Yutyrannus Had Primitive Feathers Isn’t science awesome? Palaeontologists announced that a giant, feather-covered dinosaur (a type of tyrannosaur) has recently been discovered and described. It was named Yutyrannus huali by the authors of the description, Xu Xing et al. Three well-preserved skeletons were found of the carnivorous species that reached nearly 30 feet in adult […]
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Make A Paper Pteranodon
Make a Paper Pteranodon Using Origami I can’t say that I have ever really tried my hand at origami. I tried making lucky stars from those glittery strips of paper once and I’ve folded a few paper hats and airplanes but never anything that takes real talent. Today I ran across a really great video […]
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus is a Late Triassic Dinosaur Plateosaurus, pronounced PLAT-ee-oh-SAW-rus, was a sauropodomorph which lived around 204 to 214 million years ago during the Late Triassic period. It was discovered in 1834 by Johann Friedrich Engelhardt when paleontology was still a new science, in fact, the first known use of the word “paleontology” was not until […]
Just How Big Was Tyrannosaurus Rex?
Tyrannosaurus Rex is the most well-known dinosaur in the world. Featured as the star of countless movies and museum exhibits, this theropod has taken dozens of different forms over the years. Are these interpretations accurate? Was T-Rex just as fearsome in real life? Did Tyrannosaurus really tower as high as 16′ 10″ like in the Jurassic Park […]
Apatosaurus
From Brontosaurus To Apatosaurus – The Name Change When the first Apatosaurus fossil was discovered in 1877, the name was bestowed but forgotten because the archeologist who named this dinosaur became enraptured with another discovery. The second set of fossils were called Brontosaurus and thought to be a different dinosaur altogether. When researchers discovered […]
Velociraptors Love Cupcakes!
I’m willing to bet that you never knew that Velociraptors love cupcakes! If you are a regular DinoPit reader then by now you already know my feelings on Velociraptors. If you are new here then you should know this: the very thought of a velociraptor tapping it’s talon as it seeks out it’s prey is, […]