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Nooooo! This is heartbreaking but also have they accessioned the original model or is it up for grabs 👀

Went to the Liverpool World Museum today.

This is their model of Allosaurus.

I’m in love.

@palaeofail-explained

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A little result from tonights #paleostream. We looked into the diversity of aetosaurs, Triassic tanks that are actually related to crocodiles.

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While ossified tendons are common in ornithischians, that is not what we're looking at here in dromaeosaurs. Ostrom has a great diagram of how it's the vertebrae that make those stiff rods:

Look at those weird ass zygapophyses and chevrons!!! It's so cool!! And really cool convergent evolution with ornithischians!

Jurassic World and other media things: Have their raptors have ridiculously wiggly tails

Actual raptor tails:

the tail is so stiff the tendons became bones

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In dromaeosaurs, the stiffened tail is achieved by extending zygapophyses of the vertebrae. Those aren't tendons, that's it's bones.

Jurassic World and other media things: Have their raptors have ridiculously wiggly tails

Actual raptor tails:

the tail is so stiff the tendons became bones

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"I don't know what words to use anymore!"

That's okay! I will help!

Do you mean "the evolutionary group that consists of all things called dinosaurs"? ----- use the word Dinosaur!

Do you mean "what we classically considered dinosaurs"? ----- use the term Nonavian Dinosaur!

Do you mean "dinosaurs that are studied by paleontologists"? ----- use the term Fossil Dinosaur!

Do you mean "any organism studied by paleontologists"? ----- use the term Fossil Organism!

Do you mean "dinosaurs from before history"? ----- use the term Prehistoric Dinosaur!

Do you mean "any living thing from before history"? ----- use the term Prehistoric Life!

Do you mean "just the dinosaurs that survived the end-Cretaceous mass extinction"? ----- use the term Neornithine! or bird. or Cenozoic Dinosaur.

Do you mean "just the dinosaurs that are around today"? ----- use the term (Living) Bird! or living dinosaur

Do you mean "Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs/Pterodactyls"? ----- use the term Ornithodiran!

Do you mean "Just the dinosaurs from the Mesozoic Era"? ----- use the term Mesozoic Dinosaur!

Do you mean "large classical reptiles"? ----- use the term Large Nonavian Reptiles

Do you mean "big lizards"? ----- then you aren't talking about dinosaurs, even a little bit, and should just say Big Lizards

Do you mean "something that is an evolutionary dead-end"? ----- there's no such thing; most organisms go extinct bc of happenstance, not because they were doomed to fail. lol.

Do you mean "something old and outdated, behind the times"? ----- then say Something old, outdated, or behind the times

Do you mean "something that hasn't evolved or changed in millions of years"? ----- No such thing. Every population is constantly evolving, and if something looks unchanged, that just means the change happened somewhere you can't see it.

Do you mean "something that looks like it hasn't evolved or changed in millions of years"? ----- I still recommend you drop this idea from your brain, but if you MUST, use "living fossil" or "prehistoric vibes". living fossils aren't a thing btw.

Do you mean "Dimetrodon"? ----- then say Dimetrodon

Do you mean "any large reptile that is extinct"? ----- then say Extinct Reptilian Megafauna (and accept that includes some large birds)

Do you mean "any large [traditional] reptile that is extinct"? ----- then say Extinct Nonavian Reptilian Megafauna

Do you mean a big reptilian monster? ----- then say Monster

I'm sure there are some I'm forgetting but here you go! words and terms that mean things!

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The extant amphisbaenian Bipes (my beloved) only has forelimbs!

What did t-Rex arms do? Like did they actually use them to pick stuff up off the ground

Vestigial. Only so much space for so much muscle mass. They used their heads more, so they needed strong neck muscles. That took away space from arm muscles. Arms not being used, so grew smaller and less useful over time. Eventually, probably would have lost them, if not for asteroid.

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guys i just found out about this site that does a daily guessing game, it’s phylogenetic wordle- so fun!!!

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Just a reminder, if you like my content (shitpost or educational), I have a Ko-Fi, and I could use every penny. Love y'all

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DMM ROUND TWO MASTERPOST

Ornithischians

Changmiania vs Sinocephale

Bisticeratops vs Gobihadros

Tlatolophus vs Jakapil

Stegouros vs Spicomellus

Sauropodomorphs

Mbiresaurus vs Bagualosaurus

Kholumalumo vs Amanzia

Bajadasaurus vs Lavocatisaurus

Ibirania vs Australotitan

Nonavian Theropods

Berthasaura vs Ceratosuchops

Asfaltovenator vs Maip

Daurlong vs Ambopteryx

Caihong vs Falcatakely

Avians (Neornithes)

Vorombe vs Asteriornis

Conflicto vs Annakacygna

Cryptogyps vs Miosurnia

Heracles vs Heliothraupis

REBLOG! SHARE! DEBATE!

IT'S DINOSAUR MARCH MADNESS!!!

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In case you haven't seen it yet, FORGOTTEN BLOODLINES has a Kickstarter now! I seriously recommend backing it!

Agate needs all the support it can get! It is the chance to show the world what a paleo documentary entirely produced by paleo people can look like!

We love to complain all the time about the state of paleo-media, this could help with changing it for the better!

(also it's voiced by NIGEL MARVEN)

Here the Kickstarter and trailer for the project!

Also: the coming Saturday we will have a special FB stream on Twitch, talking about the project and producing little sketches for people who backed the project ;)

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DMM ROUND ONE MASTER POST

Ornithischians:

Sanxiasaurus vs Changmiania Iyuku vs Sinocephale Bisticeratops vs Crittendenceratops Kelumapusaura vs Gobihadros Ajnabia vs Tlatolophus Jakapil vs Bashanosaurus Stegouros vs Patagopelta Spicomellus vs Jinyunpelta

Sauropodomorphs:

Gnathovorax vs Mbiresaurus Bagualosaurus vs Issi Ngwevu vs Kholumolumo Bagualia vs Amanzia Lingwulong vs Bajadasaurus Lavocatisaurus vs Ruixinia Abditosaurus vs Ibirania Australotitan vs Mansourasaurus

Non-Neornithine Theropods:

Berthasaura vs Vespersaurus Spectrovenator vs Riparovenator Asfaltovenator vs Meraxes Suskityrannus vs Maip Daurlong vs Natovenator Bannykus vs Ambopteryx Caihong vs Hesperornithoides Falcatakely vs Janavis

Neornithes:

Vorombe vs Protodontopteryx Asteriornis vs Panraogallus Anachronornis vs Conflicto Annakacygna vs Nasidytes Aviraptor vs Cryptogyps Miosurnia vs Primoptynx Danielsraptor vs Heracles Eofringillirostrum vs Heliothraupis

REBLOG! SHARE! DEBATE!

ITS DINOSAUR MARCH MADNESS!

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ITS TIME

FOR

DINOSAUR MARCH MADNESS 2k23!!!!!!!!!!!!

Starting NEXT WEEK, we begin the ultimate competition:

DMM: RISING STARS

These are ALL dinosaurs that have been discovered in the past five years!!! New friends from old times!!! Including such new fan favorites as Bajadasaurus, Jakapil, Meraxes, and Anachronornis - and that's only four of them!

From the weird to the wonderful, these dinosaurs are here to indicate that just because they were found recently, doesn't mean that they aren't destined to become icons like the names we already know and love. Get ready to learn about some new paleontological excitement - and debate angrily over which ones are better ;)

Round One will go from March 1st through the 7th

Round Two will extend from March 8th through the 14th

Round Three will then go from the 15th to the 21st

Round Four from the 22nd to the 28th

And the FINAL FOUR SHOWDOWN (Ornithischian Vs Sauropodomorph vs Nonavian theropod vs Bird) will occur from March 29th through April 4th!

Thanks to the new tumblr poll feature, reconstructions and mini factfiles for each dinosaur will be on the post with the poll itself! No need to leave tumblr, no personal research, no google quizzes - just rapid learning and immediate voting!

Get ready to vote! Get ready to debate! Get ready... for DINOSAUR MARCH MADNESS!

Round One Matchups under the readmore :)

SAUROPODOMORPHA (and miscellany)

Gnathovorax vs Mbiresaurus Bagualosaurus vs Issi

Ngwevu vs Kholumolumo Bagualia vs Amanzia

Lingwulong vs Bajadasaurus Lavocatisaurus vs Ruixinia

Abditosaurus vs Ibirania Australotitan vs Mansourasaurus

ORNITHISCHIA

Sanxiasaurus vs Changmiania Iyuku vs Sinocephale

Bisticeratops vs Crittendenceratops Kelumapusaura vs Gobihadros

Ajnabia vs Tlatolophus Jakapil vs Bashanosaurus

Stegouros vs Patagopelta Spicomellus vs Jinyunpelta

NONAVIAN THEROPODA

Berthasaura vs Vespersaurus Spectrovenator vs Riparovenator

Asfaltovenator vs Meraxes Suskityrannus vs Maip

Daurlong vs Natovenator Bannykus vs Ambopteryx

Caihong vs Hesperornithoides Falcatakely vs Janavis

NEORNITHES (BIRDS)

Vorombe vs Prodontopteryx Asteriornis vs Panraogallus

Anachronornis vs Conflicto Annakacygna vs Nasidytes

Aviraptor vs Cryptogyps Miosurnia vs Primoptynx

Danielsraptor vs Heracles Eofringillirostrum vs Heliothraupis

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Kulinday Approaches!

It’s been a while folks! for those who’ve joined the Palaeoblr community in the last couple years and don’t know, Kulinday (July 24th) is the day when we celebrate the announcement anniversary of the most wonderful of dinosaurs, our dear Kulindadromeus!

(art by @drawingwithdinosaurs​)

It’s a tradition that @a-dinosaur-a-day​ began, and while the festivities have been limited the last few year because of everyone’s hectic lives I am very excited to announce that….

We’re bringing back the Kulinday Livestream!

We’d like to invite you to join us on the ADAD Twitch channel on Sunday, July 24th at 5pm EST, to celebrate all things Kulinda! I’ll be doing various drawing shenanigans, there’ll be gameplay of Planet Zoo and Zoo Tycoon 2, and some palaeo narrative storyboards presented by @otussketching​!

We’ll be streaming for several hours so yeah, please do drop in and celebrate the anniversary of a special little Floof! And if you feel so inclined, post your Kulinda art and tag it with #Kulinday2022 to join in the festivities!

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Two years in the making, my take on illustrating bird phylogeny. Larger view here.

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Solnhofen Paleo Parks prints

Solnhofen, the famous limestone from Jurassic Germany, is our next release of the Paleo Parks project. The "plattenkalk" is known for producing several exquisite specimens of Archaeopteryx. Available as framed prints and posters. sulc.us/paleoparks

Illustration by Bálint Benke

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Jurassic Long-Necked Dinosaur Suffered from Aspergillosis-Like Respiratory Infection

http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/dinosaur-respiratory-infection-10543.html

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If I had a nickel for every time I was on an online platform to discuss paleontology that ended up censoring the word "bones", I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.