#theropod dinosaur

[joitiks]

an anomaly in the everglades

[makairodonx]

A Solar Eclipse is coming! How will the dinosaurs react to it?

[datgreenmonstah]

“Approaching Storm”

Originally I had done this as a speedpaint and guess on the colors back in 2021, felt like I could do a better job and ended up spending 3 days on and off working this.

I think I spent like hour moving the pupils and staring at them to make sure they were in the right spot otherwise the creep factor isn’t there like in the original by Wayne Barlowe(below the speedpaint)

Massive improvement

[blueiskewl]

Record-Breaking Footprint Found on England's ‘Dinosaur Coast’

More than 3 feet long, the footprint was made by a meat-eating theropod dinosaur almost 166 million years ago from the Jurassic Period.

The brooding landscape of the English county of Yorkshire has perhaps been best known as the home of the gothic novels “Wuthering Heights” and “Jane Eyre” by the Brontë sisters.

But long before they put pen to paper, giant carnivorous dinosaurs roamed the area that locals refer to as “God’s own country” and one left a footprint that experts Thursday confirmed was the largest ever discovered in Yorkshire.

More than 3 feet long, the footprint was made by a meat-eating theropod dinosaur almost 166 million years ago from the Jurassic Period, according to the authors of a study published in the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society journal.

They added that they thought the dinosaur was squatting or resting when it left the three-toed footprint in the Cleveland Basin area, which is now the east coast of Yorkshire.

The footprint was serendipitously discovered in April 2021 by local archaeologist Marie Woods, while she walked along a stretch of coastline known as the Dinosaur Coast.

“As an archaeologist, I know the importance of recording objects and exploring the potential for recovery,” she said via email Thursday. “This was no exception, even though it’s not my field of expertise.”

“I contacted various local people and sent photographs and the location to see if they had come across the print before me, they all said no,” said Woods, who is also a co-author of the study.

Shortly afterward, she contacted her friend Dean Lomax, a paleontologist at The University of Manchester and a fellow author of the study.

“By studying the angle of the footprint, its shape, and the impressions of the claws, the fossil provides insights into the behavior of this individual from around 166 million years ago,” Lomax said in a statement.

“Features of the footprint may even suggest that this large predator was squatting down before standing up,” he added. “It’s fun to think this dinosaur might well have been strolling along a muddy coastal plain one lazy Sunday afternoon in the Jurassic.”

While the area is well-know for dinosaur footprints, few are found in such well preserved condition, the study said. It is one of only six similar footprints to have been recorded in the area, the first being found in 1934, it added.

A popular destination for paleontologists and fossil enthusiasts, it is considered one of the best places in the world to find footprints from the giant creatures.

After it was determined the footprint was at risk of being exposed to extensive damage by the tide or landslips, it was quickly recovered from the shoreline by a team of experienced fossil collectors.

During that time, it emerged that the footprint had been spotted five months earlier in November 2020 by a local fossil hunter and a co-author of the new study, Rob Taylor. Bit it was not fully exposed when he found it.

The footprint has been donated to a local museum for conservation purposes.

By Aina J. Khan.

[fundinofactoftheday]

Dinofact #72

Dinovember day 5: Allosaurus

In 1879, one of Edward Drinker Cope's collectors found a notably near-complete Allosaurus specimen, one of the most complete theropod specimens then known, but apparently failed to mention this completeness. The specimen was only unpacked in 1903, several years after Cope died. This specimen, AMNH 5753, was then put on display as the first free-standing mount of a theropod dinosaur. However, despite its notability and fame, it has never been scientifically described.

Source: Wikipedia

[pimsri]

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

[pansylair]

tinkering around with an abelisaur-esque fictional creature!

[imfluentinfangirlandgay]

I need you all to see what I just finished

A life sized crochet Sinosauropteryx prima complete with pico-feathering in as scientifically-accurate of a pattern and color as I possibly could. I had to read some literature to get it right but I think this is one of the best projects I've ever made. What do I name her? 2-L 7Up bottle for scale

I've been working on her since September. The entire base was crocheted in this mustard I had a million skeins of. She didn't even use up one

I love her so much she's gonna sit above my TV in the living room for now until we move and I can have a Designated Spot for her <3

Her mouth can open and close and I purposefully put her in a laying-down position so that she can lay on surfaces well. 4 toes on each foot and 3 fingers on each hand :)

[mugene-art]

meet my new son!

giving him body dysmorphia

microraptor plush by @Tetsuya_Inugami (Twitter) microraptor artwork by @pangur-and-grim

[peregrinethegryphon]

Mfs who've never owned chickens: "Can you believe chickens are dinosaurs? lol what a downgrade."

Chickens:

[ultrabean]

Seasons greasons!

[joitiks]

stenonychosaurus, aka troodon

[makairodonx]

Celebrating 200 years of Megalosaurus bucklandii, a 6-meter-long theropod which lived 166 million years ago in the Middle Jurassic what is now southern England, and on February 20, 1824, was also the first genus of non-avian dinosaur ever to have been given a valid name.

[bones-of-calamity]

Nanuqsaurus hoglundi

here’s a drawing i did as a quick experiment to see if i could make a drawing blend in with an image i took. turns out, yes i can! using the grain tool on a photo editing app really sells it.

i love horror in paleoart, it’s my favorite thing to draw tbh.

here’s the speedpaint (references used in there are from Dino and Dog Sculptures and Gabriel Ugueto!)

:))))

[kirbysphotography]

IT’S MY FAVORITE LITTLE GUY!!!! <3

Sobek the Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus at the Field Museum in Chicago.

August 8, 2023

taken on iPhone 14 Pro

(edit: oKAY WOW THANK YOU GUYS! Glad to see fellow Sobek lovers. Also I did not know his name was Sobek but I am so happy to have found out and thus have added his name <3)

[pimsri]

The Rite of Spring : Glorification of the Chosen One