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A New Fossil Condor Honors its Argentinian Heritage in More Ways than One

A New Fossil Condor Honors its Argentinian Heritage in More Ways than One

In December 2022, something that I’ve waited my whole life for finally happened. Argentina national soccer team, led by Lionel Messi, won the World Cup! I have diligently watched every World Cup since I was ~12 years old, only to face disappointment and heartbreak, but in 2022 that great

The Reptile From Walhalla

The Reptile From Walhalla

Move over, Loki! A new character has just dropped into the scene. In late October (2023), a [study] came out describing a new mosasaur from North Dakota. Mosasaurs are marine reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs during the Late Cretaceous (98-66 million years ago). They are not dinosaurs! They’re

A Review of 'When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies’ – A Journey through Dinosaur Feathers, Flight, and More!

A Review of 'When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies’ – A Journey through Dinosaur Feathers, Flight, and More!

Today, I'm excited to share my thoughts on "When Dinosaurs Conquered the Skies," the fourth book in a fascinating series about evolution from Quarto Publishing Group. If you enjoyed "When The Whales Walked" and "When Plants Took Over the Planet," or if

Pterosaur Take-Off

Pterosaur Take-Off

This may not come as a shock to you, but pterosaurs are *not* birds. They both have wings, but they are structured very differently. They both fly, but with different mechanisms.

The Ultimate Cave People

The Ultimate Cave People

New fossil findings in a cave in France have made us rethink a decades-old idea in paleoanthropology. This information comes from the Grotte Mandrin cave in Mediterranean France, that contains sediments from 56,800–51,700 years before the present. These sediments are arranged in layers, just like all geologic

A New Bird from New Zealand

A New Bird from New Zealand

Last week, a paper was published that described a new species of bird from New Zealand. New Zealand is an island nation in the Southern hemisphere, near Australia: IMAGE 2019-09 Map-of-new-zealand-1011x1024.png Caption: A map of New Zealand, with a star showing where the fossil was discovered. From Google. New

Archosaur Air Conditioning

Archosaur Air Conditioning

Today on DrNeurosaurus I want to talk about a study that came out in July of this year but has recently been circulating in the media. This isn’t the typical study I discuss, where a new fossil is discovered, described, and celebrated for its novelty and scientific value. This