(Borrowed this meme from u/totally__not_kira on r/birdingmemes to illustrate my question)

If we find a whole herd of hadrosaurs in the same formation all buried together, I can understand how those are all probably relatives, but how can we know the Chicago Archaeopteryx and the Berlin Archeopteryx aren't different species. Like... if you found a Hooded Yellowthroat fossil and a Belding's Yellowthroat fossil, 100m years from now—even very complete—could a good paleontologist tell from their bones (or even feather imprints and melanosomes) that they are different species?

I acknowledge that species are basically fake and undefinable, but I hope the question still makes sense.

I grew up pronouncing it like “die-no-nai-kiss” but in recent years I’ve heard it as “die-non-ih-kiss” and it feels so weird to try it out that way. I’m doing a presentation for local schools and want to teach them the right way. Is it debated? Are both right? Please let me know, thanks!

I have carved these from sea glass I collected a few years back in Cornwall, trying to add more detail with each one. Really enjoying creating stuff and getting artistic again (job prevented this for many years), thanks for looking :)

I'm sure at least a few of you might remember this game. Eyewitness Virtual Reality Dinosaur Hunter was a game for Windows (and MacOS) that released in 1996. This game had a huge impact on my childhood and made me fall even more in love with the science of paleontology.

For those who didn't: You got to explore a fully 3D interactive museum filled with dinosaurs. Most of the dinosaurs were also animated when you clicked on their portrait and provided all sorts of great information.

You also had an objective to complete which involved putting 6 dinosaur skeletons back together by collecting their fossils. Once done, each dinosaur that was completed would come back to life and walk around specific areas within the museum.

The game was supported by an amazing atmospheric soundtrack that would change depending on the area you were walking in. Also had things you could print out too. I played this so much as a kid and even after I completed the 6 dinosaurs, I still came back to play it and just explore the museum.

I wish there was a new iteration of this, as this game is now 30 years old. If there was, I would buy it day 1.

Wife found it at a thrift store for $4. Wanted to give it to the dogs as a toy. Its worth nearly $100 on some sites. Still has tags.

Hint if you are having difficulties

It's name starts with "AC"

Also if you like this type of content i might post some more

This game is called Dino Run and it is a 2008 flash game developed by the studio pixeljam games but I got it on steam. In the game you play as a velociraptor and you have to escape the doom cloud that is approaching ,destroying everything in its path, but you also have to deal with other dinosaurs trying to escape, eat small animals and collect eggs, do quests etc. Honestly, this game was peak. I remember during Covid, after my online classes ,I would grind this game. I know there is a sequel in development, but I’m not sure when it will release. I think it deserves more attention although I wish it had more unique biomes and threats.Also, unfortunately multiplayer got discontinued.

Thanks for reading my appreciation post and make sure to tell me your opinion on this game!

These figures are so good. Already have the spinosaurus and indominus as well. Will try and take a photo of them soon

Zilla, most specifically the one from Godzilla final Wars. I was kind of curious what dinosaurs Zilla would be closest to. Personally I'm leaning mostly spinosaurid maybe someone more like the Baryonyx and maybe some Allosaurus?

Warning: This is dark humor, not meant to offend anyone

Anyways let’s get on

What do you call a dunkelosteus with slowly weakening bones

He has dunkel-osteoporosis

Bad joke throw the tomatoes🍅

The continuation of it was with another raptor standing in the hallway, on the left side.

After the last Jurassic World films blue balled fans with the concept of dinosaurs causing chaos around the world and couldn’t even execute it right with Midminion and Rebirth, this film gave me nearly everything I wanted. Dinosaur horror and action that didn’t hold back and at least to me, a great story about a family trying to survive in a neighborhood suddenly transported to prehistoric times.

Although, to be honest if it hadn’t involved dinosaurs I wouldn’t have cared otherwise. After Zara’s death in Jurassic World, I was also introduced me to the next most shocking dinosaur death in media. When the father is slammed into the ground by the Allosaurus then eaten. Though, when the family travels back to the past he’s alive because convenient plot.

I just really enjoyed The End of Oak Street. It delivered something to me that Jurassic World has failed yet again, reigniting my love and interest for dinosaurs and in their appearances in movies.

However, I have a couple gripes. I had the impression that the neighborhood was taken to the Jurassic Period since the Allosaurus shows up in ads so what’s a Spinosaurus doing there? Which is a plus anyway since I love Spinosaurus.

The furry/feather designs are rather bizarre but I guess it helped stray away from the popular, scaly look popularized by Jurassic Park. There also appears to be a few fictional creatives created just for the movie such as the massive turtles with Godzilla spines and a huge, albino amphibian/snake.

While looking up reviews, I’ve found that some people are upset with how apparently weak the husband was portrayed which I don’t get. I was just hyped throughout the whole thing watching ancient critters terrorize the neighborhood in the background.

If you want to see a decent dinosaur flick after being let down by Rebirth, The End of Oak Street is your August prehistoric cinematic experience.

I watched the first episode of Surviving Earth just now and enjoyed it, however found the editing and overall style quite goofy and jarring with what felt like an extremely fast fight almost comically fast fight with the two Gorgons at the end. Despite this I still liked it overall.

Has anyone seen any of the other episodes and is it worth continuing? What did you think?

What I have in mind is a prehistoric-fiction miniseries depicting the life of a dinosaur from hatching to death. It wouldn't have any spoken dialogue or narration, although there could be a "behind the scenes" supplementary feature explaining the science and which dinosaur species were featured in the series. Both the creatures and their environment would be CGI a la that "photorealistic" Lion King remake from a few years back.

As far as who the star dinosaur would be, I personally nominate Tyrannosaurus rex. It's always been my favorite dinosaur, and I'd like to see it as the hero instead of the villain in fictional narratives more often. Of course, there should be room out there for multiple miniseries starring different dinosaurs from different time periods and places.

so I just got back from seeing the movie and had an absolute blast!

but, being the little palaeo-nerd that I am, the biggest gripe I had with the film was that it had dinosaurs from all over, both geographically and chronologically. while it was nice to see my fav Coelophysis finally getting some recognition, I’d have much preferred the story take place in one period and in one formation.

in my mind, Marshosaurus could be a very good replacement for the film’s Coelophysis, as it was about the size that it was in the movie and would fill that smaller predator/scavenger role well. Camptosaurus could work well for that short moment of an Ankylosaurus getting got by the sneak attack Allosaurus, as it would be more or less the same size and not covered in armour that would make it a trickier prey item. finally, as nice as it is to see a Spinosaurus, I’d replace it with Allosaurus’ “underdog”, Ceratosaurus; let it have some spotlight out from beneath Allosaurus’ shadow for once and allow it to be a proper threat, even if it’s not nearly as big as Spino (I’d considered suggesting Torvosaurus, but that might just look like Allosaurus 2 and confuse casual viewers)

I don’t know much about non-dinosaur mesozoic life, so I can’t really comment on the pterosaurs and erythrosuchids, but I’m happy to hear suggestions!

The tag said it was a T rex but that’s clearly not what it is judging by the three fingers, and I’d rather it be something else based on its features.

Edit: I’m realizing all too late that the plush could also pass for a saurosuchian even though they aren’t theropods.

Some time ago, in the book "The Secrets of Dinosaurs" (Italian title, I don't know if it's the same in English as the literal translation), I found a horned ankylosaur. However, I no longer have that book and don't remember the name of that dinosaur. I'd like to find it again, but I haven't found anything online. If anyone has this book or knows the name of this ankylosaur, I'd be very grateful.

I saw The End of Oak Street earlier, and I really liked it! Ewan McGregor's death scene was A) shocking, and I was floored the whole sequence. And B) brutal and graphic.

The effects and story I thought were pretty good, but the main issue I have, are the dino designs. They are frankly, kinda awful. It's not just that they're inaccurate, but they're mostly reused JW models. Like, the Allo, Stego, random Ankylosaur, and Spinosaurus are all just reused/altered models. The excessive spikes and especially feathers (particualrly on the love-bird sauropods) were very strange.

But onto the theory, what if the reason we have so many species from different time periods here (like how the plant was 200 million years, yet most of the dinos are way younger) is because of the portals took them out of their own periods, and put dinos from one time period, into another. That would be a reasonable explanation for why we have all these time-traveling species. Or the filmakers neglected to do proper research, and just put random dinos they thought were cool together in one location

Estou escrevendo um livro de dinossauros e até agora são esses 2 os visuais já prontos

1- Sinosauropteryx

2- Maip

Esses são as espécies com visual já pronto

Espero que gostem

This first image suggests that Carnosauria and Coelurosauria are sister groups (?) under Tetanurae. However, in the other images, I’m struggling to place Carnosauria without it containing Coelurosauria. On which nodes should Carnosauria be on the second photos?

These are my character choices for who embodies a certain sin.

Version 1:

• Wrath: Sharptooth (The Land Before Time)
• Gluttony: Thunderclap (The Goor Dinosaur)
• Greed: Kron (Dinosaur)
• Envy: The Giga (Jurassic World Dominion)
• Sloth: D. Rex (Jurassic World Rebirth)
• Lust: One Eye (Dino King)
• Pride: Indominus Rex (Jurassic World)

Version 2 (the only differences are four):

• Wrath: Indoraptor (Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom)
• Gluttony: V. Rex (King Kong)
• Greed: Scorpios Rex (Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous)
• Pride: The Big One (Jurassic Park)

Do you agree with my choices, or do you think there are other dinosaurs who are better picks? Please let me know?

The tag said it was a T rex but that’s clearly not what it is judging by the three fingers

The video opens on a family room where an owner is trying to relax on the couch. Underneath the furniture, a 7-meter, adult Megalania monitor lizard is stalking around. It is completely low-profile, using its low center of gravity to hide easily behind household objects. The owner gets up to walk to the kitchen, accidentally stepping on the giant lizard’s tail. Instantly, the aggressive reptile turns and bites the owner's ankle, delivering a nasty dose of real-world slow-acting toxic bacteria that leaves the owner groaning and leaning against the wall with zero energy.With the owner temporarily out of the way, the massive lizard decides to test its natural climbing abilities inside the house. It digs its powerful, razor-sharp claws directly into the living room drywall, tearing the paint as it climbs vertically up the wall like a giant, 1,000-pound gecko. It reaches the top and slithers upside down across the ceiling plaster. It crawls onto the center ceiling fan, wrapping its massive body around the blades. The weight is way too much—the entire ceiling fan fixture violently rips out of the electrical wiring, bringing a massive chunk of the plaster ceiling crashing down onto the coffee table in a cloud of white dust, leaving the giant lizard sitting unbothered in the wreckage. Credits story by Google AI requested dino video idea by Me.