#eoneophron

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New Dinosaurs from 2024!

This is far from a complete list of the new species described and published in 2024, but these are all of the ones I managed to cover.

Vectidromeus - T. mcraeensis - Fona Koleken - Inawentu - Eoneophron

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Planned or in the works: Labocania, Lokiceratops, Tietasaura, Titanomachya, Thyreosaurus, Tiamat, Caletodraco

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Eoneophron

Caenagnathids like Eoneophron can be differentiated from other oviraptorosaurs by their jaws, which were generally long and shallow, suggesting a less powerful bite. Caenagnathids were also more lightly built, with slender arms and long gracile legs, though they weren't especially cursorial. Eoneophron's body mass is estimated at about 78 kg.

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Eoneophron

last night i did an art stream!

thanks to everyone who showed up and had a chat, (even to the lurkers, lurking is valid), hope you all had fun! i wouldnt mind doing another stream in that sorta format in the future

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Eoneophron infernalis Atkins-Weltman et al., 2024 (new genus and species)

(Tibiotarsus [fused shin and ankle bones] of Eoneophron infernalis, from Atkins-Weltman et al., 2024)

Meaning of name: Eoneophron = dawn [in Greek] Neophron [genus of the extant Egyptian vulture, sometimes called the "Pharaoh's chicken"]; infernalis = from Hell [in Latin]

Age: Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)

Where found: Hell Creek Formation, South Dakota, U.S.A.

How much is known: A partial right hindlimb.

Notes: Eoneophron was an oviraptorosaur, a group of bird-like theropods with short and often toothless skulls. The only other oviraptorosaur that had previously been named from the Hell Creek Formation was the much larger Anzu, which is estimated as having weighed between 200–350 kg. The type specimen of Eoneophron, on the other hand, is thought to have weighed around 78 kg. However, the microscopic structure of its bones indicates that it was close to fully grown when it died, suggesting that it is not a juvenile specimen of Anzu. Eoneophron is also unusual in that two of its ankle bones were fused to its tibia (shin bone); among oviraptorosaurs, this feature is otherwise known only in Avimimus from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia.

Reference: Atkins-Weltman, K.L., D.J. Simon, H.N. Woodward, G.F. Funston, and E. Snively. 2024. A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria: Theropoda) from the end-Maastrichtian Hell Creek Formation of North America. PLoS ONE 19: e0294901. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294901

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New dinosaur just dropped

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"Leaping Hell Chickens"

The newly discovered Caenagnathid Oviraptor-line dinosaur called Eoneophron infernalis (Dawn Neophron of hell). This emu sized theropod lived in the upper Cretaceous Hell Creek formation in South Dakota.

It was described as a new species from remains that were previously attributed to another Caenagnathid species called Anzu wyliei. The paper that described it, Atkins-Weltman et al. 2024, recovered it as closely related not to Anzu but another Caenagnathid called Elmisaurus.

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Eoneophron infernalis Skeletal

enter: Eoneophron infernalis, a new caenagnathid from the Maastrichtian of the Hell Creek Fm., congrats to Atkins-Weltman et al., (2024) on the publication

THERE IS AN UPDATED VERISON NOW! you can click here to see it.

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Updated Eoneophron Skeletal

UPDATED Eoneophron infernalis skeletal

changes made: - increased width of bones (i didnt account enough for taphonomic distortion) - updated posture to be more balanced - changed back of crest to be more in line with Elmisaurus - fixed skin colour on human silhouette - added metatarsal V

If you want to see the original to compare, you can click here to see it