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Mom and the Ankylosaurus

Blogging the Mesozoic

Category: Dinosaurs

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I never quite understood this bit of Halloween decor. A skeleton coming out of an egg doesn’t make a lot of sense. But hey it was on sale.

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SIX WAYS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL FOSSIL DAY

October 13 is National Fossil Day, according to the U.S. National Park Service. It’s an under-celebrated event, IMO. Want to join the fun? Here’s how: Put together a dinosaur Halloween costume. I mean really, who

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MEXICAN DINOSAUR

I’m celebrating Cinco de Mayo (a little late) and National Dinosaur Day (hey, that’s today) by looking at fossils of a “new” Mexican dinosaur akin to Parasaurolophus. That’s my buddy above, the one with the

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SAINT PAT-REX DAY DINOSAURS

Nope, I’m not going to foist on my faithful readers some cheesy rendition of a T. rex with a leprechaun hat clutching a pint of green beer. I mean, it couldn’t even raise the brew

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DINOSAUR OF THE MONTH CLUB

How many dinosaurs are there? People ask me this from time to time and it’s a harder question than you might think. Do they mean how many individual critters trod the Earth or how many

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WRITING ABOUT WRITING ABOUT DINOSAURS

Dear Readers, The marvelous Catherine Schaff-Stump prodded me into revealing a few of my tricks for bringing dinosaurs to life in your imaginations. Hears hoping the writers among you may find something useful in creating

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Unreliable Narrators Interview!

Cath, Chris, George & Chia (a/k/a the Unreliable Narrators) interviewed me about T-Rex Time Machine for their podcast! It was great fun talking to these talented writers about dinosaurs, creating an interactive fiction adventure, and

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