Friday 18 December 2020

Sundrius ziegleri

The mammal uppers from ETRW have been published!

Welcome to our newest Dinosaur Dreaming taxon Sundrius ziegleri!

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03115518.2020.1829042

Thursday 10 December 2020

2021 ETRW dig cancelled

 Due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19, Dr Rich has made the difficult decision that there will be no ETRW dig in 2021. We have now set our sights on 2022.

Saturday 28 November 2020

Kryoparvus gerritti

Gerry’s jaw finally has a name! Kryoparvus gerritti is one of the smallest ever prehistoric mammals. https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030497521


Sunday 8 November 2020

Sneak Peek 2020 Field Report

 

Here is a sneak peek of the 2020 Dinosaur Dreaming Field Report cover, which features Ruaridh's beautiful reconstruction of the newly published ETRW Elaphrosaurine dinosaur.

There's some great content this year - besides the Elaphrosaurine, there is an update on the Koonwarra feathers, some exciting prospecting finds, and a completely new set of Bass Coast site maps.

Sunday 5 July 2020

Online MV Dino lecture

Tune in Wed 15th to hear Dr Tom Rich talk about modeling dinosaurs with reference to Iguadon.
https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/why-models-work-the-dinosaur-edition/
Tickets are free but you need to book.

Sunday 14 June 2020

New paper dating our Victorian Cretaceous sites

Barbara Wagstaff et al have published a new palynological report in Alcheringa dating the Victorian Cretaceous sites, including the Gippsland and Otway coasts.
Read all about here.

Monday 18 May 2020

We have an elaphrosaur!

New research for Stephen Poropat, Adele Pentland, Ruairidh Duncan, Joseph Bevitt, Pet Vickers Rich and Tom Rich has solved the mystery of “Jess’s pterosaur vert” by including it in group of dinosaurs we didn’t know we had!



https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/may/18/rare-long-necked-dinosaur-that-roamed-the-polar-world-unearthed-in-australia

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1342937X20301234?via%3Dihub

Wednesday 15 April 2020

Dinosaurs of Darkness Second Edition

The new edition of Dinosaurs of Darkness is here! It includes a list of all excavators since 1984.

Available where all good books are sold or at booktopia: https://www.booktopia.com.au/dinosaurs-of-darkness-thomas-h-rich/book/9780253047397.html

Monday 9 March 2020

March Tragics Weekend

Jade took this great photo yesterday of morning tea time at Rock-breaking Tragic's weekend. It is, of course, our favourite time of the day!

We found one tooth after breaking a LOT of rock.

Thursday 9 January 2020

ETRW dig postponed

Due to bushfire risk, the Feb 2020 Dinosaur Dreaming dig at Eric the Red West has been postponed until May.

Friday 3 January 2020

National Volunteer Week

Museums Victoria has featured our diggers in their National Volunteer Week promotion.
Check it out here.