Paleontology

Mystery Of Landlocked Sockeye In The Fossil Record

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Article - Heidi Henderson - Jul 15 2009 - 12:20am

Elasmosaurs: Predators Of Ancient Seas

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Article - Heidi Henderson - Jul 19 2009 - 11:01pm

City of Angels: 80% Complete Ice Age Mammoth Found

L.A. paleontologists are heading to the mall but shopping is not top of mind. Zed, a nearly complete pleistocene mammoth has been unearthed by scientists from the George C. Page Museum from fossil rich deposits in an ancient river bed below the old May Co ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Jul 19 2009 - 1:26pm

Maastrichtian Window: Hornby Island's Lambert Formation

Hornby, one of the northern Gulf Islands on the west coast of British Columbia, has some of the best preserved fossil specimens of the Pacific Northwest. Many species of ammonites, bivalves and their marine compatriots can be found in the Upper Cretaceous ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Jul 23 2009 - 12:55pm

Fossil Plants Reveal Ancient Climate

Plant fossils from the Okanagan highlands, an area centred in the Interior of British Columbia, provide important clues to an ancient climate. ...

Article - Heidi Henderson - Jul 22 2009 - 3:45pm

Pterosaurs: Predators Of Ancient Skies

Pterosaurs, the mighty winged-lizards, soared ancient skies expertly hunting for prey. Because they evolved from reptiles prior to modern birds, it was once believed that pterosaurs were primitive, passive fliers. They were seen as gliders, rather than sk ...

Article - Heidi Henderson - Nov 15 2009 - 11:08pm

Reanalysis Of Tyrannosaurus Rex Mass Spectra Confirms 2007 Results

A new analysis of the remains of a Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) that roamed Earth 68 million years ago has confirmed traces of protein from blood and bone, tendons, or cartilage. The findings published in the Journal of Proteome Research is the latest datase ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2009 - 11:50am

Big Dinosaurs Were Chickens At Heart Too?

As kids, we all liked to imagine scenes where big dinosaurs squared off against each other for gigantic battles- if you're young, imagination is like a Transformers movie, but without $100 million for special effects.   Those battles rarely happened, ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 6 2009 - 10:22am

Taseko Lake Fossil Exploration

Eleven elite paleo enthusiasts were flown into the Tyaughton area near Castle Peak north of Goldbridge 007-style in a shiny new Jet Ranger helicopter. We were interested in the local geology and fossils from the Jurassic-Triassic exposures high in the alp ...

Blog Post - Heidi Henderson - Aug 20 2009 - 8:40pm

Tetralophodon: Tangier Unearthed

During the Miocene and Pliocene, 12-1.6 million years ago, a diverse group of extinct proboscideans, elephant-like animals walked the Earth. Most had four tusks and likely a trunk similar to modern elephants. They were beasts of legend, inspiring myths an ...

Article - Heidi Henderson - Aug 20 2009 - 8:53pm