Palaeontology

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Introducing Zuul, Destroyer of Shins, Generator of Science

Posted: May 10, 2017 - 15:49 , by royal
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Photo of a dinosaur skull

Today, the ROM unveiled a new species of armored dinosaur,

When Friends come to visit...

Posted: April 9, 2015 - 11:25 , by royal

Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20 - June 27

Posted: July 3, 2014 - 16:14 , by royal
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ROM Palaeo team working in the Triceratops quarry.

@ROMPalaeo Triceratops Dig Week 2: June 20-June 27

Triceratops Dig Week 1

Posted: June 23, 2014 - 10:26 , by royal
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Land with water on it

For the past week, a small crew from the Royal Ontario Museum’s palaeontology division has been excavating a Triceratops site on private ranchland in Harding County, South Dakota.

Introducing Acheroraptor temertyorum

Posted: December 17, 2013 - 14:59 , by royal
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Illustrations of dinosaurs in landscape.

ROM Scientists Reveal New “Raptor” Dinosaur Discovery!

Keaton Smith's ROM Inspiration

Posted: November 12, 2013 - 11:44 , by ROM
Keaton Smith at the ROM © Deborah Smith

This is a guest blog post by Keaton Smith, published by Jesika Arseneau...

New Acquisition: Late Triassic Araucarian Conifer

Posted: July 22, 2013 - 12:00 , by ROM
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Inside the shipping room, inspecting a wooden crate

Last week the museum acquired a Late Triassic Araucarian Conifer.

NEW Discovery: A Bone-headed Dinosaur the size of a Dog

Posted: May 8, 2013 - 13:14 , by David McKay
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A new species of bone-headed dinosaur, Acrotholus audeti, has just been announced by a team co-led by ROM paleontologist Dr. David Evans. The groundbreaking fossils are on display at the ROM until June.

ROM Curator Jean-Bernard Caron is a “Science Superstar” and “Big Thinker”

Posted: April 25, 2013 - 18:07 , by royal
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This week’s cover story in The Grid, a popular Toronto news and entertainment weekly, features “Big Thinkers… 10 young science superstars.” ...

ROM Research Colloquium: David Rudkin

Posted: January 23, 2013 - 09:45 , by ROM
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Pages from a puzzle-solver’s notebook – piecing eurypterids back together … on paper.

The annual ROM Colloquium highlights recent discoveries by ROM curators and researchers.