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Is tumblr aware that there's a dinosaur named Talos yet.

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Sleepy Mei Long in two colourways: Depicting a dinosaur whose name literally means "Sleeping Dragon" in Mandarin Chinese is a bit of a paleomeme at this point, but it is cute!

I chose to use domesticated pigeons and doves as a base for their colours because it would evoke the image of a peaceful bird... And one that I've seen a lot in my area because the environment's right for them.

Which Mei Long's your favourite?

Pigeon-coloured

Dove-coloured

Voting ended onJun 22, 2025

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I hope pokemon gives us that cool arson dinosaur as a friend.

If we got a Troodontid I would lose my mind.

Troodon itself is what we call a wastebasket taxon - they used to just sort of throw things into it if they didn't fit anywhere else. More recently, they've been sorted into more accurate places, so the term 'Troodon' is a tricky one to apply - but the overarching family, Troodontids, still carries the name. That's why the one we see in Prehistoric Planet is just referred to as a "Troodontid."

What we do know about them is that they generally had large eyes and, compared to their contemporaries, large brains. They were probably intelligent and capable of more complex hunting strategies, which is why we see the one in Prehistoric Planet intentionally using fire to hunt. They did a great job animating that - you can see the intelligence in its eyes. Troodontids' intelligence is why they were chosen in a certain children's show to operate the titular Dinosaur Train:

(They should have feathers in this show too, but I digress. Although they do tend to have some tufts when they take their hats off.)

Outside of Brachiosaurus, my all-time favorite dinosaur (it's held that title since I was 4), Troodontids are some of my favorite dinosaurs because of the sheer potential they had to do some really cool shit. I've recently been thinking about how fun it would be to have one as a pet (admittedly one that would need a lot of enrichment - big brains mean big boredom if they don't have things to do; ask anyone with a Border Collie). Most of them were pretty small, so it wouldn't be a space issue!

If Pokemon went this route I'd cry happy tears. I'd have my little friend and name him Mr. Conductor and we'd have a wonderful time.

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It’s not so much “arson” as it is “learning how to wield fire to develop and operate time-traveling steam locomotives.”

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Archovember Day 27: Stenonychosaurus inequalis

Stenonychosaurus inequalis has had quite a journey. It was named in 1932, but then in 1987 was reassigned to the genus Troodon and, for a while, it was known as /the/ Troodon: if you grew up a dinosaur fan in the 80s and 90s, this was the Troodon you grew up with (weird speculative evolution theories and all.) However, in 2017 Stenonychosaurus was restored, as the genus Troodon is considered potentially dubious (Troodon formosus is based on a single tooth; though the family are still called Troodontids.)

Stenonychosaurus inequalis was a large troodontid from Late Cretaceous Canada. It stood about 3 feet high and was around 8 feet long. It had large eyes and good vision, suggestive of a nocturnal, or at least partially nocturnal lifestyle. Stenonychus is most famous for having a very large brain in comparison to its body size. This would have made it much more intelligent than many of the other dinosaurs that shared its environment, but still about as intelligent as your average bird. (So, not as smart as a raven or parrot, but probably smarter than an owl.)

Since Stenonychosaurus had a sickle claw on each foot like dromeosaurs and some early avialans, it is assumed that they were predators. However, their teeth are different from most other carnivorous theropods, and the shape of their jaws, grasping hands, large brain, and stereoscopic vision seem to indicate an omnivorous diet, similar to a raccoon.

Stenonychosaurus lived alongside the hadrosaurs like Lambeosaurus, Corythosaurus, and Prosaurolophus, ceratopsians like Styracosaurus, Centrosaurus, and Chasmosaurus, ankylosaurs like Scolosaurus, Euoplocephalus, and Edmontonia, and pachycephalosaurs like Stegoceras and Foraminacephale. It would have been hunted by apex tyrannosaurs Daspletosaurus and Gorgosaurus and perhaps the azhdarchid pterosaur Cryodrakon.