Around thirty Iguanodon skeletons came out of a Belgian coal mine in 1878, and they still stand in Brussels. Why they pose like kangaroos, why they are brown, and what to look for when you visit.
The Bernissart Iguanodons: dinosaurs from a Belgian coal mine Read More »
Every Jeholosaurus ever found is a juvenile. What we know about this small plant-eater from the ash beds of Liaoning, and how I built a life-size skeleton of one.
Jeholosaurus: the dinosaur we only know as a kid Read More »
A guy I’ve never met scanned a load of real Psittacosaurus fossils and put the files online for anyone to take. That’s why mine is free. His name is Matt Christopher, dinosaur hunter on CGTrader. I took his scans, cleaned them up, fixed the geometry where it was full of holes, and cut the skeleton
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One of the most complete dinosaurs of its kind ever found. You’ll never see it in a museum. Meet Spike, a caenagnathid: one of those feathered, beaked, bird-like dinosaurs, and one of the most complete ever pulled from the ground. Around 68 million years old, dug up in 2022, possibly a species science hadn’t even
Spike: the caenagnathid you’ll never see in a museum Read More »
Most of the animals I sculpt are known from scraps. This one is different, and that is the only reason I picked it.
Berthasaura leopoldinae: the ceratosaur that lost its teeth Read More »
So I posted a dinosaur skull on Instagram, and someone sent me a legal threat. Not exactly how I expected that week to go, but here we are. The skull in question is my new Pachycephalosaurus wyomingensis. I based it on the remarkable specimen that sold at Sotheby’s, and I was pretty happy with how
Meet Jared — and the Cease and Desist That Named Him Read More »
A kid found this one. In 1995 Wes Linster was fourteen, out fossil hunting with his family near Glacier National Park in Montana, and he turned up a small theropod that came out of the ground about 95% complete with the skull still on it. For a small dromaeosaurid that is close to unheard of.
Bambiraptor feinbergi — the 95% skeleton a fourteen-year-old found Read More »
At Nova Studios, we are passionate about bringing the prehistoric world to life through anatomically accurate 3D printed fossil replicas. Our latest deep dive takes us into the Late Cretaceous seas, where a formidable predator known as Xiphactinus audax reigned supreme. Often dubbed the “Bulldog Fish” due to its aggressive appearance, this ancient marine giant
Deep Dive: The ‘Bulldog Fish’ of the Cretaceous — Xiphactinus audax Read More »
Look, I get it. There are a lot of 3D printed dinosaur skeletons out there. So why pick mine? Fair question. Instead of throwing a bunch of marketing talk at you, let me just show you what I mean. The thing that bugs me I recently came across a resin print from another seller, and
Why Nova Studios? Let Me Show You the Difference. Read More »
