Here’s an article (Columbus Dispatch => Discovery of Evolutionary Link Was a Scientific Inevitiability) that not only dismisses the significance of the recent discovery of Tiktaalik Roseae but makes me feel good about it at the same time. Tiktaalik Roseae is one of those “missing links” we’re always hearing so much about. These are transitional … Read more
And I don’t mean my kids either. Mapusaurus Roseae a new species of carnivorous dinosaur has recently been discovered. Discovered in Argentina, this brute weighed in at 8 tons and 43′ long. (Tyrannosaurus Rex being only a wimpy 39′ long.) The fossil find was discovered as a group of different individuals, leading paleontologists to speculate … Read more
Scientists find a missing link between fish and land animals Gosh, another good day in paleontology. 375-380 million years ago, this fellow took the first steps on land… Named Tiktaalik Roseae after an Inuit word for “large freshwater fish” he won’t have too many children named after him, but he sure did a favor for … Read more
Bones from huge dinosaur found on Chathams This article from the New Zealand Herald talks about new land-based dinosaur discoveries on Chathams, an island off New Zealand. Generally, New Zealand was not thought to have land-dwelling dinosaurs until these discoveries. Technorati Tags: Paleontology, Science