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August 8, 2020
Jurassic Killing: Fossil Evidence of a Pliosaur Devouring Another Pliosaur
Jurassic Killing: was there active predation among Jurassic pliosaurs? And did larger pliosaurs devour smaller ones? The answer is a resounding yes. Pliosaurs were a group of large-headed, short-necked plesiosaurs known as pliosauromorphs. They had powerful jaws filled with sharp teeth and four strong flippers to propel them through the water. They were also Sauropterygians. […]
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July 8, 2020
June 24, 2020
Richard Hoagland interviews Max Hawthorne on “The Other Side of Midnight”
Join “The Other Side of Midnight” host Richard Hoagland as he interviews author Max Hawthorne. Max talks sea monsters – are they really out there? And much more!
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May 10, 2020
Spinosaurus vs. Carcharodontosaurus Who Would Win In a Fight?
What is Spinosaurus, and how would it fare in a Spinosaurus vs Carcharodontosaurus confrontation? Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is an extinct species of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now North Africa, from approximately 112-93.5 million years ago (upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous Period). It is without a doubt, one of the […]
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Spinosaurus vs. Carcharodontosaurus: Did They Fight?
What is Spinosaurus? Spinosaurus aegyptiacus is an extinct species of theropod dinosaur that lived in what is now North Africa, from approximately 112-93.5 million years ago (upper Albian to upper Turonian stages of the Cretaceous Period). It is without a doubt, one of the most famous dinosaurs on the planet. Much of this fame (or […]
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February 2, 2020
ЗАГАДОЧНОЕ ИСКОПАЕМОЕ – БЫЛ ЛИ ПЛИОЗАВР ПРАВИТЕЛЕМ МОРЕЙ, КОТОРЫЕ КОГДА-ТО ПОКРЫВАЛИ ЧАСТЬ РОССИИ?
Плиозавры были группой вымерших морских пресмыкающихся макро-хищников, которые жили со среднего Юрского периода до начала верхнемелового периода. Хотя к концу Юрского периода они испытали сокращение как видового разнообразия, так и общего размера тела, некоторые весьма впечатляющие формы все еще существовали. Давайте взглянем на некоторые из них и посмотрим, может ли одна кость плиозавра, найденная в […]
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January 22, 2020
DID A RUSSIAN PLIOSAUR RULE THE CRETACEOUS SEAS?
What was the largest Russian pliosaur and when did it live? Pliosaurs were a group of extinct macropredatory marine reptiles that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous Period. Although, by the end of the Jurassic, they had experienced a reduction in terms of both species’ diversity and overall body size, some […]
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DID A PLIOSAUR RULE THE SEAS THAT ONCE COVERED PARTS OF RUSSIA?
Pliosaurs were a group of extinct macropredatory marine reptiles that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous Period. Although, by the end of the Jurassic, they had experienced a reduction in terms of both species’ diversity and overall body size, some very impressive forms still existed. Let’s take a look at a […]
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MYSTERY FOSSIL – DID PLIOSAURS RULE THE SEAS THAT ONCE COVERED PARTS OF RUSSIA?
Pliosaur were a group of extinct macropredatory marine reptiles that lived from Middle Jurassic to the early Late Cretaceous. Although, by the end of the Jurassic, they had experienced a reduction in terms of both species’ diversity and overall body size, some very impressive forms still existed. Let’s take a look at a few of […]
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January 7, 2020
KRONOS RISING Promotional Piece #1 – Shark Hunters Find the Head of Xiphactinus!
For our first commissioned art piece for KRONOS RISING, we visit the scene in Chapter 1 where the illegal shark-finning ship Oshima has hauled in a grisly prize – the bitten-off head of a twenty-foot Xiphactinus audax – prey for the pliosaur that recently escaped Diablo Caldera. Scroll down below the artwork for an exciting […]
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