2015

SUnknownPaleo Profile - Megalodon

Mon, Jan 19, 2015

Trey strives to find superlatives to describe Megalodon, an enormous shark that live alongside early human ancestors. Yet, he still debunks the exaggerations of several supposed documentaries.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Titanoboa

Tue, Mar 24, 2015

Titanoboa appeared after the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event becoming the largest snake currently known. It's maximum size is unknown as adult boas have a wide size range.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Yutyrannus

Fri, Apr 03, 2015

Yutyrannus was a large, 3,000 pound, feathered Tyrannosaur of the early Cretaceous Period which raised speculation that later and larger Tyrannosaurs may also have feathers that have yet to be verified.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Prionosuchus

Fri, Apr 10, 2015

Prionosuchus is the largest amphibian ever know to exist but it is thought to have looked and behaved more like a crocodile than modern amphibians. It was a s big as a hefty crocodile so why not?

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Arthropleura

Sat, Apr 18, 2015

Arthropleura was a huge millipede that lived during the Carboniferous period thanks to the high atmospheric oxygen level of the time.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Yi qi

Tue, Apr 28, 2015

Yi Qi is a winged dinosaur with an extra appendage protruding from it's 'hand' supporting its featherless, membranous wing.

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SUnknownTop 9 Paleo-Artists

Mon, Jun 29, 2015

Trey shares why his favorite paleoartists are at the top of his list.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Dimetrodon

Sat, Aug 22, 2015

Dimetrodon is a early synapsid. It is a genus of animals in the transition from reptiles to mammals so it is not a dinosaur. Research has overturned many misconceptions about these animals.

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SUnknownWhat Color Were Dinosaurs?

Fri, Sep 11, 2015

By determining the concentration or melanin in feathered dinosaur fossils and the scales of certain aquatic animals paleontologists are beginning to get an ideas of the color of these animals.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Dakotaraptor

Fri, Oct 30, 2015

A large, previously unknown raptor dinosaur was discovered in South Dakota's Hell Creek formation in 2015.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Carnotaurus

Tue, Nov 24, 2015

Carnotaurus was a carnivorous, theropod with a weak bite and tiny, four-fingered vestigial arms. It was well adopted for speed but not agility. It was one of the rare predators with horns.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Drepanosaurus

Sat, Dec 12, 2015

Drepanosaurus is one of the few known tree dwelling dinosaurs. But it seems to be more like a pygmy anteater than is weird looking relatives.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Tanystropheus

Sun, Mar 20, 2016

Tanystropheus was a long neck Protorosaur that, unlike the Sauropods that appeared 30 million years later, was a sharp toothed predator, probably preying on fish near the shoreline.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Armadillosuchus

Sat, Jun 04, 2016

Aptly named Armadillosuchus was a Crocodylomorph that looked like a crocodile with an armadillo's armor quite possible to protect it form other Crocodylomorphs.

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SUnknownCryptid Profile - The Ropen or "The Living Pterosaur"

Fri, Jul 01, 2016

Trey the Explainer talks about the Ropen.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Dunkleosteus

Fri, Jul 15, 2016

The Devonian period marked the end of age of invertebrates as fish dominated the oceans. Trey provides the latest (2016) updates to the evolution of fish beginning with the placoderms and their eventual king Dunkleosteus. Meanwhile the side branch of cartilaginous fish would eventual displace Dunkleosteus as apex predator and the bony fish would evolve into amphibians which colonized the land.

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SUnknown13 Prehistoric Fights That Really Happened

Thu, Jul 28, 2016

Paleontologists aren't speculating when they talk about one ancient animal preying on another. They have direct evidence from bite marks of predators on the fossil bones of their prey. And on rare occasions two or more animals died mid-fight and were preserved as fossils.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Sea Scorpions

Mon, Sep 12, 2016

Eurypterids also know as sea scorpions were a diverse group of arthropods that dominated both salt and fresh bodies of water during the Ordovician Period and some species even ventured onto land. Some resembled true scorpions but were not closely related.

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SUnknownPaleo Profile - Andrewsarchus

Sat, Feb 18, 2017

Andrewsarchus is an obvious predator known from a single skull that roughly resembles a very large wolf. But close inspection suggests it is an ungulate (e.g. horses, pigs etc.) most closely related to hippos and whales. Still, it probably looked like a wolf but with hooves.

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SUnknownLiving Fossils, Evolution, and Cryptids

Sun, Mar 19, 2017

Trey challenges the Creations claim that "living fossils" disprove evolution. Like Darwin he views living fossil as evidence for evolution.

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SUnknownWhat is the Leviathan? and What can it tell us about Ancient Religions?

Mon, Jun 18, 2018

Many cultures share the story of a multi-headed sea serpent that battles with God and loses perhaps demonstrating the power of God. In the Bible such a creature is referred several times as Leviathan. The are several other reference to Rhab which may be a pseudonym or a similar creature.

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SUnknownWhat's the deal with the Nephilim?

Fri, Nov 23, 2018

The Nephilim are consistently, if you consider three references consistent, as warriors or heroes of old that apparently fell in battle. But where did they come from? That question leads to a look at just who is God and his relationship to the "Sons of God."

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SUnknownWho is Lilith? Adam's first wife?

Sat, Jun 15, 2019

In ancient cultures the character, or mythological creature, from which Lilith seems to be derived was a night visitor, female demon, serpent, child thief or in modern language a succubus. She is mentioned by name only once in the Bible in different ways depending on the ancient copy of Isaiah you consult. Then, in the late first millennium Jewish scholars noting the creation of woman from clay in Genesis chapter one and Adam's rib in chapter two attributed the first reference to Lilith and the second to Eve.

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SUnknown10 Changes Made to the Bible (Part 1 of 2)

Thu, Apr 09, 2020

There is no original copy of the Bible or even any of the books of the Bible. So what we have are a mix of oral accounts passed down through the ages, copies of copies and translations. There are hundreds or versions of ancient manuscripts that mostly agree but there are some differences. Here are some of the more significant differences that Biblical scholars still debate.

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