Paleo Bites

(image source: https://www.newdinosaurs.com/wp-conte... ) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Natasha Krech discuss Megaloceros, the Ice Age reindeer on steroids. From the Late Pleistocene, this 12-foot deer was one of the most majestic creatures of its day, if you don't count the woolly mammoth, or the woolly rhino, or the cave bear, or the cave lion, or the cavemen. You know, the first modern...

(image source: https://images.dinosaurpictures.org/Nasutoceratops-titusi-splash-990x613_edab.jpg ) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Lawrence Mack discuss  Nasutoceratops , the  Triceratops  relative with the horns of a bull, and that's no bull. Or another, better joke. From the Late Cretaceous period, this 15-foot ceratopsian rammed its way through the competition of its time, and that wuddn'...

(image source: By Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com) - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19459399 ) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss  Stegosaurus , the famous spiked herbivore with giant things growing on its back, except not in the gross way. From the Late Jurassic, this 30-foot-long dinosaur sashayed its spikes and plates as it...

(image source: https://i.imgur.com/2ERyciu.jpg ) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-hosts Christina Eilert and Jake Chapman discuss Arthropleura, the car-sized millipede that's all kinds of nope. From the Late Carboniferous, this 13-foot arthropod terrorized the coal swamps of old and the nightmares of new. Except it was an herbivore, so it didn't really terrorize the swamps, but definitely still th...

(image source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Giganotosaurus_BW.jpg ) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Natasha Krech discuss Giganotosaurus , the meat-eater bigger than T. rex except maybe they were the same size except maybe Giganotosaurus  was a little longer. From the Late Cretaceous, this 42-foot theropod terrorized the Argentinian wilds back in the day, possibly even eating the Arge...

(image source:  http://www.nenature.com/Dinosaurs/Apatosaurus.htm ) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Lawrence Mack discuss Apatosaurus , the famous longneck martyr that tragically fought off the Sharptooth that one time. From the Late Jurassic, this 70-foot sauropod ate a lot of trees and caused a lot of drama during the great Bone Wars. Exciting stuff! Also, you can purchase Matthew Donald's...

(image source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimetrodon#/media/File:Dimetrodon_milleri.jpg ) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-host Stephen Curro discuss Dimetrodon , the non-dinosaur that's every kid's favorite dinosaur, but it's not a dinosaur. From the Early Permian, this 15-foot long synapsid is the coolest dinosaur ever! Except it's not a dinosaur. Also, you can purchase Matthew Donald's dino...

(image source:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ankylosaurus_dinosaur.png ) Host Matthew Donald and guest co-hosts Christina Eilert and Jake Chapman discuss Ankylosaurus , the tank of the dinosaurs, except not, because it doesn't have a cannon. From the Late Cretaceous, this 26-foot long armored herbivore is sure to wallop you in the knees with entertainment and a big lump of bone and osteoderm...