8+ hour, 46+ min ago  (463+ words) Over the last few years, I've gradually been assembling what I imaginatively call the Big Spreadsheet. It's a record of every single vertebrate fossil on display at a number of natural history museums, mostly in the United States (so far…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (932+ words) It seems that another Jurassic Park film is upon us. As I've written about before, the phenomenon that is Jurassic Park and it's various sequels and spin-offs has played a central role in the public's general awareness of dinosaurs for…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1282+ words) In 1943, sawmill operator Daniel Edward Jones and his wife Vivian went prospecting for uranium west of their home in Delta, Colorado. In a gully near Potter Creek, they came upon a nearly seven foot-long dinosaur bone eroding out of " Continue…...