Tag: dinosaurs
New Types of Dinosaurs Discovered
New types of dinosaurs are being discovered faster than ever before. Most are in the southern continents of Africa and South America and they...
Exploring the Montana Dinosaur Trail
Exploring the Montana Dinosaur Trail, you can almost envision dinosaurs roaming the arid, expansive prairies and badlands of Central and Eastern Montana. This entire...
Paleontology in the Parks
What do rare insect and fish fossils, an abundance of petrified wood, a rock wall studded with 1,500 dinosaur bones, working fossil quarries, and...
Dinosaurs Continue to Inspire
By Jim Brace-Thompson
Although non-avian dinosaurs and their immediate ancestors roamed Earth between 252 and 66 million years ago (and avian dinos continue to fly...
Just How Many Tyrant Lizard Kings Populated Earth?
By Jim Brace-Thompson
As America begins evaluating its latest census data, a census of a different sort has been tallied recently; namely, a census of...
Footprints in the Sands of Time Are Disappearing
By Jim Brace-Thompson
Ichnology is the scientific study of so-called trace fossils. Rather than direct remains of an organism (bones, teeth, carbonized leaves, etc.), trace...
Why No Mid-Size Models among Carnivorous Dinosaurs?
By Jim Brace-Thompson
Looking for a new mode of transporation? You can select from compact, midsize, or fullsize. Still not satisfied? Go for a monster...
Tap Into Your Inner Fossil Hunter
By Antoinette Rahn
How many times have you ever considered what it might be like to live at a time when the continents were not...
Exploring Oklahoma Morrison Formation Fossils
By Antoinette Rahn
If you've read Rock & Gem for a while, it's a good bet you've read an article or two that mention the...
Perplexing Pterodactyls — Fossils Reveal Feathers or No?
By Jim Brace-Thompson
For a couple of decades now, feathered dinosaurs have been all the rage. This interest follows on discoveries of spectacularly preserved ancient...
