Dilophosaurus is another one of the Jurassic Park celebrities, being one of the secondary antagonists in the 1993 blockbuster. The dinosaur, as many of you guys probably know, was portrayed inaccurately. The real Dilophosaurus is still being uncovered, as remains are fragmentary and the whole theropod family tree is turning upside-down. Let’s get the factsContinue reading “Dilophosaurus: Revelations”
Category Archives: Paleontology
Carnotaurus: Tinier arms than T-rex
Carnotaurus recently featured in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, where it battles with the old T-rex. Carnotaurus, whose name literally means ‘meat eating bull”. While it doesn’t look like it, the fearsome looking carnivore could sprint up to speeds of 35 mph. The Carnotaurus belonged to the Abelisauridae, a group of meat-eating dinosaurs whose ancestors branchedContinue reading “Carnotaurus: Tinier arms than T-rex”
Brontosaurus – is it real?
Brontosaurus is another childhood favorite of dinosaur geeks, and while it’s the first dino to not feature in the Jurassic Park films, it certainly is not underrepresented. Brontosaurus is one of the most famous dinosaurs around, and a lot of people actually don’t know that much about it all. Brontosaurus was a herbivore, just likeContinue reading “Brontosaurus – is it real?”
Velociraptor:
We already wrote an article about Velociraptor, yes, but a raptor deserves as much attention as it can get. We’re still in the trend of going with famous dinosaurs that were misrepresented by Jurassic Park (yes it’s a good movie but fluffy T-rexes can look scary). Velociraptor was one of the dromeosaurids, a family ofContinue reading “Velociraptor:”
Triceratops – Last of its kind
The Triceratops is the second most iconic dinosaur after T-rex. Triceratops was a ceratopsid, a group of dinosaurs all identified by neck frills and at least a few small horns. However, Triceratops’ horns were not small by any means. In the drawing above, you can see that it had a horn on its nose, twoContinue reading “Triceratops – Last of its kind”
The amniotic egg
The first and most major thing that separates fish and amphibians from all other vertebrates is the amniotic egg. The first question that comes to mind, though, is “what is an amniotic egg?” The amniotic egg is an egg with a shell, literally. However, it gets a bit more complicated than that. Mammals are consideredContinue reading “The amniotic egg”
The Moon’s formation
Well, there’s that big white round thing in the sky that you see every night, right? The moon. Sometimes it’s a ball, sometimes it’s a crescent. The Moon is the one extraterrestrial body that man has ever set foot on. Also, it takes away total darkness in the night (which would be bad) and givesContinue reading “The Moon’s formation”
Why did we lose hair?
Humans are apes. As hard as it might be to associate yourself with a chimp swinging from a tree, it’s just a matter of fact. While we admittedly don’t look a lot like Bigfoot or the apes in Tarzan, we still share some characteristics with primates. So, why are they so hairy and furry andContinue reading “Why did we lose hair?”
An Overview of Snakes
Snakes. Some find them cool, others creepy. Some snakes are venomous, some will squish you to death. Snakes are pretty much scaly lizards without legs that make hissing noises, right? Well, not completely. Here’s what most people actually don’t know about snakes and what makes them different from actual “legless lizards”. First of all, snakesContinue reading “An Overview of Snakes”
Magyarosaurus: Micro Dino
One of the weirdest dinosaurs ever discovered is Magyarosaurus. Magyarosaurus was a sauropod (a long-necked herbivore) from the titanosaur branch, the largest of all. Magyarosaurus actually didn’t have weird features or unrecognizable bones; it looked like a perfectly normal sauropod. That is, until you realized that it was only 6 feet tall and 6 metersContinue reading “Magyarosaurus: Micro Dino”
Anay Ganesh 