I’m also guilty of talking about Spinosaurus mirabilis more than Haolong. But then again, what can I say? I just really love theropod dinosaurs.
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I’m also guilty of talking about Spinosaurus mirabilis more than Haolong. But then again, what can I say? I just really love theropod dinosaurs.
I’m guilty of this too but the fact that I’ve seen an order of magnitude more art and discussion of Spinosaurus mirabilis than Haolong says a lot about the dinosaur palaeontology community and where our biases are. Haolong is inarguably more important, but it’s received a fraction of the attention.
Observation: I feel that many dinosaur folks have a habit of taking for granted what they already know versus what a general audience already knows, and that this can lead to something of a misalignment when it comes to judging the broader educational value of dinosaur media.
Revising this statement slightly after reading other takes: dinosaur folks *wildly* overestimate how much the general public already knows.
I think if your takeaway from the Netflix show is that audiences won't learn much, you're way deeper into fundamental dinosaur lore than 95% of people.
LOL! I can’t attend the talk, but that sounds hilarious.
These are not "T. rex hands", these are "N. lethaeus" hands! Posing with Jane at the Burpee Museum.
At the Burpee Museum of Natural History #PaleoFest2026 this weekend visiting Jane and all the scientists, some of our former staff, and even a couple Sternberg Camps students in attendance!
#mosasaur #fossil #Morocco
"Named Pluridens imelaki, the species belonged to a group of relatively slender-jawed mosasaurs and may have reached more than 9 m (29.5 feet) in length."
New Giant Mosasaur Species Discovered in Morocco | Sci.News share.google/2NDhxGerRazP...
The squids was the "soft-bodied thing" Pluridens imelaki ate. Starting from the Cenomanian, squids started their numerical dominance over other forms of cephalopods. They became the sea-food for large pelagic animals.
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
🧪 ⚒️ #Geology #Paleobio #EvoBio
Fossilized dinosaur tooth of an Afrovenator showing showing fractured enamel.
A dinosaur tooth of a cf. Afrovenator abakensis from the Irhazer Group in Marandet, Aderbissinat, Agadez, Niger. The cookies 'n cream colors can be quite pretty, albeit, the tooth is still fractured like most. #FossilFriday
#dinosaur #fossil #paleontology #afrovenator #megalosaurid #theropod
Love the last few minutes of episode 4.
Finished #TheDinosaurs. Has some issues, but I liked it. Much better than LOOP, by far.
Awwww, look at the little T. rex hatchlings.
#TheDinosaurs
“But in this arms race, there’s one thing that does set these dinosaurs apart.
Intelligence.”
*T. rex ambushes and knocks over Ankylosaurus*
ALSO, T. REX IS PORTRAYED AS BEING CAPABLE OF KILLING ANKYLOSAURUS IN A PALEO DOC! WOOOOOO!
#TheDinosaurs
HOLY SHIT! Tyrannosaurus rex vs Ankylosaurus magniventris! LET’S GO!!!
#TheDinosaurs
I’m at the 66 Mya part. So far, I’m guessing this takes place at around what would eventually be known as Utah and Colorado, considering all of the fauna.
#TheDinosaurs
OH SHIT! Eat even one of the hadrosaur’s babies, and the big pterosaur is already paying the price.
#TheDinosaurs
Oh my god. A Spinosaurus used a fish to lure a shark to swim in between her jaws, and it worked. Clever girl.
#TheDinosaurs
This doc also calls Spinosaurus the largest predator to walk the Earth. Nope, it’s just the longest. Sorrh, I just had to say that.
#TheDinosaurs
I’m on episode 3 right now. I must say WOW, what a gorgeous Yutyrannus!
#TheDinosaurs
LOL! The Plateosaurus are actively threatening the little Procompsognathus right now.
#TheDinosaurs
For those who struggle to read from graphics, here's the wording in plain text: "After a year off in 2025 and a period of silence, organisers of recent SVPCA have met with other interested parties to discuss future symposia, including provisional plans for a meeting in late August or early September 2026. More details to follow very soon."
News on #SVPCA, a (mostly) UK-based annual meeting devoted to vertebrate palaeontology. Things have been quiet about the meeting for the last 18 months, but a team of us are working to pick up where we left off. More details to follow ASAP, hopefully very soon.
#FossilFriday #paleontology #fossil
I feel so bad for the poor, starving, weak rhynchosaur. I honestly want these Luperosuchus relatives to just eat her, so she can be put out of her misery.
#TheDinosaurs
“New lands that will help set the course for the rise of the dinosaurs.
But first, the reptile empire must falter.”
Morgan, you do realize that dinosaurs are reptiles, right?
#TheDinosaurs
Just started watching Netflix’s #TheDinosaurs. Not even 2 minutes in, and Morgan Freeman already pronounces Pachycephalosaurus weirdly, lol.
Why did mammals beat out the dinosaurs?
We recount one of evolution's great underdog stories, in this fun video with my pals @animalogic.bsky.social !
youtu.be/v0PtFnOTdAk?...
My notebook
This is my artificial intelligence writing assistant, it provides work-flow enhancement and doubles as a fly swatter. I write much more efficiently with it! I’d like a 50 billion dollar evaluation please.
Hernández-Luna, C.A., Hendrickx, C., Marín-Leyva, A.H. et al. The dentition of tyrannosauroid theropods: a review. Discov Geosci 4, 96 (2026). doi.org/10.1007/s442...
Last week, amidst the hoopla over a new Speen, @fishfetisher.bsky.social suggested a review of naming papers in fancy journals in response to a post by @daveyfwright.bsky.social - I got bored after work and now I have (some) data!
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#FossilFriday
#CharismaticTaxaAreOverrated
Pencil sketch. Foreground: two dacentrurine stegosaurs drinking from a stream in front of an embankment covered in a Gleichenia thicket. Equisetum grow by the streamside. In the background an adult and juvenile Stegosaurus wander through osmundaceous ferns. A Ptilophyllum-type bennettite stands from among the ferns.
Sketch: dacentrurine and stegosaurine stegosaurs coexisting in the Morrison Formation
Can’t wait to read your review. I never read this one.
Are you reviewing this book? Do you review books?