#old dinosaur

[harldelotl]

I also like getting these old Dinosaur trading cards at those antique store. And it’s just… weirdly fun collecting them!

The art is cool (even if the dinosaurs are inaccurate) but cool nonetheless!

Here’s some of the art!

[hawkland]

When all the tumblr stans and girls are acting ashamed of being hot and bothered by a “‘middle aged man” and I’m like, I’m a few years older than him

[quinnred]

Land of Scales:Thyreos (Stegosuchus)

"Thyreos are large herbivores that wander through the island's forest to feed on peculiar roots and bunches of ferns. Other times they are wallowing in shallow pools and chewing on aquatic plants in small groups.

Despite how calm they may seem, Thyreos have a bad habit of smashing anything with their tail if approached, often killing or crippling whatever dared to get near. This goes doubly so for mother Thyreos who defend their young with extreme prejudice.

The notably large plates along the back act as a display that makes any predator wary of the Thyreos's size, as well as to impress or threaten other Thyreos. Thyreos only start to develop these plates after a month of being born, when they are already getting too big for their mother to carry them in her mouth. The role of the plates in early life is to generally make them too hard to swallow for most predators, also so the mother can spot them in the brush.

Interestingly, Thyreos are crocodilians that have developed into primarily terrestrial herbivores. It is currently unknown if they share an origin with the salt water crocodile descended Ruptorsaurs, or if they descend from an ancient line of crocodylomorphs."

[sammuel62]

Dinosaur cartoon sketches. These dudes were a lot of fun to draw, and fairly easy to commit to memory, too, which is pretty cool skill to have.

- These sketches were referenced. The link to the original artist (all rights reserved) is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BFxtYhNI9qr/