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81. Here’s an interestingly unique theropod for #TheSummerOfTheropods & #FossilFriday. Introducing #Halszkaraptor ("Halszka's thief”), a dromaeosaurid that lived during the Late Cretaceous Period of Mongolia. Art by Lukas Panzarin.
47. I haven’t done an ornithomimosaur in a while for #TheSummerOfTheropods. Here’s #Struthiomimus (“ostrich mimic”), an ornithomimid from the Late Cretaceous Period of North America. Cast from the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center.
38. For #TheSummerOfTheropods, here’s #Thanos, an abelisaurid that lived in Brazil during the Late Cretaceous Period. Reconstruction of Thanos based on PaleoJoe abelisaur skeletal drawings.
35. Introducing Arkansas’ State Dinosaur for #TheSummerOfTheropods, #Arkansasarus (“Arkansas lizard”) an ornithomimosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous. Art by @BrianEngh_Art
For #TheSummerOfTheropods, I’ll be introducing our first “controversial” theropod, #Saurophaganax, the “lord of lizard eaters”, a large allosauroid dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of the Late Jurassic of Oklahoma. Art by Hellraptor Studios
Our first oviraptorosaur for #TheSummerOfTheropods, #Caudipteryx (“tail feather”), a peacock-sized dinosaur from the early Cretaceous Period. Caudipteryx was feathered and remarkably birdlike in overall appearance. Art by Matt Martyniuk.
9. Introducing #Pelecanimimus (“pelican mimic”) for #TheSummerOfTheropods a primitive ornitomimosaur from the early Cretaceous of Spain. Artwork by Green-Mamba.
5. For #FossilFriday here’s our first #abelisaurid for #TheSummerOfTheropods, #Majungasaurus, the “Mahajanga lizard” from Madagascar of the Cretaceous period. It’s also become probably one of my favorite theropods. Artwork by @SerpenIllus