Dinosaurs and Their Biscuits is truly an astonishing and helpful resource. For instance, did you know that particular dinosaur genera and specific biscuits are always found as fossils in direct association with each other, often together in death assemblages?
One Iguanodon specimen from the Isle Of Wight, UK is fossilised with a bourbon biscuit in its hand. A herd of Euoplocephalus are fossilised surrounding the remains of a choc-chip cookie. Perhaps the cookie lured the herd into a bog or the dinosaurs died in the fight for the single goodie.
There’s also a gallery of prehistoric animals and their associated tea-time treats, like this triceratops with its Jammie Dodger:
… and this trilobite with its pint of Guinness:
Also be certain to check out “The Affinities of Jaffa Cakes: Using Cladistics to Classify Biscuits.” Many thanks to the Presurfer for pointing me to this informative site!
(Tonight I made some vegan lavender shortbread, mainly ’cause I had all the ingredients on hand. Verdict: yum. Next time, I’ll probably let the flowers and the sugar get to know each other for a while longer; this was the first time I’d cooked using lavender, and I was a bit timid.)
when did dinosaurs become extinct? some say millions of years in the past, some say tuesday
Actually, I think there are still a few crashing around.