Me with my dream dinosaur pet 😭

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Name: Gilaxton “Gil” Grymmpaw
Age: 34
Birthday: June 20, 1986
HT: 6 foot 2 inches
WT: 430lbs
Species: Lycanthrope
Orientation: Gay
Relationship Status: Single
Degrees : BSc. in paleontology/paleo-veterinary medicine.
Occupation: Animal Handler, DPG.

Art:

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God: Make me a paper on paleontology
Angel: Sure
....
God: I said "a paper on paleontology"
Angel: "paper from paleontology"
God: "A paper ON paleontology"
Angel: "ups"

Diplomoceras and Fibulacaris. Artwork by James McKay and

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Welcome a new lambeosaurine hadrosaurid from the of Morocco: "The first duckbill (#Hadrosauridae: from Africa and the role of oceanic dispersal in dinosaur by Longrich et al.
https://t.co/4A0e5dNSsY

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2020 edition. Thirteen prehistoric beasts named after monsters, horror, folklore, or something else spooky. How many can you guess? Results will be posted tomorrow!

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I present to you a Giraffoid, Specifically a Climacoceratid Artiodactyl (even toed ungulate) from the Early Miocene of North Africa and Pakistan. Meet Prolibytherium (as i like to call it, Butterfly Giraffoid). A Ruminant displaying dramatic sexual dimorphism.

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Today i present you yet another member of the Hasnot village, Pakistan. Meet Merycopotamus dissimilis. Merycopotamus was an Anthracothere. Anthracotheres were Whippomorphs, meaning they were closely related to Hippos and whales, perhaps more close to the former.

https://t.co/6S3RdqEghA

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215-Million-Year-Old Fossil from Greenland Sheds Light on Origin of Mammals
https://t.co/M67YC9ErJL

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They made big chungus into a real thing, meet nuralagus rex

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Hello I have a bachelor's degree in palaeontology and I'm currently doing my Masters thesis for it too! 🦕 And I also draw stuff!

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Shoulda been done way sooner but I've got other things I'm working on as well I promise, here's Oksoko, the recently described didactyl oviraptorid.

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I'm Tabbatha, I have a Bachelor's in Paleobiology and am striving for a PhD in vertebrate paleontology/ornithology! I'm also a behind-the-scenes Dino Institute volunteer at NHMLA!
I've loved dinosaurs since I was born and I'm so excited to pursue a career one day!

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Around 30 million years ago, grasslands started to spread across the globe. These plants grew hardier, forcing mammals from tiny rodents to big grazers like horses to adapt and diversify.

https://t.co/slgBc1a5JE

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