The neotype, USNM 4734, has a fragmentary skull which underwent distortion. This lead to it being reconstructed with a very short snout that looks like an Allosaurid cosplaying as an Abelisaurid. This weirdness is what influenced the short snouted Allosaurus in WWD

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Dino Fact:

Rugops (Wrinkle Face) is an Abelisaurid from Late Cretaceous Africa! It was named this after the grooves left on its skull by large blood vessels. Its skull also had 2 rows of 7 holes, which might've been there for a crest or horns to attach to.

Art: daitengu

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Yutyrannus huali est le plus grand dino connu ayant eu des plumes (preuves directes).Les fossiles de ce tyrannosauridé de 9m de long présentent des filaments de 20 cm. Il vivait en Chine il y a 125 Ma, dans un climat relativement froid (10°C). 📄: Xing et al. 2012✏

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Gorgosaurus was a tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America. It is known from dozens of specimens, making it the best-represented tyrannosaur.

https://t.co/slgBc1rH8e

Illustration by Sergey Meleshin

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Dino Fact:

Aucasaurus (Auca Lizard) is an Abelisaurid from Late Cretaceous Argentina! The only skeleton found had a badly damaged skull, which was likely how it died. It's believed either it was bitten by another Aucasaurus or a Saltasaurus fell on it.

Art: Hoatziraptor

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Penemuan cebisan tulang belakang, leher, jari, pinggul dan ekor spinosauridae di Formasi Khok Kruat pada tahun 2004 serta tulang ekor di Formasi Sao Khua pada 2019 mempunyai persamaan struktur dengan spesies yang berasal dari Eropah, Baryonyx walkeri.

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Penemuan fosil gigi spinosauridae di Thailand berlaku lebih awal, iaitu sekitar tahun 1980-an di Formasi Sao Khua yang berusia 129.4 hingga 125 juta tahun lalu. Pada 1986, fosil ini diberi nama Siamosaurus suteethorni.

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1.SPINOSAURIDAE
Fosil dinosaur pertama di Malaysia ditemukan pada Februari 2014 melalui sebuah kajian lapangan kumpulan penyelidik daripada Jabatan Geologi, Fakulti Sains, Universiti Malaya yang juga disertai wakil daripada dua buah universiti Jepun, ...

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I forgot what the name of this Mongolian dromaeosaurid is, can anyone remind me? It's the one whose name starts with T and means "White"

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The ~16 meter long Diamantinasaurus is one of the largest known from Classified as either a basal titanosaur or a close relative to the Saltasaurids, this long-neck lived about 95mya. (#PaleoArt Credit to Travis Tischler)

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Posting some art for once, so have some dromaeosaurid drawings.

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This is a tyrannosaurid dinosaur visiting a house (during lockdown)

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some spinosaurids with wikimedia designs! ✨💕

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Dino Fact:

Acheroraptor (Underworld thief) is a Dromaeosaurid from Late Cretaceous North America! It was among the last dromaeosaurs to ever live, as well as the first one found from the Hell Creek Formation, home to big names like T-Rex and Triceratops!

Art: Saurian

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Dromaeosauridae, the dinosaurs that generally are informally called raptors even though Velociraptor is just one of many types of Domaesauridae, with feathers are just so cool.

And these are ones we actually know for sure were feathered too.

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Our article with on the postcranial skeleton of Cerrejonisuchus (Dyrosauridae) has been published today in !
To celebrate, here is a personal reconstruction of the beast🐊
https://t.co/iGPFqZVoVs

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Dino Fact:

Aviatyrannis (Grandmother Tyrant) is an early Tyrannosaurid from Late Jurassic Portugal. Aviatyrannis, as well as Eotyrannus, showed Tyrannosaurs didn't just migrate from their homeland Asia to North America and some had ended up in Europe.

Art: Johan Egerkrans

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Dino Fact:

Xiongguanlong (Xiongguan Dragon) is an early Tyrannosaurid from Early Cretaceous China. It marked a turning point in Tyrannosaur evolution. Compared to other early tyrannosaurs, it was larger, more robust, and had smaller arms like later tyrannosaurs.

Art: JELSIN

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Oxalaia quilombensis

(Based on the S. aegyptiacus skeletal by Sassy PaleoNerd (modified) and the O. quilombensis skull diagram by PaleoGeek)

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spinosaurid godzilla

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