I hate Putting bright saturated yellows, reds, and blues on theropods, especially on small horns since higher contrast works just fine and that’s probably not what they were for
I feel they were more likely used to keep sunlight out of the animals eyes like in modern predators

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A comparison of Spinosauridae, a group of fish-eating theropods that flourished during the Cretaceous Period.

(Photo: Saurian)

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Day 28 There really isn't much I can say about this Cretaceous bad boy that people don't already know. Although most experts now believe it would have been feathered like most other theropods, I went sans-feathers.

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Day 25 Living in the cretaceous period in Africa, this was one of the largest carnivorous theropods to have existed. Lived like a crocodile on land and in water with a similar diet and large spine crest.

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The dinosauroid spawned a whole lineage of big-brained, alt-timeline most of which have been erect-bodied theropods. But then there's the bird-like, feathery, horizontal-bodied versions created by & ...

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Let’s start this week with a preview of an indeterminate compsognathid from the Lourinhā Formation, Late Jurassic (Late Kimmeridgean), of Portugal 🇵🇹. One of the 5 species of theropods from the Lourinhā formation that will be in my book.

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An assortment of Jurassic theropods: Ceratosaurus, Cryolophosaurus, Piatnitzkysaurus, Serikornis, Dracovenator, Eosinopteryx. If you are interested in commissioning some work you can DM me or contact me through my website https://t.co/gqNqGTCsD4

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i.. i spent part of my day drawing some dinosaur bs. slight resdesign of my theropods, and some kinda azhdarchid

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Who ruled the Cretaceous Bauru Group of Brazil: baurusuchids or theropods? The is messing with our understanding of the paleoecology. Via Bandeira et al., 2018: https://t.co/rHqfX8zaUt

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Daily II - Day
This is the 2nd of Utahraptor in the same composition, this time fully feathered based on plumage of Bald Eagle, to be slightly more scientifically accurate than its predecessor.

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Beautiful braincase of Murusraptor in by Ariana Paulina Carabajal and Phil Currie.
Enigmatic theropods from Gondwana with brain morphology similar to tyrannosaurids but neurosensorial capabilities resembling that of allosauroids.
https://t.co/ba8nMPUW8r

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Interested in Gondwanan theropods? Check out the latest issue of
Coelophysids, basal tetanurans, ornithomimosaurs, megaraptorans: 4 new taxa described and new data on the eingmatic Chilesaurus, Nqwebasaurus, and Murusraptor.
https://t.co/z3a6j085pE

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Today's exhibitor takes us back to the time of the dinosaurs it's Theropods https://t.co/N86kQ51hXA

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If you think about it, theropods hands can be scary.

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One of the largest Jurassic theropods: Torvosaurus tanneri. Morrison Fm (Brushy Basin mb, Colorado), Late Jurassic

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theropods like basal Eoraptor and Eodromaeus for a clade with ornithischians like basal Pisanosaurus

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Illustrations of theropods from Emma Stothers / https://t.co/sWRf08CI09

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If you haven't voted for Theropods yet then make sure you do! :D Only 8 hours left to vote!
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My first is complete! :D Head on over to to play Theropods!! :D
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