at long last... california gets an official state dinosaur

three cheers for the duck-billed dinosaur whose remains were only ever found in california!

aptly named after geologist and paleontologist William J. Morris and longtime Natural History Museum supporter Gretchen Augustyn............. long live (AD) the Augustynolophus morrisi.

the great canadian NODOSAUR

imagine my all-encompassing JOY when i found out that this awesome creature's remains were found in the country that i reside in...

they reckon that he was just chilling by a river 110 million years ago, minding his own business, when a great flood swept him into the sea and to his watery grave. a death fit for a pirate...

the random miner who found him is named Shawn Funk - great name.

this bad boy is going to be shown at the Royal Tyrell Museum in DRUMHELLER later this year... anyone want to go on an adventure?

oh Drumheller...

I have a secret...
     I am ashamed...

I have not yet been to Drumheller.

Megachickausaurus



"Chicken from Hell"

thanks to ben ross for aptly re-naming the Anzu Wyliei!

the carolina butcher

enter carnufex.

this giant badass was walking around on 2 legs pre-dinos.

LP just shared the most incredible news!

ok, everyone.
with the new jurassic park movie coming out soon, it's only appropriate that this discovery was just made.
DINO EGGS FOUND IN COMPLETE NEST IN ALBERTA?!
seriously! let's scoop up some little baby dinosaur dna and get on making some terrible life decisions such as: trying to make real dinosaurs, building a park for them to live in, riding them, owning them as pets, etc.

this all makes me harken back to The Tick episode called The Tick vs Dinosaur Neil:

if you don't remember this one or don't have the time/want to watch it (your loss), the basic premise is that neil eats some dinosaur dna by accident (he put his pasta down beside it and then picked up the wrong dish - CLASSIC) and becomes a giant dino that ravages The City (which is actually the name of the city... The City).

oh, to have approximately $9,000 of disposable income......

i'd be the proud new owner of this:

the longest known fossilized dinosaur poop.