LAND OF THE DEAD

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

Saturday, April 28, 2012

DROP DEAD DELICIOUS

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A Pacific Humpback Whale calf. A baleen whale carcass, at a depth of 9800 ft, on the floor of Monterey Canyon. The deep ocea...
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Monday, April 2, 2012

UPDATE: The Dancing Worm of Turkana

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Since yesterday's post on Tullimonstrum gregarium , a copy of Rory's 1969 27 page booklet "The Dancing Worm of Turkana" ha...
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Sunday, April 1, 2012

LIVING FOSSILS: Tullimonstrum gregarium and The Dancing Worm of Turkana

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The tully monster is a truly weird fossil, so much so that I want to make it clear up front that I have not concocted this animal as part ...
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

A PERMIAN PALEOBOTANICAL POMPEII

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There is a mythology of sorts about finding dinosaurs.  Every skeleton is beautifully complete from the tip of the snout to the end ...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

LA TRAGEDIE DE LASCAUX: QUATRIEME PARTIE

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1. The Passageway, Lascaux Cave. The artwork in Lascaux quickly become the most famous Paleolithic site in the wor...
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Sunday, February 12, 2012

FOSSILS IN FLAGRANTE DELICTO: A VERY SPECIAL PALEONTOLOGICAL SALUTE TO VALENTINE’S DAY

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1. It just gets better as you get older . A scanning electron microscope photo of a 600,000,000 year old  4 cell embryo from China. Embryo...
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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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