Welcome, Mike, please join in with all your interests, and tell us a little something about yourself. I'm Tom Johnson, from Seymour, Texas. I've had a life...
I'm a 6th grade science/social studies teacher at Anson ISD. I've reignited a childhood interest in geology and paleontology the past few years. I'm...
Fantastic, Mike! You'll enjoy Dr. Bakker's team, and Seymour is a friendly little town. I haven't been to Anson lately, though we used to drive over to Abilene...
WOW, oviraptorids sure were diverse--look how many are known from just the Campanian. Will you put the ankylosaur post here too? Maybe dinosaursetc isn't such...
    You're absolutely right. Oviraptorids were diverse and quite numerous. They were built for speed and had mobility. That must have worked in their...
       An illustration of Euoplocephalus is on this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Euplocephalus_size_comparison_with_human.png    ...
    Resioviaornis jamrozi was a bird of the Oligocene. The systematic paleontology of it is: Aves Linnaeus 1758 Passeriformes Linnaeus 1758 Resioviaornis...
    An illustration of Marilisuchus is on this link. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mariliasuchus_amarali_SEND.jpg    Marilliasuchus was a...
    Septidelphis morii was a dolphin of the Pliocene. The systematic paleontology of it is: Mammalia Linnaeus 1758 Cetacea Brisson 1762 Odontoceti...
    This link has photos of Lagenorhynchus. http://life-sea.blogspot.com/2012/03/atlantic-white-sided-dolphin.html    Lagenorhynchus acutus is a...
Dolphins go back a long time, Neal. Much longer than homo sapiens. No wonder they're smarter than us! But then most animals are smarter than man (lol). It...
These shots are pretty big, so I'll just post the three. The wind sheared the roof off our shed, which was about 40 feet from the house. It landed on top of...
    You're right, Tom. Dolphins have been here quite a while longer than humans. As we know, the dolphin fossil record goes back into the Miocene. We've...
    Hi Tom,      I looked at the photoss. Those sure were powerful winds. It's the time of the year when strong storms occur. I hope we don't get...
   This link has artwork depicting Kritosaurus. http://dli.ro/kritosaurus-dinozaurul-cretacic-cu-cioc-de-rata.html    Kritosaurus was a gensuf of...
    This link has an illustration of Libonectes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Libonectes_BW.jpg    Libonectes was a genus of plesiosaurs that...
   This link has an illustration of Mapusaurus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mapusaurus_BW.jpg    Mapusaurus was a theropod dinosaur of the...
   This link has an illustration of Ecteninion, which is closely related to Diegocanis. Both are in the family Ecteniniidae. The image gives an idea of...
     Talaya batraba was an insect of the Cretaceous. The systematic paleontology of it is: Arthropoda Latreille 1829 Insecta Linnaeus 1758 Hemiptera...
    Ceropsylla sideroxyli is a living relative of the Cretaceous insect Talaya batraba. Both are in the order Hemiptera and the suborder Sternorrhyncha....
    Qiang Ou, Degan Shu, and Georg Meyer wrote an article that gives clues about the evolution of tardigrades. The title is Cambrian lobopodians and...
    This link has an illustration and a fossil photo of Malawania. http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/article01075-malawania-ichthyosaur-iraq.html ...
