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April 09, 2019

Carcharodon Megalodon, The One Who Devoured Whales

I think that to present this shark of epic proportions, it is more than appropriate to resort to a photomontage that circulates on the internet. It is a white shark that has been increased in size with photoshop and fits exactly to the size that could reach a Carcharodon megalodon. The photograph speaks for itself, the mouth of the Carcharodon megalodon has the size of a circular door full of teeth, the trip would be only one way and without the need to be chewed. The images of this animal do not need words to explain them and...

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July 26, 2018

A New "Rainbow" Dinosaur

To reconstruct the appearance of dinosaurs, paleontologists depend on fossils and imagination. Sometimes that "creative" part is free and in most cases the inspiration is sought in the current creatures that populate our planet. Similarities are sought and those traits that do not remain fossilised are applied. Reconstruction of the Caihong juji Color is one of those factors free of interpretation that sometimes takes as an example the current reptiles and birds. Fortunately, sometimes the miracle exists and an exceptional fossilisation gives enough clues so that paleontologists can approach the image that the extinct animal had in life....

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May 26, 2018

The little "Joe"

Adult female, "joe" and Parasaurolophus egg. In 2009, from the harsh sediments of southern Utah, in the United States, an enigma arose. The skeleton of a small herbivorous dinosaur, 180 cm long, posed a challenge for paleontologists: It was a dwarf duck dinosaur? or it was a young specimen of a known species? To solve the enigma, the skeleton, exceptionally preserved, was submitted to several analyzes. The very fine cross section of one of the bones determined that the dinosaur had died during its first year of life. In...

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April 05, 2018

Basilosaurus: The Giant Snake.

During the first years of the 19th century in Louisiana, fossilised giant bones became very popular. They belonged to a prehistoric creature, but that did not matter to many of the locals who used those bones as improvised furniture. Some of those fossils were sent to an important anatomist who studied and baptised the animal. He thought it was a huge marine reptile and called it Basilosaurus, which in ancient Greek means "reptilian king". Illustration of the "giant snake" skeleton. The abundance of giant fossils was well known and Albert Koch saw the opportunity to do business. He recovered...

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March 22, 2018

The Chubut Titan Without a Name

In May 2014, a huge dinosaur skeleton with a long neck (sauropod) was discovered in Chubut, Argentina. At first glance the scientific community knew that they were facing a "titan", but many questions roamed around the environment. Titan at the Museum of New York It was possible that the bones belonged to another giant Argentine dinosaur called Argentinosaurus, a colossus that undeniably held the record of size until that moment. The Argentinosaurus was also a long-necked dinosaur from which isolated bones have been recovered, so there is no complete image and both its size and its weight are...

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