#theropod — Public Fediverse posts

Dinnon and Ernest at a University Circle parade, probably…

For MossySnake and DesertMurderMouse

#spinosaurus #dinosaur #inflatable #ceratosaurus #theropod #furryart

The “Chicken Yard” track site, lower Cretaceous of Germany, in an older oil painting. This piece won’t be in the upcoming PALAEONAVIX SHOP, but awaiting a new home with some friends of ours.

#wealdengroup #cretaceous #Dinosaurs #theropod #Neovenator #allosaurus #iguanodon #oilpainting #paleontology #art #science #research #museum #chickenyard #piece #comingsoon

The “Chicken Yard” track site, lower Cretaceous of Germany, in an older oil painting. This piece won’t be in the upcoming PALAEONAVIX SHOP, but awaiting a new home with some friends of ours.

#wealdengroup #cretaceous #Dinosaurs #theropod #Neovenator #allosaurus #iguanodon #oilpainting #paleontology #art #science #research #museum #chickenyard #piece #comingsoon

T' Night is a Good Night :)
Well, here's my second artfight attack this year and I wanted to try out something more painterly again. Made sure to render the face more than the other things...but I think this piece would have benefited from more rendering, but I dunno. Also I didn't feel like rendering out millions of leaves and blades of grass, so maybe this was also not the right composition for my little painting practice. Already took me almost 4 hours to complete, so already one of the pieces I spent the most time on so far.

As always I have learned a lot :)

Oh and the character is T of https://www.furaffinity.net/user/indiwolfonline ^^ nice purple troodon

#furry #furryart #art #artfight #artfight2026 #raptor #troodon #claws #openmouth #lookingup #shootingstar #night #nightsky #gradientbackground #forest #sitting #tail #theropod #digitigrade #stripedmarkings #purplebody #purpleeyes #troodontid

T' Night is a Good Night :)
Well, here's my second artfight attack this year and I wanted to try out something more painterly again. Made sure to render the face more than the other things...but I think this piece would have benefited from more rendering, but I dunno. Also I didn't feel like rendering out millions of leaves and blades of grass, so maybe this was also not the right composition for my little painting practice. Already took me almost 4 hours to complete, so already one of the pieces I spent the most time on so far.

As always I have learned a lot :)

Oh and the character is T of https://www.furaffinity.net/user/indiwolfonline ^^ nice purple troodon

#furry #furryart #art #artfight #artfight2026 #raptor #troodon #claws #openmouth #lookingup #shootingstar #night #nightsky #gradientbackground #forest #sitting #tail #theropod #digitigrade #stripedmarkings #purplebody #purpleeyes #troodontid

T' Night is a Good Night :)
Well, here's my second artfight attack this year and I wanted to try out something more painterly again. Made sure to render the face more than the other things...but I think this piece would have benefited from more rendering, but I dunno. Also I didn't feel like rendering out millions of leaves and blades of grass, so maybe this was also not the right composition for my little painting practice. Already took me almost 4 hours to complete, so already one of the pieces I spent the most time on so far.

As always I have learned a lot :)

Oh and the character is T of https://www.furaffinity.net/user/indiwolfonline ^^ nice purple troodon

#furry #furryart #art #artfight #artfight2026 #raptor #troodon #claws #openmouth #lookingup #shootingstar #night #nightsky #gradientbackground #forest #sitting #tail #theropod #digitigrade #stripedmarkings #purplebody #purpleeyes #troodontid

Artfight - Bobo at the Beach!
My first artfight attack yippie ^^

I went for a nice and thick line style to ease into some good ol' Krita drawing with resolutions bigger than 500 pixel (mind blowing) so this was I think a nice way of doing so.

I think it turned out well, I'm happy :)

Character is called Bobo and belongs to https://artfight.net/~FlowerbugSketches

#furry #furryart #art #raptor #digitalart #artfight #artfight2026 #dromaeosaurid #bluebody #bluefur #beach #beachball #bucket #sand #wave #water #sun #sky #standing #waving #wavingatviewer #happy #claws #celshading #trowel #shovel #tongueout #tail #feet #digitigrade #dinosaur #theropod #digitaldrawingartwork #openmouth #signature

Pan Fried Jax
Yeah I dunno.

Happy Pride Month!

#furry #art #furryart #digitalart #painting #pridemonth #raptor #sauage #pan #fryingpan #sausage #egg #friedegg #bacon #friedfood #velociraptor #micro #oil #scales #feathers #text #englishtext #countershading #featheredscalie #feathereddinosaur #furredscalie #furreddinosaur #wings #featheredwings #scalie #theropod #dinosaur #fur #tail #sitting #lgbtpridemonth #simplebackground #digitalmediaartwork #digitalpaintingartwork #featheredtail #highangleview #kitchen #redfur #whitefur #talkingtoanother #openmouth #eartuft #tailtuft

Pan Fried Jax
Yeah I dunno.

Happy Pride Month!

#furry #art #furryart #digitalart #painting #pridemonth #raptor #sauage #pan #fryingpan #sausage #egg #friedegg #bacon #friedfood #velociraptor #micro #oil #scales #feathers #text #englishtext #countershading #featheredscalie #feathereddinosaur #furredscalie #furreddinosaur #wings #featheredwings #scalie #theropod #dinosaur #fur #tail #sitting #lgbtpridemonth #simplebackground #digitalmediaartwork #digitalpaintingartwork #featheredtail #highangleview #kitchen #redfur #whitefur #talkingtoanother #openmouth #eartuft #tailtuft

https://www.europesays.com/uk/974960/ Mystery of Tyrannosaurus rex’s Tiny Arms May Finally Have an Answer #Abelisauridae #ARM #Bite #Carcharodontosauridae #Ceratosauridae #ConvergentEvolution #Dinosaur #evolution #Forelimb #head #Jaw #Megalosaurinae #Science #skull #Theropod #Tyrannosauridae #TyrannosaurusRex #Tyrannotitan #UK #UnitedKingdom

Vor 16 Jahren gab es im Museum König in Bonn die Dinosaurier-Ausstellung zu den "Giganten Argentiniens".

Der zweibeinige Theropode ist ein Giganotosaurus.

Für den Argentinosaurus (Sauropode, vierbeinig) auf dem zweiten Bild musste das Museum eine weitere Halle anbauen.

Humans for scale

#MuseumKoenig #Bonn #Dinosaurier #dinosaurs #palaontologie #Theropod

Vor 16 Jahren gab es im Museum König in Bonn die Dinosaurier-Ausstellung zu den "Giganten Argentiniens".

Der zweibeinige Theropode ist ein Giganotosaurus.

Für den Argentinosaurus (Sauropode, vierbeinig) auf dem zweiten Bild musste das Museum eine weitere Halle anbauen.

Humans for scale

#MuseumKoenig #Bonn #Dinosaurier #dinosaurs #palaontologie #Theropod

#Gorgosaurus ( GOR-gə-SOR-əs; lit. 'dreadful lizard') is a #genus of #tyrannosaurid #theropod #dinosaur that lived in western North America during the #LateCretaceous #Period (#Campanian), between about 76.5 and 75 #millionYearsAgo. #Fossil remains have been found in the #CanadianProvince of #Alberta and the #USState of #Montana. #Paleontologists recognize only the #typeSpecies, G. libratus, although other species have been erroneously referred to the genus. Like most known tyrannosaurids.

New Species of Triassic Carnivorous Dinosaur Identified in Argentina

A new genus and species of theropod dinosaur being named Anteavis crurilongus has been described by a team…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Anteavis #Anteaviscrurilongus #argentina #CarnianPluvialEpisode #Climate #climatechange #Dinosaur #evolution #Fossil #IschigualastoFormation #Neotheropoda #paleoclimate #SouthAmerica #Theropod #Triassic
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/230712/

New Species of Triassic Carnivorous Dinosaur Identified in Argentina

A new genus and species of theropod dinosaur being named Anteavis crurilongus has been described by a team…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Anteavis #Anteaviscrurilongus #argentina #CarnianPluvialEpisode #Climate #climatechange #Dinosaur #evolution #Fossil #IschigualastoFormation #Neotheropoda #paleoclimate #SouthAmerica #Theropod #Triassic
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/230712/

Gigantic Megalosauroid and Allosauroid Dinosaurs Had Weak Bites, Study Suggests

While tyrannosaurid dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus rex  had skulls that were optimized for high bite forces, other gigantic carnivorous…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Allosauridae #Allosauroidea #Allosaurus #AU #Australia #Bite #Carnivory #Dinosaur #fossil #Giganotosaurus #Jaw #Megalosauroidea #Megalosaurus #skull #teeth #Theropod #Tyrannosauridae #Tyrannosaurus #Tyrannosaurusrex
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/46364/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/304070/ Paleontologists Discover First Evidence of Multispecies Dinosaur Herding #alberta #Ankylosauridae #Canada #Ceratopsia #Ceratopsidae #Cretaceous #DinosaurProvincialPark #footprint #Footprints #fossil #Herd #herding #NorthAmerica #Science #SkylineTracksite #Theropod #Tyrannosaur #Tyrannosauridae #UK #UnitedKingdom

Paleontologists Discover First Evidence of Multispecies Dinosaur Herding

Paleontologists say they have discovered the 76-million-year-old footprints of a ceratopsian dinosaur-dominated herd in Dinosaur …
#NewsBeep #News #Science #alberta #Ankylosauridae #Canada #Ceratopsia #Ceratopsidae #Cretaceous #DinosaurProvincialPark #footprint #Footprints #fossil #GB #Herd #Herding #northamerica #SkylineTracksite #Theropod #Tyrannosaur #Tyrannosauridae #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/32205/

Sheila Kirkland, Version 2. Pleasantly thicc murder floof. Trying to get this finished up...

The color scheme book described these swatches as dangerous...

#raptor #dinosaur #inflatable #feathered #theropod #furryart

Spinosaurus at the Munich Show 2024.

This special exhibition marked the first time that a skeleton of this enigmatic dinosaur went on display in Munich after the original specimens from the Bahariya Oasis of Egypt were destroyed during World War II.

#science #paleontology #fossils #dinosaurs #theropod #spinosaurus #exhibition #history #munichshow2024 #munich #egypt #morocco

Spinosaurus at the Munich Show 2024.

This special exhibition marked the first time that a skeleton of this enigmatic dinosaur went on display in Munich after the original specimens from the Bahariya Oasis of Egypt were destroyed during World War II.

#science #paleontology #fossils #dinosaurs #theropod #spinosaurus #exhibition #history #munichshow2024 #munich #egypt #morocco

Tracks left by a bird-sized #dinosaur suggest it used wings to run faster https://phys.org/news/2024-10-tracks-left-bird-sized-dinosaur.html

#Theropod trackways as indirect evidence of pre-avian aerial behavior https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413810121

"Because the tracks suddenly end, it is impossible to tell if the creature was taking off, landing or simply flapping wings as a means of land-based propulsion. Thus, it is not known if the dinosaur could fly. The possibility exists, however"

Tracks left by a bird-sized #dinosaur suggest it used wings to run faster https://phys.org/news/2024-10-tracks-left-bird-sized-dinosaur.html

#Theropod trackways as indirect evidence of pre-avian aerial behavior https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2413810121

"Because the tracks suddenly end, it is impossible to tell if the creature was taking off, landing or simply flapping wings as a means of land-based propulsion. Thus, it is not known if the dinosaur could fly. The possibility exists, however"

A discovery of #dinosaur tracks in Australia — dating back to the Early #Cretaceous when Australia was still connected to Antarctica — indicates that large #theropod #dinosaurs thrived in this polar environment, prowling the river floodplains when the ice thawed during the summers.

The tracks indicate that these former polar environments supported large carnivores.

The large theropods would likely have fed on prey such as smaller dinosaurs, fish and turtles.

https://news.emory.edu/features/2024/09/large-theropods-study-04-09-2024/index.html

A discovery of #dinosaur tracks in Australia — dating back to the Early #Cretaceous when Australia was still connected to Antarctica — indicates that large #theropod #dinosaurs thrived in this polar environment, prowling the river floodplains when the ice thawed during the summers.

The tracks indicate that these former polar environments supported large carnivores.

The large theropods would likely have fed on prey such as smaller dinosaurs, fish and turtles.

https://news.emory.edu/features/2024/09/large-theropods-study-04-09-2024/index.html

TheDinosaurMann's Dino December! Dec 11th: #Deinonychus
Doubled as a #commission

#illustration #paleoart #dinosaurs #theropod #TheDinosaurMann #DinosaurMannsDinoDecember #raptor #dromaeosaurs

New Spinosaurid #Dinosaur Species Identified in Spain
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/riojavenatrix-lacustris-12773.html

Increasing the #theropod record of Europe: a new basal #spinosaurid from the Cameros Basin. Evolutionary implications and palaeobiodiversity https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad193/7564790

"#Spinosaurids are a family of large theropod dinosaurs known from the mid-#Cretaceous. These #dinosaurs are characterized by long skulls with conical teeth that are convergent with those of crocodylians and robust limbs with a massive thumb claw.

New Spinosaurid #Dinosaur Species Identified in Spain
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/riojavenatrix-lacustris-12773.html

Increasing the #theropod record of Europe: a new basal #spinosaurid from the Cameros Basin. Evolutionary implications and palaeobiodiversity https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad193/7564790

"#Spinosaurids are a family of large theropod dinosaurs known from the mid-#Cretaceous. These #dinosaurs are characterized by long skulls with conical teeth that are convergent with those of crocodylians and robust limbs with a massive thumb claw.

A young #Duriavenator hesperis found the empty shell of a #Garantiana sp. at the beach (Bajocian, 168 Ma, England).

#paleoart #art #dinosaur #theropod #ammonite

#Archovember Day 21: Yangchuanosaurus shangyouensis

#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Yangchuanosaurus #Theropoda #Theropod

Archovember Day 10: Megalosaurus bucklandii

#paleoart #palaeoart #dinosaur #art #dinovember #Megalosaurus #Theropod

#NewSpecies of Ostrich-Mimic Dinosaur Discovered in Japan https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tyrannomimus-fukuiensis-12284.html

New #theropod #dinosaur from the Lower #Cretaceous of Japan provides critical implications for the early #evolution of #ornithomimosaurs https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40804-3

"Ornithomimosaurs first appeared in the Early Cretaceous and persisted until Late Cretaceous. Almost all of them were toothless, and apparently their jaws were covered by a horny beak; they also had very long legs and arms."

#NewSpecies of Ostrich-Mimic Dinosaur Discovered in Japan https://www.sci.news/paleontology/tyrannomimus-fukuiensis-12284.html

New #theropod #dinosaur from the Lower #Cretaceous of Japan provides critical implications for the early #evolution of #ornithomimosaurs https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-40804-3

"Ornithomimosaurs first appeared in the Early Cretaceous and persisted until Late Cretaceous. Almost all of them were toothless, and apparently their jaws were covered by a horny beak; they also had very long legs and arms."

Jurassic #Bird-Like #Dinosaur Had Long Lower Hindlimbs
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/fujianvenator-prodigiosus-12246.html

A new #avialan #theropod from an emerging #Jurassic terrestrial fauna https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06513-7

"This dinosaur exhibits an unusual set of morphological features that are shared with other early #avialans as well as #troodontid and #dromaeosaurid #dinosaurs."

Jurassic #Bird-Like #Dinosaur Had Long Lower Hindlimbs
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/fujianvenator-prodigiosus-12246.html

A new #avialan #theropod from an emerging #Jurassic terrestrial fauna https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06513-7

"This dinosaur exhibits an unusual set of morphological features that are shared with other early #avialans as well as #troodontid and #dromaeosaurid #dinosaurs."

Unenlagia: Beast of the Week http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2023/08/unenlagia-beast-of-week.html

"#Unenlagia was a #bird-like #theropod that lived in what is now #Argentina during the late #Cretaceous period, roughly 89 million years ago... When alive it likely ate meat, possibly specializing in smaller prey or #fish. The genus name translates to 'Half-bird' due to the #dinosaur's limbs which were particularly similar to those of modern #birds."

Massive pre-#Jurassic #reptile had weaker bite than modern #crocs
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-massive-pre-jurassic-reptile-weaker-modern.html

Functional morphology of the #Triassic apex predator #Saurosuchus galilei (#Pseudosuchia: Loricata) and convergence with a post-Triassic #theropod dinosaur: Molly Fawcett et al. https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25299

"comparisons with the later #dinosaur #Allosaurus found that despite their similar skull strengths, the earlier crocodile relative Saurosuchus had a much weaker bite than the #dinosaurs that followed it"

Now published! Brazilian PhD student Mauro Lacerda led our efforts to reconstruct how early #theropod #dinosaur pelvic appendages evolved, focusing on megalosauroids. Big open access paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.230481

#NewSpecies of #Theropod #Dinosaur Identified in #InnerMongolia https://www.sci.news/paleontology/migmanychion-laiyang-11996.html

A new theropod dinosaur from the Lower #Cretaceous Longjiang Formation https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667123001337

"phylogenetic analysis supports #Migmanychion laiyang as closely related to the bizarre #Fukuivenator paradoxus and places them closer to pennaraptorans than therizinosauroids."

I've not blogged for a while, but given the #AI craze, now seems as good a time as any to talk about former post-doc Jens Lallensack's cool paper on using #machinelearning to discriminate #theropod and #ornithopod #dinosaur tracks. https://peterfalkingham.com/2023/03/02/ai-well-machine-learning-and-dinosaur-tracks/