For those who don’t know, earlier this year, scientists found a new, so far undescribed species of filter feeding shark from deposits of the Western interior seaway in 1975 from Morden, Manitoba. It has been nicknames “Dave”1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
With giant eyes and Raptorial claws, Dollocaris (Dollo’s shrimp) patrolled the mid Jurassic seas of France.2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Me next to a life-size restoration of Quetzalcoatlus northorpi at the field museum in Chicago2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Conulariids were a grouping of strange marine invertebrates that lived from the the Early paleozoic, up until the end of the Triassic. (More info in the comments).1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
A depiction of the ecosystem at blackberry hill, a lagerstatte in central Wisconsin. This site preserves some of the oldest land organisms, up to 510 million years old2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
At birth, pygmy hippos weigh 4.5–6.2 kg (9.9–13.7 lb) with males weighing about 0.25 kg (0.55 lb) more than females.4yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Awwducational
There were some mistakes with the original version of this that got spammed here, so I decided to try my own to fix it a bit. Anything wrong here?1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Just got done playing combat evolved, the mood changes real quick quick11mo ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/HaloMemes
Meet Habelia, a unique arthropod from the middle Cambrian that was related to chelicerates like arachnids. It had a wide array of appendages near its head that would allow it to hunt hard-shelled prey.1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
The site is experiencing multiple keter/Euclid containment breaches2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/DankMemesFromSite19
TIL that the Paleozoic chimera relative Orodus was an absolute monster of a fish.5mo ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Welp, looks like dunkleosteus got downsized recently, still metal AF though1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
It sure is nice living in the Ocean 2.460 billion years ago...10mo ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/PrehistoricMemes
The size of notable arthropods from the Waukesha lagerstatte (ignore the stock background)1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
How do we know which animals that had “saber-teeth” actually had lips covering them?1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Meet Yohoia, a megacheiran arthropod from the Burgess Shale, and the mantis shrimp analogue of the Cambrian1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Did advanced non-mammalian synapsids like the gorgonopsians lay eggs or give birth to live young?1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Looks like this paleontologist mystery isn’t even close to being solved1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
The Foosa is the largest carnivorous mammal native to Madagascar. This weasel like creature is a member of the family Eupleridae which is endemic to the island.2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Awwducational
New confirmed animals for life on our planet (Anomaocaris, Allosaurus, and Erthryosuchus6mo ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
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
One Carboniferous oddity solved, we just need to figure out this one1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/PrehistoricMemes
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
Turns out we are getting more prehistoric planet content after all.3mo ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Acheronauta is a recently discovered arthropod from the Waukesha biota site in Wisconsin. It is currently considered a possible mandibulate.1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
I was reading the paper on how Tyrannosaurus rex juveniles may have been the medium sized predators of the hell creek, but there was also Dakotaraptor, and not a lot of paleontologists mentioned that genus, why?2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
How would you rate Quetzalcoatlus from the dominion prologue in terms of accuracy from one to ten2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Meet the newest member of the ceratopsian grouping, Furcatoceratops elucidans, a Nasutoceratopsini centrosaurine that lived in Montana around 75 million years ago.9mo ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Does anyone know what this animal is it’s from the Cambrian and I’ve been trying to find the name for quite a while please help3yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
New image for prehistoric planet season 2, and can I just say this legitimately looks like paleoart come to life1yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Swimming in the Carboniferous waterways of Scotland, Crassigyrinus was 6 feet long and never left the water.2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Didelphis virginiana or the Virginia opossum is the only marsupial mammal found north of Mexico. Like all marsupials they Cary their young in a pouch. Unlike other wild mammals of North America, Virginia opossums are the least susceptible to rabies.3yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Awwducational
A new species of pterosaur called Leptostomia begaaensis was discovered in the Kem kem group of North Africa. A Beak found that that Leptostomia had a long crane like beak. It lived alongside the shark hybodus, the dinosaurs spinosaurus and carcarhadontosaurus, and the fish onchipristis.3yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
Scientists just announced the description of a new mammal. Named Diegoaelurus, it is the oldest saber-toothed mammal yet known. It’s not a cat despite her ya looks, it was actually a Machaeroidinae mammal and a member of Pan-Carnivora.2yr ⋅ crankyjob21 ⋅ r/Paleontology
