Monday, November 30, 2015

This Day In History: Crystal Palace Burns Down

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link From Today In Science History : In 1936, London's famed Crystal Palace, constructed for the International Exhibition of 1851, wa...

Born This Day: Robert Broom

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image Robert Broom (Nov. 30, 1866 – April 6, 1951) was a South African doctor and paleontologist. From 1903 to 1910 he was professor of zo...

James Allen St. John

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From Prehistosaurio
Sunday, November 29, 2015

James Allen St. John: Fantastic Adventures

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From Prehistosaurio
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Died This Day: Karl Ernst von Baer

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Von Baer (Feb 29, 1792 - Nov 28, 1876) was a Prussian-Estonian embryologist who discovered the mammalian egg (1827) and the notochord. He...

Born This Day: Dunkinfield Henry Scott

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Painting by Mary Parrish Scott (Nov. 28, 1854 – Jan. 29, 1934) was an English paleobotanist and leading authority of his time on the struc...

James Allen St. John: The Cave Girl

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From Prehistosaurio
Friday, November 27, 2015

Chocolat D'Aiguebelle Fossil Trading Cards

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From Prehistosaurio Read more about these cards at the great Paleo-blog, Love In The Time of Chasmosaurs .
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Died This Day: Sven Ander Hedin

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Hedin (Feb. 19,1865 - Nov. 26, 1952) was a Swedish explorer and geographer , born in Stockholm, who led four multi-year expeditions into Cen...

Pterano-Man, Dinosaur Fighter!

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By Don Simpson (1990)
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Those Darn Pterosaurs!

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Concept art for Creation (unproduced) by Willis O'Brien Concept art for King Kong By Byron Crabbe Concept Art for One ...
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Stepping Into Dinosaurs

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From Prehistosaurio
Monday, November 23, 2015

Born This Day: Paula Raymond

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image Paula (center) played the role of plucky Lee Hunter, assistant to paleontologist Dr. Thurgood Elson (Cecil Kellaway) (right) in Ray H...
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Born This Day: Steve Clemente

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image Steve Clemente (born Esteban Clemento Morro Nov. 22, 1885—May 7, 1950) was a Mexican actor known for his many villainous roles. He b...
Saturday, November 21, 2015

DIGGING INTO DINOMANIA! By Stephen Bissette

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PALAEOBLOG takes a break from its usual postings to present an excerpt from Stephen R. Bissette's Behind-the-Scenes Peek at a Magnifice...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Devonian Lycopod Forest in Svalbard

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Lycopsid forests in the early Late Devonian paleoequatorial zone of Svalbard . 2015. Geology image Researchers have unearthed an ancient ...

Born This Day: Robert Armstrong

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Armstrong (Nov. 20, 1890 – April 20, 1973) took Fay Wray to Skull Island in 1933. He returned later the same year to find The Son of Kong , ...
Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Probrachylophosaurus bergei, New Hadrosaur from the Judith River Fm of Montana

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A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of N...
Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Premiered This Day (1918): The Ghost of Slumber Mountain

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The The Ghost of Slumber Mountain premiered this day in 1918. It was written and directed by special effects pioneer Willis O'Brien an...
Monday, November 16, 2015

Palaeoxonodon - The 3-in-1 Jurassic Mammal

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A lower jaw of Palaeoxonodon from the Middle Jurassic of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, sheds new light on the diversity of British stem theria...