[electricnik]

Fantastic reconstruction of an Archaeopteryx I saw at Southampton Fossil and mineral show. It was part of an exhibition of fossil replicas exhibited by Southampton University.

Archaeopteryx sculpture by Karen Fawcett. Copies are for sale. message me for details for ordering.

[paleo-cafnir]

Kyoryu Official Game Trailer

Produced by Floating Rock Studio wishlist on steam

[lo-andbehold]

I’m so emotional about dinosaur stuffed animals,,, there are these creatures, extinct long before any of us were alive, but we found their bones and their eggs and their footprints. And we made drawings and models of what they could’ve looked like. And we made them into stuffed animals so we could hold them. We made them soft so we could love them. I’m sobbing

[mothmansmoonshine]

Doodled some banana Amargasaurus

[fandom]

2019’s Top Tumblr Communities

Whether you’re into studying, building a perfect tank for your betta, casting spells, or tuning cars, there’s a community on Tumblr for you. This year, we’ve expanded this list to a whopping 50 communities that connect you to what you love and make Tumblr what it is.

Artists on Tumblr

Studyblr +1

Photographers on Tumblr −1

Mineblr

Writers on Tumblr

Witchblr +1

Poets on Tumblr −3

Fitblr −2

Simblr −1

Curators on Tumblr

Booklr −2

Langblr −2

Cats of Tumblr +3

Birblr −3

Throwbackblr

Reptiblr −4

Jumblr

Studentblr

Petblr

Dogblr −6

Greek Tumblr −1

Medblr −3

Plantblr +1

Kustomblr −2

Fishblr −7

Classicfilmblr

Frogblr

Gradblr −2

Dice Nerds on Tumblr −2

Ratblr

Furblr

Travelblr

Lawblr −12

Bunblr

Amphiblr

Litblr

Bettablr −14

Sciblr −13

Wiccablr

Bugblr

Stimblr

Runblr −13

Bi Tumblr

Mathblr

Pregblr −32

Knitblr

Toonblr

Vetblr

Palaeoblr

Snootblr

The number in italics indicates how many spots a community moved up or down from the previous year. Bolded communities weren’t on the list last year.

[staff]

Did you see the news? Tumblr’s Year in Review is out! It’s 12 months of data analyzed from posts and tags and blogs to find the most popular stuff you folks like to rhapsodize about here on Tumblr. This post above shows the top 100 communities. It appears that frogs are having an incredible year. Kudos to the frogs and the frogblr community.

Oh, and it turns out the most popular ship is the Ineffable Husbands. You can see the other 99 that made the cut over on the 2019′s Top Ships list. 

And have you ever wondered what was talked about more between Detective Pikachu’s mere existence and Sonic’s old weird human teeth? That’s an answer you can find only in the 2019′s Top Movies list.

With 38 other lists waiting for you over on @fandom, you’re sure to find one that brings a little bit of joy into your day.

[ultrafacts]

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[chupakarma]

nobel prize worthy work

[ultrafacts]

Here’s a diagram from the original paper.

Here’s the full article: 

http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0088458

[cannedcream]

[glorioustimemachine]

@dinosaur-hole

[nowscience-blog]

185 years of Iguanodon reconstructions, by me

[skeletaldrawing]

A new fossil suggests 'all dinosaurs' may have had feathers

You’ve never seen a dinosaur, naturally, but you probably have a pretty good idea of what they look like. We’ve seen the same look over and over, across dozens of movies, books and museums: There’s…

Funny that this would break embargo mere minutes after my response to a question about dinofuzz. Definitely strengthens the idea that dinosaurs (and maybe the common ancestor of pterosaurs and dinosaurs) were primitively fuzzy.

[lythronax-argestes-the-gore-king]

Whoa, that was fast.

Kulindadromeus is an ornithopod, correct? Just fuzzy?

[drawingdinosaurs]

The paper’s abstract describes it as a “basal neornithischian”, so it’s not quite as derived as ornithopods.

[dinodorks]

!!!!!!!! - Mod Rainfrogs

[dinodorks]

I KNEW IT

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

FIVE YEARS MY DUDES 

[alphynix]

A Strange Dinosaur's Unusual Strut

A newly named dinosaur balanced on one toe of each foot

[cinemamind]

Jurassic Park reimagined concepts

[taluns]

Meet Lucky, your partner and pet parasaurolophus! She will be your trusty steed as you explore the wilds and encounter new dinos in our upcoming dino game. 🦕 🍃 🦖 Animation by: Alan Martin Model by: ItsLocko Production by: ItalicPig 🌿 Follow me on twitter for more updates: Here 🌿

[egberts]

i wish i had been born a paleontologist

[holographic-bone-jester]

Brief list of common dinosaur art sins:

(99% of examples are theropods but honestly the underappreciation of other taxa in popular media is a sin all on it’s own)

ON MOST DINOSAURS

- Pronated hands

- No lips

- Shrinkwrapping

- Adding unnecessary osteoderms/ Armor/ Spikes/ etc…

- Snake-like slit eyes (this particular image gets bonus asshole points for the combo of bad dinosaurs with sexualized female character)

- Upright position (aside exceptions such as Therizinosaurus)

- Tail dragging

SPECIFIC TO COELUROSAURIA

- No feathers (aside from T. rex)

- Naked lizard-like head

- Extreme contrast between feathered areas and naked skin/scales

- Feather “mohawk” only on the back of the animal 

- Feathers looking as if glued on the animal

- A few spike-looking quills instead of actual feather covering 

- Pennaceous feathers on animals other than maniraptorans

- Bright parrot-like colors

- Wings on animals other than maniraptorans

SPECIFIC TO MANIRAPTORA

- Naked belly

- Wrist/ Elbow wings

And finally

- Whatever the fuck that is (seriously why is this image everywhere)

[kvarenje]

Breaking News

I just learned that baby pterosaurs are officially called “flaplings” and now it’s all I can think about

[saurophaganax]

you are a cousin of t. rex !

and you are a cousin of t. rex !!

we’re all a cousin of t. rex !!!

[did-you-know]

This isn’t a dinosaur fossil; it’s a mummy. 

Scientists think the 110 million-year-old nodosaur was swept to sea by a flooding river, sank, landed on its back, and was pressed into the ocean floor.

It’s so well-preserved that it still has intestines and weighs 2,500 of its original 3,000 lbs. 

(Source, Source 2, Source 3)

[palaeofail]

Just… Nanotyrannus.

[jurassicsunsets]

“Nanotyrannus” was almost certainly just a young T. rex.

[jurassicsunsets]