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Posts treating: "Theropod"

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

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Would Theropods (and Pterosaurs) Really Have Wanted To Eat Humans? 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [2016-06-28 20:37:41]  recommend  recommend this post  (204 visits) info
In every movie I can think of where dinosaurs and humans meet each other, the movies have you believe that any theropod from a Compsognathus to a Tyrannosaurus see humans as a new, tasty prey. Now I understand that it would subtract from the thrill of the movie if the theropods did nothing to the

Mirror Mirror On The Wall, Which Theropod Is The Strongest Of Them All? 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [2016-05-30 03:19:51]  recommend  recommend this post  (668 visits) info
what theropod family is the strongest(at parity)? Is it:  all theropods are represented by the “best” of there group at 32 feet long Abd how ever much they’d weigh at that size the early tyrannosaurids? these vicious t.rex predecessors relied in speed agility and arm power to kill there prey abd fight rivals. They had long narrow

“Lightning Claw” And The Evolution Of The Megaraptora 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [2016-05-13 20:34:37]  recommend  recommend this post  (222 visits) info

 Cretaceous; AU,US,SE
The opalised claw of “Lightning Claw”. Image courtesy of National Geographic. In September of last year, an intriguing new find was announced. The fragmentary, opalised skeleton (a cast of the bones “filled in” with opal) of a theropod was discovered in the Griman Creek Formation in Lightning Ridge, Australia. The most striking part was a large

Large Dinosaur Bone With Large Bite Mark 

Dinosaur Home - Blogs [2014-10-11 16:51:03]  recommend  recommend this post  (118 visits) info

 US
This bone was found in a Texas creek know for marine reptiles and location dated 100-106 million years old. I have no idea except maybe large theropod. The six bite holes (evidence of one behind largest) really does not seem like any cretaceous marine reptile predation I have seen.  I really could use help with

New Dinosaur Rhinorex Raises Cretaceous Quandary 

Laelaps [2014-09-19 21:55:57]  recommend  recommend this post  (358 visits) info

 Cretaceous
Rhinorex is an evocative name for a dinosaur. It sounds like a snarling theropod with a huge nasal

Brian Engh: Stomp time! 

Sauropod Vertebra Picture of the Week [2013-09-16 08:35:23]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
Because “here’s that Brian Engh sketch of a sauropod literally stomping the guts out of a theropod you ordered” was a bit ungainly for a post title. Here we have Futalognkosaurus sporting some speculative soft tissues, smooshing some very non-speculative soft tissues out of SeriouslywhogivesacrapwhatitisImjustgladitsdyingvenator. If you just look at the theropod’s face and not

The Prize 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2013-05-07 19:55:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (69 visits) info
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Regular readers may dimly recall that we held some sort of daft art contest here a few months ago, based on the concept of some well-known palaeoar...palaeontography book or other. Hopefully, you were all paying attention when we announced the winners - with first place going to one Andrew Dutt of New York. Naturally, it wasn't enough to simply send a copy of Dinosaur Art - it had to be enhanced with some glorious Himmapaanification first. (Oh, and slightly ruined by me.)Now, I should [...]

The Animatronic Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2013-03-11 21:13:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (74 visits) info

 Jurassic
It's well known that Jurassic Park revolutionized CGI effects in cinema, but what tends to be forgotten is how much incredible practical work went into creating the dinosaurs of Isla Nublar. The Stan Winston School has been seeking to remind us of it by posting a series of behind the scenes videos narrated by the effects technicians themselves, and they are a must watch for anybody even remotely interested in special effects. Or, well, dinosaurs. Prior to watching this, I was unaware [...]

Dr. Masiaka, Meet Mr. Vicious 

The Bite Stuff [2012-10-29 08:01:12]  recommend  recommend this post  (72 visits) info
Very short post. The full post will occur on October 31st. So what was the solution to my “mystery theropod“? Here is the first image. Seems innocent enough. But appearances are deceiving. This is Dr. Masiaka, and as one can … Continue reading

Did Dinosaurs Swim? 

Dinosaur Tracking [2012-09-24 16:37:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (57 visits) info
Carnivorous theropod dinosaurs were once thought to be hydrophobic, but rare swim tracks show that these predators at least sometimes took a dip in lakes and

The Squirrel Imitator 

The Bite Stuff [2012-07-28 00:32:14]  recommend  recommend this post  (93 visits) info
Ok, so I get why Oliver Rauhut and crew named their new theropod dinosaur, a purported megalosauroid, Sciurumimus albersdoerferi. It has all the appreciative charm of being cute, fluffy, and the specimen is preserved with its tail up and over … Continue reading

theropod badassishness 

drip | david’s really interesting pages... [2012-07-24 18:10:16]  recommend  recommend this post  (77 visits) info
We interrupt our regular program of inactivity to bring you this theropod badassishness: From dicks, check out that flap-riding, attack at the neck

Christoph Hoppenbrock 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2012-07-13 14:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (86 visits) info

 Jurassic
A brief preface, as is to be expected in this era of decreased activity here at the blog. I am very much committed to continuing it, but I expect that its focus will continue to shift. When I was a nine-to-fiver, I found it much easier to be up the latest research. I could spend lunches and breaks writing posts. Though they often betray my status as a novice in paleontological knowledge, this type of post has been very satisfying for me, and writing about hot new taxa is a perennial source of [...]

Vintage Dinosaur Art: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs: Part 1 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2012-06-18 20:58:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (74 visits) info
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It's about time for something truly seminal. Even if you have never read David Norman's 1985 encyclopedia - and I hadn't, until last week - you will instantly recognise the majority of John Sibbick's illustrations. They are without a doubt among the most influential dinosaur illustrations of all time, inspiring countless knock-offs and derivative works that even ranged to toys and life-sized models. While the majority of them are now scientifically obsolete (with some groups of animals having [...]

Vintage Dinosaur Art: I Can Read About Dinosaurs! 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2012-06-11 17:10:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (94 visits) info
Today we feature another piece shared by Terry Thielen. We've featured a pretty wide spectrum of work during this series, and this one definitely sits on the "cheapo" end of the spectrum: compositions obviously inspired by classic work, printing that can charitably be described as frugal, text seemingly spat out from the top of the writer's head. Of course, it's also not exactly aiming high: I Can Read About Dinosaurs has a pretty modest goal embedded in its title. It was published in 1972 by [...]

Baryonyx in Colordo: 100th post 

RMDRC paleo lab [2012-01-31 00:56:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (45 visits) info
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It's been 1oo posts since I started this blog. Some people would have something special planned out for an occasion like this. Plan? Why start now?Amazingly, the post I did about a year ago on our asembly of a cast Baryonyx skeleton is still the main traffic driver on this blog, after the updates of course. In order to celebrate, I'm putting up a few more pics of the cast for future google image surfers.With a copy of the Maidstone slab in the backgroundNice pawsThis specimen is on display for [...]

Plateosaurus didn't gallop 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2012-01-20 15:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (79 visits) info
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Recently, I finally read a paper by Heinrich Mallison entitled 'The digital Plateosaurus II: an assessment of the range of motion of the limbs and vertebral column and of previous reconstructions using a digital skeletal mount'. Yes, it's from 2010, and I should hang my head in shame for not having read it before etc. etc. But bear with me. Reading Heinrich's paper, I was reminded of an e-mail sent to us some time back by Jay Epperhart, one that I referenced in a previous post. As a reminder, [...]

Vintage Dinosaur Art: Dinosaur Time revisited 

Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs [2012-01-16 09:00:00]  recommend  recommend this post  (53 visits) info

 Cretaceous
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Experiencing feelings of déjà vu? It's quite all right - you're getting on a bit now, and your delicate mind isn't quite what it was. But apart from that, David's looked at this book before - all the way back in December 2009. Unfortunately, owning a fragile hardback edition prevented him from scanning anywhere near as many pages as he wanted to. Good thing, then, that I have come into possession of a similarly historical paperback edition from 1974. Check out Mr Orr's original post if you [...]

ChrisM discovers sex at NatGeo! 

drip | david’s really interesting pages... [2011-12-28 10:55:50]  recommend  recommend this post  (62 visits) info
Some scientists make discoveries by stumbling through dusty museum collections, now ChrisM of Echinoblog finds a previously unobserved sexual pose in National Geographics photo gallery… there it is, the above photo by David Doubilet. Also of note: the sun star Labidiaster eating a theropod. I’m always amazed at what someone can see if he / she

Monolophosaurus 

Dave Hone’s Archosaur Musings [2011-12-27 09:52:15]  recommend  recommend this post  (74 visits) info
This is a rather better photo of the skull of this theropod than I’ve managed before, and with my recent paper on dinosaur crests now out, it seemed a relevant time to post this up. Monolophosaurus is famous for having quite a large crest of bone along the midline of the skull that runs from
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