Tag: South America

When is a Stegosaur not a Stegosaur?

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date December 10, 2021
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Sometimes when a new dinosaur is discovered, the name makes total sense. Other times, paleontologists try their hardest to confuse everyone.

Tags ankylosaurids, cretaceous, dinosaur, Dinosaurs, fossils, mesozoic, Nature, palaeontology, Paleontology, Prehistoric, prehistory, South America, stegosaurids, stegouros

Mammals

The Fascinating Ancestry of the Sloth

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date July 16, 2020
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While sloths today are lethargic tree-dwellers, their ancestors were different beasts entirely. But what happened to these wonderful animals? And what does Thomas Jefferson have to do with them?

Tags Alaska, Argentina, Brazil, Cenozoic, Chile, Ground Sloths, Megalonyx, Megatherium, palaeontology, Paleontology, Peru, Plistocene, Prehistoric, prehistory, South America, Thalassocnus, USA

Dino Docs!

Dino Docs: Walking With Dinosaurs (1999)

Post author By maxsblogosaurus
Post date March 30, 2020
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In 1999, the BBC released one of the most commercially and critically successful dinosaur documentaries of all time. But has it stood the test of time? A review of the BBC classic Walking With Dinosaurs.