LAND OF THE DEAD

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

Sunday, March 31, 2013

LITHOGRAPHIAE WIRCEBURGENSIS, ducentis lapidum figuratorum, a potiori insectiformium, prodigiosis imaginibus exornatae specimen primum.

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IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AGAIN My blog post of April 1 st 2011 announced the frightful partial collapse, in the middle of the...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

BIG MEALS FOR BIG SPIDERS

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A female Nephila pilipes daintily dines on a dead bat ( Rhinolophus cornutus orii ) caught in its web in Japan. Spiders a...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

REWORKED DINOSAURS, RELOCATED ROYAL MUMMIES, AND THE PAPAL CADAVER SYNOD OF 897 CE.

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An eternal theme in science fiction, both written and film, is the discovery of dinosaurs still living somewhere in the modern world.   The...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

PARASITES, POOP, AND PALEONTOLOGY

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Perhaps a delicate flower? Nope, just the scolex of the extant r hinebothriidean cestode Rhinebothrium . But you already knew that. ...
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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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