#microraptoria

[pimsri]

Baby albino changyuraptor spooked by her own reflection, realizing that she's not like her other siblings.

[sirpamkun]

I posted this on instagram but I feel it fits better on tumblr so here’s a little treat for you paleo guys :)

[paleonativeart]

Day 18: Microraptor Microraptor gui is perched on a tree branch in closed forest environment. #Dinovember #Dinovember2022 #paleoart #sketchbookapp #artistsoninstagram #microraptor #microraptorgui #microraptoria #dromaeosauridae #pennaraptora #maniraptora #theropoda #dinosauria #dinosaur #feathereddinosaur #myart https://www.instagram.com/p/ClITz9lMUAe/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dungeons-and-tetrapods]

Intro and Sophont List

This is a DnD rehaul inspired by @danbensen's Fellow Tetrapod story.

All races and classes available to DnD 5e will be reinterpreted as a sophont according to his guide for making FT sophonts. (Skill trees will be available for each sophont species).

Sophonts currently in FT will not be added until the current workload is complete. Sophont list below, although it's a heavy WIP.

Humans (Human, Hominid)

Noxissum (Aaracrocka, Pelagornis) -> thrill-seeking sophonts that live on cliffsides

Volutor (Aasimar, Polyneoptera)

Fixers [of Flesh] (Autognome, Canis) -> climbing oophagous sophonts with a focus on hunger

? (Bugbear, Barbourofelidae)

Harvau (Centaur, Mesohippus)

? (Changeling, Coleoidea)

Hemadele (Dhampir, Geospiza) -> blood-drinking sophonts that trade themselves for food

Deager (Dragonborn, Toxicofera) -> artistic sophonts with sprayed venom that dyes

Korrines (Dwarf, Herpestoidea) -> burrowing sophonts with deep familial bonds

Helbosi (Elf, Acariformes)

? (Fairy, Microraptoria)

? (Firbolg/Giant/Goliath, Pecora)

? (Genasi, Spiralia)

Breakers [They that Break the Waves] (Gnome, Otariidae)

? (Goblin, Holocephali)

? (Halfling, Callitrichidae)

? (Kenku, Corvides)

? (Kobold, Isoptera)

[kheironomos]

Wulong bohaiensis, a newly described microraptorine dinosaur whose name translates from Chinese into “dancing dragon,” referencing the pose of the exquisitely preserved holotype.

The Wulong specimen was determined to have been a juvenile, which implies drastically different growth and maturation rates for dinosaurs than for their avian descendants. The juvenile Wulong had more or less mature feathers rather than the down or not-quite-flight feathers characteristic of adolescent birds.

We do not know the coloration of Wulong, but I decided to model it off its close relative, the shiny, crow-sized Microraptor. This was my first time experimenting with iridescence and I’m not quite sure how I did.

[whendinosaursruledtheworld]

Daily Dinosaur Facts: Day 4

Sinornithosaurus was originally thought to be venomous, but, what was first thought to be a venom sac, turned out to be a tooth ready to replace an old/worn one.

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[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Changyuraptor yangi

By Scott Reid

Etymology: Long Feathered Robber

First Described By: Han et al., 2014

Classification: Dinosauromorpha, Dinosauriformes, Dracohors, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoromorpha, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Paraves, Eumaniraptora, Dromaeosauridae, Microraptoria

Status: Extinct

Time and Place: About 124.4 million years ago, in the Aptian of the Early Cretaceous 

Changyuraptor is known from the Dawangzhangzi Bed of the Yixian Formation 

Physical Description: Changyuraptor was a medium sized dinosaur, about 1.2 meters long - something like a modern turkey in terms of weight. It was covered from head to toe in feathers, including full wings on its arms, a large tail fan, and wings on its legs. It had a small, pointy head and long tail, while its body was fairly stocky. It also had sharp claws on its hands and sickle claws on its feet, like other raptor-dinosaurs. It’s tail was so long and feathered - with feathers reaching up to 30 centimeters in length and being the largest feathers known in a non-avian dinosaur - it would have allowed for softer landings for Changyuraptor. In short, it was probably the largest and fluffiest four-winged dinosaur known.

Diet: Changyuraptor would have primarily fed upon small animals like mammals, lizards, and amphibians.

By Emily Willoughby, CC BY-SA 4.0 

Behavior: Like Microraptor, Changyuraptor was probably capable of flight, making it one of the largest flying dinosaurs of the Mesozoic Era - with very few birds ever growing larger than it. It wouldn’t have been a particularly good flier though, only about as well as a chicken, taking off clumsily from the ground to go from area to area. It didn’t have enough strength in the chest and wing muscles to do much more than this, though it’s possible the hindlimb feathers would have allowed for some maneuvering in the air. It then could pounce on its prey, using its sickle claw to hold onto struggling animals before eating them. 

More importantly; the wings, tail fan, and leg wings would have all been good display structures for Changyuraptor, which would have used them to communicate with other members of the species. These feathers would have signaled anger, a desire to mate, or danger, as feathers today are used by birds. It’s probable, then, that at least some fancy coloration may have been present on Changyuraptor to aid in the communication. Changyuraptor would have been a very active animal and most likely would have taken care of its young. In fact, it may have used its variety of wings and fans to help brood the nest.

Ecosystem: Changyuraptor lived in the Yixian Formation, a highly diverse ecosystem showcasing the evolution of birdie dinosaurs - like Changyuraptor - at the beginning of the Cretaceous period. A temperate, seasonal, and humid climate, it was much like the modern day northwestern Pacific Coast, though it would have seen snow on a regular basis, as well as notable dry seasons. It was a diverse coniferous forest, with a variety of flowering plants, ferns, horsetails, ginkgoes, cycads, seed ferns, and many others. Changyuraptor would have probably spent most of its time in the trees as well as on the ground, given its flight ability. There were a lot of freshwater lakes, and abundant volcanic eruptions. 

By Ripley Cook

Changyuraptor lived along so many other kinds of dinosaurs, it’s almost impossible to list them all. There were ankylosaurs like Liaoningosaurus and ornithopods like Bolong and Jinzhousaurus. There was the larger Compsognathid Sinosauropteryx, as well as many raptors in addition to Changyuraptor like the large Zhenyuanlong, Sinornithosaurus, and Tianyuraptor. There was also the Troodontid Jianianhualong, the seed eating protobird Jeholornis, smaller protobirds like Confuciusornis and Zhongornis, and the Anchiornithid Yixianosaurus. Opposite birds were there too like Dalingheornis and Shanweiniao, as well as near-birds like Archaeorhynchus, Eogranivora, Yanornis, Hongshanornis, and Longicrusavis. Non-dinosaurs like fish, amphibians, and lizards were also there; they along with mammals like Akidolestes, Sinobaatar, Sinodelphys, Chaoyangodens, and Eomaia would have been the primary prey of Changyuraptor. There were also Choristoderes like Hyphalosaurus and Monjurosuchus, as well as pterosaurs like Cathayopterus and Ningchengopterus. In short, a fascinating snapshot of Early Cretaceous life.

Other: Changyuraptor was closely related to - and preceded - Microraptor, one of the best known feathered dinosaurs; though we don’t know if it would have been colored like Microraptor, it’s possible it may have also had iridescent feathers like its later relative.

~ By Meig Dickson

Sources under the Cut 

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Choi, Charles (15 July 2014). "Bizarre Dinosaur Had 4 'Wings,' Long Tail Feathers". LiveScience.com. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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[coolthingsyoucanbuy]

Microraptoria Color Changing Light

[paleozoicproductions]

A World Without the K-PG Extinction: An Overview

In an alternate world where the K-PG Meteor, Chicxulub, ceased to hit Earth. Instead, it begins with it being caught in orbit of Earth with a slight trajectory modification early in its course towards the body. This would drastically impact the future of Earth and cause history to go according to plan (at least in this universe). The meteor would instead orbit for an extended period of time acting as a secondary natural moon. This is where this story begins.

Initially, things would continue as normal. The continental trajectory would be exactly the same into modern day, the orbital and rotational trajectory as well. What does change is what lives on Earth and some of the climate, although climate affected by orbital patterns remain the same, such as the Pleistocene-Holocene Ice Age in the LGM (last glacial maximum).

Multiple lineages were present towards the late Cretaceous that would be seen to persist past the original boundary. Some of these lineages would come and give rise to entirely unique anatomical structures and diversify across continents, and some would go extinct for a variety of reasons.

This project is an ongoing W.I.P project, stay tuned for updates.

Lineages that were present 66 MYA:

Variety of Birds, Mammals, Squamates, Amphibians, Fish, Turtles, etc. Tyrannosauroids

Ceratosauria (Noasaurs, Abelisaurs)

Troodontids

Dromaeosauridae (Velociraptorines, Dromaeosaurinae, Microraptoria)

Halszkaraptoria

Alvarezsauridae

Therizinosaurs

Unenlagiinae

Orninthomimosaurs

Oviraptorosaurs (Caenagnathines, Oviraptorids)

Megaraptora

Titanosauria

Pachycephalosauria

Orninthopods (Rhabdodontids, Saurolophines, Lambeosaurinae, Parkosaurs, Elasmaria)

Ceratopsia (Centrosauria, Chasmosaurine, Leptoceratopsids, Protoceratopsids, Bagaceratopsids)

Ankylosauria (Nodosauria, Ankylosauria)

Pterosauria (Nyctosaurids, azhdarchids, thalassodromaeids, pteranodontid)

Mosasaurs

Pleisiosaurs

[gryffon]

MICRORAPTORS AS FANCY ROOSTERS... scots dumpy is my fav. he has but the teensiest of legwings but he is noble and kind and a friend

[tontontonberry]

microraptoria replied to your post:Had a major panic attack when Veronica drove me to...

Oh honey. *curls around protectively*

*cling*

[doomface]

microraptoria said: You can do it. All the luck!

ahskjdhksjhd thanks! 

[onecricket]

and now im imaging bevel taking the star saber and being all

"you must be this tall to wield Father's sword-"

"OMG BEVEL SHUT UP!"

"i'm sorry but its a regulation i just made up. it's law now."

"WHY?"

[errorcritical]

microraptoria replied to your post:raiyena answered your question:i want my second...

Skydancer.

which flavor?

[soundwavereporting]

NICE THOUGHTS CHALLENGE. Once you get this you have to say 5 nice things about yourself publicly and then send this to 10 of your favorite followers. But not back to me, of course. :)

I have been thinking better things lately.

I can keep a straight face. 

95% of the time I’ll get up and take my dog out within a minute of her bothering me.

 I have not yelled at my least favorite coworker yet. 

I’ve been rping again.

[paleonativeart]

‪The non-avian theropods of January 2020.‬ #paleoart #sketchbook #myart #theropoda #tyrannosauridae #allosauridae #megalosauroidea #carnosauria #coelurosauria #microraptoria #dromaeosauridae #avetheropoda https://www.instagram.com/p/B7xJDZtlwf1/?igshid=r3effaotoufv