Welsh Dinosaur Discovery

Scientists have named a creature dating back 201 million years and found on a Welsh beach. It is one of the oldest known Jurassic dinosaurs and related to

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Record breaking dinosaur footprint discovered in South America

Scientists recently uncovered a record-setting footprint in Bolivia. It is the biggest print from a carnivorous dinosaur to be discovered worldwide.  Until now, the largest track from a

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Walking on Geology’s Sacred Ground

 I was in Scotland a couple of weeks back, which is always a blessing.  With my father being a Scot it is always a homecoming and a privilege

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Hunting for dinosaurs showed me our place in the universe

Here is a wonderful TED talk by palaeontologist Kenneth Lacovara on digging up dinosaur bones and how the study of palaeontology puts the world in perspective.

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Dinoman and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History

[unitegallery OUMNH] Well, I have just had the incredible privilege of visiting the Oxford University Museum of Natural History last weekend.  The OUMNH as we shall now call

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Marmaduke on the front page of the Natal Witness, May 25, 2016

Marmaduke has never been on the front page of the newspaper before, and in fact has never been in any newspaper.  So we were thrilled when he got

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The Life and Times of Marmaduke the T Rex

Marmaduke was started about 10 years back in a moment of madness.  In fact he was actually only meant to be a metre long model, which then morphed

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Marmaduke the T Rex

Well, Marmaduke has been a work in progress for some years now but at last he is nearing completion.  Here are some images of progress – Enjoy! [unitegallery

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Prehistoric Predators

The great carnivores of the past have come a long way. Formerly sluggish, coldblooded and scaly, dinosaurs and other creatures have transformed with new scientific knowledge into speedy,

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UGS Official News Release: Utah Geological Survey Partners with Thanksgiving Point to Prepare 125 Million Year Old Utahraptor Fossils

Preliminary analysis of the 125 million year old sandstone indicates the block contains the remains of at least six, and possibly many more, Utahraptors, including one adult, four

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