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We all know that Magnapaulia was the biggest lambeosaurine hadrosaur that ever lived, but did you know that Kritosaurus means "broken lizard" due to the original specimen being found with broken nasal bones? Did you also know that the name Charonosaurus highlights the fact that it was found near a river by paying homage to the role of Charon in ferrying souls to the underworld along the Styx River? Also note that the name Hypacrosaurus means "under the top lizard" because Barnum Brown considered Hypacrosaurus to be almost the size of T. rex.

Found this at big brook in middletown NJ.

I recently purchased 2 Hadrosaur eggs, they were once joined but the matrix joining them has split (they can still be positioned as they were together, just with a visible crack where the split is). As they are heavy, fragile, and already split I want to display them and keep them safe, here's what I'm thinking: I have a plexiglas tray (thick) that they fit in nicely. I want to create a ground-cover like base that they can sit in, which will have some indentations to keep them from moving, and wanted to make this look like sand or riverbank mud as they would be found in their original natural state. Essentially making a nest or backdrop of their natural surroundings. Then I would place a plex cover to keep dust out. Rather than just fill the tray with sand (which would be messy, likely not too accurate, and wouldn't keep them in place), I want to pour in a wet material that I can sculpt and will dry to a nice base. Any suggestions on what to use? I could use plaster but that will add weight to an already heavy display. Ideally the material could have integral color (redish brown like the muddy matrix these eggs are found in), and some sort of a silty-sandy texture. I'm curious as to what others have used, done, or could suggest for my project. Thanks!

Good morning, I'll be traveling from my hometown in New Jersey to Philadelphia a few times over this weekend. On a trip earlier this week, I noticed a sign for Haddonfield. Now, I won't have time for any hunting but I was wondering my brothers and sisters to the north knew of anything in that area I could show my wife and two year old son if we had time. If I recall there is a statue of Haddy in the citizen somewhere, but anything else? Any advice would be helpful!

I recently had a friend buy an "oviraptor egg" at auction. I've never handled fossilized eggs myself but had the feeling this may not be the real deal and was hoping for some input. They were told the egg was Mongolian and had paperwork to accompany it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.