Dinosaur of the week: Megaraptor

Dinosaur of the week: Megaraptor

Despite the name Megaraptor, Megaraptor is not a raptor but an tyrannosauroid! It had a claw is 16 inches long on each hand. It was 26 feet long and it weighted about 2 tons. It can run at the speed of 31 miles per hour. Some paleontologists think that Megaraptor is the adult version of Unenlagia.

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Huge Fossils in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Huge Fossils in The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is taking huge fossil and putting it into their musem. The fossil being taking are from Jurassic Mile. A area full of dinosaurs. The fossil are mostly from sauropods.

(sorry, for the short post this week. Not much things to talk about this week.)

The Royal Ontario Museum Review

 The Royal Ontario Museum Review

I recently got a chance to go to The Royal Ontario Museum and it has one of the best dinosaur hall I have ever seen. I am only reviewing the dinosaur parts of the Museum, the other parts are for someone else. 

The Futalongnkosaurus

When you walk into the museum you see a huge skeleton. This is a great opening for the museum! Most museums have a sauropod in the main hall, but this one is just really well constructed.

The Quetzalcoatlus

When you get to the dinosaur area you first see a quetzalcatlus (Yes, it`s not a dinosaur but they put it into the area so I am talking about it) It hangs right over the main hall. It`s skull is super long and you can almost touch it. It`s Awesome

The Main Stuff

After you see the Quetzalcoatlus, you go down a hall to see a bunch of dinosaur skeletons. I don`t have much to say here, there all really good. If I have to nitpick I wish the color of the walls were not just white.

The New Dinosaur discovered

The last dinosaur bit was a section was they talked about a new dinosaur being discovered. The dinosaur was wendiceratops, the room wasn`t full of much expect for the floor were they showed the dig site.

Wrap Up

This is a great museum! I don`t have many things to complain about expect for that he color of the walls are always white. Not much mix up, but other than that this is great museum! 

RATING : 9/10

Dinosaurus that lived in Canada!

Dinosaurus that lived in Canada!

Alot of people know the dinosaur that lived in USA! But not alot of people know alot about its north friend, Canada! Today we are talking about dinosaurs that lived there. Did you know? That the most know dinosaur, T-rex! Lives there and even the biggest t-rex ever was found there! His name is Scotty and I did post on him. you can find it here. Another thereopod dinosaur similar to T-rex is Albertosaurus! It was named after the place it was discovered, Alberta (no surprise there). Albertosaurus is the Canadian dinosaur. It can also run at 30 kilometers an hour. Another dinosaur that lives in Canada is Edmontosaurus. Named after Edmonton in Alberta, this dinosaur can be 13 meters long. Edmontosaurus is also a very well know species, with thousands of Edmontosaurus remains being found. It is most likely that our last dinosaur, Albertosaurus probably ate Edmontosaurus. The last dinosaur were are talking about is Gorgosaurus. Gorgosaurus`s name mean dreadful lizard and it lived in Alberta, Canada. Gorgosaurus was in the tyrannosaurus family. It weighted up to 2 and a half tons. Dinosaurs in Canada are just as interesting as USA dinosaurs, and they even share some dinosaurs.

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A huge sauropod bone found! - Half Asleep Dinos Quickie

A huge sauropod bone found!

In Angeac-Charente, France there has been a lot of dinosaur discoveries, there has been more than 7,500 discoveries since 2010. But Paleologists in Angeac-Charente, France has found something very special! A huge 2-meter long femur that belongs to a sauropod. The animal that had this bone weighted about 40 to 50 tons.

50TH POST!

                                           

50TH POST!

Welcome to Half Asleep Dino`s 50th Post! It has been 273 days since my first post. So, today we are going to debunk dinosaurs myths. Kind of like mythbusters but with dinosaurs and cheaper. So, let`s just get started!

Are Pterosaurs Dinosaurs?

Okay, I am staring with the easy ones. No, but pterosaurs are very closely related to dinosaurs.

Are Brontosaurus and Apatosaurus the same dinosaur?

No, they used to be the same dinosaur (before that they were different). So, right now they are two different dinosaurs because they are different enough.

Were Dinosaurs cold-blooded? 

No, they were warm blooded. They way their bones grew was like birds and mammals bones grew. Both warm blooded species. 

Did Dinosaurs live in hot, humid areas?

No, most of them actually lived in forests or even Antarctica. Antarctica was warmer back then though, but still really cold.

Thank you all for reading Half Asleep Dinos and letting me get this far! I now have a photos page with photos, by ME! Here`s the page! I hope you enjoyed this 50th post!

Dinosaur nests found!

Dinosaur nests found! 

Very recently a dinosaur nesting site was found! Not many of these are found, so this is very exciting! The dinosaur nesting site has 15 nests with 50 eggs. This is the best evidence to prove that dinosaur had group nesting. The eggs belong to non-flying theropods. The researchers predict that half of the nests have at least one egg hatch.


Note: Sorry, if this post was short! There was not that much dinosaur news this week, and this was the only other thing I can find (Other than that big one I posted earlier). But next week is my 50th post! So it`s going to be big! - Half Asleep Dinos

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A new duck billed Dinosaur! - Half Asleep Dinos Quickie

A new duck billed Dinosaur!

Another new dinosaur has been discovered! (Busy week for me, but more dinosaurs the better!). This is a duckbill dinosaur, a dinosaur type I haven`t covered here! So, this is pretty exciting. Anyways, stop with all this non-sense and let`s jump right in to it.

                            The species is named Aquilarhinus (try saying that, at all). Named for its eagle-like nose and lower jaw. When they first found the fossil they thought it was a Gryposaurus, a hadrosaur. But when they looked closer they found that it was much more primitive then Gryposaurus. This and other things that we will talk about later on make this dinosaur not a part of the main duck-billed dinosaur group. It would be in a much more primitive group than saurolophinae. This dinosaur would be scooping dirt with it jaws to find aquatic plants in the marshes of the Delta. Aquilarhinus also has a bony crest! The crest is just a simple hump like crest.  

Lori, the hesperonithoides and European Triassic Dinosaur!

Lori, the Hesperonithoides!

In Wyoming, a state know for large dinosaurs like Diplodocus! They found a tiny little raptor named Hesperonithoides. The dinosaur is about 150 years old. The dinosaur was found in 2001 when a shovel hit the snout, breaking it (not a good first impression). When they first found the dinosaur, they thought it was a pterosaur! But later they realized was it really was! They named the dinosaur specimen Lori! It was covered in feathers.

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European Triassic Dinosaur!

Europe does not have a lot of early theropod dinosaurs. But we just got a treat because a well preserved skeleton was recently and its from the late Triassic. The skeleton has an almost complete skull, forarms and its stomach contents. Notatesseraeraptor is a late Triassic dinosaur that is similar to Dilophosaurus. Notatesseraeraptor is one of the oldest Averostra.

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A Huge Brachiosaurus is making its way to a Zoo!

A Huge Brachiosaurus is making its way to a Zoo!

At the Elmwood Park Zoo, the zoo putting in a dinosaur! Near the carousel they will be installing a new exhibit that will contain a 65 foot long Brachiosaurus! It`s not real but its really cool they made a model that huge! Right now they are trying to get a name! Here are the options they list.

• Dwayne "the Brach" Johnson
• Becky with the Long Neck
• Bracha Lee
• Elmur
• Zacheosaurus The Brachiosaurus
• Spaghetti

You can Vote Here!

A Dinosaur Museum is going extinct!

 A Dinosaur Museum is going extinct!

We all love dinosaurs but when a Museum closes with all of its dinosaurs, its a sad sight. Unfortunately, thats is what is happening right now. A Museum in Escondido is closing beacuse of the owner needs a rest and does not have enough money for full time staff. The museum used to get 200 vistors a month but now it gets 200 a day after telling people its closing. Today is the closing day so if your in the area go vist!