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Sunday, 01 February 2015

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Il theropode bimbominkia 

Theropoda [22:03:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (140 visits) info
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In un precedente post, ho commesso un grave errore, al quale pongo rimedio qui. Innanzitutto, mi scuso con i miei lettori, che si affidano a me per avere informazioni corrette e fonti attendibili in merito alla paleontologia ed alle sue emanazioni extra-scientifiche. Ho scritto in quel post che il meraviglioso ed originalissimo “ibrido” di Billy World si chiamava “Diabolus Rex” [sic]. Mi

Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaurs (Domino) 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [19:02:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (127 visits) info
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 Jurassic; GB
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One of the more obscure finds I've made on eBay, this Dinosaurs isn't a book as such - rather, it folds out like a pamphlet or map, and the illustrations effectively cover two frieze-like spreads. (You can also fold it completely flat, but there's no continuity between the two sides.) Published by Domino Books in 1979, its charming illustrations take us back to a palaeontological world in flux...while erring somewhat on the old-fashioned side. We're not out of the swamps just yet!The [...]

Praeactinocamax plenus (de Blainville, 1827) 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [15:16:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (110 visits) info
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 DE,CA
Belemnitenstufe, - Cenoman, oberes Obercenoman (Dölzschen-Formation) - Ort: Ratssteinbruch Süd,

What’s It Like Exploring A Ghost Town? 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [14:09:20]  recommend  recommend this post  (119 visits) info
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 US
Peerless, a former coal mining settlement (own work) JMD posed an interesting question: What’s it like exploring a ghost town? What comes to your mind when you hear the term “ghost town”? [...]

Hot spot volcanoes: no plumes required? 

Metageologist [12:46:30]  recommend  recommend this post  (190 visits) info
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It’s a simple and well-known picture. Volcanoes form either at plate boundaries due to subduction or inside plates due to mantle plumes. Invoking plumes – columns of hot rock rising from deep in [...]

Longispina mucronata brachiopod from the Ludlowville formation 

Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (746 visits) info
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 Devonian; US,ES,NZ
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I picked up this slab of chonetid type brachiopods while visiting a small quarry off Geer Rd. in Madison County, NY. The rock found there is a portion of the Upper Ludlowville formation (Devonian, Givetian [...]

I Got Yer Seahawks, Super Bowl, and Geology Right Here! 

Rosetta Stones [08:55:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (74 visits) info
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Oh, hai, is that the Seahawks at the Super Bowl again? Yes, it is! I have to say, I’m pretty stoked that my hometown team made it to the Super Bowl two years in a row. -- Read more on [...]

The death of dialogue 

James’ Empty Blog [05:19:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (165 visits) info
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So it is reported, anyway. No sign of anything official on the CD site, but the post by Crok seems to confirm it according to google translate. It is hardly a surprise, it was hardly a roaring success from the [...]

First among the synapsids: the ophiacodonts 

Paleoexhibit [02:29:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (7 visits) info
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The synapsids constitute the second major group of reptiles after the diapsids. They are characterized by a single hole in the skull just behind each eye socket called temporal fenestrae. Synapsids include [...]

More aftershocks to Duncan and Oak Creek Canyon earthquakes 

Arizona Geology [00:30:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (693 visits) info
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We had aftershocks on Wednesday from both of last year's more prominent earthquakes in Arizona. A magnitude 2.5 quake (orange dot  on AZ-NM border) is likely an aftershock to last June's M=5.3 Duncan [...]

Praeactinocamax plenus (de Blainville, 1827) 

kreidefossilien.de - Bilder [15:16:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (47 visits) info
Belemnitenstufe, - Cenoman, oberes Obercenoman (Dölzschen-Formation) - Ort: Ratssteinbruch Süd,

Los dinosaurios se extinguieron por no depositar el vidrio en el contenedor verde 

Koprolitos [14:03:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (118 visits) info
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Impactante noticia publicada el pasado viernes por El Mundo Today (30 de enero de 2015): Los dinosaurios se extinguieron por no depositar el vidrio en el contenedor verdeMURIERON PORQUE NO TENÍAN CONSEJERÍA [...]

New landslide video: a spectacular retaining wall failure 

The Landslide Blog [09:28:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (590 visits) info
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A new video has been posted on Youtube showing a spectacular retaining wall failure that causes a truck to slide and bounce down a

I Got Yer Seahawks, Super Bowl, and Geology Right Here! 

Rosetta Stones [08:55:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (639 visits) info
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Oh, hai, is that the Seahawks at the Super Bowl again? Yes, it is! I have to say, I’m pretty stoked that my hometown team made it to the Super Bowl two years in a row. They are awesome that... -- Read [...]

Winter Road Tripping – Lost Palms Oasis 

WATCH FOR ROCKS - Travels of a Sharp-Eyed Geologist [05:58:17]  recommend  recommend this post  (645 visits) info
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In the waning hours of my two–week “2014 Winter SoCal Adventure” last month, fate offered up a gorgeous southern California Christmas Eve Day hike. Barely 20 miles up the interstate from my condo in [...]

JOIDES Resolution: port call days in Singapore 

JOIDES Resolution blogs [03:58:24]  recommend  recommend this post  (167 visits) info
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 SG
My third day on JOIDES Resolution (JR), the ship, which will be my home for the next two months. We are still at port and awaiting to receive necessary clearance to leave the port. I have been on cruise [...]

Newly Found Edestus Shark Fossil 

Louisville Area Fossils [00:39:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (590 visits) info
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A nice benefit of having a fossil blog on the Internet is the number of people you meet who are interested in fossils from around the world. Back in October 2014, I was contacted by a coal miner in western [...]
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