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  • News: I now have a Patreon page!

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    My name is Jason R. Abdale. I’m a published writer and artist, a professional historian, teacher, and museum volunteer, and I also run the “Dinosaurs and Barbarians” internet blog about science and history. I enjoy doing my art, my research,… Read More ›

  • Brachauchenius

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    Brachauchenius was a 15 foot long pliosaur which lived in the shallow sea that once covered the middle of North America during the middle Cretaceous Period 100-90 million years ago. Fossils of this animal were first found by Charles H…. Read More ›

  • Strophodus

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    Strophodus was a 10 foot long hybodont shark which specialized in eating shellfish. It appeared during the early Jurassic Period and went extinct during the early Cretaceous Period, making it one of the longest-lived shark genera in the fossil record…. Read More ›

  • Trinacromerum

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    Trinacromerum was a 12 foot long plesiosaur which lived within the Mowry Sea, the shallow sea that covered North America during the middle of the Cretaceous Period 95 million years ago. The holotype specimen was found in 1888 within the… Read More ›

  • March 14 – The Equirria Martia: The Chariot Race of Mars

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    A Roman Chariot Race, by Alexander von Wagner (1882). Manchester City Art Galleries. Manchester, UK. In ancient Rome, March 14 was the date for the Equirria Martia, a chariot race dedicated to the ancient Roman war god Mars. The Equirria… Read More ›

  • Cimoliopterus

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    Introduction Cimoliopterus was pterosaur with a supposed wingspan of 16 feet or thereabouts, which inhabited Europe and North America during the middle of the Cretaceous Period approximately 100-94 million years ago. There are presently two species of this pterosaur genus:… Read More ›

  • Coloborhynchus

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    Coloborhynchus was a species of pterosaur which lived in England (and possibly elsewhere) during the early Cretaceous Period approximately 140 million years ago. The first specimen of this animal was found in the 1800s within the Hastings Beds of the… Read More ›

  • One Little, Two Little, Three Little Therizinosaurs

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    And today’s topic which is sure to start an argument is…Are there three different species of Falcarius within the Yellow Cat Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation? The basal therizinosaur Falcarius utahensis, which was officially named and described in 2005… Read More ›

  • Halecodon

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    Halecodon denticulatus was a species of prehistoric saltwater fish, which is estimated to have measured 20 inches long, and which lived around 105-98 million years ago within the Mowry Sea which once covered the center of North America during the… Read More ›

  • Peloneustes

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    Peloneustes was a 13 foot long pliosaur which swam in the sea around England during the middle of the Jurassic Period 165 million years ago. The first specimen of this animal was found near the city of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England… Read More ›