Back in October 2019, the North Dakota Geological Survey’s Paleontological Resource Protection Program (@NDGSPaleo) tweeted out a picture that sent…
Why, hello dear readers! Welcome to a fun new segment of Rex Machina I’m calling Nick’s Paleo Adventures. I thought…
Bird eggs are an astounding evolutionary phenomenon. They come in a wide array of sizes, shapes, and colors; in fact,…
Yes, there is a bias in the fossil record. We may have millions of specimens from across the geologic timescale,…
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…
Quick–tell me what a dinosaur is! Well, you can’t exactly tell me, but take a second to picture a dinosaur…
What’s the coolest shark you can think of? The weirdest? The most fascinating? Chances are, you’re listing in your head…
Header image courtesy of the study’s authors. Credit: Julio Lacerda It’s harder to find spinosaurs than you’d think. We understand they…
Updated 6/9/2020. Our understanding and depiction of dinosaurs changes over time. This is natural; as we gather more data, our…
Have sauropod dinosaur, will travel. A new species of sauropod in Egypt is helping fill in the blanks about the…