A portrait of Wiehenvenator albati, a large megalosaurid from the Middle Jurassic of Germany, to start the New Year. I am still on vacation until next week though 😊

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This is a small reconstruction of Tianyulong confuciusi, an heterodontosaurid from Late Jurassic China, for my in-prep book. Some basal ornithischian dinosaurs are known to have been fuzzy... some could have been VERY fuzzy!

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Day 7 (Night) 😊 - Reuploaded since I forgot goofy spinosaurid teefs.
A suchomimus enjoys a rare peaceful night. I realised after that it was a little too brightly lit but okay just pretend this is Tamriel. 😅
*(I don't have a dinosaur problem)*

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2. The next for will be a proceratosaurid with a rather remarkable name “Crown Dragon”. Proceratosaurids are known for their small size (with some exceptions), long arms with three fingers, and elaborate crests.

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Lajasvenator ascheriae fue un dinosaurio terópodo carcharodontosaurido de principios del Cretácico.
Sus restos fueron encontrados en la Provincia de Neuquén, Argentina.
Lajasvenator es el carcharodontosáurido más antiguo registrado en Sudamérica, y el más pequeño en el mundo.

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Watch out for flash floods Borealopelta (Northern shield)! A nodosaurid ankylosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of Alberta. This dinosaur was the one washed out to sea and became the exquisite fossil housed at the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller.

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Rajasaurus is a carnivorous abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of India. India at this time was an island, due to the break-up of the supercontinent Gondwana. This ambush predator is hunting in a swampy grove of mangrove palms.

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Day 19: Alvarezsauridae; Alvarezsaurus.

A Cretaceous roadrunner is part basal member of Alvarezsaurid family.

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Day 14.

Kentrosaurus aethiopicus
Meaning: "sharp reptile"
Length: 4.5 m(15 ft)
Weight: 1 ton
Lived: Late Jurassic Africa
Diet: herbivore
Family: stegosauridae
Named: 1915

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Having some fun for today's A Lambeosaurus Lambei of love. A hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived 75 million years ago. I like to call them Mitten Heads.

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Day 12: Dryosauridae; Dryosaurus.

A Jurassic Iguanodontian dryosaurus elderae is the newest ornithopod specie that was originated in Dinosaur National Monument, Utah during the late jurassic. Based on skeletal design by GetAwayTrike.

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Day 11: Stegosauridae; Tuojiangosaurus multispinus.

This is an Asian Stegosaurid dinosaur that is originate in Dashanpu formation during the late Jurassic period.

Based on skeletal design by

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Dinovember Day 5.

Dilophosaurus wetherilli
Meaning: "double crested reptile"
Length: 7 m(23 ft)
Weight: 400 kg(880 lbs)
Lived: Early Jurassic North America
Prey: other dinosaurs, carcasses
Family: dilophosauridae
Named: 1970

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First up, Vespersaurus. A noasaurid theropod where the third digit is the sole (lol) weight-bearing digit. https://t.co/hOrnTE4RPt

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Partial skeleton of a young tyrannosaurid (possibly Tarbosaurus).

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4/31 - Zazi

Zazi, trashmon and follower of Jani, Loa of thieves and garbage.

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Beaks have appeared separately numerous times in tetrapod evolution. I have depicted 5 examples here: dicynodonts (top left), pantestudines (center), rhynchosaurs (top right), shuvosaurid pseudosuchians (bottom left) and ceratopsian dinosaurs (bottom right)

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