Dinosaur 3D Modeling Reveals Dinosaur Eating Habits A team of British researchers have just discovered a secret of herbivorous dinosaur eating habits using CT scans and bio-mechanical analysis with FEA, or finite element analysis. FEA is most commonly used to design race cars, airplanes, and for engineering of medical devices. The researchers, who were from the … [Read more...]
Dinosaur Vigilantes And Why You Should Consider Doing A Guest Post For Me
In Which Amy Falls Behind in Recent Research... Two days ago here on Dinopit I shared some of the "popular" theories on just why dinosaurs got to be so large. Not too long after posting I received a comment from a man that I greatly respect not only for his wealth of knowledge, but also because he actually gets to search for dinosaurs for a living. He was disappointed with my … [Read more...]
Was Dinosaur Extinction in Motion Prior to the Asteroid Strike?
What Led to Dinosaur Extinction? The question of what led to the ultimate decline of the dinosaurs has fascinated scientists and laymen alike, leading to an extensive amount of research on the topic of dinosaur extinction. The most popular theory thus far is that an asteroid collided with planet Earth about 65-million years ago, causing a massive dinosaur extinction. Now … [Read more...]
Could Dinosaur Eggs Have Contributed to Dinosaur Extinction?
Dinosaur Eggs Reveal Potential Answers The Cretaceous – Tertiary impact, 65 million years ago, was one of the great cataclysms in the history of Earth. After this huge meteorite impact, all of the animals on earth with a body weight greater than 20 or 55 pounds were wiped out. In this mass extinction, the entire group of dinosaur species disappeared off of the face of the … [Read more...]