Finally, for here is my reconstruction of the fossil site Artazu VIII (Basque Country) for the Ph.D. Thesis of : Coelodonta antiquitatis and Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax.

28 112

Here’s a fun one: A Saurolophus (duckbill) footprint found in Mongolia contained the crushed skull of a Tarbosaurus (relative of T.rex).
[🎨: D.Bonadonna]

21 36

Results from the Lufengosaurus (NOT WITH HAIR and far more interesting than you imagine!) Protuberum (yes, it is weird), and Sinemys... in an unfortunate position.

34 133

Your periodic reminder that all good data we have on giant pterosaur anatomy and biomechanics points to well developed flight capabilities, even though they were the size of giraffes.

Details: https://t.co/eK6GcnFFGW

224 582

For of Protoceratops. This animal is often said to be the inspiration for griffins: though a popular idea, it's not compelling on account of ignoring a lot of historic, anatomical and geographic data. For more details, check out: https://t.co/xTq4pElHVL

60 226

Results from the first of the new year! Dakosaurus, Arthurdactylus, Talpanas (the mole duck)...

34 140

Bit late in the day but since it's here's number 7 in our blog posts of 2018: reveals some impressive detective work by on the jaw of the first scientifically described dinosaur - Megalosaurus bucklandii.
https://t.co/BTkOUwXm6J

3 5

For here's a walrus posing for a holiday snap during a busy day in Pleistocene Doggerland (a landmass now under the north sea). The walrus is our modern species, but most of the other species are extinct.

113 446

This is a close-up of an embryonic skeleton of the dinosaur Massospondylus from a clutch of eggs at the 190-million-year-old nesting site found in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa. Artwork by

16 34

the cave hyaena (Crocuta crocuta spelaea) found all over Eurasia.
1. Cave hyaena skull from Wookey Hole, Devon
2. Spotted hyaena by Charles J Sharp (CC-BY-SA)
3. Cave hyaena jaw from Kirkdale cave, Yorkshire
4. Cave hyaena coprolites by Didier Discouens (CC-BY-SA)

20 38

Beautifully-preserved woolly mammoth mandible and molars dug out of the brickearth of Bexley in the late nineteenth century

45 164

7. People ask why the bones of are colored reddish brown. This is the result of iron and iron oxide entering the bones turning the skeleton into fossilized bone. This indicates that Sue’s corpse was near a body of water.

39 192

For here's a sneak peek at the I'll be exhibiting at the free public evening event on Dec 18th. Register here if you want to turn up: https://t.co/dama3O0doV. Art shows juv Gastoris, juv Tyrannosaurus, a Miocene vulture, and Rebellatrix.

43 200

A reconstruction of Pararhabdodon isonensis from Isona, Catalonia

7 11

As expected I couldn’t stop thinking about the newly described GIANT dicynodont Lisowicia, and started sketching. I imagined a couple of them on an tranquil Triassic afternoon surrounded by coelophysioid dinosaurs and probably a large temnospondyl

61 227

Darwin's friend Frederick William Hope told him 'from sending home the much desired bones of Megatherium your name is likely to be immortalised' find out more about this extinct giant ground sloth this https://t.co/Qz5eMx30Nb

25 34

Some Tarbosaurus bataar skulls. Made these photos at PIN yesterday. More photos will be posted.

21 41