At the moment, we conclude our overview of the The whole lot Dinosaur weblog in 2024. We have a look at our favorite and hottest articles posted up between July and December (2024). There are numerous articles and posts to select from. Between July 1st and right this moment, we’ve written 100 and ninety-one posts. Now we have tried to cowl a variety of matters. For instance, new fossil discoveries, new dinosaurs, mannequin updates, mannequin accumulating information, scientific discoveries and naturally, details about The whole lot Dinosaur.
To learn our first article on this quick sequence, protecting favorite weblog posts within the first half of the yr: Favorite and Most Standard Weblog Posts of 2024 (Half 1).
The The whole lot Dinosaur Weblog (July and August)
In July (2024) we wrote a few new deep-snouted tyrannosaur from China (Asiatyrannus xui). As well as, we examined historical brachiopods and knowledgeable readers about modifications to the The whole lot Dinosaur web site. A Stegosaurus skeleton bought for over $44 million USD, and we launched new PNSO fashions equivalent to Tyrannotitan and Baryonyx. Furthermore, we wrote a few new basal tetrapod named in honour of the late Professor Jenny Clack and a newly described Isle of Wight dinosaur that honours the late Nick Chase. There have been prehistoric grapes, a mammalian mind research and The whole lot Dinosaur movies too.
Nevertheless, our favorite publish of July targeted upon a paper printed within the journal “Nature” that exposed that mammals within the Center Jurassic might have lived for much longer than their fashionable relations.
Nationwide Museums Scotland’s Dr Elsa Panciroli examines two Krusatodon kirtlingtonensis fossils. Image credit score: Duncan Mc Glynn.
Image credit score: Duncan Mc Glynn
To learn this weblog publish: Uncommon Jurassic Mammaliaform Fossils Reveal Particulars About Ontogeny.
The next month (August 2024), we explored dinosaurs and the autism spectrum, the evolution of cacti, the enormous marsupial Diprotodon and our digital coaching. As well as, we visited “Snowball Earth” examined dinosaur dioramas and encountered a brand new titanosaur from Patagonia – Titanomachya gimenezi. Moreover, we acquired a exceptional abelisaurid illustration and continued our common evaluations of “Prehistoric Occasions” journal.
August was a busy time for the mannequin producer Rebor. They made a number of new mannequin bulletins and their exceptional “zombie rexes” got here into inventory.
What a tremendous pair of zombie dinosaurs! The Rebor Zombie T. rex Cannibal Corpse Jungle (left) and the Plain color variant (proper). Image credit score: The whole lot Dinosaur.
Image credit score: The whole lot Dinosaur
To view the vary of Rebor fashions obtainable from The whole lot Dinosaur: Rebor Fashions and Figures.
September and October on the Weblog
September was a busy month on the The whole lot Dinosaur weblog. We continued our assist for the TetZooCon (the final ever to happen), realized a few troop of monkeys that discovered a fossil, ghost sharks from New Zealand and the way dinosaur fashions can assist with dissertations. We checked out Albertosaurus, launched a brand new duck-billed dinosaur from Mexico (Coahuilasaurus lipani) and mirrored on the phylogeny of hadrosaurs.
The whole lot Dinosaur’s customer support report is excellent. We have been requested to participate in a video highlighting how we use digital expertise to give attention to serving to clients. A extremely good video that includes us was made… however there have been additionally loads of bloopers.
So, we posted up a brief video highlighting our errors in entrance of the digicam: The whole lot Dinosaur and Some Sensible Bloopers.
With darker nights and Halloween there was loads to maintain us occupied in October. Sadly, Professor Dong Zhiming some of the influential palaeontologists of the final sixty years handed away. His contribution to the Earth Sciences won’t be forgotten. At The whole lot Dinosaur, we acquired an “Distinctive” ranking for customer support from Feefo. New fashions got here thick and quick, from Haolonggood, PNSO and there have been extra Beasts of the Mesozoic figures. The large arthropod Arthropleura was given a face, and we took an in depth have a look at the science behind avoiding asteroid impacts. The Pachyrhinosaurus cranium “Huge Sam” was on the transfer, and we posted up extra movies.
5 out of 5 for customer support.
Crew members have been contacted concerning the discovery of the smallest non-avian dinosaur eggs to be described to this point (Minioolithus ganzhouensis). We have been offered with unbelievable dinosaur paintings.
Our favorite publish revolved across the discovery of one of many oldest dinosauromorphs recognized. Gondwanax paraisensis is regarded as a silesaurid: Shedding Mild on Dinosaur Origins.
A life reconstruction of Gondwanax paraisensis. Image credit score: Matheus Fernandes Gadelha.
Image credit score: Matheus Fernandes Gadelha
November and December on the The whole lot Dinosaur Weblog
New CollectA prehistoric animal fashions have been launched together with a tremendous 1:20 scale Phorusrhacos mannequin. The paintings of Richard Bizley was celebrated, and we welcomed the Papo Ampelosaurus dinosaur mannequin. Sue was invited to talk at a convention and a fifty-year German fossil thriller was resolved. We checked out transformational digital expertise and debunked dinosaur myths with the very gifted Dr Darren Naish. A brand new oviraptorosaur was introduced (Yuanyanglong bainian) and a research was printed highlighting world cooling and the rise of the Dinosauria.
The CollectA Deluxe 1:20 scale Phorusrhacos mannequin.
The image (above) reveals the brand new for 2025 CollectA Deluxe Phorusrhacos determine.
To view the vary of CollectA Deluxe figures in inventory: CollectA Deluxe Prehistoric Life Fashions.
Our favorite publish featured a brand new scientific paper that concluded that the exceptional vertebrate fossils related to the Yixian Formation of north-eastern China weren’t attributable to volcanic eruptions.
To learn extra: Yixian Formation Fossils Not Brought on by Pompeii-like Occasions.
The Finish of the 12 months
December was a busy month in our warehouse. We had a report variety of Christmas parcels to ship out to clients. Our weblog was busy too. We launched the spectacular Rebor “Kiss” island model in addition to new Safari Ltd fashions. Modern analysis highlighted the function people performed in prehistoric elephant extinction. We checked out new dinosaur books for the festive season, dinosaur-themed wrapping paper and thanked all our beautiful clients for his or her playing cards and items.
The evolution of the jaw within the Squamata was outlined and we examined the brand new Basic Product Security Laws (GPSR) and checked our compliance.
One other new dinosaur from China was mentioned (Archaeocursor) and we assessed the standing of the taxon Saurophaganax. Mannequin retirements from Safari Ltd have been introduced and we supplied data on a brand new paper that concluded that tyrannosaurs have been current in southern England throughout the Early Cretaceous.
An Early Cretaceous floodplain round 135 million years in the past. A big spinosaurid chases off some tyrannosaurs (left) from the carcass of an ornithopod. Dromaeosaurids (backside proper) dart in to grab what they will because the bigger theropods are preoccupied. Image credit score: Anthony Hutchings
Image credit score: Anthony Hutchings
To examine this new theropod analysis: Wadhurst Clay Formation Theropods Together with Tyrannosaurs.
Mike from The whole lot Dinosaur commented:
“This concludes our run by of our weblog posts for 2024. We had enjoyable trying again in any respect the articles we had printed. In whole, we wrote 300 and seventy-five posts this yr. That’s fairly an effort. The The whole lot Dinosaur weblog will surpass seven thousand posts in 2025. Wishing everybody a cheerful new yr!”
Joyful New 12 months!
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