LAND OF THE DEAD

Exploring ancient worlds and the plants and animals that lived in them

Friday, September 30, 2011

A MISSED HEADSHOT, A LOST WAGER

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The 1940 movie One Million B.C. is a classic caveman/dinosaur flick. It was quite a spectacle for its time. Lacking a budget sufficient for...

ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO

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Update: The initial posting was done as the story of the opening was breaking in the news. This post has now been updated with additional ph...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

THE NON-AVIALAEAN SAURISCHIAN DINOSAURIA COME HOME TO ROOST

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When we evacuated the exhibits from the Quarry Visitor Center many specimens went into storage rooms in the Monument. However, a few mounts...
Tuesday, September 27, 2011

LUDI INCIPIANT

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Like aurigae in the Circus Maximus we are racing circuits to complete what needs to be done by the formal opening of the building on Oct. 4....
Saturday, September 24, 2011

MAN, IT’S BEEN CRAZY AT THE DINOMON

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Things at the DinoMon have gone crazy. It's busy with people all over the place like some crank laced anthill. There are all these Me...
Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Stego On The Move

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Dinosaurs were the dominant large terrestrial vertebrates for about 160 million years. During that time they occupied all landmasses, a wide...
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DAN CHURE: I have been the paleontologist at Dinosaur National Monument for 34 years. My main research interests are dinosaurs & the ecosystems they lived in. I am also interested in fossil resource management & preservation, & the impacts of 20th century warfare and social revolutions on fossil collections & scientists. This blog is personal and not an official blog of Dinosaur National Monument or the National Park Service.
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