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Sunday, March 30, 2025

Recent NPS paleontological inventories

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I haven't posted as much on my National Park Service projects over the past couple of years, in part because I don't want to acciden...
Sunday, March 16, 2025

Your Friends The Titanosaurs: Chadititan calvoi

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No sooner do I finish one titanosaur post when another new one shows up for its turn in the spotlight. Our latest guest, Chadititan calvoi ...
Friday, February 28, 2025

Your Friends The Titanosaurs: Petrustitan hungaricus and Uriash kadici (and every other Transylvanian titanosaur)

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It's been a while since I got to do one of these... To say that Díez Díaz et al. (2025) names Petrustitan hungaricus a...
Monday, February 17, 2025

Happy Valentine Formation Day!

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With Valentine's Day having come on Friday, I thought it would be fun to show some love to the Valentine Formation. This geologic unit, ...
Monday, January 27, 2025

On fossils in metamorphic rocks

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One of the introductory-level bits of information people learn about fossils is that fossils are found in sedimentary rocks, not igneou...
Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Journey Somewhat Nearer to the Center of the Earth: fossils in cores

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Most of the time, when people are looking for fossils, they find them at the surface or just below. However, this is hardly the limit o...
Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Prosauropod rehab

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I once wrote that "When you get interested in something, what's already there when you arrive will seem like it has always been th...