The Cosmic Paleo Nerd

Amateur Paleo Nerd. Attempted Artist. 21. He/Him. Hopefully a future Paleontologist! No NFT, No AI.

[wayward-delver]

Lost Wilds is back with a new incredible trailer of Paleo accurate horror.

(Also pretty lady, but that's just a little perk.)

[a-book-of-creatures]

Say hello to Nagatitan chaiyaphumensis, named for the mythical serpents and the largest dinosaur found in Thailand.

(Known bones in yellow)

More here:

The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauri

Sauropod dinosaur remains comprise the majority of the Mesozoic vertebrate fossil record in Thailand. However, they are rare and fragmentary

[princessdraconic]

birds are reptiles

[cosmicpaleonerd]

This is true! People will look at you like you're crazy if you say this though

[blahaj-blazt]

[draconym]

Me: Fuck, the paper towels I want are on the top shelf.

The Sir David Attenborough That Lives In My Brain: Being smaller-than-average presents an added challenge to foraging ... but necessity is the mother of invention. A little creativity turns a baguette into a tool, and voilà--

(paper towel roll falls on my face)

Sir David Attenborough, pleasantly: Success.

[sodapa00]

*stares into your soul

[pmamtraveller]

The Washington Post, June 23, 1912

[cosmicpaleonerd]

Why'd they do him like that?

[cretaceous-kid]

hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the man behind some of my favourite documentary music Ben Bartlett apparently passed away

[cosmicpaleonerd]

Rest in peace legend. Such an influential part of my life.

[regular-name]

Paleontology is so funny, are there any other scientific disciplines where new discoveries are rejected by a significant portion of the general public not for any political or ideological reasons but because "it ruined my childhood"?

[pococurantina]

when you expect your post to do numbers on tumblr but the numbers is 2

[cosmicpaleonerd]

“At times like these, one feels that… well perhaps that extinct animals should remain extinct”

[cosmicpaleonerd]

Sign the Petition

Protect Dinosaur Valley — Put Guardrails on Massive Data Centers in Texas

[shadows-and-science-gone-mad]

If Prehistoric Planet Season 1 had the same writing style as Prehistoric Planet Season 3.

[a-book-of-creatures]

SPINOSAURUS STOP BEING WEIRD CHALLENGE (IMPOSSIBLE)

Welcome Spinosaurus mirabilis aka some kind of giant unicorn heron lizard I guess

Science | AAAS

[cosmicpaleonerd]

NEW SPINOSAURUS?!

[cosmicpaleonerd]

Going through all the Jurassic movies and I'm on Dominion. God this movie's a Paleontologists nightmare!

[argentsunshine]

still thinking about the time my bf asked about favourite dinosaurs and my brother said quetzalcoatlus (pterosaur (not a dinosaur)) and my bf said dimetrodon ((synapsid (stem mammal) (went extinct 50 million years before dinosaurs evolved)) and i said crows (bird (dinosaur)) and yet i was judged to be the incorrect one in this scenario

[cosmicpaleonerd]

I live! Here’s a Megalosuarus to celebrate