have a look at my holiday dinosaur: I draw cartoon-esque dinosaurs Second, allow me to share some...
23 December 2012

The Tyrannosaur Kids Don't Know

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Dryptosaurus has kind of flown under most radars the past 140-ish years. As such, only a handful of professionals and amateur paleo-enthusia...
22 December 2012

The Amazingly Empty Skeleton

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Dryptosaurus, as we can see here, was not exactly a complete skeleton. We have, however, seen fewer bones used to identify a species, and...
21 December 2012

Laelaps or Megalosaurus, Perhaps Dryptosaurus!

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©Charles R. Knight In 1866 New Jersey was about to have its first dinosaur mounted, in about two years, as the first skeleton to be moun...
20 December 2012

The Everyman's Dinosaur

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Hadrosaurus is popular in that everyone knows what a "duck-billed dinosaur" is. It is not so much popular as Hadrosaurus as it is ...
19 December 2012

Yes There Is A Hadrosaurus

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Courtesy of Hidden NJ Given the internal debate we witnessed with yesterday's articles, it is fairly understandable how some paleont...
18 December 2012

Hadrosaurus Reevaluated, Twice

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©Sergey Krasovskiy I asked if I could use this image earlier in the week without the background. He sent it to me like this with a backg...
17 December 2012

Hadrosaurus In The Afternoon

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I have two videos showing Hadrosaurus which we can look at and briefly discuss today. The first is of a remounted version of Hadrosaurus at ...
16 December 2012

Hadrosaurus For The Family

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Hadrosaurus brings us back to two of our favored children friendly information sites for dinosaurs; KidsDinos and Science for Kids . It is ...
15 December 2012

Cretaceous Cows

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Courtesy State of New Jersey I think it is funny that Hadrosaurus, as are Hadrosaurs in general as a family, is thought of, maybe just b...
14 December 2012

To Hadrosaur or to Hadrosaurus?

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From one family to another. For this family we come back to American soil and we venture to a part of the country that is not generally know...
13 December 2012

Abelisaurus As A Video Game Character

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I think this week we have looked at Abelisaurus from a good many angles this week. I saved for today the video game snippets. There are not ...
12 December 2012

Not A Normal Wednesday

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Typically on Wednesday I go over some aspect of the skeleton that sticks out or something special about the people that discovered the fossi...
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I am an educator and a researcher. I am interested in how the feeding apparatus of reptiles, especially birds and dinosaurs, has changed over time. Therefore, I conduct research focused on the anatomy and biomechanics of the head. My research specifically seeks to answer questions concerning the functional morphology and biomechanical environment of the palate, including kinetic movements of the skull. Understanding the impact that palatal movements and the joints that are in the head have on the ecological role of all reptiles, including birds, allows us to better comprehend the evolution of the feeding apparatus in extant and fossil animals and is of great interest to me.
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