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.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Fukuivenator thoughts

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So we have another new theropod, Fukuivenator paradoxus (Azuma et al., 2016).  With Fukuiraptor , Fukuititan and Fukuisaurus also in existe...
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Thursday, February 18, 2016

Sauropod Thoughts

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So this month I've been concentrating on adding sauropods to the Database, going in reverse chronological order.  I find sauropods inter...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Dracoraptor thoughts

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So the Welsh coelophysoid has been published, with the dudebro name of Dracoraptor .  There seems to have been a lack of rigorous editing, a...
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Friday, January 15, 2016

Nanotyrannus was a groovy baby

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The title works best when read in Austin Powers' voice. So a new paper's out, and let's just say it's not very good.  Schm...
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

How not to redefine Ornithuromorpha

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The answer is "any possible way."  As in, DON'T redefine Ornithuromorpha Chiappe et al. 1999, which has until now only been gi...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Chiappeavis is just another Pengornis

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The last Mesozoic dinosaur named in 2015 is Chiappeavis magnapremaxillo (O'Connor et al., 2015b), electronically published on December ...
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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Have a Stremmeia New Year!

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To finish off the year, here's a taxon of ex-theropod not on anyone's dinosaur lists and which only gets 17 distinct Google results....
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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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