Pixelsaurs

Pixelated Dinosaurs !

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what a nice ima-IT MOVED 26/01/17 I have to admit this took me a lot longer than I care to think about but here are two animated swimming Mosasaurs. Forgive their clunky swimming, I had forgotten how long it takes to hand draw animation frames and gave up with the transitional frames.

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She’s back.... (redraw of the very first pixeldino) 26/01/17  Tyrannosaurus rex When: 68-66 Mya Where: North America (Laramidia) Size: ~12.3 m long and ~3.7 m tall Fun Fact: Even though feathers have never been found with T. rex specimens it was highly likely that they had them considering that most of their relatives possessed them.

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Ancient spiny Scottish “shark” 01/09/2016 Cheiracanthus murchisoni When: Middle Devonian Where: Freshwater lakes and rivers in what is now Scotland Size: About 5 cms Fun Fact: The group of organisms that this fish belonged to, the acanthodians “shiny sharks” were one of the first few vertebrates to use hinged lower jaws, this made them efficient predators, despite their tine size. (They aren’t really sharks, they preceded sharks by 50 million years.)

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Such an old shark... 22/01/2016 Xenacanthus When: All the way through the Devonian period to the end of the Triassic Where: Global Size: up to bout 1 metre Fun fact:The spine on its head was made out of bone unlike the rest of its cartilaginous skeleton

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Quick Update

Heya fellow dinosaur lovers, I'm sorry I haven't posted in such a long time, I've been swept off my feet this term at uni and exams are looming! D: As such there has been a lack of dinosaurs :( (or assorted prehistoric critters) BUT, I'm hoping to resolve this issue so be prepared for dinosaurs on the way :) (and possibly a theme revamp if I can get my shit together!)

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9/10/2015   In order to celebrate the start of the new term and inktober, I thought I would share a few of the paleodoodles I've adorned my notes with. Top left is a smiley Hallucigenia, I want to confirm that it didn't have eyes or a mouth like that (or eyes at all) since it was a very early creature and a bit backward in the evolutionary race. It would probably have been a little like a spiky underwater velvet worm. Top right is a little Dunkleosteus that is simply overjoyed at the types of rocks I was learning about.

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26/08/2015 The swift prehistoric “dolphin” Ichthyosaurus When: Early Jurassic Where: the waters around Europe Size: Around 2 metres Fun Fact: Ichthyosaurus was neither dinosaur, mammal or fish. They were aquatic reptiles. Their fishy/dolphin appearance is linked to the shape being as streamlined as possible in water.

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05/07/2015 Hard headed stubborn dinosaur... Pachycephalosaurus when: Late Cretaceous Where: North America Size: 4.5 metres long Fun Fact: The bony dome on top of its head could have been 10 inches thick. But whether or not this dome was used to cushion the brain in musk ox like fights or not is unknown

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28/06/2015 The coolest exhibit at Jurassic World Mosasaur (platecarpus) When: Late cretaceous Where: fossils of Mosasaurs have been found all over the world including                     Antarctica Size: Probably up to 17m long (55 ish foot) Fun Fact: Its likely that all species of mosasaur gave birth to live young. In fact                 a specimen has been found where the mosasaur is surrounded by                     the remains of its unborn babies

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1/04/15 Such a sweet dinosaur Fruitaloopa When: Late Jurassic Where: North America  Size: up to 17 m long and 12m high Fun Facts: They were able to use their long, strong forearms to rip the freshest fruit from the trees. However the hardened coating of “fruit” juices on their skin made them an easy target to predators. They also used the mysterious hole in their bodies to transport their young and keep them out of reach of predators in their first years

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1/04/2015 Itty bitty omnivore Fruitadens Haagarorum When: late Jurassic Where: North America Size: about 65-75 cm long (squirrel sized) Fun Fact: Its name has nothing to do with fruit! It got its name from the fact that the first fruitadens fossils were discovered in Fruita, Colorado. That said it still had a cool set of teeth that allowed it to be an omnivore

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13/3/15 Its lean, its mean, its Cameroceras Cameroceras When: Ordovician era  Where: The prehistoric ocean Size: the shell is now thought to have been about 6 metres long Fun Fact: It was definitely one of the largest orthocone cephalopods to have ever existed but was only half as big as a modern female giant squid (13m long)

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24/02/2015 The teeny tiny bird-like dinosaur with a funky mohican For ptarmigans  Anchiornis huxleyi When: Late Jurassic Where: China Size: about half a metre long from beak to tail Fun Fact: Anchiornis is one of the few dinosaurs that we can currently be relatively sure of the colour of. This is from looking at the imprints of melanosomes (pigment cells) in their feathers and comparing their structure to that of modern birds. The result is a striking pattern similar to a woodpeckers wings!

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23/02/2015 Say "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" Arandaspis When: Early Ordovican Where: The seas off australia (or there abouts) Size: about 15cm long Fun Fact: Arandaspis, being one of the first few vertebrates, may have had a spine but it didn't have any jaws or paired fins!

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22/09/2015 Pantydraco Yes really, the name isn't made up When: Early Jurassic Where: Wales, UK Size: Probably up to 3m in length Fun Fact: All of our knowledge about this dinosaur is based on a partial skeleton that was once though to be a Thecodontosaurus!

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31/12/14 I heard you like sloths so a really big sloth for a fan thats really big on sloths... This is for yellowjane :P who, like me, is a big fan of sloths.  Megatherium  When: Late Pleiocene Where: South America Size: up to 6m head to tail (and possibly even 2.5 tonnes in weight) Fun fact: It's believed that they died out about 10,000 years ago; which is roughly when humans first colonised the Americas....

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02/10/14 Armargurd a dinosur Armargasaurus When: early cretaceous Where: Argentina Size: 12m x 3m Fun Fact: The sail here may not actually have been a sail... it could also have been a series of spikes running down the spine