Posts tagged dinosaur

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Posted 8 months ago
eddycrosby: Flight of the Pterodactyls Acrylic on gessoed 300 gsm watercolour paper. A4 size Zoom

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Flight of the Pterodactyls

Acrylic on gessoed 300 gsm watercolour paper. A4 size

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Posted 8 months ago
it-sfullofstars: Feathers Preserved In Amber Give Scientists A More Colorful View Of Dinos A trove of dinosaur protofeathers and more modern bird feathers, preserved in amber from a Late Cretaceous Canadian site, offers researchers a unique chance to examine the structure, function and even color of the feathers adorning dinosaurs and early birds 70 to 85 million years ago… Zoom

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Feathers Preserved In Amber Give Scientists A More Colorful View Of Dinos

A trove of dinosaur protofeathers and more modern bird feathers, preserved in amber from a Late Cretaceous Canadian site, offers researchers a unique chance to examine the structure, function and even color of the feathers adorning dinosaurs and early birds 70 to 85 million years ago…

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Posted 11 months ago
The long, hollow crest on Parasaurolophus’s skull was probably used as a “resonator,” through which the dinosaur could bellow or hoot loudly. Zoom

The long, hollow crest on Parasaurolophus’s skull was probably used as a “resonator,” through which the dinosaur could bellow or hoot loudly.

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Posted 11 months ago
Two lower teeth of an Iguanodon show the before (left) and after (right) atages of wear and tear. this would have been caused by the tough plant materials cellulose and lignin. Added to this was the unavoidable grit and dust that the animal would have eaten along with the plant.

Two lower teeth of an Iguanodon show the before (left) and after (right) atages of wear and tear. this would have been caused by the tough plant materials cellulose and lignin. Added to this was the unavoidable grit and dust that the animal would have eaten along with the plant.

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Posted 11 months ago
Sauropod teethA plant eater’s teeth were either spoon-shaped for nipping, or peglike for raking in leaves.

Sauropod teeth
A plant eater’s teeth were either spoon-shaped for nipping, or peglike for raking in leaves.

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Posted 11 months ago
Lower jaw from a Gorgosaurus Zoom

Lower jaw from a Gorgosaurus

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Posted 11 months ago
Brachiosaurus femurThis is part of a Brachiosaurus femur (upper leg bone). The complete bone would have measured 6ft 2 in (2.1 m) long. Zoom

Brachiosaurus femur
This is part of a Brachiosaurus femur (upper leg bone). The complete bone would have measured 6ft 2 in (2.1 m) long.

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Posted 11 months ago
Fossilized fern130 million years ago, during the Jurassic period, dinosaurs inhabited a landscape filled with ferns, horsetails, and cycads. Zoom

Fossilized fern
130 million years ago, during the Jurassic period, dinosaurs inhabited a landscape filled with ferns, horsetails, and cycads.

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Posted 1 year ago
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