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Early Jurassic Rewind… Extreme Mexican dinosaurs?!

Posted on 12/08/2016 by luisvrey

Just a few scraps of Early Jurassic dinosaurs have been found in the Huizachal Canyon, Tamaulipas, Mexico… but thanks to the work of among others  David Fastovsky, René Hernández and Angel Ramírez what is clear now is that among them were Heterodontosaurs and Coelophysids… … Continue reading →

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The Mexican Dinosaur Eden(Part 1)

Posted on 31/07/2016 by luisvrey

As I was mentioning in the previous blog, even as fragmentary as the fossil material is most of the time in Mexico, the Cuenca de Parras, Coahuila, specifically this time  Cerro del Pueblo in the north of Mexico, has produced exceptional specimens like  the … Continue reading →

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Working on another Mexican enigma…

Posted on 24/07/2016 by luisvrey

During one of my visits to vaults of the Museo de Geología, one of the fossils that impressed me most was this (still unnamed) hadrosaur muzzle and beak.  Still partly encased in the stone matrix, it gave me a truly … Continue reading →

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Cretaceous México: Magnapaulia.

Posted on 12/07/2016 by luisvrey

More than a  decade ago I was at the entrails of  the Instituto de Geologia Museum in Mexico City and René Hernández was laying on my lap an enormous and very heavy femur head of a gigantic hadrosaur. The  size was so … Continue reading →

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Cretaceous Mexico… the saga continues!

Posted on 19/06/2016 by luisvrey

The mid-sized, 6 meter long hadrosaur Velafrons  attacked by a group of indeterminate dromeosaurs … Velafrons is one of the most complete lamboeosaurine hadrosaurs at the level of fossil remains in Mexico. As stated in the previous post, even if fragmentary the Mexican paleo … Continue reading →

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Cretaceous Mexico…here we go!

Posted on 21/05/2016 by luisvrey

The Santonian of Michoacán, México, 83 million years ago… A six meter long proto-hadrosaur Huehuecanauhtlus tiquichensis is harassed by a gang of, still unnamed, feral Tanycolagreus-like theropods. What an opportunity to get to basics with some of the wonderful and overlooked prehistoric Mexican fauna!  Note the … Continue reading →

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Dinosaur Skin and Survival… the new coming project.

Posted on 12/04/2016 by luisvrey

Tarbosaurus and Talarurus… where ends meet in  the  new exhibition. In association with Gondwana Studios… the next Dinosaur rEvolution will be coming from as far as Tasmania! After… Source: Dinosaur Skin and Survival… the new coming project.

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Dinosaur Skin and Survival… the new coming project.

Posted on 12/04/2016 by luisvrey

 Tarbosaurus and Talarurus… the where ends meet in  the  new exhibition. In association with Gondwana Studios… the next Dinosaur rEvolution will be coming from as far as Tasmania! After the Hatching The Past success in Europe (thousands continue to visit … Continue reading →

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Tiny Titans non-stop… now at the Philip Currie Dinosaur Museum

Posted on 01/03/2016 by luisvrey

  It is not only  the Holtz/Rey “Dinosaurs The Most Complete Up-To-Date  Encyclopedia For Dinosaur Lovers of All Ages…” that is currently available at the illustrious  Philip Currie Dinosaur Museum… the museum is also host to yet another  version of the StoneCo’s Hatching … Continue reading →

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Talking Museums in Denmark

Posted on 27/02/2016 by luisvrey

Copenhagen last week and under Misty, the famous Wyoming Diplodocus shadow…. The first thing that struck me is how passionate and interested was my Danish audience about Dinosaurs. I felt at home immediately delivering my “Bringing Dinosaurs Back To Life” talk … Continue reading →

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