Irritator. Sprint dinosaur for the letter I. Apparently named due to the annoyance paleontologists had over the original specimens handling.

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Paleontologists seeing scansoriopterygids in the early 2000s:

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Welcome to the twitter page of Paleontologists against Systemic Racism! Follow this thread to learn more about our goals, plans and our Mission Statement!

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Hello! I’m Rudolf, an illustrator and paleoartist. Some of you might have seen my paleoart on other platforms. My works are not the most accurate out there, but I do aim to improve over time. So to the more experienced paleoartists and paleontologists, feedbacks are welcome!

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Next up in is: Nanotyrannus. Paleontologists and Lolicons don't mix.

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It's too late for them to take over dinosaurs. We got there first. And I don't just mean casual dinosaur fans, trans people are paleontologists, paleoartists, popular science writers. If you like dinosaurs, chances are you already like the work of a trans preson.

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Paleontologists Find 231-Million-Year-Old Fossil of Tuatara-Like Reptile
https://t.co/gjnJjJ90eZ

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I do professional art with armchair science observations. I'd love to team up with professional paleontologists and paleobotanists to make cool comics for middle-grade readers!

(Okay fine, adults can read the comics, too :))

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paleontologists study 9,000-year-old and wonder if the beasts were *tamed* —
👁 https://t.co/UO8TF1YhBH via

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It's 's latest picture book biography is a rare find: Jack Horner, Dinosaur Hunter! Young paleontologists will love learning more about Jack's incredible life and discoveries 🦖🎬 Pre-order via here: https://t.co/9bZMwtUOPy

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Paleontologists Find Fossils of Extinct Giant Cloud Rats in Philippines
https://t.co/EGlxeAVivj

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This amazing masterpiece by Corbin Rainbolt, shows a scene in the La Venta locality, South America, a rainstorm slows the progress of a group of Huilatherium pluriplicatum (Huila Beast) while a Langstonia huilensis (Named in honor after paleontologists Wann Langston Jr.)

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I am the artist that created all the graphics. I worked with top paleontologists to help make each graphic. I scanned actual field notes for the background of Tennessee Panda art. Per scientist suggestion, used Asian elephant as the base for NY Mastodon.
https://t.co/6xGA79WL5G

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Ocepechelon bouyai; the giant, tube-snouted Protostegid sea turtle from the Late Cretaceous seas of Morocco. The strange rostrum of this reptile is unique among tetrapods, and paleontologists have compared it to the snouts of beaked whales and Pipefish.

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New science is changing what we thought we knew about how dinosaurs looked, moved, and lived. Join leading paleontologists Nizar Ibrahim and Sebastián Rozadilla for stories and conversation about the evolving science of dinosaurs on Feb. 24 at 7 pm! https://t.co/qGmhDezHDu

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Koprolitos Gran Reserva: and their pets, serie de la ilustradora austriaca Pelycosaur24 con curiosas extintas

▶️ https://t.co/koH2WVILL8

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About 50 years ago, paleontologists excavated a site in Baton Rouge that produced hundreds of bones, including at least 3 individual American mastodon left dentary (lower jaw), collection.

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Why did it take 55 years for paleontologists to get suspicious that their reconstruction of Tsintaosaurus had a gaping hole in the middle of its cranium? Instead of assuming it was filled with bone they went "oh ok so the hole housed a pair of ballsacs"

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Amargasaurus was a sauropod known from Cretaceous rocks of western Argentina. Although once thought to support a double sail on its neck, paleontologists now think the long spines were freestanding.

https://t.co/slgBc1rH8e

Illustration by Nathan E. Rogers

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The discovery of this "first bird” from the Jurassic Period of Germany in 1861 ignited the idea that birds descended from dinosaurs. Paleontologists still debate the precise nature of Archaeopteryx's flight.

https://t.co/slgBc1rH8e

Illustration by Franz Anthony

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