Stories from Riley Black
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Is There a Future For Terra Nova?
The show borrows heavily from other sci-fi sources and the first episode was heavy on exposition. But what about the dinosaurs?
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The One and Only Anchiceratops
Paleontologists typically have only a handful of specimens, represented by incomplete materials, from a range of sites spanning millions of years
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Dino-Shooter Promises Primal Carnage
For the first time in 65 million years, non-avian dinosaurs roam the planet—and the best we can do is turn ‘em into chunky cat food
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In it’s own weird way, Raptor is the matryoshka doll of awful dinosaur cinema
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Cretaceous Utah’s New, Switchblade-Clawed Predator
The find may help sort out the history of troodontid dinosaurs in North America
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What sets the program apart is the fact that science is woven into each episode, whether it’s Carcharodontosaurus duking it out or spinosaurs hunting
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NPR’s Tyrannosaurus tribute features fossil hunter Barnum Brown, skeleton news and short videos of a Tyrannosaurus strutting to “Stayin’ Alive”
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A New Sickle-Clawed Predator from Inner Mongolia
Linhevenator may not have used its arms to capture prey in the same way as its kin, even if it did have a specialized killing claw
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The Best Dinosaur Films Never Made
What do you think—which of these films most deserved to make it to the big screen?
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Dinosaur Sighting: Fermented Stegosaurus
The Apatosaurus drags its tail, the Tyrannosaurus takes up a Godzilla-like posture and poor Velociraptor couldn’t hold a glass of wine even if it wanted to
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Maryland’s Adorable Baby Ankylosaur
A tiny, 112-million-year-old impression of a baby armored dinosaur shows the head and the underside of its body
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Tracking the Fate of an Unseen Dinosaur Drama
Tippett’s “Prehistoric Beast” remains one of the best dinosaur films ever made. What could he have accomplished with “Dinosaur”?
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The monster got its start as a science experiment that escaped to Decatur, Georgia—although, technically, I am not sure if Bookzilla counts
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The Dinosaur Revolution Will Be Televised
A new miniseries is more dinosaur tribute than scientific documentary
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What the Goofy “More Dinosaurs” Got Right
A new DVD release of an old program is something of a dinosaur mixtape, with science and pop culture blended together
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Why fear Velociraptor? A plastic dinosaur recreation of a classic Jurassic Park scene explains
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Dinosaur Sighting: Parry-sloffy
An affinity for lambeosaurine dinosaurs seems to run in the family
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David Resto and his Superhero Dinosaurs
Iron Man, the Hulk, Wolverine and other superheroes are enduring favorites, but do you know what would make them even more awesome? If they were dinosaurs
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