In this brief article I breakdown my holiday on the Isle of Wight. Having never visited the island before it was a joyful experience filled with volunteering, fossil hunting and exploration.
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This article covers a scansoriopterygid, a sauropodomorph, and a new iguanodontian dinosaur discovered in Lightening Ridge in Australia named Fostoria dhimbangunmal. This article will examine these fossil discoveries and the importance of Fostoria as a new dinosaur species in Australia.
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On the 27th of April I attended Wales Comic Con, it was a fantastic experience capped off by meeting my childhood hero from Jurassic Park, Sam Neill!
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On the 25th March 2019 a new joint palaeontological fieldwork expedition was announced.
This fieldwork will see palaeontologists from the Natural History Museum London, The University of Manchester, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis and the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre in the Netherlands work together in the Badlands of Wyoming USA to discover new Jurassic dinosaur remains in addition to other animal remains from 150 million years go.
This article will share my thoughts on this fieldwork project, which will be starting this coming June and why Wyoming remains my number one dinosaur field site locality to visit.
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On the 21st of February 2019 palaeontologists published research about the fossil discovery of Moros intrepidus a new species of tyrannosaur. This article will explain this discovery and what it means for a better understanding of tyrannosaurid development.
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On the 21st of November 2018 research was published in the Journal of The Royal Society about the discovery of a new species of dinosaur named Macrocollum itaquii. In this article I examine this dinosaur discovery and what it means for understanding early dinosaur evolution during the Triassic era.
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After what must be over eighteen years I visited the Natural History Museum in London yesterday. In this article I give my laid back review of what I saw, what dinosaur exhibits I thought were brilliant and those that I felt could be improved upon further.
Continue reading “Natural History Museum London: Dinosaur Exhibits Review”Rare Juvenile Diplodocid Skull Found in Montana: Implications for Sauropod Growth and Development
On the 11th of October 2018 research was published in the Journal of Scientific Reports about a relatively rare find of a juvenile diplodocid skull. This article will examine this fossil discovery and what it means for understanding young sauropod ontogeny (development).
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On the 24th of July 2018 new research was published by palaeontologists in the Journal of Nature Communications about the amazing discovery of a new sauropod from China a Diplodocoid called Lingwulong shenqi its name meaning “amazing dragon of Lingwu.”
This article will examine this fossil discovery, the research that has taken place and what it means for palaeontological understanding of the evolution of sauropods.
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On the 2nd of April 2018 research was published by Palaeontologists from the University of Edinburgh, Staffin Museum and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the Scottish Journal of Geology.
This research focused on the discovery and analysis of sauropod and theropod Dinosaur fossil footprints from the Mid Jurassic found in the Lealt Shale Formation at Rubha nam Brathairean (Brothers’ Point) on the Isle of Skye. This article will examine this discovery, the research that took place and what was found.
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