A hollow tree stump at the Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay, New Zealand. The inside of the stump (the wood is yellow, and has come black, ‘coally’ material inside) has been filled with sandy material (grey). Could this be an in-filled fire-scar? The Jurassic fossil forest exposed on the shore at Curio Bay, southern… Continue reading The Hollow Tree Stumps at Curio Bay
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Were there dinosaurs in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?
In the Jurassic you could have walked from what is now the fossil forest at Curio Bay in southernmost New Zealand (see featured image), to Australia, or Antarctica. Both continents were then part of Gondwana, and Curio Bay was somewhere near Gondwana’s coast. Did dinosaurs travel as freely, and would they have roamed the forest?… Continue reading Were there dinosaurs in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?
Hey – I tracked a Chinese dinosaur!
A small claim to fame….Last year I found some little dinosaur footprints in China, and the resulting paper has just been published on-line. I spent a year at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology as a Visiting Professor. The first field trip was to the province of Sichuan, a couple of hours flying to… Continue reading Hey – I tracked a Chinese dinosaur!