JP - Research Lab

Micromollusks – Little Means A Lot: The key to taking the measure of biodiversity lies in a downward adjustme... bit.ly/2f2r92H

Transitions ~ Fossil Stem Turtles and Antique Theater Playbills: In which the blogger persists in his mad que... bit.ly/2dekyTC

Top 10 scientifically important theropod dinosaurs of all time (off the top of my head): I thought I'd do a f... bit.ly/2cSIXvQ

The Surprising Garvies Point Museum and Why I Mostly Stopped Paying Attention: The Garvies Point Museum, nes... bit.ly/2atQJK6

Amateur ~ What's in a Label?: I call myself an amateur paleontologist.  What does that adjective amateur mean... bit.ly/2a2kL7w

Hasbro eats dirt, Mattel inherits the brand!: This is it, the end of an era. For the first time since the rel... bit.ly/29XJhuG

Playing with Saurian's Genericometer: There's a dinosaur game in development called Saurian. Have you heard o... bit.ly/2a1qtdO

Considering the Wild Diversity of Frills Among Horned Dinosaurs: The frills sported by horned dinosaurs are f... bit.ly/29mKDw5

William Heiskell Deaderick ~ Finding Time: For some of us, avocational pursuits become rather consuming, dema... bit.ly/1ZbXsvD

You're Doing It Wrong: Microraptor Tails and Mini-Wings: Type specimen of Zhenyuanlong, doing its best Archae... bit.ly/1X2XvN3

Do bearded dragons dream? Reptiles share sleep patterns with mammals and birds: Brain sleep appeared early in... bit.ly/21hZoUW

Tiny fossil horses put their back into it: A new study reveals that tiny fossil ancestors of modern horses ma... bit.ly/1NieO97

Fossils may reveal 20-million-year history of penguins in Australia: Multiple dispersals of penguins reached ... bit.ly/1Nxvycs

Newly discovered baby Titanosaur sheds light on dinosaurs' early lives: Long-necked sauropod dinosaurs includ... bit.ly/24cpNJ1

Newly discovered titanosaurian dinosaur from Argentina, Sarmientosaurus: Scientists have discovered Sarmiento... bit.ly/1NiaRkN

Mammal-like reptile survived much longer than thought: Researchers have uncovered dozens of fossilized teeth ... bit.ly/1NiaQxe

A curious exodus from Europe for Mesozoic dinosaurs: Researchers have used 'network theory' for the first tim... bit.ly/1Nt9YWC

Leg-wing cooperation in baby birds, dinosaurs is key transition in origin of flight: New research based on hi... bit.ly/1NiaOpd

The First Feathered Dinosaurs (In Art): The first illustration of a hypothetical "pro-avis" by Pycraft, 1906F... bit.ly/21nFWWK

Why Did Dad Collect All of This Crap? ~ Thoughts of Mortality: I seem to be stuck in sand.  I recently wrote ... bit.ly/1NDmfYr