Favorite Weblog Posts

Favorite Weblog Posts


Right now of yr, Every part Dinosaur appears again on their favorite weblog posts of 2022. The weblog posts that group members have created, and we listing the favorite articles of 2022. That is fairly a problem given the large variety of topics that now we have coated within the final twelve months. Our weblog appears at advances within the Earth sciences, fossil finds, dinosaur analysis, new prehistoric animal fashions, offers e book evaluations and covers all kinds of tales and options related to dinosaur fashions and mannequin amassing.

So, with out additional fuss here’s a countdown of our favorite and hottest articles from January to June 2022.

Favorite Weblog Posts

In January, group members posted up a number of movies of the just lately launched Rebor Smilodon replicas. These widespread fashions, proved to be wonderful figures to focus on on Every part Dinosaur’s YouTube channel. These quick movies gave viewers the chance to see these thrilling fashions in shut element.

Favourite Blog Posts
The Rebor Smilodon (Ice Age) color variant featured in a brief Every part Dinosaur video. Our weblog posts that linked to quick product evaluate movies proved very fashionable with mannequin followers. Image credit score: Every part Dinosaur.

To view the Rebor Ice Age Smilodon video showcase: Rebor Smilodon Ice Age Video Showcase.

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Crocodile Eats Dinosaur

February might have been the shortest month, however there was no scarcity of fascinating fossil discoveries to put in writing about. Probably the most widespread articles handled the invention of a crocodile fossil from Australia that preserved the stays of its final meal – a small dinosaur.

Confractosuchus sauroktonos attacks a juvenile ornithopod.
A life reconstruction of Confractosuchus sauroktonos capturing the juvenile ornithopod. Image credit score: Dr Matt White/Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum.

Predator prey interactions are extraordinarily uncommon within the fossil report, and that is the primary documented occasion of a crocodilian consuming a dinosaur from Australia.

The world of palaeontology was rocked in March when a paper was printed postulating that the species often called Tyrannosaurus rex was really three! The paper triggered numerous controversy and debate because the fossils of arguably essentially the most iconic dinosaur of all had been divided into three.

To learn our weblog submit: Are There Three Tyrannosaurus Species?

Exceptional Bryozoans

Again in time we went in April, all the best way again to the Cambrian. A newly printed paper proposed that the bryozoans, an historical group of miniature, aquatic invertebrates had their origins within the Early Cambrian. Remarkably, these tiny animals are an vital constituent of recent marine ecosystems and are largely unchanged over 500 million years.

Bryozoan fossil from the Early Cambrian.
Protomelission gatehousei from the Cambrian Wirrealpa Limestone, South Australia. Image credit score: Zhang et al.

“Prehistoric Planet”

In Might, the spectacular five-part, tv documentary collection “Prehistoric Planet” aired on Apple+ TV. Every part Dinosaur group members got the chance to view all of the programmes and this collection has gone onto win many accolades and awards. Our congratulations to all these concerned. “Prehistoric Planet” was one of many tv highlights of the yr.

We blogged concerning the programmes, and we expect this collection was far superior to the massive movie that got here out later in the summertime – “Jurassic World Dominion”.

The “White Rock Spinosaurid”

As we moved into the center of the yr, information broke of one more theropod dinosaur discovery from the Isle of Wight. Fragmentary fossils discovered on the island, hinted at a ten-metre-plus spinosaurid that would symbolize the most important carnivorous dinosaur found to this point in Europe.

Illustration of White Rock spinosaurid.
Illustration of White Rock spinosaurid. Image credit score: College of Southampton/Anthony Hutchings.

Nicknamed the “White Rock spinosaurid”, after the geological layer during which the fossils had been discovered, the invention demonstrated that even in areas which have been extensively mapped, explored and visited by 1000’s of holidaymakers yearly, the rocks nonetheless maintain surprises. Higher nonetheless, a researcher on the paper Dr Darren Naish, performed a pivotal function in “Prehistoric Planet” performing as one of many scientific advisors.

To learn our weblog submit: Enormous Carnivorous Dinosaur from the Isle of Wight.

Favorite Weblog Posts

That’s the primary a part of our two-part characteristic itemizing our favorite weblog posts of 2022. Tomorrow, we will check out the weblog posts from July by way of to the tip of the yr.

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