The Theropod Database Blog

Here's a place where I can post my thoughts on new papers, provide updates on my projects, and post info that will eventually be on my website The Theropod Database - https://theropoddatabase.github.io/ . It will center on theropods, but may delve into other topics as well such as phylogenetics.

Friday, January 16, 2026

Do theropods described in Science and Nature get fully described eventually? Fifteen years later...

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So here's a fun one to finish up the year (got delayed due to computer issues; yes, more Titanosaurus is coming, but Curtice's excel...
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Monday, November 3, 2025

Equal Weights vs. Implied Weights in the Lori analysis

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While I finish the Ibirania vs. Titanosaurus post, the latest Nanotyrannus paper got me thinking about my resistance to unequal weighting. ...
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Monday, October 20, 2025

The Titanosaurus (in?)validity project Part 4 - Bonatitan

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Today's taxon to be compared with Titanosaurus in our continuing series is Bonatitan reigi , described by Martinelli and Forasiepi (2004...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

The Titanosaurus (in?)validity project Part 3 - Rocasaurus

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Next up in my series of comparisons with Titanosaurus , to determine its validity, is Rocasaurus muniozi . Named by Salgado and Azpilicueta ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

How not to illustrate your new skeletal reconstruction in its descriptive paper

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A brief one today while I finish the Rocasaurus post. So we have a new basal sauropodomorph described from the Late Triassic Santo Domingo ...
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Wednesday, October 15, 2025

The Titanosaurus (in?)validity project Part 2 - Neuquensaurus

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Continuing our project, the next taxon is Neuquensaurus australis , first named Titanosaurus australis by Lydekker (1893). It was then sepa...
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

The Titanosaurus (in?)validity project Part 1 - Saltasaurus

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The whole Alamosaurus vs. Utetitan discussion on the Dinosaur Mailing Group made me curious about Titanosaurus ' validity, since it...
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Mickey Mortimer
Seattle, WA, United States
I'm an amateur paleontologist with a BS in Earth and Space Sciences from the University of Washington. My scientific interests center around theropods and phylogenetics.
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