Paleoartistry— The Last Stand of Prehistoric Dinosaurs The first dinosaur fossils were discovered in the early 1800s; since then, people have wondered deeply about the nature of the sometimes larger-than-life bone remnants. Due to the absolute monstrous nature of the prehistoric finds, it wasn’t long before enthusiasts and natural artists began to speculate about the […]
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Recent Dinosaur News
Recent Dinosaur News Recap If you’re serious about paleontology then you likely keep up with dinosaur news as often as possible. Unfortunately for me, due to the multiple roles that I play in my life, I sometimes find that I am falling behind in the latest headlines. Today I wanted to take a look back […]
Elasmosaurus
Elasmosaurus Was Not a Dinosaur Elasmosaurus was a large marine reptile with an extremely long neck that lived in the ocean 65 million years ago. This group is not a dinosaur group, but is reptilian and belongs to the family group Plesiosauria. This genus had a snake-like neck and large wide body which resembled that […]
Animals Dressed As Dinosaurs
Animals Dressed As Dinosaurs Are Always Cute With Halloween coming up I thought I’d go looking at dinosaur costumes and it was then that I found a whole lot of animals dressed as dinosaurs. I recently dressed Snorasaurus as a lobster for his Halloween pictures which was the cutest thing I’ve ever seen but these […]
Dinosaur Roadside Attractions
Down-home Traditional Kitsch—Dinosaur Roadside Attractions Just say “roadside dinosaurs” and everyone knows what to expect in our modern age of—well, NO dinosaurs. Most dinosaur roadside attractions are inaccurate representations of the real creatures that roamed the earth millions of years ago. However, they are still just that—representations. They are interesting depictions of real creatures that […]
Make a Dinosaur
Make a Dinosaur Monday Each Monday here at Dino Pit I like to take a look at a variety of ways that people make their own dinosaurs. Usually I focus on one technique such as origami or papier mache but today I want to take a look at a number of dinosaur projects I’ve come […]