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The mighty Siberian duo, Elasmotherium sibiricum (Thin Plate Beast) and a Saiga antelope. Elasmotherium lived during the Late Pliocene (Piacenzian Age 2.588 MYA) to Late Pleistocene (39,000 years ago) and was named by Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim in 1808. With four
Flamboyant Dilophosaurus wetherilli (Two crested lizard) boasting a fantastic pair of crests. Early Jurassic Period (Sinemurian Age 193-190.8 MYA) and was 7 meters (23 feet) long. Known from USA, Arizona (Kayenta Formation). Illustration by @greasydirtgrub. 🤓🦖
A pair of Utahraptor ostrommaysi (Utah's hunter) on a game trail in the Early Cretaceous Period (Barremian-Aptian 129.4-122.46 MYA). Up to 4.65 to 7 meters (15-23 feet) long, 1.5 to 1.7 meters (4.9-5.9 feet) tall at the hips and 280 to 500 kg (620-1,100 lb) in weight. Named by
Seems to me, if you can get the citizens of a Democracy to no longer agree on what is objectively true in the world, then you have conquered them with all the strength of an invading army.
[The Battle by Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665)]
A lonely Diplodocus longus (double beam) crosses a mirror-like flooded salt flat. Classifies as Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Diplodocidae, Diplodocinae. Its fossils were first discovered in 1877 by Benjamin Franklin Mudge and Samuel Wendell
A young male Merycoidodon culbertsoni (ruminating teeth) AKA Oreodon (hillock teeth) crests an inland sand dune looking for new territory. Other species M. bullatus, M. major and M. dunagani (unassigned). Named by Leidy in 1848 and was 1.4 meters (4.6 feet) long. Classifies as
A pair of creepy looking Albertosaurus sarcpohagus (Alberta lizard) patrolling the forest of Alberta, Canada. Also found in USA, from the Late Cretaceous (possibly as early as the Campanian and Maastrichtian Age 73-68 MYA), Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Named by Henry Fairfield
A Tsaagan mangas (White monster) sniffs the air for anything promising to eat/drink. From Mongolia, Ömnögovi Province (Djadokhta Formation) and lived during the Late Cretaceous (Campanian Age 75-72.1 MYA). Named by Mark Norell, James Clark, Alan Turner,
Baryonyx walkeri (Heavy claw), Irritator challengeri (In reference to the 'irritation' of the palaeontologists) and Suchomimus tenerensis (Crocodile mimic). Illustrations by @matheusfgadelha. 🤓🐉
Protoceras celer (first horns) from the Oligocene to the Early Miocene 33.3—16 MYA, existing for approximately 17 MY. Discovered by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1891, from North America. Classifies as Artiodactyla, Protoceratidae, Protoceratinae. Illustration by Joschua Knuppe. 🤓🐉