Why is this body configuration so rare in tetrapods? (Details in description)4mo ⋅ Maniraptavia ⋅ r/Paleontology
Since Jurrasic Park came out, there has been a lot of misinformation about Dinosaurs what are your thoughts1yr ⋅ King_Obsidian ⋅ r/Paleontology
New fossil species of giant wombat called Ramsayia magna has been described from Queensland. It was a grass grazier that lived 80,000 years ago but did not burrow like modern wombats! Image Credit: Eleanor Pease.1yr ⋅ PrehistoricAustralia ⋅ r/Paleontology
What do you people think of the Jurassic World's Yutyrannus design? Is it good looking and accurate?1yr ⋅ FlamingUndeadRoman ⋅ r/Paleontology
Resting Tyrannosaurus rex in a forest in the Hell Creek formation by DigitalDuck.2yr ⋅ KingOfHellCreek ⋅ r/Paleontology
An amazing museum display depicting an encounter between an early native American and a North American short faced bear.2yr ⋅ dimitrios_vlachos_04 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Following all the cool finds of early human fossils recently, I made an infographic summarising our current best knowledge about the evolution of our genus (Homo)3yr ⋅ Pluto_and_Charon ⋅ r/Paleontology
Could dinosaurs breath our air today? Or would they suffer from oxygen toxicity or some other kind of breathing issue?2wk ⋅ bistahieversor_74 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Missing Halloween party vibes this year so here was me and my best bud as a Trilobite and Paleontologist last year. :)3yr ⋅ slyloon ⋅ r/Paleontology
Nautiluses and horseshoe crabs are both really cool animals so it's a pity what's been happening to them2yr ⋅ Smoke_Me_When_i_Die ⋅ r/Paleontology
Although Deinosuchus was the top predator in the water, was it the top predator of the region despite dealing with tyrannosaurs such as Albetosaurus and Daspletosaurus? (Image created by Raul D. Martin)1yr ⋅ Gillzter10 ⋅ r/Paleontology
The lost titans of Pleistocene north America, by Velisar Simeonovski.2yr ⋅ dimitrios_vlachos_04 ⋅ r/Paleontology
do we have any theories on how the heck did Nostoceros (and many similarly shaped Nostoceratids for that matter) fed, breed or moved, while having a shell like, that...7mo ⋅ Prestigious-Love-712 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Fossil of the large Late Cretaceous fish, Xiphactinus audax (13ft long), with a smaller fish, Gillicus arcuatus (6ft long), preserved in its stomach. Next to it is a living fossil for scale.2yr ⋅ arbreure ⋅ r/Paleontology
Everyone's talking about spino, upvote for the OG SAILY BOI - Dimetrodon4yr ⋅ IloriGoat ⋅ r/Paleontology
2 kings.One on the land and one in the deep,Tyrannosaurus rex and Mosasaurus hoffmani.3yr ⋅ Ilovemonsters7 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Pig theory what if enteldons were more on the heavy side because if you compare their skull to that of a hippo they both have those bony protrusions and you can't see that on a live hippo because they are covered with muscle and fat so maybe enteldons were chunkier2yr ⋅ Majikarp9 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Fossil of 37 million years old Whale Skeleton found in Wadi Al Hitan, Egyptian desert3yr ⋅ TN_Egyptologist ⋅ r/Paleontology
Last year's Tucson Gem and Mineral Show had a lot of seemingly high-quality yet mysteriously low-priced fossils...2yr ⋅ Smoke_Me_When_i_Die ⋅ r/Paleontology
TopMinds have discovered that non-avian dinosaurs walked the earth a mere 35,000 years ago1yr ⋅ 420danger_noodle420 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Like everyone else here, i also wanne share my excitement about the new Spinosaurus findings.4yr ⋅ D-Raptor ⋅ r/Paleontology
Utahraptor, the largest of all the dromaeosaurs! (Sorry, no banana for scale 🍌)2yr ⋅ Fossilfrogs ⋅ r/Paleontology
Did Spinosaurus and Spinosauridae in general have feathers?6mo ⋅ SensitiveExtreme3037 ⋅ r/Paleontology
I want to get into reading as a hobby, and so I decided to pick this as my first book!1yr ⋅ 555q ⋅ r/Paleontology
Recently described gharial-mimicking mosasaur Gavialimimus. It was able to thrive in the presence of a ton of other mosasaurs in what is now Morocco due to niche partitioning --that is, they all did stuff differently and ate different things to avoid competition. Art by Joshua Knuppe.3yr ⋅ EDGEwild ⋅ r/Paleontology
OtherMe next to a life-size restoration of Quetzalcoatlus northorpi at the field museum in Chicago9mo ⋅ Entertainmlg ⋅ r/Paleontology
A 70,000-year-old skeleton of a mammoth found in the Serbian city of Kikinda3yr ⋅ Krindz_lebac ⋅ r/Paleontology
Did Protoceratops remains help influence the griffin? What are some other examples of fossils influencing mythology?1yr ⋅ Gillzter10 ⋅ r/Paleontology
I drew this mosasaurus with barnacles but i don't know if is accurate2yr ⋅ guanlie_the_guanlong ⋅ r/Paleontology
Tarbosaurus bataar, digital painting - Photoshop, 2023, reference image: 1970 Zdenek Burian painting1yr ⋅ Martin_Spurny ⋅ r/Paleontology
A new, transitional centrosaurine, discovered in 2020 named ‘stellasaurus’ was determined to be a separate genus from rubeosaurus and styracosaurus and rather a transitional form between the latter and einiosaurus, thus completing the evolution of the ‘Styracosaurus-line' of dinosaurs. Art by me.3yr ⋅ thesesametree ⋅ r/Paleontology
Torosaurus skull (left as you see it) compared with a triceratops skull (right). (from Tate Geological Museum at Casper college)2yr ⋅ dimitrios_vlachos_04 ⋅ r/Paleontology
What is the largest known specimen of Giganotosaurus and where is it located?2yr ⋅ denzlegacy ⋅ r/Paleontology
Dogs are all the same species of course, but do you think in a couple million years scientists will see skeletons of pugs versus skeletons of golden retrievers and see them as different species?4yr ⋅ meorgarie ⋅ r/Paleontology
Reposted from R/Memes, but I thought it was a great example of the shrink wrapping problem in Paleo art4yr ⋅ lookinsidemybrain1 ⋅ r/Paleontology
From the original photoshoot of the 110 million year old Nodosaur from earlier today...2yr ⋅ HerbziKal ⋅ r/Paleontology
The Ahuizotl was a creature described by the Aztec people. Although it is often considered mythical with its spiked fur, long prehensile/hand tail, pointed ears, and human predation, it matches the description of what some extinct otter species like the enhydriodon dikikae would look like.2yr ⋅ slothhprincess ⋅ r/Paleontology
Drawing of the male Hatzegopteryx from Prehistoric Plant 2. My first attempt at a pterosaur.1yr ⋅ Bugs_and_Biology ⋅ r/Paleontology
Hi, i'm autistic adult and one of my fixations is prehistoric life. Yesterday i was lucky enough to find these DVDs for $3 each and I'm really happy!3yr ⋅ Laeko3501 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Is this correct? I was under the impression that birds and dinosaurs didn’t share a common ancestor, but that birds ARE dinosaurs (seen in lecture today).1yr ⋅ saalego ⋅ r/Paleontology
Question, could Arthropleura roll into a ball like modern millipedes do, or did it use its exoskeleton for defense against the predators of the Carboniferous?2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
What is this animal in a diorama at the Museum of Natural History in NYC?1yr ⋅ Routine-Prize-1782 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Why is Tyrannosaurus rex always studied and gets new papers by paleontologists? What is the allure to Tyrannosaurus rex for paleontologists?1wk ⋅ teratophoneus_76 ⋅ r/Paleontology
I'm curious what are the scientific Accuracies and Inaccuracies of Dinosaur train1yr ⋅ Gamerzilla2018 ⋅ r/Paleontology
My tattoo of Deinonychus in full sprint, original paleo art by Robert T Bakker5mo ⋅ notsostarvingartist ⋅ r/Paleontology
Is it possible for tanystropheus to possess cobra-like frills to attract fish similar to modern Herrons?(example bellow)1yr ⋅ gojirexgamers2022 ⋅ r/Paleontology
All these fools complaining about how the new Jurassic movie sucks, and meanwhile my boomer ass is hittin up with what REALLY kicked off the whole thing.1yr ⋅ HorrorBoi_13 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Can anyone here explain how “50 million year old dinosaur poop” is possible?2yr ⋅ hotinarizona ⋅ r/Paleontology
An ammonite trapped in Burmese amber (Yu et al., 2019). This Cretaceous Puzosia ammonite likely died and was washed ashore where it was then entombed in amber by a near-shore tree. A truly unique specimen that gives me hope we'll find an ammonites soft parts preserved!3mo ⋅ Anomalocaris15 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Ive heard that Hatzegopteryx was the biggest Pterosaur ever yet ive also heard that Quetzalcoatlus was the biggest Pterosaur ever. So wich one is it?8mo ⋅ Existing-Ad4603 ⋅ r/Paleontology
20 years ago, Sea monsters special was released .... Man we are Prehistoric5mo ⋅ Prestigious-Love-712 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Size comparison between the skull of an adult black bear (white colour) and an extinct Eurasian cave bear (bronze colour).2yr ⋅ dimitrios_vlachos_04 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Need some help identifying the sauropod in this size comparison picture? Anyone have any idea what it is?1mo ⋅ Ashamed-Bath-4247 ⋅ r/Paleontology
I got a cast of a Utahraptor claw from Utah during my road trip.4yr ⋅ Saurian-Nyansaber ⋅ r/Paleontology
i broke open a rock i found for fun then found this, is it a fossil of some kind? Location: Ireland1yr ⋅ Competitive_Ad_2307 ⋅ r/Paleontology
How smart were Azhdarchids, like Hatzegopteryx, Quetzalcoatlus, Arambourgiania, etc.? How much is known about pterosaur intelligence?1yr ⋅ Astrapionte ⋅ r/Paleontology
whatever happened to David Peters anyways? I haven't heard a peep from the guy since 2017!2yr ⋅ Saurophaganax4706 ⋅ r/Paleontology
A new image of a pachycephalosaurus has been revealed for PP season 2!. Do not know where it came from, as it was on bestinslots channel1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Jack Horner is making dinosaur NFT’s with T. rex being a scavenger. All the designs are terrible. Despicable2yr ⋅ bigdicknippleshit ⋅ r/Paleontology
I made this little Styracosaurus skull as a birthday gift for a friend1yr ⋅ Mart_Art ⋅ r/Paleontology
the alpha demo for my game about dinos digging up dinos is here! lmk what you think :)2yr ⋅ thegeolojosh ⋅ r/Paleontology
What’s up with these inflatable sacs on the sauropod’s neck (from the Attenborough doc, “Prehistoric Planet). Are they a thing??2yr ⋅ mlc2475 ⋅ r/Paleontology
We've wrapped day 9 on expedition in New Mexico! Our 1x limb bone site has become a 2x limb bone site, with this complete dinosaur tibia exposed in the last few hours!11mo ⋅ BenjaminMohler ⋅ r/Paleontology
With saber-toothed cats and giant ground sloths crossing the Great American Interchange, did mammoths and mastodons ever make it to South America? We know they made it as far as Nicaragua and the Amazon rainforest makes it difficult to preserve fossils, but is it possible?2yr ⋅ Gillzter10 ⋅ r/Paleontology
