Dinosaurs | Boneblogger: Science and the outdoors https://boneblogger.com Exploring the natural world Wed, 24 Dec 2014 02:30:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 What’s the value of a fossil? https://boneblogger.com/whats-the-value-of-a-fossil/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-the-value-of-a-fossil Mon, 07 Oct 2013 22:54:51 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2897 I have the privilege to work as a professional paleontologist. Many people are excited by fossils and beasts from the past, and the media loves to cover new discoveries. Periodically, a friend will ask if I had heard of the latest fossil find being discussed by the media, almost always touted as the latest, the […]

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]]> Two dinosaurs become one https://boneblogger.com/two-dinosaurs-become-one/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=two-dinosaurs-become-one Sat, 06 Nov 2010 20:15:24 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2238 Earlier this year a paper was published (Scannella and Horner 2010) on one of the most well-known dinosaurs of the Late Cretaceous, Triceratops, updating our understanding of not only this dinosaur species, but also maybe influencing our view of many other dinosaur species as well. Triceratops was first described in 1889 by O. C. Marsh, […]

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]]> I am a paleontologist https://boneblogger.com/i-am-a-paleontologist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-am-a-paleontologist Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:04:25 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2190 I love the science of paleontology for many reasons. The science combines so many other areas of study into one bundle, such as geology, biology, functional morphology, evolution, stratigraphy, and systematics. Not only that, dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals are just fun! And being fun, paleontology is a great way to introduce people to science […]

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]]> Why dinosaurs are not extinct https://boneblogger.com/why-dinosaurs-are-not-extinct/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-dinosaurs-are-not-extinct Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:41:33 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=2077 In the twenty plus years I have been involved in paleontology I have been witness to a revolution within science. The revolution has been quiet, not noticed by most of the public. Like any good revolution, the battles of this revolution took place between two camps, the “traditionalists” and the “radicals” who were out to […]

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]]> Science in dinosaur movies: Jurassic Park, then and now https://boneblogger.com/science-in-dinosaur-movies-jurassic-park-then-and-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-in-dinosaur-movies-jurassic-park-then-and-now Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:34:19 +0000 http://boneblogger.com/?p=1833 The 1993 movie Jurassic Park, based on the book by Michael Crichton and directed by Steven Spielberg, is seen by most enthusiasts as the best dinosaur movie that Hollywood has produced. It set a high-water mark in the genre for many reasons: it took dinosaurs seriously as a topic, and did not portray the animals […]

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