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The Pipe Dream of Nanotyrannus Reaches New Heights: Comments on Longrich & Saitta 2024

The dream of a second Tyrannosaur genus at the end-Cretaceous of North America receives new validation, but ultimately does little to change the great Nanotyrannus debate.

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The Lost World of Appalachia: Why are There so Few Dinosaurs in Eastern North America?

Western North America has long been a goldmine for dinosaur fossils. Eastern North America? Not so much. But why is this a case? And have paleontologists finally started to correct the issue?

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Was Edmontosaurus a Comb-Crested or Flat-Headed Hadrosaur?

Did the late Cretaceous Hadrosaur Edmontosaurus sport a fleshy crest atop its skull?

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Brachytrachelopan & The Evolution of Small-Necked Sauropods

Why did some sauropods evolve such tiny necks?

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Meet Deinocheirus, Mongolia’s Bizarre Dino-Duck

In the annals of prehistory, few dinosaurs are as strange as the giant Ornithomimosaur Deinocheirus.

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Dinosaurs Weird Dinosaurs

The Mystery of Megaraptor & the Megaraptorans

Were these giant-clawed predators true raptors, or something else entirely?

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Zuul crurivastator & the True Origins of Ankylosaur Tail Clubs

Did giant tail clubs evolve for love, or for war?

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Fossil Friday: A Mummified Thescelosaurus & the Day the Dinosaurs Died

Does this mummified dinosaur leg capture the day the dinosaurs went extinct?

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Ferocious Mammals, New Dinosaurs, and Sliced up Ground Sloths: July 2023 in Paleontology

To say July 2023 has been a crazy month for paleontology would be underselling it.

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The Fighting Dinosaurs Part 3: Mammals vs Dinosaurs

A stunning new discovery has flipped the script on the relationship between mammals and (some) dinosaurs.