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Brent Tharp leaves legacy at GSU Museum larger than a mosasaur's bite or Rosenwald's walls
17+ min ago (1430+ words) When Dr. Brent Tharp arrived as director of the Georgia Southern University Museum in 2000, it was already based in the Rosenwald Building, and the mosasaur was there to greet him. When Tharp leaves as a retiree Tuesday afternoon, the mosasaur…...
Fossils upend catastrophist narrative that flowering plants flourished only after dinosaur extinction
8+ hour, 56+ min ago (14+ words) Phys. org...
Allosaurus animatronic comparison
6+ hour, 12+ min ago (74+ words) about 1 hours ago K. J. Genualdo " about 3 hours ago Phillip Hamilton " 15 days ago K. J. Genualdo " 9 days ago Phillip Hamilton " 17 days ago Cast Your Vote For June 2026's Meme Of The Month! Uploaded by Kimmy Dude Jun 26, 2026 at 05: 26 PM EDT Origin Entry: Jurassic Park…...
Museum Of The Rockies Set To Unveil New Permanent Dinosaur Exhibit
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (352+ words) Bozeman, Mont. " A new permanent exhibit at the Museum of the Rockies will bring visitors face to face with Big Al, an Allosaurus from the late Jurassic period, starting next Friday." The new exhibit, "A Dinosaur Makeover: Face to Face…...
Meet the world's most complete and best-preserved T. rex
4+ hour, 37+ min ago (131+ words) CBC Meet the world's most complete and best-preserved T. rex Calgary's Telus Spark Science Centre says its latest dinosaur exhibit, featuring SUE, transports people back 67 million years. At 40 feet long and 13 feet tall, Spark officials say SUE is the most complete…...
Fossil identified as first dinosaur ever found in Antarctica
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (19+ words) BBC Fossil identified as first dinosaur ever found in Antarctica...
Millions of years in the making, Wyo dino discoveries coming home for new Big Horn County museum
6+ hour, 6+ min ago (1169+ words) With nearly 1 million readers this year! SHELL, Wyo. " Wyoming is built on exports. Oil, coal and natural gas, formed underground over millions of years as heat and pressure crush long-dead organisms, are extracted and shipped out of state en masse…...
Forget T. rex: this dinosaur with terrifying arms was even more fearsome
8+ hour, 33+ min ago (383+ words) What grabs you immediately is the number: at least 19 years old. That's the minimum age determined by histological analysis of the specimen's bones, and scientists think it could have kept growing. Lucio Ibiricu and his team at the Patagonian Institute…...
Viral video shows towering dinosaur-like shoebill bird. What's going on? - AOL
9+ hour, 1+ min ago (624+ words) If you've seen the viral video of the large shoebill bird landing on a boat in Africa's Mabamba Swamp, you might be asking yourself if such a prehistoric-looking, seemingly giant bird could be real. The simple answer is yes. Shoebills…...
Lost Fossil Found in Brazil Unveils 240-Million-Year-Old Reptile Predating Dinosaurs, Redefines Evolutionary Map and Highlights Southern Brazil's Role in Understanding Crocodile and Dinosaur Ancestors
8+ hour, 29+ min ago (1092+ words) A fossil prior to the dinosaurs, found in the municipality of Dona Francisca, in the central region of Rio Grande do Sul, revealed a new species of reptile that lived approximately 240 million years ago. The animal was named Silescelida acristata…...