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Hadrosaurs: Master Herbivores of the Late Cretaceous
By the end of the Age of Dinosaurs, dinosaur populations stagnated, struggling under the climate ...
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Dimetrodons: Deadly Mammalian Ancestors
280 million years ago, the Dimetrodon roamed the Earth, an apex predator at the top of the Permia...
![Carcharodontosaurus: The Moroccan Superpredator](http://shop.minimuseum.com/cdn/shop/articles/carcharodontosaurus-final_1200x_026bf566-7fee-4fcc-a2ee-d8200ce350ad_{width}x.jpg?v=1695098566)
Carcharodontosaurus: The Moroccan Superpredator
Deadly, gigantic, and hungry, the Carcharodontosaurus was one of the most fearsome predators of t...
![Ichthyosaur and the Origins of Paleontology](http://shop.minimuseum.com/cdn/shop/articles/ichthyosaur-square_{width}x.jpg?v=1693515889)
Ichthyosaur and the Origins of Paleontology
During the Mesozoic Era, as the shifting continents were stalked by lumbering Tyrannosaurus and f...
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Finding Fossils at Mazon Creek
At Mazon Creek in Illinois, collectors gather to search the riverside for ancient stones that...
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The Teeth of the Cave Bear
Over 25,000 years ago, the massive cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, shared the planet with our early an...
![Living off the Land: The Oreodonts of North America](http://shop.minimuseum.com/cdn/shop/articles/oreo_illustration_1x1_78d76cd9-e984-4fa5-9baf-05ac38b56583_{width}x.jpg?v=1691074898)
Living off the Land: The Oreodonts of North America
At the end of the Eocene, Earth’s ecosystems began to change. A shift in climate and a decline in...
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Portals to the Past: The La Brea Tar Pits
In the heart of Los Angeles’ sprawling cityscape, a rare geological phenomenon offers a glimpse ...
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Woolly Mammoths: Giants of the Pleistocene
Beneath the surface of the North Sea, a graveyard from another chapter of the Earth’s history lie...
![A cast of a Maiasaura fossil emerging from its egg.](http://shop.minimuseum.com/cdn/shop/articles/maia_1x1_46c48606-a195-4c82-bc0e-f7540e45812d_{width}x.jpg?v=1680296300)
Starting off Small: The Study of Dinosaur Eggs
The egg is an incredible natural structure designed to protect and support a growing body until i...
![Is the Megalodon Still Alive? (Nope)](http://shop.minimuseum.com/cdn/shop/articles/meg_1x1_1657c807-cbfe-4c89-8faf-4f01fae186b0_{width}x.jpg?v=1678670177)
Is the Megalodon Still Alive? (Nope)
Sometimes the line between the animal kingdom and mythological creatures is a blurry one. The Oto...
![A Triceratops skeleton.](http://shop.minimuseum.com/cdn/shop/articles/tri_1x1_7d670c55-1541-4c8e-b047-6f7f567c0d96_{width}x.jpg?v=1678992085)
Triceratops: More Than T-Rex Food
In the popular imagination, Triceratops is too often understood simply in the context of its pred...