An Overview of the Triassic Period By: Taylor Oswald

Bounded on either side by mass extinctions, and well known for its strange creatures, the Triassic was a time of transition, hardship, and evolutionary experimentation.

The latest accurate and interesting dinosaur news and insights.

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Collaborator Spotlight: Laura Leyes

My love for dinosaurs started at a young age when I stumbled upon an old book with captivating illustrations of these prehistoric creatures.

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a young paleontologist posing next to a large dinosaur skull
Collaborator Spotlight: Omar Lagarda González

Dinosaurs have been a lifelong passion for me, serving as one of the main pillars in my life.

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Collaborator Spotlight: Fabrizio De Rossi

During his tenure as a Scientific Assistant at the University of Vienna’s Paleobiology department, Fabrizio undertook a significant project: the life reconstruction of the Austrian nodosaurid ankylosaur, Struthiosaurus austriacus.

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Animals from Jurassic North America (Ceratosaurus, Camarasaurus, Allosaurus). Illustration for #Facts by Sergey Avtushenko. All rights reserved.
An Overview of the Jurassic Period

Beginning in the aftermath of the Triassic Extinction, life in the Jurassic bounced back in a BIG way, producing some of the most iconic creatures to ever live, and seeing the dinosaurs rise to ecological supremacy on land.

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Woolly mammoth model at the Royal Victoria Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2018. Photo by Thomas Quine. Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Does Extinction Have To Be Forever?

Could dinosaurs ever come back? Could we bring back any extinct creature for that matter? As genetics and other forms of biological research advance, it is becoming an ever more real possibility, and for all the excitement about those possibilities, deextinction also brings with it a unique set of ethical and environmental considerations.

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Collaborator Spotlight: Raul Ramos

Raul Ramos is an Oregon based illustrator and concept artist currently working in the film and video games industry.

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Collaborator Spotlight: Taylor Oswald

Meet Taylor Oswald! He is an Arizona-born Michigander who recently graduated from Brigham Young University where he also worked for six years at the BYU Museum of Paleontology, preparing fossils, repairing exhibits, giving tours, conducting field work, and writing for the museum’s social media pages. Post-graduation, he is now an independent researcher as well as a freelance contributor for #Facts: Dinosaurs.

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Collaborator Spotlight: Fernando Usabiaga

I am Fernando Usabiaga and I'm a creature modeler from Madrid, living in Montreal.

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As the day winds down, a diverse group of dinosaurs, including Styracosaurus, Parasaurolophus, and Corythosaurus, gathers at the watering hole. Suddenly, the tranquil scene is disrupted by the arrival of a Daspletosaurus pack, stirring ripples of panic through the water and among the unsuspecting dinosaurs. (Illustration for #Facts by Sergey Avtushenko. All rights reserved.)
An Overview of the Cretaceous Period

The Cretaceous, considered the dinosaurs’ “golden age”, continued the rule of the dinosaurs on land and saw them reach their peak diversity and produce their largest and most fearsome species, while the Earth's flora was revolutionized with the evolution of the first flowering plants.

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Collaborator Spotlight: Paulo Leite

I'm Paulo Leite, a freelance artist based in São Paulo, Brazil. I love creating cool things with ZBrush, Substance Painter, Blender, Photoshop and Procreate.

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