Tag: dinosaurs

Protoceratops andrewsi Helps Shed New Light on Dinosaur Egg Incubation; Hints at Possible Causes for Extinction

Protoceratops in the desert illustration

Guest blog by Jennifer A. Lane: Research Associate, ANMH; Adjunct Assistant Professor, Baruch College, CUNY Protoceratops andrewsi is one of Mongolia’s most celebrated dinosaurs, famous for its fossil nests. Although eggs originally discovered by the American Museum of… Read More

Meet Undraa, our Volunteer of the Quarter

Every quarter, we like to acknowledge the work of one of our volunteers, and help you get to know our team in the process. This quarter, we’re pleased to introduce you to Undrakhsaikhan Tumen. Undraa manages the Bayanzag Facebook page and posts photos and stories from the Flaming Cliffs and surrounding community. Our Executive Director Bolortsetseg Minjin interviewed her for this post.

Velociraptor and Utahraptor: How do the cousins compare after new information comes to light?

These two raptors called different places home and their anatomy suggests that they survived in very different ways.

From prairie to Gobi in search of dinosaurs

Ankylosaurs – the weird, spiky, armoured dinosaurs with tail clubs – are always rare, but two of the best places to find good specimens of this unusual group of dinosaurs are Alberta and, you guessed it, Mongolia.

ISMD President’s Statement on AMNH Fossils Collected by Roy Chapman Andrews

  On September 28, 2015, ISMD president Bolortsetseg Minjin shared this statement with her followers on Facebook regarding the sensitive topic of Mongolian fossils in the possession of the AMNH. While the ISMD supports the immediate repatriation of all fossils… Read More