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Food and Fun May 10, 2013

Dig It! A Fossil Hunter Birthday Bash

"For my little guy's birthday, there was never any question about the theme: fossils!"

by Kate Stahl

"For my little guy's birthday, there was never any question about the theme: fossils!" says Gretchen Brittain, mom of three and the creator of adorable party printables shop Three Little Monkeys. "Zach is obsessed with dinosaurs. Obsessed. But not the cartoon variety. He digs real fossils, and we've watched so many documentaries I can identify just about every fossil. OK, not quite every fossil. But close."

Gretchen used Zach's love of fossils and her own addiction to all things vintage to create one of the coolest little-boy parties ever, styled to feel like an old fossil excavation site with a vintage map backdrop, replica fossils, and old books, trunks, and camping gear. Add in activities including fossil identification and a dino dig and yummy treats like homemade "rock" cupcakes, fossilized dino egg cupcakes, and cretaceous cake pops, and you have one dino-rific party!

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Poll Jun 04, 2009

Would You Decorate With a Dinosaur?

This week, a a 65-million-year-old triceratops skull sold for $242,000 at Bonhams' Natural History auction.

by POPSUGAR Home

This week, a a 65-million-year-old triceratops skull sold for $242,000 at Bonhams' Natural History auction. According to the auction house, the bones may end up as home ornamentation, as a really big sculpture, or as a base for a coffee table. While I can't imagine finding the money or room (or desire) to place a dinosaur skull in my house, I'm sure there are some paleontologists out there who might love to bring their work home. If pressed to decorate with dinosaurs, though, I'd opt for Sayaka Yamamoto's soft sculptures.

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Saber Tooth Cat Fossils Discovered, Now on Display

News Sep 07, 2008

The Scoop: Saber-Tooth Cat Fossils On Display in Venezuela

Although there have been fossils discovered in South America over the years – mostly those of panthers, wolves, horses, and condors – the biggest discovery in recent decades was found recently at a dig site in Venezuela.

by POPSUGAR Pets

Although there have been fossils discovered in South America over the years – mostly those of panthers, wolves, horses, and condors – the biggest discovery in recent decades was found recently at a dig site in Venezuela. A pack of six Scimitar Cats, from the saber-tooth cat family, was unearthed after an oil drilling expedition exposed their fossilized remains. The big haul however, was the one whole, and intact skull from one of the larger cats.

The Simitars have been extinct for over 500,000 years, and since the saber-toothed family has never before been discovered in South America, it's quite the find – expanding the previously known habitats of the ancient cats. I don't know about you, but I'd hate to run into that tooth in a dark alley way! The fossils are now on display at the Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research in Caracas.

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