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Saurophaganax was one of the largest carnivores of Late Jurassic North America, bigger than Torvosaurus, Allosaurus, and Ceratosaurus, but rarer in terms of recovered material. Art by @JCTArtStudio.
For #TheSummerOfTheropods, I’ll be introducing our first “controversial” theropod, #Saurophaganax, the “lord of lizard eaters”, a large allosauroid dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of the Late Jurassic of Oklahoma. Art by Hellraptor Studios
Sinosauropteryx was anatomically similar to Compsognathus, but differed from its European relatives in its proportions. Sinosauropteryx by @studio252mya and Compsognathus by @paleofan.
Amongst dromaeosaurids, Austroraptor was one of the largest along with Utahraptor. Art by @FredtheDinoman
Our first oviraptorosaur for #TheSummerOfTheropods, #Caudipteryx (“tail feather”), a peacock-sized dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period. Caudipteryx was feathered and remarkably birdlike in overall appearance. Art by Matt Martyniuk.
Falcarius measured 12 to 13 feet in length with an estimated weight of 220 lbs. In terms of anatomy, Falcarius had a small head with leaf-shaped teeth indicative of its herbivorous behavior, along with a long neck, and a complete forelimb. Art by Dibrangosaurus
Fossil evidence is known of an individual that ate a pterosaur, with a tooth belonging to Irritator still inserted into the fossil neck vertebral column of a pterosaur. Artwork by @MarkWitton
More material of Irritator was discovered giving insight on its appearance where it even had a sail, akin to other spinosaurids. Irritator was estimated to have measured 20 to 26 feet in length and weighed 1 ton, making it a small spinosaurid. Art by @FredtheDinoman
9. Introducing #Pelecanimimus (“pelican mimic”) for #TheSummerOfTheropods a primitive ornitomimosaur from the early Cretaceous of Spain. Artwork by Green-Mamba.
5. For #FossilFriday here’s our first #abelisaurid for #TheSummerOfTheropods, #Majungasaurus, the “Mahajanga lizard” from Madagascar of the Cretaceous period. It’s also become probably one of my favorite theropods. Artwork by @SerpenIllus