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Posted 8 months ago
rhamphotheca: Moschops (meaning calf face) is an extinct genus of therapsid that lived in the Late Permian, around 255 million years ago. Therapsids were proto-mammals (non-mammal synapsids), which were the dominant land animals. 5 m long, Moschops was the largest land animal of its time, a herbivore preyed on by other therapsids. Its remains were found in the Karoo region of South Africa… (read more: Wikipedia) (image: Dmitry Bogdanov) Zoom

rhamphotheca:

Moschops (meaning calf face) is an extinct genus of therapsid that lived in the Late Permian, around 255 million years ago. Therapsids were proto-mammals (non-mammal synapsids), which were the dominant land animals. 5 m long, Moschops was the largest land animal of its time, a herbivore preyed on by other therapsids. Its remains were found in the Karoo region of South Africa… (read more: Wikipedia)

(image: Dmitry Bogdanov)

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dowelikeit: Meet Medusaceratops  Greek Mythology and Ceratopsians? I don’t think it can get any better. Zoom

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Meet Medusaceratops

 Greek Mythology and Ceratopsians? I don’t think it can get any better.

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fuckyeahmineralsandfossils: Velociraptor mongoliensis (based on fossils from Mongolia and China, Late Cretaceous) Velociraptor had many bird-like characteristics, including long arms, feathers and a wishbone. It had a specialised claw on the second toe that it held off the ground when walking. This claw may have used to pierce or hold on to prey. Illustrator: James Reece Zoom

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Velociraptor mongoliensis (based on fossils from Mongolia and China, Late Cretaceous)

Velociraptor had many bird-like characteristics, including long arms, feathers and a wishbone. It had a specialised claw on the second toe that it held off the ground when walking. This claw may have used to pierce or hold on to prey.

Illustrator: James Reece

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Posted 2 years ago
Tylosaurus prorigorPronunciation: (TIE -low-SORE-us pro-RIG-or)Meaning of name: Knot lizard, stiff in front Length: 43 feet (13 meters)Weight: Estimated 2 tons (1,800 kg)Diet: Fish, ammonites, other marine reptilesRange: North America (Kansas)Age: Late Cretaceous, 85-78 million years ago What’s real?: The skeleton is a cast of the original at the Kansas University Museum of Natural History What is it?: Tylosaurus is a mosasaur and not a dinosaur. It’s related to monitor lizards. Zoom

Tylosaurus prorigor
Pronunciation: (TIE -low-SORE-us pro-RIG-or)
Meaning of name: Knot lizard, stiff in front

Length: 43 feet (13 meters)
Weight: Estimated 2 tons (1,800 kg)
Diet: Fish, ammonites, other marine reptiles
Range: North America (Kansas)
Age: Late Cretaceous, 85-78 million years ago

What’s real?: The skeleton is a cast of the original at the Kansas University Museum of Natural History

What is it?: Tylosaurus is a mosasaur and not a dinosaur. It’s related to monitor lizards.

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Posted 2 years ago
Tenontosaurus tilletti Pronunciation: teh-NON-toe_SORE-us, TILL-et-eye Meaning of name: Tillett’s tendon lizard Length: 23 feet (7 meters) for adults. The larger skeleton in the museum is a juvenile (13 feet or 4 meters). The smaller ones are young. Weight: Estimated 1,500 pounds (680 kg) Diet: PlantsRange: North America (Montana, Utah, Wyoming) Age: Early Cretaceous, 115-105 million years ago What is it?: Tenontosaurus is a dinosaur that is probably related to Iguanodon. Zoom

Tenontosaurus tilletti
Pronunciation: teh-NON-toe_SORE-us, TILL-et-eye
Meaning of name: Tillett’s tendon lizard

Length: 23 feet (7 meters) for adults. The larger skeleton in the museum is a juvenile (13 feet or 4 meters). The smaller ones are young.
Weight: Estimated 1,500 pounds (680 kg)
Diet: Plants
Range: North America (Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
Age: Early Cretaceous, 115-105 million years ago

What is it?: Tenontosaurus is a dinosaur that is probably related to Iguanodon.

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Posted 2 years ago
*In the image above, the Order Phacopida (yellow) is of uncertain origin arising in the early Ordovician, and persisting to the end of the Devonian. Zoom

*In the image above, the Order Phacopida (yellow) is of uncertain origin arising in the early Ordovician, and persisting to the end of the Devonian.

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LOOK AT THIS FUCKING TRILOBITE Zoom

LOOK AT THIS FUCKING TRILOBITE

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Posted 2 years ago
A 10-million-year-old nursery for the extinct megalodon shark has just been found in Panama (via Discovery news)

A 10-million-year-old nursery for the extinct megalodon shark has just been found in Panama

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