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Edmontosaurus regalis, E. annectens by Abelov2014

The ‘Hoof-Like’ Nail of Dakota the Dinomummy

March 18, 2020 Nick Schofield 1 Comment

Back in October 2019, the North Dakota Geological Survey’s Paleontological Resource Protection Program (@NDGSPaleo) tweeted out a picture that sent…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: dakota, dinomummy, dinosaur, edmontosaurus, mummy, news, north dakota, paleo, paleontology

Teeth in Thailand: Understanding Asian Spinosaur Diversity

September 4, 2019 Nick Schofield Leave a comment

Header Image: James St. John, Flickr. CC BY 2.0 Come on–you know what I’m all about. If you’ve been following…

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Posted in: News, Paleontology Filed under: baryonyx, dinosaur, dinosaurs, ichthyovenator, irritator challengeri, khok kruat, news, spinosaur, spinosauridae, spinosaurinae, spinosaurus, suchomimus, teeth, thailand, theropod
Gorgosaurus specimen on display at the Royal Tyrell Museum.

Understanding the Fossil Record Bias, Part I: Fossilization’s Influencing Factors

November 13, 2018 Nick Schofield Leave a comment

Yes, there is a bias in the fossil record. We may have millions of specimens from across the geologic timescale,…

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Posted in: Paleontology Filed under: bias, dinosaur, dinosaurs, fossil, fossil record, fossilization, geology, paleontology, taphonomy
Illustration of Spinosaurus aegyptiacus swimming in water.

A Swim Test for Spinosaurus: Challenging the Semi-Aquatic Hypothesis

September 5, 2018 Nick Schofield 4 Comments

I bet you’re thinking to yourself: really, another Rex Machina post on spinosaurs? Doesn’t this topic get old? Look guys, I can’t…

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Posted in: Uncategorized Filed under: dinosaur, dinosaurs, news, paleontology, spinosaurid, spinosauridae, spinosaurus, theropod, theropods
Paleoart of a tyrannosaurid and hadrosaurs in a forest clearing.

What is a Dinosaur, Anyway?

August 11, 2018 Nick Schofield Leave a comment

Quick–tell me what a dinosaur is! Well, you can’t exactly tell me, but take a second to picture a dinosaur…

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Posted in: Paleontology Filed under: archosaur, archosauria, avian dinosaurs, birds, cretaceous, dinosaur, dinosauria, dinosaurs, evolution, fossil, jurassic, mesozoic, ornithischia, paleontology, saurichia, science, triassic

The Egyptian Sauropod: Connecting Eurasia and Africa

February 10, 2018 Nick Schofield Leave a comment

Have sauropod dinosaur, will travel. A new species of sauropod in Egypt is helping fill in the blanks about the…

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Posted in: News, Paleontology Filed under: africa, cretaceous, dinosaur, egypt, news, north africa, paleontology, research, sauropod, science

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