Taylor McCoy 🦖

“Two Earthlings,” by John Brosio

@MichaelEsola @TomHoltzPaleo It preserves marine animals too so probably a coastal environment. It’s the same time and region seen in the Cruel Seas episode of WWD so sorta like that probably, lots of islands and mangroves

@TM9380 @TomHoltzPaleo Any thoughts on what the habitat would’ve looked like. Would’ve been tropical or rather just forested

An oft forgotten Jurassic giant, Piveteausaurus. Known from a brain case, this appears to be a large megalosaur. The fossil is reportedly comparable to a large Allosaurus and @TomHoltzPaleo gave a tentative 11 meter estimate in a book. It was found in France and dates to ~164mya

@MichaelEsola @TomHoltzPaleo Probably, juveniles and sick individuals especially

@TM9380 @TomHoltzPaleo Amazing it was a pretty big animal . You think it would have harrased any sauropods in the area? Thx

@21Fede_ No but it is an archosauriform, which is better than Dinosaurus imo

Fun fact: Archosaurus is not an archosaur

(Art of the related Megalosaurus by @DragonsofWales)

@fish55667 Oh it’s certainly possible. How the Allosaurus that’s based on actually got the injury is unknown but it’s not impossible

@TM9380 So that one scene in dinosaur revolution where broken jaw bit off that sauropod’s tail was possible

This Allosaurus may have bitten off more than it can chew with this massive Barosaurus. #FossilFriday

@Aegyptiacus6 The mount itself combined with the rotunda, *chefs kiss*

@TM9380 Visited this museum over a year ago and this mount was easily my favorite

@Paleonyx_Art @TheRedRaptor65 Actually this graphic includes that but since it’s not called out in the post I’ll leave my comment for context

@Paleonyx_Art @TheRedRaptor65 Keep in mind there’s also the patches we have from fairly close relatives which fill in gaps further That’s not to say there still isn’t plenty of space for feathers, just wanna remind it’s more than just T.rex

Kinda miss back in the 2010s when people were embracing the idea of a feathery T.rex, both for accurate reconstructions and stylised designs Before some penny-sized scale impressions somehow got everyone to abandon the idea entirely

@paleozoey As I said with a similar comment regarding centrosaurines, I’m always a little wary when it comes to genus to genus jumps. Species to species is already tricky enough

@TM9380 it’s not even the only example of anagenesis in north american ceratopsians!

Anagenesis, the process of changing from one species to another, is a contentious point of study due to the incomplete nature of the fossil record. One more accepted example however is Triceratops, whose large sample size across Hell Creek shows a transition between species…

@PaleoWatcher Australia’s First Four Billion Years. Actually very good for the time Also same model(or similar) in Dino Stampede

@TM9380 Ah, that’s the Nova documentary about Australia, if I’m not mistaken? I never watched it. PS: Yeah, I forgot to mention 'except for WWD,' but nobody remembers him as Australovenator there xD

Did you notice this scene at the end of Ep 3 of The Dinosaurs? 👀🦖 It’s the Winton Formation (Australia) 🇦🇺 At the start of the scene, an Australovenator appears if I’m not mistaken, could this be its first appearance in paleo media? #TheDinosaurs #Netflix

@TM9380 I will have *them all* 😈

Came home to my Rebor Diplodocus waiting for me! This thing is stupidly long, lol. Most of my 1:35 dinosaurs are on my desk at work but it does a good job capturing just how horizontally gifted these animas were, haha

@DoubleBeam It is and the price is good. I just liked the colors/patterns and larger size on this one a little more

@TM9380 The Eofauna Diplodocus is very nice as well....

@DoubleBeam I was wanting a reasonably priced but large 1:35 sauropod to go with my Camarasaurus. This seemed perfect! Plus the Carnegie connection. Now I just need an Apatosaurus…

@TM9380 A great double beam 🏆

@AvenaKyle Yes(?)

@TM9380 Pliosaur?

Pliosaurus, one of the largest marine predators of the Jurassic. Several species are known, some of the largest like P. funkei(commonly known as Predator X) could measure over 10 meters and weighed 12 tons, bigger than an orca.

@Pyroraptor717 I don’t think that’s been found in the phylogenies. It’s exact affinities are still up for debate

@TM9380 i was shocked to learn recently that this thing is a weirdly big Microraptorine

The 2 meter Zhenyuanlong was a dromaeosaur, aka a raptor. The beautifully preserved fossil includes the feathers, including the wings. Fun fact: this animal has some of the shortest arms of any raptor!

@CuriosityonX @FossilLocator