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A skeleton of the Late Triassic ichthyosaur Shastasaurus liangae.

Slurp! The Marine Reptile Shastasaurus Was a Suction Feeder

Thanks to new specimens found in China, paleontologists have discovered that Shastasaurus ate very much like a beaked whale does today

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One Dinosaur Too Many?

Are there too many dinosaurs? Paleontologist Jack Horner thinks so, and he explained his reasoning in a short TED talk last month

A Spinosaurus sculpture near an ice cream shop in California.

Dinosaur Sighting: Spinosaurus Scoop

Spinosaurus may not be as popular as Tyrannosaurus, but sculptures and models of the sail-backed predatory dinosaur are common along America’s roadsides

A restoration of Apatosaurus

Dinosaur Skin Scraps Are a Jurassic Mystery

Paleontologist Philip Currie poses with a tyrannosaur skull.

Tarbosaurus Gangs: What Do We Know?

The proposal of pack-hunting dinosaurs is old news in paleontological circles, and the evidence to support the claims about Tarbosaurus hasnt been released

Boneheads by Richard Polsky

Boneheads: A Paleontological Mid-Life Crisis

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The Diplodocus Tripod

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Tiny Tarbosaurus Shows How Tyrants Grew Up

The new Tarbosaurus juvenile is a truly remarkable specimen

The fossil-rich landscape of Wyoming's Bighorn Basin

Wyoming Workshop Offers Teachers a Week With Dinosaurs

Based out of Shell, Wyoming, the workshops can be taken for college credit and are led by Smithsonian paleontologist Michael Brett-Surman

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A Delayed Tyrannosaurus Showdown

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Kelmayisaurus Gets a Family

O.C. Marsh's conception of an eight-spiked Stegosaurus

The Myth of the Eight-Spiked Stegosaurus

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Bringing Dinosaurs Up to Speed

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A 1980s Look at Smithsonian Dinosaurs

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The Dinosaurs of Twitter

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How Tyrannosaurus Lost a Finger

A Gorgosaurus tries to scare a group of Troodon away from a hapless ankylosaur in this promotional image for March of the Dinosaurs.

March of the Dinosaurs

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Blog Carnival #31: Ancient Earth, World’s Oldest ToothAche, Pot-Bellied Dinos and More

Argentinosaurus and Futalognkosaurus, pictured, from prehistoric South America, stretched more than 100 feet long and weighed in excess of 70 tons.

How to Build a Giant Dinosaur

Sauropods were humongous creatures, but how they got so large is a mystery that paleontologists are still trying to unravel

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What Tales Do Albertosaurus Injuries Tell?

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