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Tag: Cretaceous

Amargasaurus cazaui: The Spiny Sauropod

09/10/2020 Darwin's Door

A strange sauropod with an unconventional neck, but what were those spines for?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, Dicraeosauridae, Rebbachisauridae, Sauropod

Carnotaurus sastrei: The Short-Handed Sprinter

11/09/2020 Darwin's Door

Could you beat this dinosaur in a race?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Argentina, Carnivore, Cretaceous, Theropods

Why Have Potty-Humour When You Can Have Coprolite-Comedy?

17/07/2020 Darwin's Door

Discover how palaeontologists use what animal’s leave behind to solve mysteries of the past.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Coprolite, Cretaceous, Jurassic, ordovician, Silurian, Triassic, Tyrannosaurus

Gliders of the Prehistoric World

19/06/2020 Darwin's Door

After exploring the evolution of flight, now we can question how gliding came to be.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, Flight, Glide, Jurassic, Permian, Triassic

Fossils in Colour

10/04/2020 Darwin's Door

Find out all about how the colours of extinct animals has been determined.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Birds, Colours, Cretaceous, Feathers, Jurassic, Sinosauropteryx

Deinocheirus mirificus: A Fossil Goose Chase

06/03/2020 Darwin's Door

An exploration of the wacky and wonderful story that lead to the discovery of the world’s weirdest dinosaur.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, Mongolia, Ornithomimosaur

Styracosaurus albertensis: The Cretaceous Rhinoceros

07/02/2020 Darwin's Door

Find out all about a very curious genus.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: ceratopsian, Cretaceous

How Flight Evolved in Pterosaurs: When Flying Got Big

24/01/2020 Darwin's Door

The second article in this miniseries all about flight. Find how the first winged vertebrates developed this ability.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, Eudimorphodon, Flight, Jurassic, Pteranodon, Pterosaurs, Rhamphorhynchus, Triassic

Borealopelta markmitchelli: The Living Tank Just Wasn’t Enough

27/12/2019 Darwin's Door

An accidental find that uncovered a new species.

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Ankylosaur, Colours, Cretaceous, Nodosaur

Dinosaur Fight Club

18/10/2019 Darwin's Door

A battle frozen for all time. How did this unique fossil come about, and what does it tell us about these dinosaurs?

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Posted in: Feed, Prehistoric Planet Filed under: Cretaceous, Mongolia, Protoceratops, Velociraptor

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