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Artist Shows How These Extinct Animals Might’ve Looked In Real Life In His 30 Illustrations
Since the early 19th century, artists have depicted colorful – if sometimes fictional – animals (especially dinosaurs) and prehistoric environments, mingling science with unbridled fantasy as more and more fossils got uncovered and studied by the archeologists of that time.
It is pretty clear, though, that by only looking at a cluster of fossils such as bones, not much can be said about the appearance of the said animal that existed a long time ago. For example, the prehistoric reptiles could share similar bone structures thus revealing their true appearance was quite a hard task at the time.
However, nowadays, with the help of computers, artists and archeologists alike can get an idea about what these majestic creatures looked like millions of years ago.
A paleoartist known as "Paleorex" on their Instagram shows how various prehistoric animals might’ve looked like millions of years ago by making 3D renders of them.
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#1
Velociraptor is one of the most iconic dinosaurs of all. It was a ferocious hunter that likely relied on its deadly sickle claws to pierce the vital areas of its victim’s body, much like today’s eagles.
Velociraptors have been misunderstood ever since they were featured in Jurassic Park as giant scaly dinosaurs. In reality, Velociraptor shared many traits found in modern-day birds, most notably, feathers. Through art, this long-extinct and fascinating animal is brought back to life!
Jo Choto 3 years ago
One day we will realize how many dinosaurs had some kind of feathers, and all our movies of naked dinosaurs will be laughed at.
QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago
Can’t get “naked dinosaurs” out of my head now, thanks
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jolie laide 3 years ago
They were so smart! There's a whole class of them that kinda ranges from the time they popped on the radar until their death/fall out. They could range from the size of a big chicken/turkey (which is kinda misleading because they DID have a tail so they could be over 6 feet long but only 2 - 3 feet tall) to as big as the Utahraptor, which is what you see in the Jurassic Park movie. Those guys were raptors but NOT velociraptors, they were Utahraptors and they could grow to 20 feet long and up to 5 feet tall at hip height (aka from foot to hip they were 5 feet so they were tall!). It's theorized that they could swim and climb trees too. Robert Bakker, an American paleontologist, wrote a fiction book called "Raptor Red" which I think, is REALLY good. Utahraptors lived from 129 - 122 million years ago, whereas the velociraptor lived from about 89 - 71 million years ago and probably had feathers like this guy in the pic!
Riftsrunner _ 3 years ago
Well, around the size of a large turkey. A single one would be negligible, but they travelled in flocks to hunt larger prey.
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Sylvia Potts 3 years ago
Jurassic park didn't get dinosaurs right at all. Not only did most of them have feathers. But it was highly unlikely that species like the T-Rex made a roaring sound but instead they twittered like birds. But obviously, that not what the audience want to see
The Encylopedia describes paleoart as any original artistic work that attempts to depict prehistoric life according to scientific evidence. Works of paleoart may be representations of fossil remains or imagined depictions of the living creatures and their ecosystems. While paleoart is typically defined as being scientifically informed, it is often the basis of depictions of prehistoric animals in popular culture, which in turn influences public perception of and fuels interest in these animals.
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#2
Up until about 10,000 years ago, the saber-toothed cat Smilodon was a ferocious predator that dominated the primeval landscape of the Americas. Smilodon means "knife-tooth", a perfectly fitting name given its enormous fangs, which measured up to 28 centimeters in length. This 250-kilogram feline was an apex predator and primarily hunted the large mammals it shared the land with, such as bison and camels.
Nirrrina 3 years ago
Oh Lord don't give the scientists any ideas😉. They might just try it!
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jolie laide 3 years ago
The really bad news, is that paleontologists think that Smilodon hunted in packs, like modern day lions. Rogues had a hard time going it a lone, some think even harder than today's lions because while their upper canines were INSANELY large, if one of them got broken off, it could result in a lot of pain for the animal, plus possible infection, not wanting to eat so starving, weakness, and death.
Vexorg2 3 years ago
Yes except for the assumption that the cat would die from a single tooth break. There's a great fossil at la Brea of a Smilodon hip & femur that's just a pathological mess. The current idea is that it was disease but this cat wouldn't have been a runner. However in a social group like lions it could have been supported & likely helped with the kits.
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Kristina Cowan 3 years ago
Love the scar, it actually looks beautiful, like two smilodons in a bar talking about their scars while having a pint.
No Name 3 years ago
Ah so the smilodo looks like a mountain lion and the barbourofelis looks like a tiger. Interesting
Vexorg2 3 years ago
There aren't any preserved Smilodon pelts as far as I know although one may turn up in the permafrost some day. So coloration is a guess. And Barbourofelis is too old to have any preserved in ice.
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#3
Dorygnathus was a small pterosaur that lived in Europe during the Early Jurassic period approximately 180 million years ago when shallow seas flooded much of the continent. This flying reptile had a short wingspan of about 1.5 meters. The most striking feature of Dorygnathus is its incredible teeth, which were very long and sharp, ideal for catching small aquatic prey like prehistoric fish and squids.
Angelar 3 years ago
The front teeth would not be for biting, but for skimming the sea and trapping the fish?
In case you didn't know, through paleoart, most of the fossils found are "revived." A single drawing or sculpture can define how the public will visualize a whole category of extinct species. So paleoartists strive to keep their work as accurate as possible—a task that gets harder when the experts disagree and when more data is found and proved inaccurate.
#4
Barbourofelis was one of the largest "false saber-tooth cats", which were carnivorous mammals that, due to convergent evolution, evolved to be very similar in appearance to cats, even though they were quite distantly related. Barbourofelis was up to 1.8 meters long and was a powerfully built predator, with a skeletal structure that is indicative of a strongly developed musculature. This hints Barbourofelis was a fierce predator, which likely hunted large prey in North America during the Pliocene.
summer 3 years ago
i know these animals gone exstint but these are amzing she uses so much coler annd deatal
Liam F. 3 years ago
I agree. Also, I'm sorry this might come out as mean but I just couldn't pass by this without saying you spelled detail wrong.
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3 years ago
I still think that when they gorged themselves to bursting I would like to try to pspspspsps them and scratch behind their ears.
#5
Stegoceras was the prime example of a pachycephalosaur ("thick-headed lizard"), a family of ornithischian, plant-eating, bipedal dinosaurs, known for their extremely thick skulls. Although Stegoceras had a sleek build, it had a large dome on its head made of thick solid bone. Similarly to modern day bisons, experts believe that Stegoceras males used their very strong heads to shove and head-butt each other to win females during breeding season.
This peculiar dinosaur lived in what is now North America around 75 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous
TyrantrumGogoat 3 years ago
Wow!! I keep forgetting these are drawings!! This looks so amazing!
Orange Is Aging 3 years ago
At first I read “stegosaurus” and I was like excuse me sir that is no stegosaurus
Paleoart doesn't always need to feature dinosaurs, though they are the most prevalent. All prehistoric organisms, from early palm trees to woolly mammoths, make quite worthy subjects! Nevertheless, the charismatic reptiles were pretty much always at the center of attention, and for a significant period in the history of this art form, there was even a "dinosaur renaissance."
#6
Behold the mighty Triceratops, one of the most famous dinosaurs of all!
With its 3 iconic horns, a parrot-like beak, and a large frill, the skull of Triceratops is one of the largest and most striking of any land animal.
It is often considered the toughest of all dinosaurs, and indeed it used its sheer size, body strength, and imposing horns to fend off attacks from one of the deadliest predators to ever live, T-REX.
Nathaniel 3 years ago
This Triceratops has just had a make over down at the local beauticians. You should see the nails.
jolie laide 3 years ago
Hellooo Museums Victoria, Australia! In 2020, they confirmed that they'd found a 67 million year old Triceratops that was 87% complete, skeleton wise, which is AWESOME because it's the most complete specimen found yet! They have a complete skull and spine I think, but the really cool thing is that they have impressions of the skin and I think tendons too! The biggest Tric every found was from 66 million years ago, almost when the asteroid hit. They dubbed the remains "Big John" and he sold for over 6 million Euros! The fossilized skeleton (60%) was found in South Dakota, USA. The skull was about 9 feet long and almost 7 feet wide, and that was just the head! Triceratops lived from about 84 - 66 million years ago.
TyrantrumGogoat 3 years ago
Yeah, do they always make dinosaur earth tones?? This looks great with a splash of color!!
Mike Morales 3 years ago
You think they changed colors over time but slowly? like red orange fad got played out so it switched over to like a green blue? Damn red orange boomers
Mahogany Eclipse 3 years ago
They actually found bright color pigments on a triceratops fossil, so I think this is quite possibly how they might've looked.
#7
Arctodus simus/short-faced bear. The short-faced Ibear was the largest and most powerful land carnivore in North America during the Ice Age. Its most distinctive feature was its very short face, hence its name. It was one of the largest bears to have ever lived, reaching a total body weight of about 700 kg.
Arctodus simus was much taller than modern bears, such as the grizzly bear, but not so heavily built. Additionally, its limbs were longer and more slender compared to modern relatives, suggesting that it was a fast hunter.
Jack Wiken 3 years ago
Yesss, I was waiting for the short faced bear! Scientists speculate these delayed human migration into N.A and that they could run over 40 miles per hour despite weighing over 1500 pounds
Christine Beard 3 years ago
So a bear with the size and speed of a large warmblood horse. Eep!
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666K9INFERNO666 3 years ago
Oh look....another one with a scar across its eye, I wonder if that's a dinosaurs weak point?
It is clear that natural history artwork has always relied heavily on science, but scientific communication also benefits increasingly from carefully executed scientific illustration, in the form of artwork for press releases, manuscript figures, and journal cover images.
#8
Pyroraptor was a dromaeosaurid, a small, bird-like predatory theropod that possessed enlarged curved claws on the second toe of each foot. In Pyroraptor, these claws were 6.5 centimeters long and, as in other dromaeosaurids, these claws might have been used as weapons or as climbing aids. Pyroraptor lived during the Late Cretaceous, approximately 70 millions of years ago, in what is now France and Spain.
jolie laide 3 years ago
Dromaeosaurid is the raptor class, so these guys were distantly related to the Utahraptor (129 - 122 million years ago) and a cousin of the velociratpor (about 89 - 72 million years ago). Pyroraptor was next on the ladder! These guys were neat. They lived about 83 - 66 million years ago, so they were running around with their veloci cousins and survived a lot better than they did. The Pryo was smaller than the veloci (the veloci were about 6 feet long and about 3 feet tall), so they were really great ambush predators in terms of pouncing to get at the back of the neck. They had killed claws, and 1 main one just like most raptors but they probably used it to pin down prey. In a small group, which is theorized that they thrived in, they'd use their big claw to take down bigger prey to not only injure but to hold on while they went for the neck and throat. For smaller prey, they'd gut it. Pyro probably had feathers too, especially on it's head and legs and maybe on it's tail.
Parthania Dawson 3 years ago
I came to the comments to see if anyone would make this reference.
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#9
In the late Jurassic it would have been hard to believe that such a relatively small predator like Guanlong would lead to the evolution of one of the largest and most ferocious carnivorous dinosaurs of all, Tyrannosaurus rex! In fact, it is one of the first known tyrannosaurids and lived in China about 95 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex. Its name comes from the Chinese words meaning "crown" and "dragon", a clear reference to its unusual crest, one of the most distinct among known theropod dinosaurs, which was probably used for display and to intimidate rivals.
Misty Pendergrast 3 years ago
Yup. You look at a cassowary's foot and you know dinosaurs never completely died out. They just evolved into modern-day versions.
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jolie laide 3 years ago
(1) This is REALLY cool, because while Guanlong was in the evolutionary lineage of the T-Rex, GL still to this day has mostly been found in China, where as the popular T-Rex that everyone knows, has been found mostly in Montana, the Dakota's, and the Pacific NorthWest in the USA. So 95 million years ago, GL was in China (about 10 ft long and 3 feet high) but the earliest T-Rex we've found dated from about 90 million years ago (T-Rex on average was 40 feet long and 12+ feet high). The late Cretaceous lineage spanned from 90 - 66 million years ago, about until the asteroid hit. The Earth looked (on a map) like a VERY different place that long ago. Some scientists STILL aren't QUITE sure how the T-Rex evolved were/how it did, and traveled to high density areas in its evolution. BUT, scientists have also discovered that they dinosaurs got sick just like us! Respiratory infections, cancers, arthritis, gout, etc. The T-Rex fossil "Sue" shows signs of gout (a kind of arthritis that
jolie laide 3 years ago
means swelling and pain) plus evidence of a really bad parasitic infection along her jaw, probably obtained by eating her prey. The parasites ate holes in Sue's lower jaw bones which would've bee incredible painful for her, most likely leading her to not wanting to eat and thus starving, weakening, and finally dying.
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Dreaming of starlight 3 years ago
Stop comparing non-avian dinosaurs to birds it's really stupid to just automatically assume "BiRd" when faced with reality
Load More Replies... Vexorg2 3 years ago
Don't know about the fossil showing evidence of a pouch but it might just be an allusion to the close relationship between birds & meat eating dinos. Lots of birds (grouse, frigatebirds, etc) have throat pouches they inflate for mating displays. So... It's a boy 😁
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#10
Some of you know that I really enjoy depicting pterosaurs, especially the more "extreme" ones that used to live during the Cretaceous in what is now Brazil. Recently, a new and perfectly preserved pterosaur specimen of the genus Tupandactylus was discovered and what you see is my depiction of this once fascinating animal. Hope you like it!
Ozacoter 3 years ago
Remember pterosaurs are not dinosaurs. Just another group of reptiles. As a lizard is not a turtle but they are both reptiles
jolie laide 3 years ago
Well.. yes and no. The Tupandactylus is part of the pterodactyloid pterosaur genus from the Early Cretaceous period, and they ARE reptiles but they're kinda funky. Paleontologists aren't quite sure what all they ate but they think fruit probably played a big part in their diet, including poisonous species maybe but no one's sure. They sure could fly though! My god, these guys had a huge wing span of like, 15 - 20 feet! That's 5-6 meters I think. Body wise, I think they were similar to a adult male, give or take. But yeah these guys were found in Brazil, and they lived about 122 - 112 million years ago. The REALLY cool thing though, if it can be believed just yet, there was a study done a few months ago that says these guys might have been engaged in aerial battle for the best nesting sites in fruit heavy forest regions! The paper is mainly opinion, but it's awaiting peer review.
Jill Pond 3 years ago
Can you imagine that battle?!?! Wow, to see something like that. Thanks for a different perspective!
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somnomania 3 years ago
man, humans are so boring compared to this, i want a crest on my head and cool colors!
Robyn Zelickson 3 years ago
Does that giant thing on its head not get in in the way of.. well, everything??
#11
The Mesozoic was a time when the ground was literally shaken by the colossal sauropods, the largest land animals to ever exist. Brachiosaurus was among the largest, with a length estimated at 26 meters and a weight of over 50 metric tons. It was so large in size that it was likely immune to all predators. Brachiosaurus had a huge body, a small head and an extremely long neck that allowed it to feed on the leaves of the tall trees that once grew in its habitat of North America. Thanks to their anatomical features, sauropods thrived for almost 100 millions years and were able to inhabit almost every continent.
"With their passing, life will never again be this large".
jolie laide 3 years ago
(1) Oh, I LOVE these guys! But new, easily studies show that they might not have lived as peacefully as we thought. "Dolly" the dinosaur (fossil) lived about 150 million years ago. She was a sauropod, like Brachiosaurus with a huge body, a looong neck and small head/brain. She was found in 1990 in Montana, USA and was about 15 - 20 years old when she died. She was about 60 feet long (18 meters?). From her fossils, they figured she had a real bad cough and probably a fever, likely caused by a fungal infection like birds get today, called aspergillosis.This would have infected her airway and her air sacs, slowly traveling down to her lungs. They found bony growth on some of her neck vertebrae. The body does this to try and encapsulate infection. In humans, this can happen with tuberculosis infection, and can cause premature arthritis. My Mom had spondylosis, and in treating her, they found latent TB (tuberculosis) that was encapsulated in new growth bony tissue. This isn't
jolie laide 3 years ago
(2) QUITE what happened to Dolly, but her infection DID inspire her immune system and her bones, to form odd growth structures here and there. Paleontologists don't think that this would've caused a chronic sore throat, preventing Dolly from eating, but she was, at some point before her death, very sick. She was found in Montana, and 150 million years ago, the land was VERY different. The Rocky Mountains were just little babies, and the whole region was a very hot, humid tropical rain forest which would be ideal for fungal infections. Being a herd animal, she would've lived in a group so others might've been sick too. Scientists can't tell if this illness killed Dolly but they don't think so, but it might have really weakened her, leaving her open to weakness collapse or attack from desperate predators, etc. Dolly's remains date to 150 million years ago, but Brachiosaurs dates from 161 - 145 million years ago, so it stands to reason that other large bodied, long necked
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Ozacoter 3 years ago
No, they were dinosaurs. So related to modern birds (considered nowadays dinosaurs as well). Turtles are very complicated but they are much older than dinos and dont seem to have many relatives
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Caroline Sinclair 3 years ago
Although the quote should really be that VERTEBRATE life on land etc etc. Giant sequoias, aspen clones and honey mushrooms are life too!
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Mike Morales 3 years ago
Sad to know that megafauna this big won't return unless the earth takes a complete and utter 180. We need higher oxygen levels...less humans...
#12
Inostrancevia lived during the Late Permian period and was the largest of the gorgonopsid species. Inostrancevia's most striking feature was its long, saber-tooth-like canines. It had a total body length of around 3.5 m, a weight of 300 kg and a huge skull, which measured up to 60 cm in length. Inastroncevia was likely at the top of the food chain in Late Permian Russia, preying on the large herbivorous creatures it shared the land with.
Rose Button 🇺🇦 3 years ago
Me, reading this: He looks sweet! Ohhh big! All the better for cuddles! A heartless predator? Finally, something to clear the neighbors away with! Ok, were can I get one?
Abigail Bowman 3 years ago
Looks kinda like a cross between a seal and a saber-tooth. He looks very happy though lol
Tia Rochon 3 years ago
Not large herbs; large herbivores. Herbs are plant's. Herbivores are the animals that eat plant's (like today's deer, cows, & sheep, etc.). Carnivores (like polar bear's, cat's & wolves) eat other animals. Omnivores (people, chimpanzees, black & grizzly bear's) eat plant's and animals.
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#13
Paleontologists view Archaeopteryx as a transitional fossil between dinosaurs and modern birds. With its blend of avian and reptilian features, it was long viewed as the earliest known bird. Discovered in 1860 in Germany, it's sometimes referred to as the "first bird". Its name is in fact a combination of two ancient Greek words: archaīos, meaning "ancient," and préryx, meaning "feather" or "wing." Archaeopteryx lived about 150 million years ago, during the late Jurassic Period in what is now southern Germany. At the time, most of Europe was an archipelago and was much closer to the equator than it is today, with latitude similar to Florida, providing this basal bird with a fairly warm climate. With an estimated weight of 0.8 kg, Archaeopteryx was about the size of the common raven. It also had well-developed wings and a long feathered tail. Based on these anatomical features, paleontologists believe that Archaeopteryx likely had some aerodynamic abilities, and could, therefore, fly.
Susanne Bækvig 3 years ago (edited)
I have been wishing for pictures of more than the heads. This is as vivid as the heads but much more informative
Kevin Camp 3 years ago
If this bird is the evolutionary forebear of the classic Raven as we know today, that would help explain the relative high intelligence of the Raven today. It takes time for intelligence to develop even if it ends on an evolutionary dead end.
Vexorg2 3 years ago
It's an ancient bird & I don't think that they've linked them to any modern family. Just burb.
Load More Replies... Mike Morales 3 years ago
An OG bird. You do you, set the path for them all my feathered friend
Kate Phillips 3 years ago
Preferred being called Steve, because not even he could pronounce his own name. Thought his parents were jerks.
#14
Ambulocetus was an early amphibious cetacean from Pakistan that lived roughly 48 million years ago during the Early Eocene. The name Ambulocetus means in fact “walking whale,” suggesting that this ancient mammal looked very different from modern whales and more like a dog-like animal. It likely lived both on land and in water, such as lakes and rivers.
jolie laide 3 years ago
I don't know much of anything about this cutie either, will have to research! I'm have horrible survival instincts.. I want to boop the snoot even knowing I'd probably bleed out and die.
#15
The unusual and distinctive feature of Pachycephalosaurus is the high, domelike skull formed by a thick mass of solid bone, which safely cushioned its tiny brain. Abundant bony knobs at the front and sides of the skull further added to the unusual appearance. It has been suggested that these animals were head butters like living rams. Pachycephalosaurus lived during the Late Cretaceous Period of what is now North America.
Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
I honestly don’t know why, but this pachycephalosaurus is giving me Jody Foster vibes.
Onion rings like to make your breath smelly 3 years ago
It looks like what a dragon would look like
#16
The considerable size of the skull of Stenonychosaurus contains one of the largest brain for its body size of any dinosaur, comparable to that of a modern emu. The teeth were sharp, curved, and serrated. The legs were particularly long and each foot was armed with a large killer claw, like that of the Velociraptor. Its large eyes suggest that Stenonychosaurus had keen eyesight and most likely hunted small prey, such as mammals, birds, and reptiles, at night or at dusk.
#17
Bambiraptor is a Late Cretaceous, bird-like dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur, which lived in North America. Although only juvenile specimens have been described, it is estimated that a fully grown Bambiraptor would have reached up to 1.5 meters in total length, and perhaps weighed only 5 kilograms. Bambiraptor was likely covered in feathers, and its skeleton shared many similarities with that of a modern bird. Based on analysis of the skull, experts suggest that this species had a brain nearly as large and complex as that of some modern birds. Bambiraptor was also a fast runner and a fierce hunter that may have preyed on small Cretaceous mammals and reptiles.
September 3 years ago
So named because of how it's mother died. Soon to meet Thumpersaurus, though so don't be sad
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Judy Reynolds 3 years ago
An adult bambiraptor appears above. It is interesting to see the baby and the adult of the species.
Pamela Blue 3 years ago
If you've only ever found juvenile specimens, how do you know they're juvenile and not full grown? After all, you haven't found anything else to compare them with.
#18
Pterodactylus is an iconic pterosaur that lived during the Late Jurassic in Germany. It was relatively small for a pterosaur, with a wingspan ranging from 50 centimeters to about 1 meter.
It most likely hunted fish and had many long and narrow conical-shaped teeth.
Like other pterosaurs, Pterodactylus had a crest on its skull composed mainly of soft tissues. However, solid crests have been found on larger, fully grown specimens, indicating that this was a display structure that became larger and more well developed as individuals reached maturity.
Dreaming of starlight 3 years ago
THIS ISN'T EVEN AN ANCESTOR OF BIRDS ITS A REPTILE
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Emma Nguyen 3 years ago
Terrifying pelican. I can't imagine having to get around a flock of these
Tanden Owell 3 years ago
Fun fact, Pterosaurs and Plesiosaurs are not dinosaurs but different groups of reptiles.
#19
Parasaruolophus was a truly bizarre herbivorous dinosaur. Its most striking feature was the long bony crest projecting from the back of the skull. It was hollow and contained a series of tubes that elongated the nasal passages. Perhaps it was used to produce calls in order to keep in touch with its herd in the heart of thick forests. Other theories propose that the crest was used for display or as a means of thermoregulation.
It was a docile herbivore but of considerable size, in fact, its body length is estimated at 9.5 meters, for a weight of over 2 tons.
Parasaruolophus belonged to the hadrosaur family, a group of large herbivorous dinosaurs that is part of to the order of the Ornithischians, which lived during the Cretaceous period.
jolie laide 3 years ago
I agree that they probably used their crests for sending out loud, long calls. These guys were all over the place here in North America, and I think Asia too but mainly western China into surrounding countries. Hadrosaurs seem to be sweethearts, they loved to keep in herds and seem to like raising their babies in the community. According to new studies (the help of the medical field), a lot of these guys also ended up suffering from cancer, sadly. There's also been studies that postulate that these guys REALLY enjoyed eating plants from along lake and river banks.
Debra McGeorge 3 years ago
Your comments are so authoritative. They help me understand so much more. Thank you!
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Silvia John 3 years ago
It reminds me to the weird creatures from "Star Wars". Kind of Jar Jar Binks...
somnomania 3 years ago
ohhh, the goat-like pupils are a nice touch, i wonder if any dinosaurs actually had that! this is a childhood favorite species of mine, too.
Timothy Workman 3 years ago
Yes! Not only is the coloring Beautiful. The animal looks pretty cool overall. Since it was an herbivore. We may have been able to interact with it. Just don't let it sit on you!!!!
#20
Bambiraptor is a Late Cretaceous, bird-like dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur, which lived in North America.
Although only juvenile specimens have been described, it is estimated that a fully grown Bambiraptor would have reached up to 1.5 meters in total length, and perhaps weighed only 5 kilograms. Bambiraptor was likely covered in feathers, and its skeleton shared many similarities with that of a modern bird. Based on analysis of the skull, experts suggest that this species had a brain nearly as large as that of some modern birds. Bambiraptor was also a fast runner and a fierce hunter that may have preyed on small Cretaceous mammals and reptiles.
jolie laide 3 years ago
Hey, the mouse hunter! There were a couple papers put out in my country (USA) about these guys, and one of them postulated, that these guys were excellent mousers. Kinda like owls today, and from what I read at the time, based off of fossil records, etc. I can see that.
#21
Microraptor was a feathered dinosaur, an early ancestor to the birds. Incredibly well-preserved fossil remains found in China, have allowed paleontologists to piece together a better picture of the evolution of dinosaurs, from feathered ground dwelling creatures, to those that took to the skies, leading to the evolution of birds.
At less than one meter in average length, Microraptor was one of the smallest dromaeosaurs or raptors of its time, hence its name, but still remains a specimen of much importance.
Microraptor was unable to efficiently fly through the forests where it once lived during the early Cretaceous, instead it used not two, but four, feathered limbs to glide from tree to tree, likely to hunt its prey or evade from predators. These feathers were also used for maintaining body temperature and for show but, most importantly, their shape created the ideal aerodynamic surface.
Ozymandias73 3 years ago
Which he would've painted it with its wings outspread. That would've looked awesome
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 3 years ago
You should've painted it black to keep in continuity with modern melanosome analysis of its fossils...also, it had a tail fan , so thats 5 wings...but I must say, this is a beautiful job, and then, who knows, maybe it had a blue subspecies...like Cretaceous period bugs could tell black from blue, or it mattered, coz they were toast anyway...
Tia Rochon 3 years ago
Obviously I wouldn't know, but perhaps she was implying that, much like a raven or crow, the black feather's shimmered blue (or blueish, purplish, greenish) in the sunlight.
Load More Replies... Mike Morales 3 years ago
Have you seen exotic jungle birds or birds or paradise? The color of these animals would have been so brilliant
Madison haynes 3 years ago
This dinosaur is my favorite dinosaur I've heard of, I like it because its smol
#22
Spinosaurus is probably the most enigmatic dinosaur of all. For decades, this colossal theropod has been the subject of much controversy in the scientific community and many have wondered how this predatory giant from the Cretaceous period could live and hunt. Spinosaurus was huge, in fact it is considered the longest known carnivorous dinosaur and measured about 15 meters in length. It also had an extravagant "sail" on its back, which measured more than a man's height. The function of this peculiar back structure is not known with certainty. One hypothesis suggests that the sail was used to regulate body temperature.
When the animal had its sail turned sideways towards the sun's rays, its large surface, covered with blood vessels, would quickly absorb the heat, thus heating the whole body. An alternative hypothesis suggests that the sail was decorated with bright colors, and was therefore used by males for sexual displays to attract the attention of females. Recent studies suggest that Spinosaurus spent most of its time in the water and swam using its powerful, fin-like tail. This lifestyle is apparently unique among dinosaurs. There were already several clues that suggested an adaptation of this animal to an aquatic lifestyle: the teeth were similar to those of crocodiles and perfect for catching fish, the front legs were equipped with strong curved claws to hold the most slippery prey, the hind legs were short and the foot bones were broad, suggesting that this dinosaur possessed webbed feet, like those of seabirds.
Judy Reynolds 3 years ago
I like the contrast between the head view, and this one, showing more of the body.
#23
Thylacosmilus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed mammals that roamed South America between 9 and 3 million years ago. Though Thylacosmilus looks remarkably similar to the "saber-toothed cats", it was not a felid, like the well-known North American Smilodon, but a sparassodont, a group related to marsupials, and only superficially resembled other saber-toothed mammals due to convergent evolution.
Crocodile 3 years ago
Almost made it's chin as iconic as the angry grape with the rock collection from marvel
Vexorg2 3 years ago
Only when they're still nursing! Kidding! Baby teeth are much smaller. Rancho la Brea has baby Smilodons showing the growth stages.
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Debra McGeorge 3 years ago
It’s truly amazing that this specimen is related to marsupials. It’s head is similar to a wolf.
#24
Utahraptor, meaning Utah's predator, was one of the largest dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaurs or raptors to ever exist. It lived in North America during the Early Cretaceous period. Unlike most dromaeosaurids, it was much more heavy-built, comparable to a polar bear in weight, and estimated to have reached up to 7 meters in length. Like most of its kind, it possessed a large sickle claw, perfectly adapted to dispatch its prey. Although feathers have never been found in association with Utahraptor specimens, there is strong phylogenetic evidence suggesting that all dromaeosaurids possessed them.
somnomania 3 years ago
this is the species that the jurassic park raptors were originally based on; actual velociraptors (which is what the movie ones supposedly were) were closer to cat-size, much less intimidating than this
#25
Psittacosaurus is a genus of extinct ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Asia, existing around 115 million years ago.
The skull of Psittacosaurus is highly modified compared to other ornithischian dinosaurs of its time. It is very tall in height and short in length, and both upper and lower jaws sport a pronounced beak. The bony core of the beak may have been sheathed in keratin to provide a sharp cutting surface for cropping plantmaterial. Additionally, in some species, bony horns protrude from the skull.
Lauchlan gibson 3 years ago
Tons of Pokémon are based on prehistoric animals
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#26
Scutellosaurus was a small ornithischian dinosaur that lived approximately 196 million years ago during the Early Jurassic in what is now Arizona, USA. Scutellosaurus was lightly built and was around 1.2 metres long and 50 centimeters tall. One of the more striking features of this small herbivorous dinosaur was the large number of osteoderms that ran along its neck to its back and as far down as its tail. These formed parallel rows, with as many as five rows on each side.
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 3 years ago
Did it belong to the Thyreophora( Stegosaur- Ankylosaur family) ?
#27
Titanis was a giant flightless terror bird that inhabited in North America during the early Pliocene to early Pleistocene epochs. Titanis was a large fearsome predator, that was almost 2 meters tall and weighed around 150 kilograms. It had long and powerful legs and it could run at high speeds when hunting its prey. Although its skull has not been discovered yet, it is likely that it had a large, axe-like beak, like its relatives.
#28
Chilotherium is a genus of prehistoric rhinoceros that lived during the Miocene and Pliocene in Asia and Eastern Europe. At the shoulders, it was as tall as a fully grown man and weighed between 1 to 2.5 tons.
Its most notable feature is its two large upward-curving tusks, formed from enlarged incisor teeth, which rose up from the lower jaw. Although these peculiar tusks were present in both males and females, they seem to have been larger in the males, suggesting that they might have been used for display. They were also likely used for species recognition as well as possible practical applications.
Alana Voeks 3 years ago
You know, this makes me wonder. Has anyone ever drawn these more like hippos? They have that same tooth shape. And you don't see the bottom teeth with hippos unless their mouth is open.
#29
As one of the most abundant large predators in the Jurassic, Allosaurus was at the top of the food chain, likely preying on the large herbivorous dinosaurs and, perhaps, also other predators it shared the land with. It averaged 9.5 meters in length, though fragmentary remains suggest it could have reached over 12 meters, making it one of the largest predatory dinosaurs of its time. The skull had a pair of horns above and in front of the eyes. They were likely covered in a keratin sheath and may have had a variety of functions, including: acting as sunshades for the eyes and being used for display, as they probably possessed a distinct and bright coloration.
#30
Hamipterus was an early Cretaceous pterosaur that once lived in northwestern China. Its skull was relatively long and narrow, and on the top it had a long, bony crest running from near the tip of the snout to the rear of the skull. The teeth were thin, widely spaced and conical, and the tooth row extended for almost the entire length of the upper and lower jaws. It also estimated that Hamipterus would have grown to have a wingspan of up to 3.5 m, making it a medium-sized pterosaur.
Kristina Peterson 3 years ago
WOW! The first one I said Wow and each picture is really Wow and amazing!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ So I love them all equally as they are amazing and out of this world!!!?
#31
Named after the serpent god of the Azteks, and with the same wingspan of a military fighter jet, Quetzalcoatlus was the undisputed king of the skies; a magnificent pterosaur, the largest flying vertebrate to have ever existed. It stood 5.5 meters high, so tall that it could have looked at a giraffe straight in the eyes. It soared over the lands of North America about 66 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous. Fossil remains suggest that Quetzalcoatlus had a long sharp beak, similar to that of modern storks. It was probably a scavenger, scanning the ground for a meal from far up in the sky and using its long neck and skull to probe deep into the carcasses of dead animals such as dinosaurs.
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 3 years ago
The neck should've been thicker, else its head would collapse under its own weight, despite being pneumatised.
Joe Das 3 years ago
Although they look heavy, avian skulls are surprisingly light. Their construction might be thick and sturdy, but the material is ingeniously lightweight.
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Steve R 3 years ago
"largest flying vertebrate"? Does that mean there's a flying invertebrate that's bigger? If not, just say it's the largest flying animal ever.
Becky Samuel 3 years ago
The eyes aren't small, the pterosaur is *huge*. It's the same illusion you get with a blue whale's eye.
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There was a study that just came out Dec 21. They suggest 8' jumps to clear the ground for the 1st downstroke.... Maybe they kept their wings tucked in a little for the 1st downstroke to prevent damage if things went wrong.
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debrina blackmoon 3 years ago
Here's a quetzal from Central America. It really should be a pokémon. :) shuttersto...a-jpeg.jpg 
#32
Albertosaurus was a close relative of Tyrannosaurus, but smaller and not as heavily built. In lived in western North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 70 million years ago. Albertosaurus was a fierce predator and, on average, adults measured up to 9 m long and weighed between 1.3 tonnes and 1.7 tonnes, making them the apex predators of their environment.
#33
Known from several well-preserved skeletal remains found in Madagascar, Majungasaurus has become one of the best-studied theropod dinosaurs from the Southern Hemisphere. It appears to be most closely related to the abelisaurids, a unique and bizarre group of carnivorous therapod dinosaurs that lived during the late Cretaceous.
Majungasaurus shared common characteristics with other abelisaurids, mainly the short snout and very short forelimbs. However, it was distinct for its wider skull and a single rounded horn on the roof of its skull. It also had a very rough, sculptured texture and thickened bone on the outside faces of the skull bones. This was carried to an extreme on the nasal bones, which were extremely thick and fused together. In life, these structures would have been covered with some sort of integument, possibly made of keratin. Majungasaurus was a medium-sized theropod that measured on average around 7 meters in length, though being the largest and most fierce predator in its domain.
#34
Gigantopithecus was the largest ape to ever exist. It lived during the Early to Middle Pleistocene of southern China.
Although the size estimates are highly speculative, as only tooth and jaw elements are known, it is estimated that
Gigantopithecus had a total height of about 3 meters and a weight of up to 250 kg, which is about 40% heavier than the average male gorilla.
Murtlap essence 3 years ago
Looks more like a male orangutan than a gorilla. Bigfoot is accurate.
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#35
Proceratosaurus had unusually large nostrils and a crest on its head. It lived in what is now England, about 167 million years ago, during the Middle Jurassic. Like most of the others theropods, Proceratosaurus was a predator and had sharp serrated teeth. Although it is known only from the discovery of a single partial skull, a recent examination of the same revealed many similarities with the Asian tyrannosauroids. Indeed, the shape of the teeth and the cranial crest of Proceratosaurus are characteristics also shared by the Guanlong (a primitive ancestor of Tyrannosaurus rex). Thus, based on these recent observations, it can be assumed that the Proceratosaurus is one of the oldest tyrannosaurids ever discovered.
#36
Citipati is a genus of oviraptorid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Late Cretaceous period, about 75 million million years ago. It was among the largest oviraptorids; it is estimated to have been around 2.9 m in length and to have weighed about 80 kg. Its skull was peculiar in shape and relatively short. It also had a tall crest formed by the
premaxilla and the nasal bones, which superficially resembled that of a modern cassowary. Both upper and lower jaws were toothless and developed a horny beak. This suggests that Citipati likely fed on seeds, insects, plants and perhaps, dinosaur eggs.
#37
Europejara is a relatively small pterosaur with an estimated wingspan of 2 metres. The jaws were toothless and the lower jaws bear a large downwards pointing crest. The diet of Europejara is still matter of debate. It lived during the early Cretaceous period, in what is now Spain, when most of Europe was made up of islands, surrounded by wide shallow seas. It is therefore likely that Europejara ate fish. However it is also possible that this pterosaur ate fruit, using its peculiar beak to better separate the fruit flesh from the seeds, like some extant toucans.
#38
Coelophysis was a relatively small carnivorous dinosaur whose remains have been found in Mid to Late Triassic strata of the western United States. It was a primitive theropod, usually growing to lengths of about 2 meters, and had a long, slender neck, tail, and hind legs. Its teeth were typical of predatory dinosaurs: blade-like, recurved, sharp and jagged with fine serrations on both the anterior and posterior edges, ideal for cutting flesh. Coelophysis also had a successful body plan: it was agile and lightly built and had a diet which possibly consisted of other small reptiles and early mammals.
#39
Tyrannosaurus rex, whose name means "king of the tyrant lizards", was one of the largest and deadliest predators to ever roam the Earth.
With a massive body, sharp teeth, and jaws powerful enough to easily crush bones, this famous dinosaur was built to rule, and indeed it dominated North America during the Late Cretaceous, some 65 million years ago.
Orange Is Aging 3 years ago
Didn’t scientists already determine the T-Rex was colorful and feathery like the velociraptor?
Chaotic-Pansexual (she/they) 3 years ago (edited)
Its eyes seem comically small- nothing against the artist because the art is fantastic. Just a funny looking face
#40
With its distinctive prominent nasal horn and two other horns over both eyes, Ceratosaurus is instantly recognizable. This unique feature has actually led to its naming; Ceratosaurus, in fact, means "horned lizard" in Greek. Although only the bony horn core of the skull is known from fossils, in the living animal, this core would have supported a keratinous sheath, making it larger in size. It is likely that these structures were ornamental, hence, used during mating displays to impress females. Although Ceratosaurus was medium in size, compared to other late Jurassic predators of its time (like Allosaurus), it moved on powerful hind legs and was likely a formidable hunter.
#41
Rhamphorhynchus was a relatively small pterosaur that lived during the Jurassic period. It had a long tail and a peculiar skull. The teeth of Rhamphorhynchus used to intermesh when the jaws were closed and this suggests that it had a piscivorous diet. Adults also developed a strong upward "hook" at the end of the lower jaw. The largest known specimens would have measured up to 1.3 meters in length with a wingspan of about 1.8 meters.
Judy Reynolds 3 years ago
You are doing a really good job of illustrating the combination of reptiles and birds!
#42
Mymoorapelta was a very primitive ankylosaur. It was one of the few that lived during the Jurassic period. It is usually classified as being in Polacanthidae, but there is some debate, since it is so primitive, whether or not it deserves its own family. It was named after Mygatt-Moore, the quarry in which its fossil remains were found. It was about 3 meters long and the thick armor on its body was intended to provide protection from large Jurassic age predators such as Allosaurus.
#43
Daeodon was a large, pig-like mammal known as an “entelodont”. It was widespread during the late Oligocene and early Miocene epochs, around 20 million years ago, in what is now the United States. Although entelodonts, like Daeodon, had pig-like physical characteristics, it is unclear whether they were directly related to true pigs, and recent studies point to a closer relationship to hippos instead.
Daeodon's skull was enourmous, it had large canine tusks and it was covered in knobs and flaring protrusions, similarly to modern day warthogs. Daeodon was one of the largest of the entelodonts, it had a strong and muscular body and it was near in size to the rhinoceros of today. It may have been an omnivore, feeding on roots and tubers and scavenging on dead animals, much like the modern day warthogs.
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 3 years ago
Hipposare already fromhell, and now we know they used to get this close to being even more rad?
#44
In the late Jurassic it would have been hard to believe that such a small predator like the Guanlong would lead to the evolution of the most ferocious and famous dinosaur of all, Tyrannosaurus rex. In fact, it is one of the first known tyrannosaurids and lived in China about 95 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex. Its name comes from the Chinese words meaning "crown" and "dragon", a clear reference to the unusual crest, one of the most distinct among known theropod dinosaurs, which was probably used for display and to intimidate rivals and predators.
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 3 years ago
Juvenile? female? And since Dinosaurs are pretty godd at role reversals, male?
No Name 3 years ago (edited)
Or actually, this one looks smaller then the other one. It's probably a juvi
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#45
Zhenyuanopterus was a bizzare pterosaur from the early Cretaceous, known from a single specimen, which is almost entirely complete. The skull is 54 cm long and is characterized by a rectangular crest extending along the top of the snout. Both the upper and lower jaws are lined with many long, slightly curved, needle-shaped teeth, with the longest teeth concentrated near the ends of the jaws. Some of them are so long, that they extend above and below the margins of the jaws when the mouth is closed.
#46
Bergamodactylus is a genus of basal pterosaur that lived during the late stages of the Triassic in what is now present-day Bergamo, in Italy. Bergamodactylus is one of the smallest known pterosaurs, with an estimated wingspan of just under 0.5 meters.
It also has has multi-cusped teeth, similar to those of Eudimorphodon, that would have been used to catch insects or fish.
#47
Saltriovenator is one of the few large dinosaurs that have been discovered in Italy and it has been identified as a genus of ceratosaurian therapod dinosaur. It lived during the Early Jurassic, and because of the fragmentary nature of its remains, it is practically impossible to directly measure the size of Saltriovenator. However, by comparing the fossil evidence from Ceratosaurus, it is estimated that this mysterious dinosaur had a body length of about 7 meters.
Judy Reynolds 3 years ago
I like the horns in front of the eyes! The horns must have been fairly common, judging by these portraits.
Charlie Taube 3 years ago
Yeah, predatory Dinos liked their bony protrusions
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#48
A lifelike reconstruction of one of the largest and most fascinating early Jurassic theropod dinosaurs, following the latest paleontological discoveries.
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 3 years ago
Are you working for InGen? You're making different versions of Dinosaurs...
#49
Eocursor is a genus of basal ornithischian dinosaur that lived in what is now South Africa during the Early Jurassic.
It was a relatively small, lightly built and gentle herbivore that measured about 1 meter in length.
#50
Lambeosaurus lived about 75 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period of North America. This relatively large hadrosaurid dinosaur, which measured up to 7 meters in length, is known for its distinctive cranial crest. This peculiar crest resembled a hatchet and it was somewhat shorter and more rounded in specimens interpreted as females. The cranial crest also presented a nasal cavity, which ran back through the crest, making it mostly hollow. Many suggestions have been made for the function of the crest, including improving the sense of smell, acting as a resonating chamber for producing sounds, or being a method for different sexes of the same species to recognize each other.
#51
Spinosaurus is probably the most enigmatic dinosaur of all. For decades, this colossal theropod has been the subject of much controversy in the scientific community and many have wondered how this predatory giant from the Cretaceous period could live and hunt. Spinosaurus was huge, in fact it is considered the largest known carnivorous dinosaur and measured about 15 meters in length. It also had an extravagant "sail" on its back, which measured more than a man's height. The function of this peculiar back structure is not known with certainty. One hypothesis suggests that the sail was used to regulate body temperature.
When the animal had its sail turned sideways towards the sun's rays, its large surface, covered with blood vessels, would quickly absorb the heat, thus heating the whole body. An alternative hypothesis suggests that the sail was decorated with bright colors, and was therefore used by males for sexual displays to attract the attention of females.
Recent studies suggest that Spinosaurus spent most of its time in the water and swam using its powerful, fin-like tail. This lifestyle is apparently unique among dinosaurs. There were already several clues that suggested an adaptation of this animal to an aquatic lifestyle: the teeth were similar to those of crocodiles and perfect for catching fish, the front legs were equipped with strong curved claws to hold the most slippery prey, the hind legs were short and the foot bones were broad, suggesting that this dinosaur possessed webbed feet, like those of seabirds.
#52
Dilong is one of the most primitive known tyrannosaurs, a group that includes the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex and other similar dinosaurs, and the first tyrannosauroid discovered with feathers. It lived around 126 million years ago, in what is now western China. Dilong was comparatively small, with a total length of just under 2 metres. It also differed from other tyrannosaurs in having proportionally larger forelimbs and three-fingered, grasping hands, a trait that would be later lost by the larger tyrannosaurs.
No Name 3 years ago
There are so many with crests, I don't care if I'm wrong but this just HAS to have a crest too lol
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Carcharodontosaurus was one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs to ever existed. Its head was impressive, in fact it measured as much as the height of a person. It is estimated that this colossal theropod reached 13 meters in length and a body weight of between 6 and 15 tons. Despite its incredible size, its body was relatively slender, with a long tail, slender yet powerful hind legs and well developed arms. Carcharodontosaurus lived about 100 million years ago in North Africa, at a time when the arid land of today was instead a lush and humid environment.
Toddo Colorado 3 years ago
Isn't this like the 3rd one that is the " largest carnivorous dinosaur " ?
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 3 years ago
This is the first time I've seen a sober Charcharodontosaurus...
#54
Pisanosaurus was a small, lightly-built herbivore that lived approximately 220 million years ago during the Late Triassic Period in what is now South America. It could grow up to 1 meter in length and weigh between 2.5 and 9 kilograms.
Vexorg2 3 years ago
Ran in groups of three & one female was always just a little bit preggers...
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Scipionyx was a theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Italy. There is only one perfectly preserved fossil known of Scipionyx, discovered in 1981 by an amateur paleontologist and brought to the attention of the scientific community in 1993. The fossil is that of a juvenile, the length being just 237 millimetres, and experts believe that it was perhaps just three days old. The full adult size of this carnivorous dinosaur is therefore still unknown.
Tushar Roy Mukherjee 3 years ago
I'd like to call it perentiesaurus, but that'd be impractical...
#56
Megapnosaurus, also known as Syntarsus (possibly synonymous with Coelophysis), was a primitive theropod dinosaur.
By the standards of the early Jurassic period, about 190 million years ago, this meat-eating dinosaur was relatively large in size: it measured 3 meters in length and may have weighed about 30 kilograms. It was an agile predator, much like Coelophysis. The bones of 30 Megapnosaurus individuals were found all together in a fossil bed in Zimbabwe, so paleontologists believe that this early theropod may have hunted in packs.
#57
Monolophosaurus was a medium size theropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic period. It was named after the large and single crest on top of its skull, which was probably brightly colored to aid in mating rituals. The only specimen that has been discovered measured 5 metres in length and weighed about 500 kilograms.
Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Though it appears hair-like it is thought to be more of a proto-feather. Evolved for the same purpose as hair in mammals, i.e., warmth and color, just a different evolutionary path.
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Torvosaurus, meaning "savage lizard" in Greek, was a large megalosaurid theropod from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formations, which lived about 145 million years ago.
It was one of the largest known Jurassic theropods, rivaling other large predators, such as Saurophaganax, Allosaurus and Megalosaurus in size. It is estimated that it grew between 9 to 11 meters in length, and weighed between 2.5 and 5 tons, making it one of the largest carnivores to inhabit the Earth until the Late Jurassic. And, given its size, it was likely the top predator in what is now Portugal.
#59
Camptosaurus is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs that lived in the Late Jurassic in western North America. Adult Camptosaurus could have reached up to 7 meters in length and about 830 kg in weight. And, based on studies of other iguanodonts, experts believe they may have been able to achieve running speeds of up to 25 km per hour, to avoid the large and hungry Jurassic predators like Allosaurus.
#60
Iguanodon was the largest, best known, and most widespread of all the iguanodontids, a group of herbivorous dinosaurs that is closely related to the hadrosaurs, or duck-billed dinosaurs. Iguanodon lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous and was up to 9 metres long, stood nearly 2 metres tall at the hip, and weighed approximately 5 tons.
#61
Aardonyx was a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the Early Jurassic in South Africa. It was about 7 meters long, 2 meters tall at the hips, and weighed around 500 kilograms.
Experts believe that Aardonyx represents the transitional stage between bipedal ancestors and quadrupedal sauropod descendants, and this is evident when considering its strong legs, which show adaptations for slow and forceful walking, like larger long necked dinosaurs.
#62
Eoraptor was a small, lightly-built, basal saurischian dinosaur. It is recognized as one of the earliest-known dinosaurs and lived about 230 million years ago during the Late Triassic in Western Gondwana, in the region that is now known as northwestern Argentina.
#63
Tarbosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaurs that roamed in Asia about 70 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils have been recovered in Mongolia, with more fragmentary remains found further afield in parts of China.
Tarbosaurus was nearly as large as the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. While T-Rex can be called the Late Cretaceous king of the North American, Tarbosaurus was its counterpart in Asia. It had the smallest arms of any large tyrannosaur relative to its body size.
#64
Camptosaurus is a genus of plant-eating, beaked ornithischian dinosaurs that lived in the Late Jurassic in western North America. Adult Camptosaurus could have reached up to 7 meters in length and about 830 kg in weight. And, based on studies of other iguanodonts, experts believe this dinosaur may have been able to achieve running speeds of up to 25 km per hour, to avoid the large and hungry Jurassic predators like Allosaurus.
#65
Qianzhousaurus is often referred to by the nickname "Pinocchio Rex" for its long snout in comparison with other known tyrannosaurs. It was discovered in southern China and lived around 70 million years ago. Aside from its signature snout, Qianzhousaurus also had long and narrow teeth, while its relatives, like Tyrannosaurus rex and Tarbosaurus, had thick teeth and powerful, deep-set jaws for crushing their prey. Although only the skull of this animal has been discovered, it is estimated that Qianzhousaurus was 6.3 long and weighed about 750 kg.
Charlie Taube 3 years ago
The guy who identified it died a few years back in a car accident. :(
#66
Herrerasaurus lived about 237 million years ago, during the late Triassic, in Argentina. It was a contemporary of Eoraptor but much larger and more advanced. Its build was slender but strong, the hind limbs long and powerful and the front limbs very muscular. In addition, it had large claws on its hands that were used to grab prey, and sharp teeth to tear through flesh. Like many of the primitive dinosaurs, it was a carnivorous and bipedal animal. One reason for the success of the early dinosaurs was their ability to move quickly and nimbly on two legs.
#67
Saurornitholestes is a genus of carnivorous dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous in Canada.
Compared to other members in the Dromaeosauridae family, Saurornitholestes was more long-legged and lightly built. It resembled the well-known Velociraptor; it had large, fanglike teeth in the front of the jaws, a long, curving, blade-like claw on the second toe and measured almost the same length (1.8 m).
#68
Supersaurus was one of the largest sauropod dinosaurs to ever exist. Its fossil remains have been found in North America and date to about 153 million years ago. It possibly reached 34 meters in length, and a weight of 36 metric tons. It also had an incredibly long neck that was perfectly adapted to reach the tall Jurassic tree canopies and vegetation which it fed on.
#69
Liliensternus was a basal neotheropod dinosaur that lived about 210 million years ago during the Late Triassic in what is now Germany.It is considered to be an intermediate between Coelophysis and Dilophosaurus, hence, it is often depicted with a small crest on the top of its skull to resemble that of a Dilophosaurus.Liliensternus was a moderate-sized, bipedal carnivore, that could grow up to 5 meters in length.Unfortunately, no Liliensternus specimen has been preserved with skin impressions, so it is unknown whether Liliensternus (and its relatives) had feathers or proto-feathers. In case it had, these structures would have allowed Liliensternus to maintain its body temperature.
#70
Tarbosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid dinosaur that flourished in Asia about 70 million years ago, at the end of the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils have been recovered in Mongolia, with more fragmentary remains found further afield in parts of China.
Tarbosaurus was nearly as large as the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex. While T-Rex can be called the Late Cretaceous king of the North American, Tarbosaurus was its counterpart in Asia. It had the smallest arms of any large tyrannosaur relative to its body size.
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Rose Button 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I have an irrational phobia of dinosaurs. Yes, I know. VERY irrational. I had a traumatizing experience at - well, it dosen't matter. That's why this intrigued me. I want to veiw the dinosaurs as the exquisite creatures that they are, and wow! These were gorgeous! Compliments to the artist. You have made me interested, instead of afraid (an impressing feat, you don't even know.)
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
Phobias are weird. I have a phobia of possibly the most harmless animal ever - butterflies. Even to look at photos where they landed on people triggers me, but it doesn't bother me when they're not flying though. I'd prefer to come face to face to all of the animals above at the same time than to have a single butterfly fluttering about within 5 meters of me!
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-logansucrose- 3 years ago
i cant imagine how much effort was put into this! i thoroughly enjoyed looking at all of them
Jon S. 3 years ago
Huh...Four different families of predators developed over-sized sabre teeth. I wonder how they were used and why none of these predators still exist - obviously it was quite an effective and easily achieved body plan.
Becky Samuel 3 years ago
As I recall, sabretooth predators were specialised to hunt megafauna prey - in other words, animals bigger than themselves. When those larger animals died out or became too rare, then the sabretooths would not be able to adapt to smaller prey. Most of the extinctions were down to natural climate change, but the last round were probably exacerbated by early human hunters.
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Susanne Bækvig 3 years ago
Very interesting, but I hope they will be followed up with pictures of the whole animals. I was looking from google to this in order to find out a little more, than what was written
RandomAlfalfa 3 years ago
Very off topic, but your name is the same as my mom’s
Load More Replies... Rose Button 🇺🇦 3 years ago
I have an irrational phobia of dinosaurs. Yes, I know. VERY irrational. I had a traumatizing experience at - well, it dosen't matter. That's why this intrigued me. I want to veiw the dinosaurs as the exquisite creatures that they are, and wow! These were gorgeous! Compliments to the artist. You have made me interested, instead of afraid (an impressing feat, you don't even know.)
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
Phobias are weird. I have a phobia of possibly the most harmless animal ever - butterflies. Even to look at photos where they landed on people triggers me, but it doesn't bother me when they're not flying though. I'd prefer to come face to face to all of the animals above at the same time than to have a single butterfly fluttering about within 5 meters of me!
Load More Replies... -logansucrose- 3 years ago
i cant imagine how much effort was put into this! i thoroughly enjoyed looking at all of them
Jon S. 3 years ago
Huh...Four different families of predators developed over-sized sabre teeth. I wonder how they were used and why none of these predators still exist - obviously it was quite an effective and easily achieved body plan.
Becky Samuel 3 years ago
As I recall, sabretooth predators were specialised to hunt megafauna prey - in other words, animals bigger than themselves. When those larger animals died out or became too rare, then the sabretooths would not be able to adapt to smaller prey. Most of the extinctions were down to natural climate change, but the last round were probably exacerbated by early human hunters.
Load More Replies... Susanne Bækvig 3 years ago
Very interesting, but I hope they will be followed up with pictures of the whole animals. I was looking from google to this in order to find out a little more, than what was written
RandomAlfalfa 3 years ago
Very off topic, but your name is the same as my mom’s
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