Mary Anning’s discoveries shocked the 19th century scientific establishment. But her gender, poverty, and lack of formal education meant she often didn’t get credit for her work. Source: https://www.livescience.com/who-was-mary-anning.html
Tag: Paleontologist
8-Year-Old Calls Out NPR For Lack Of Dinosaur Stories
An 8-year-old from Minneapolis recently pointed out a big problem with NPR’s oldest news show, All Things Considered. Leo Shidla wrote to his local NPR station: My name is Leo and I am 8 years old. I listen to All Things Considered in the car with mom. I listen a lot. I never hear much about nature or dinosaurs or things…
1st preserved dinosaur butthole is ‘perfect’ and ‘unique,’ paleontologist says
Here’s what a dinosaur butthole looks like (you’re welcome). Source: https://www.livescience.com/first-dinosaur-butthole-found.html
Curiosity takes selfie with ‘Mary Anning’ on the red planet
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has a new selfie. This latest is from a location named “Mary Anning,” after a 19th-century English paleontologist whose discovery of marine-reptile fossils were ignored for generations because of her gender and class. The rover has been at the site since this past July, taking and analyzing drill samples. Source: https://phys.org/news/2020-11-curiosity-selfie-mary-anning-red.html…
These tiny, little-winged dinosaurs were probably worse at flying than chickens
The discovery of two small dinosaurs with bat-like wings a few years ago was a paleontologist’s dream. Source: https://www.livescience.com/little-winged-dinos-worse-than-chickens-at-flying.html
Someone Bought a T. Rex Skeleton for a Record-Breaking $31.8 Million
The remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex that lived some 67 million years ago have been sold at auction for $31.8 million, a world record for a fossilized dinosaur. From a report: The near-complete T. rex skeleton, named “Stan,” now belongs to an anonymous buyer who secured the milestone bid at the “20th Century Evening Sale” held Tuesday at Christie’s in New…
Did this mass extinction event trigger dawn of the dinosaurs?
New research suggests that a series of huge volcanic eruptions, 233 million years ago, led to a mass extinction event that heralded the dawn of the dinosaurs. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/mass-extinction-event-trigger-dawn-of-dinosaurs…
These ancient crocodiles walked on 2 legs like dinosaurs
Researchers suggest 110–120 million year old fossil footprints were made by ancient crocodiles that walked on 2 hind legs about the same length as adult human legs. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/ancient-crocodiles-walked-on-2-legs-fossil-footprints…