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How Old Are Dinosaurs, Really?

Scott Kraus — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:02:53 +0000

Dinosaurs might feel like pure myth, massive beasts with impossible names, stomping through a world we can barely imagine. But here’s the twist: we know when they lived. Not just “a long time ago” or “before humans”, we know, with scientific precision, that dinosaurs roamed the Earth between 230 and 66 million years ago. That […]

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Digging with Data: How Digital Mining is Revolutionizing Paleontology

Scott Kraus — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 19:54:21 +0000

New Tools Find Missed Details In Old Discoveries

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Dive into the World of Dinosaurs with the Ultimate Biography

Scott Kraus — Wed, 05 Apr 2023 17:34:56 +0000

The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs will take you on a thrilling journey through the latest understanding of these fascinating creatures

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The Paleontologist Unearthing The Ancient Birdsong Of The Dinosaurs

Scott Kraus — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 19:41:20 +0000

The story behind Dr. Julia Clarke and a full lecture from one of the leading experts in dinosaur vocalization and bird evolution

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Largest, Oldest Titanosaur Coexisted With Many

Scott Kraus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 03:55:26 +0000

It was a Titanosaur party

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‘Dinosaur Planet’ – The Nostalgia Nobody Got To Experience

Scott Kraus — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:13:08 +0000

For millennials, the N64 provided countless hours of screen time, instilling an instantly recognizable polygonal aesthetic. Those even slightly out of that age group can dismiss this article. For the rest of us, allow me to introduce the dinosaur game that never was – Dinosaur Planet. Leaked in a tweet from @forestillusion, Dinosaur planet has […]

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Pyroraptor

Scott Kraus — Fri, 25 Sep 2020 00:53:23 +0000

Pyroraptor is a small dromaeosaur from the late cretaceous. Discovered in Europe in 1992 after a forest fire, Pyroraptor is amongst the few raptor fossils to be found on the continent. Clade Theropod, Dromaeosaur Height 2 feet Length 5 feet Era Late Cretaceous Fully feathered darling of Hollywood? You don’t get dino-nerd credit if you […]

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A Toothsome Spinosaurus Bed Keeps The Charismatic Theropod Plunged In The River

Scott Kraus — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 21:28:12 +0000

I am always amazed when I see a bird dive into the water, only to emerge moments later, flying again with a prize fish dinner secured in its beak. The two things, birds and the water, seem opposed to me. So imagine how I feel reading report after report that the frighteningly enormous theropod Spinosaurus […]

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Danger Ahead For Original Jurassic Park Trio

Scott Kraus — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 21:23:41 +0000

Here at DinoPit, we know how much Jurassic Park means to dinosaur lovers. For many of us, Jurassic Park was the gateway to a lifelong fascination with not only Tyrannosaurs and Brachiosaurs, but to the mystery of life and the rigors of science. So when Jeff Goldblum confided in an interview that the original trio […]

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Sweet Dino Skull T-Shirts Based On Real Diagrams

Scott Kraus — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 22:16:42 +0000

Dinosaurs are popular for a very simple reason: they look SO freakin’ cool! So what’s an easy way to look cool? Put a dinosaur skull on your t-shirt! These t-shirts are ridiculously comfy and nothing says ‘I love dinosaurs’ more than a realistic portrayal of their skull emblazoned on your chest. Got a request? Let […]

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Dromaeosaurs (Or What Jurassic Park Got Wrong, and Right, About Raptors)

Scott Kraus — Tue, 26 May 2020 19:17:18 +0000

Dromaeosaurs, from Microraptor to Utahraptor, are amongst the most iconic and fascinating families of dinosaurs. Bolstered by both Jurassic Park and endless scientific studies linking them directly to birds, it’s almost impossible to not love them. Resources: Quill knobs in bones Utahraptor death trap The Climbing Claw

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Epidexipteryx

Scott Kraus — Thu, 14 May 2020 16:52:13 +0000

This dinosaur has been shaking a tail feather before it was cool. On the first edition of the DinoPit podcast, Scott talks about what makes it so unique and important to the history of bird evolution. Resources Holotype Paper

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Jianianhualong Tengi

Scott Kraus — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 21:35:28 +0000

Jianianhualong Tengi The Jianianhua Dragon Had Flight-Ready Feathers While most dinosaurs did not fly, more are known to have had all the equipment necessary. Asymmetrical feathering is seen as a vital step in the evolutionary process for modern birds, and the Jiananhua Dragon (or, Jianianhualong Tengi) was recently found to have tail-feathers perfectly structured for […]

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T-Rex vs Godzilla

Scott Kraus — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 19:13:35 +0000

Of all the burning questions biting at the public’s subconscious, one query stands alone: who would win in a fight, T-Rex or Godzilla? Let’s explore this question and see exactly why T-Rex is the clear victor here. The Obvious Question – Does Size Matter? The Tyrannosaurus Rex was a huge animal, scaling in at 40 […]

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Ugrunaaluk Kuukpikensis Arctic Dinosaur Discovered

Scott Kraus — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 22:56:09 +0000

Did dinosaurs, like modern reptiles, need to bask in the sun and heat to survive? Or were they warm-blooded, like the birds that would become their only surviving descendants — able to survive in the cold and dark? Erickson and Druckenmiller’s new species shows that the answer may be quite complicated. A duck-billed dinosaur similar […]

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Did Dinosaurs Get High From Ergot?

Scott Kraus — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 04:46:38 +0000

Recent research suggests that dinosaurs may perhaps have experienced the mind altering effects of ergot – a drug similar to LSD in it’s effects – after a 100 million year old sample of ergot fungus has been discovered. A piece of amber excavated from a mine in Myanmar by German paleontologist Joerg Wunderlich encases a […]

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Qijianglong, The Chinese “Dragon” Dinosaur Discovery

Scott Kraus — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 05:17:54 +0000

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the news then undoubtedly know that there was a recent dino discovery in China. Although the dinosaur is being referred to as a “dragon” dinosaur, the Qijianglong is actually a Mamenchisauridae thought to have lived during the late Jurassic period. Estimates put this new find at 50 feet […]

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Jurassic World New Trailer Hits the Superbowl!

Scott Kraus — Mon, 02 Feb 2015 05:05:53 +0000

If you watched the Superbowl today then you undoubtedly caught the newest trailer for Jurassic World and I am more excited than ever! Okay I’d be a little more excited if Sam Neill were in it – don’t get me wrong I have nothing against Chris Pratt but it’s just not the same. Anyway if […]

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Torosaurus

Scott Kraus — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:30:56 +0000

Torosaurus – A Massive-Skulled Ceratopsian, Dwarfing The Triceratops Torosaurus, pronounced TOR-uh-SAWR-us, (protuberance lizard) was an immense chasmosaurine ceratopsid (tribe Triceratopsini) dinosaur, having had one of the largest skulls of any known land animal, measuring in at a staggering nine-feet long. Chasmosaurinae is a subfamily of Ceratopsid dinosaurs—Torosaurus and Triceratops are two well-known relatives of the family […]

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Stygimoloch

Scott Kraus — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:46:48 +0000

An Herbivorous Pachycephalosaurid Stygimoloch, pronounced STIJ-eh-MOLL-uk, is generally regarded as a genus of large Pachycephalosaurid dinosaur, an herbivore (some regard Stygimoloch an omnivore). The genus received its name due the fearsome appearance of its skull. Only parts of Stygimoloch’s skull have been found to date, in Montana and Wyoming. Stygimoloch belongs to the family Pachycephalosauridae, […]

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Dinosaurs And Continental Drift

Scott Kraus — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 12:00:59 +0000

Strewn Dinosaur Species and Continental Drift It is a fairly well-known concept today that continental drift is responsible for the seven separate continents we have today on Earth (schools of perception vary—some claiming the existence of six or even five continents today; however, this is beside today’s topic). It is also fairly well-known that much […]

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Hypsilophodon

Scott Kraus — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 12:00:05 +0000

Hypsilophodon Was A Cretaceous Ornithopod Hypsilophodon, pronounced hip-sih-LO-fuh-don, was a prehistoric ornithopod dinosaur that lived in primarily in the Early Cretaceous period of what is today known as England. This was a small bipedal dinosaur that for some time has been misunderstood; recent findings and analyses have changed the picture we now have of Hypsilophodon. […]

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Caudipteryx

Scott Kraus — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 12:00:55 +0000

Caudipteryx Was a Theropod Dubbed “tail feather”, this Theropod dinosaur lived in the Aptian age of the Late Jurassic—early Cretaceous Period, 120—136 million years ago. Two species have been described; C. zoui (the type species discovered in 1998), and C. dongi (2000). Caudipteryx, pronounced caw-DIP-tuh-riks, is one of the earliest bird-like dinosaurs to have existed, […]

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The Trackway at Dinosaur State Park

Scott Kraus — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:09:10 +0000

About The Trackway at Dinosaur State Park I have never had the opportunity to frequent the trackway at Dinosaur State Park, or anything at Dinosaur State Park for that matter. It’s on my bucket list. For today though, I’d like to take a look at some of what Dinosaur State Park has to offer for […]

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Paleoartistry

Scott Kraus — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 12:19:12 +0000

Paleoartistry— The Last Stand of Prehistoric Dinosaurs The first dinosaur fossils were discovered in the early 1800s; since then, people have wondered deeply about the nature of the sometimes larger-than-life bone remnants. Due to the absolute monstrous nature of the prehistoric finds, it wasn’t long before enthusiasts and natural artists began to speculate about the […]

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