The lead dinosaur, a hadrosaur species known as Edmontosaurus Regalis, walked a few steps down from the trees. It rose up on its back legs and angled its face toward the foreign object, sniffing. It did not like the large, strange-smelling structure on the river bank. One instinct demanded flight. The herd should leave before any trouble occurred. Another instinct said that territory could not be yielded. The rest of the herd remained at the forest’s edge, motionless except for the gentle oscillations of their tails.
(From a recent visit to the American Museum of Natural history.)
“With a body the size of a house and a weaponized tail, it would have feared nothing,” the scientist said. As a result, he chose the name Dreadnoughtus, meaning ‘fears nothing.’
This is "Stan" from the Black Hills Institute in Hill City, South Dakota.
Stan was found with a (healed) hole in the back of his skull the same size as a tyrannosaur tooth. Perhaps he was attacked by the tyrannosaur that visited the bend in the river in The Dinosaur Four.
The Everything Dinosaur Blog has published an article encouraging adults to read more, and they suggest The Dinosaur Four as a great starting point.
It seems that adult literacy levels are a concern in some parts in the world and a great way to get back into reading is to read about things that fascinate and intrigue. A novel about time travel and prehistoric animals ticks all the boxes as far as these dinosaur experts are concerned.
Check out the blog article here: Fiction for Older Dinosaur Fans
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Researchers at McGill university have found fossilized evidence of a Cretaceous forest fire.
It sounds a lot like the triceratops hillside from The Dinosaur Four!
Read more over at Science Daily.
Scott Hartman posted a killer pick of a Deinonychus on his Twitter page.
Click the picture above to see the whole thing. For more great dinosaur art, check out Scott's Twitter page and his Skeletal Drawing site.
Spoiler alert: A pack of Deinonychus show up in THE DINOSAUR FOUR. It takes a hefty weapon to fend them off.
Paleontologists in Patagonia, southern Argentina on Friday announced they have unearthed a 90-million-year-old fossil of what they claim is the largest dinosaur found to date.
Read the full article at The Raw Story.
They look dangerous.
My Beloved Brontosaurus by Brian Switek
A fun look at some of the latest science on dinosaurs, including dino sex, feathers, and classification.
Unfortunately, this book does not feature any dinosaur attacks on humans. Recommended nevertheless.
io9 has an article about a Titanosaur that was recently discovered in China.
Watch out for these guys. They may be herbivores, but they are still dangerous.
Click on the picture for more.
Geoff Jones is the author of the sci-fi thriller