When I was a kid, dad gave me a book he bought in Germany. It was an old book about prehistoric mammals. I can not remember the title, but it is probably still sitting somewhere on my shelf, collecting dust. I was blown away by it. Creatures like Uintatherium, Paracaratherium, Platybelodon, wooly rhinoceros and Smilodn amazed me and made my imagination work overtime. But then I stumbled upon a chapter dedicated to geochronology and one particular age caught my attention. On the timeline, on that particular age, were drawn large, fierce reptiles, some with long necks, others with mouth full with sharp teeth, others with large horns on their face. The age was titled Mesozoische and creatures were labeled der Dinosaurier. The Mesozoic and the dinosaurs. That day I felt in love with these animals.
As I grew older, my hands got a grasp on more and more books, documentaries and internet websites. As I read more, I asked more and more questions. What started as ilustrated books for children quickly became encyclopedias of ancient life, paleontology text books and even mildly written scientific papers. By third grade I have set my self a primary life goal: to become a dinosaur paleontologist. Curently I am battling my way through highschool, hoping to achieve my childhood dream.
Recently, I felt a strong need to tell somebody about what I find interesting in the world of dinosaurs.
Most of my friend are willing to listen to me, but are not very interested in dinosaurs. Same thing with my parents and family. And that is alright, not everyone's interests are the same. Then I found out about blogs. Guys like Saurian, SV-POW, When Pigs Fly Returns, Brian Switek and Tetrapod Zoology, just to name a few, were huge inspirations to me (and still are). So I decided to start this blog and share my stories with those who are willing to read. Palontology, at least to me, is like a novel. It tells us the greatest story: the history of life on our planet, the Earth. It is like a chronicle of evolution, and the epilogue is life as we see it today. And I want to share the part of that story that I am most interested in: those terrible reptiles that the famous English anatomist Richard Owen named dinosaurs!
Welcome to Cretaceous Chronicles !
