Kpop demon bunters

Me in the Permian enjoying the sound of buzzing insects and smelling the ginkgoes because birds and flowers haven’t evolved yet (Art by Karen Carr)

Late Triassic paleoart by Graham Rosewarne. Featuring Rauisuchus (big carnivore), Dinodontosaurus (dead), Traversodon (left), Chiniquodon (right), Hyperodapedon (midground), and Staurikosaurus (background).

Discord never got a cent out of me, and it still won’t

Now I lowkey want there to have been an Avatar with an insect or insect-sized animal companion. Doesn’t necessarily have to be their only one, they could still also have a larger one they could ride or bring into battle.

Dromaeosaurids: "Do it, do it, do it, do it!" (secretly hoping the Daspletosaurus actually gets killed this time)

So I did not know this. Concept art for Brother Bear included Megaloceros and a wild horse. Megaloceros, of course, did not live in Alaska, but horses did.

Out of curiosity I looked up the leaders and committees page of a certain paleontological society to get an idea of who did not advocate for banning those connected to Epstein. If the people I saw pictured are indeed those same people (at least some are), then, huh...

Y'all gotta understand how weird some reptile skulls get.

Hell yeah, graviportal ornithopod. (In basic terms, it means its legs are specialized for weight-bearing, like an elephant's or a sauropod's)

BotM 1/35 scale T. rex compared to the Nanmu Studio T. rex

Avian features of Archaeopteryxfeeding apparatus reflect elevated demands of flight www.cell.com/the-innovati...

Eofauna is going to release a figure of Anancus arvernensis. Those tusks are going to be poking out of my shelves for sure.

A thought I had: both Spear and '05 Kong are the last of their kind, and accordingly lonely. Both lived in savage worlds where nature (be it predators, disease, etc.) gradually whittled down their numbers until only they were left.

He’s here and he’s beautiful

>follow people >they are in highly respectable professions that require years of study or training to be in >they make ai slop

Evidence for representation of pretend objects by Kanzi, a language-trained bonobo www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Given the Australian origin of Komodo dragons, it’s hard to imagine them not being the largest and most powerful predators in their habitat. The fact that there was an even larger *mammalian* predator too…

The only reason I don't possess more sauropod figures is because they're so expensive.

I don’t watch paleontology videos on YouTube nearly as much as you might think.

I want to try a lemon and poppyseed cake. I'll settle for muffins too, though.

This is the second most nightmare fuel depiction of sauropods I have ever seen, topped only by “Plague of Madness”.

I officially declare the Sally Lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) to be my favorite crab. Just look at those colors. Photo by Franco Tollardo

Saw a fox resting in some bushes and the snow on the train ride back home from work. Train moved too quickly for me to take a picture, though. If I didn’t look any closer I would’ve missed it. Always keep a sharp eye for nature, folks.

My most recent purchases, the Haolonggood Torosaurus and Edmontosaurus:

Heck yeah crab vs octopus

When I was younger, a few times people have speculated that so-called “defenseless” dinosaurs may have had antipredator defenses that just don’t fossilize well. Like keratinous quills, poison, noxious smells, etc. It looks like it finally came true.

Chiniquodon for #FossilFriday. You might know it as that proto-mammal from Dinosaur Revolution, but this genus was also found in Africa. This species (C. kalanoro) was found in Madagascar. (Photo by Jonathan Chen)

Looks like we're going to see Yutyrannus depicted as a sauropod hunter as well.

12-year old me would’ve felt so ripped off, look at this AI (May or may not have shared these before, idr)

A trailer was released for Netflix’s dinosaur-centric sequel to LOOP (The Dinosaurs). Was not expecting a T. rex vs Ankylosaurus fight.

The size and shape of Jupiter www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Finally, my Nanmu T. rex shipped!

I’m really starting to think it’s a good thing my support for them (which has so far amounted to an undergrad membership for one year) has been severely limited…

Ancient Animal Tales once again proving how epic it is by having a Triceratops fight an Ankylosaurus.

Ooh

So glad it’s going to start returning to the 40s F (or at least close to them) next week. It’s already in the 30s now. These single digit degree temperatures have been ridiculous.

>dromaeosaurid trackway indicating speed of 50 km/h >it got destroyed *insert John Hammond “Damn”*

Awesome detail I like: he’s cutting into its skin with his toe claws. (Put a spoiler behind in case any of you still haven’t seen Primal S3)

This artwork of the newly described Foskeia sort of looks like it could've come from a dinosaur story book in my childhood. Art by Martina Charnell.

This Kelenken is so beautiful. So is the Acrocanthosaurus. Two beautifully-colored theropods I see.

Saw someone else do this, so by any chance, would anyone here be interested in reading what I wrote about a couple OCs I came up with?

I have no idea how Primal S3 will end

This news article describes young sauropods as easy prey that Morrison theropods could fall back on, and therefore slack off on predatory adaptations. While young sauropods were very vulnerable to predation, I feel this characterization is unfair.

I found an old children's book on Internet Archive called The Last Dinosaur. Without going into much detail, it's about a small herd of Triceratops struggling to survive as the dinosaurs decline during the waning days of the Mesozoic.

Thank you David Attenborough for introducing me to Priam’s birdwing. The green and blue ones are males, while the brown one is female.

Ordered this and the Torosaurus just now, as I saw the Ed only had two left in stock, with the other color sold out. Held off on the T. rex for now since there's a lot more of it and it's more expensive than the Ed.

Postosuchus' skull was HUGE! The holotype specimen had a skull 55 cm long and a mandible 60 cm long. These dimensions aren't far off from a hippo's: skull and mandible length average 65 cm and 55 cm, respectively. The hippo's skull is much wider, though.

I think one Redditor put it best: wasn’t expecting any paleontologist to be involved with *Epstein*, but if you had to guess which one…

Not much to say right now, except that I also want this. Edmontosaurus is cool.