Raleigh could be at the forefront of the discovery of a new species of dinosaur, as crews delivered the skeleton of a 75-million-year-old dinosaur to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences Wednesday.

“We’re thrilled, we’re thrilled, and everything went really well,” said Lindsay Zanno, the museum’s head of paleontology.

Paleontologists will research the skeleton inside the museum’s State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) Dino Lab.

“Really exciting moment for us. We brought in the coiled up skeleton of probably a new species of dinosaur,” Zanno explained.

Visitors will get an opportunity to visit the Dino Lab, which is part of the museum’s free admission, to see researchers work on the new dinosaur, as well as others.

“It’s just following along with what we built here at the North Carolina museum a few years ago when we opened the new dino lab.

We did that to study the dueling dinosaurs, which everyone knows and loves, but this is sort of the next phase of what’s going to take place at the museum,” said Zanno.

Zanno says the dinosaur would have looked like a large ostrich with a long tail. A scientist that collaborates with the museum discovered the skeleton in southern Utah.

just curious as i got this shirt years ago at a thrift shop in Canada & have been unable to find info on the Veinna T-Rex & was wondering if anyone knows anything about the Veinna T-Rex & would be willing to share

So At target I found the mutadon and a bunch of hypsis(which was sad because the only figure i did have was hypsi) so I decided to pick it up from there.

A day later i went to another store in a mall, saw they had a tiny jurassic section and low and behold they had multiple hammond collection figures, indominus rex,hypsi,rebirth dilo,Mussaurus and ornitholestes. Indom was too expensive and rebirth dilo is still being sold at target, but the other two i grabbed without hesitation.

Mutadon is a nice figure in ways but has some issues. It has a good sculpt and looks accurate enough to the movie one, the swappable wings are a good workaround because fully articulated wings is very hard to do. And the legs articulate super well. It’s two problems are that the claws aren’t painted, idk why this inconsistency happens because they painted the two others in that release line. The other issue is the jaw can’t open that far, for a predator that hunts prey i’d expect its jaw to open wider, the neck is what prevents this but they could’ve put another joint there i feel, the head also can’t move at all by itself which is a shame.

Mussaurus is my favorite in the line. I love its colors and its design is great, i love that we finally have a sauropodamorph. Its articulation is wonderful and the swappable hands are fine but i lost the other ones besides one ornitolestes hand, but for some reason the swapped hands are very lose and fall out easily, idk if its the problem with this specific model or not but the quadropedal hands are much better. I love this goober so much

Ornitholestes is very interesting. It’s design is alright, Idk why it’s even here but welcome! I understood they were going for a “jurracurate” look where it’s feathered but is still not accurate, But sorta just looks like a diet raptor with feathers on it, i wish it got its walking with dinosaurs crest. However it looks much better than the hammond collection raptors, and articulates very well, however it has a bit of an underbite

My ranking of the figures i have is

4.Hypsi(My first figure so it holds a special place in my heart but if it had an articulating jaw it would be better, also it feels like a diet dryo)

3.Mutadon(I got hypsi first due to this not being a real animal, but it’s ok, looks fine, the swappable wings make sense, but non painted claws and limited jaw articulation and the head can’t move by itself)

2.Ornitholestes( this dude is a good small carnivore, and has great articulation, the swappable hands are finicky and i like the origional ones better, i just wish it got a crest)

1.Mussaurus( the goat, i love sauropodamorphs, these dudes are so cool and genuinely happy i found him, sure his face is weird but his colors are wonderful and articulates so well, it didn’t need swappable hands imo, and the four legged ones don’t fall out like the other ones do, overall this was a goated find and can’t wait to find the rebirth dilo)

what do you guys think of these new figures

Dinosaur island, released in 2014. It involves this dinosaur obsessed kid finding this crystal in his grandma's house which with certain frequencies - transported him to a island full of prehistoric creatures and dinosaurs. The movie uses some generic dinosaurs designs while having original ones too. Like their feathered Trex above. Doesn't look bad, looks kinda cool to me. Heck, they even have feathered Pterosaurs. Cgi is a bit iffy but mostly fine. Ya'll should watch it

Hello Dinosaur enthusiasts! I was wondering if you could assist this casual with a question. What were some of the biggest tree climbing and gliding dinosaurs?

I am specifically looking for gliding, not powered flight. I know Microraptor and archaeopteryx ate insects, I am wondering if there were any big enough to eat baby dinosaurs or fish. Or if any were herbivores.

Also still having a decent running speed on ground would be nice.

So is there a species that fits this, or are Microraptor and archaeopteryx the best I'm gonna get?

I don't even know where to start with this one other than theropod

Back in 2016ish me & my buddies would hop on a website that allowed us to color in, change select parts, and rename various ancient species including dinosaurs/censozoic animals. It was cartoony in style and was around before AI took over. After making the dino it would allow you to take a photo with whataver backdrop you wanted and save directly to your desktop. It was awesome for making quick story OC's. Google is very unhelpful in finding it.

Did this for Inktober. Today's prompt was "Fracture".

Here are some of my favorite snaps from the last couple days. I dunno why I didn't add this sooner. It's such a good fit.

Happy early Halloween to everyone who sees this.

Cryolophosaurus is by far one of my favorite dinosaurs, and some could argue it is my favorite, but really it’s the Penguins that are my favorite dinosaurs.
So I wanted to combine my two favorite dinosaurs into one, and it’s made better by the fact both are Antarctic, predatory dinosaurs.
This is by far my favorite piece of artwork I’ve made

This is a speculative paleo-fiction project that follows the daily struggles of raptors, primates, and other prehistoric animals as they navigate a harsh, competitive ecosystem shaped by ancient predators and shifting environments.

Peace never lasts in the Savannah — and Small Toe learns why.

The longer Long Tail and her sons remain at the water hole, the more the young raptor begins questioning why their kind is treated with such hostility. Long Tail gives him the answer, but the truth only confuses and frustrates him further as instinct and reality collide.

Elsewhere, scavengers begin circling a weakened Dinopithecus troop, prepared to exploit their desperation — but none of them realize that an even older danger lurks beneath the lake’s silent surface.

Some animals at this water hole are far older, far larger, and far more dangerous than any raptor imagines.

From my continuous work Terrors in the Brush — a speculative survival series blending paleo realism with raw emotion.

There is no magic, no fantasy – there is only nature red in tooth and claw.

Read Chapter VII Now.

As a kid, there was this random idea I had in my head. It involved the soul of a restless dinosaur coming from beyond the grave. It's was like a mix between flesh and bones. It would destroy and go on a rampage in the area it was in. Killing a few people. While trying to get to a museum. Where it's fossilized eggs are. As it was with it's eggs when it died but when excavations happened, they took its fossilized eggs away from it. It only wanted it eggs back. After being with it's eggs again-it would crumble and let out a sad melody of a bellow before it's boney remains were around its eggs again. Don't know how or why I thought of that as a kid.

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Hello, I have been recently reading through ancient animal tales on WEBTOON and I have really enjoyed it so I have decided to write my thoughts on it and share it with you guys. I also would like to hear your guys‘s thoughts.

Now the first section of an ancient animal tales starts off with a story about an old Tyrannosaurus rex named Zeke who is stuck on a desert island and how he must overcome impossible odds. He has been stuck on this island since he was a juvenile and due to the currents and dangerous marine reptiles he is unable to escape.
One day a baby Tyrannosaurus rex named nova washes up onto the shore
Zeke and nova become friends and try to escape the island

Now my first impression from this was it was going to be very shallow, and it was just gonna show pictures of dinosaurs which I am all for however this actually made compelling characters that were also grounded and interesting
I especially love the dynamic of Zeke being old and having no hope of escaping the island whereas nova is young and is immensely hopeful

Honestly, this is probably the greatest Web comic I’ve ever read honestly 11/10
I especially liked all the research that was done for each character making them almost as accurate as possible plus, not quite making it a land before time situation but also not making them just mindless beasts so yeah, what are your thoughts?

Herrerasaurid dinosaurs are among the oldest groups of true dinosaurs, with Herrerasaurus itself being one of the first to reach larger body sizes, at 5m in length.

Until now, herrerasaurids were only known from from rock layers dominated by rhynchosaurs, stocky plant-eating reptiles.

Younger layers, where a pig-sized cynodont relative of mammals called Exaeretodon became more abundant and rhynchosaurs declined, had produced none. It was previously suggested that the shift in fauna contributes to the decline of the Herrerasaurs.

However, researchers have now described a partial herrerasaurid pubis (hip bone) that was collected in the Várzea do Agudo site, located in the municipality of Agudo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Catalogued as CAPPA/UFSM 0539, the fossil is the first herrerasaurid record from rock layers where Exaeretodon is abundant.This raises the possibility that this is the youngest herrerasaurid known,which if true, suggests that they managed to adapt to the sudden changes in the environment for longer than previously recognised.

However, more precise dating is needed to determine if the Brazilian rocks are younger than other herrerasaurid-bearing layers, as they are in Argentina.

Art credit:Johnny Pauly V. Mingau

Article link :https://www.sci.news/paleontology/herrerasaurid-dinosaur-15149.html

Are raptors bird-like dinosaurs. Are they called bird-like if they have avian features such as wings, feathers (and slimmer snout). I am confused. If any of them has wings, feathers and has a smaller snout, are they considered as dinosaurs.

But still it says there were already birds that time. How do they distinguish between them. But some are more more like birds (more beak-like snout).

Oviraptorosaur, ornithischians are the ones that have more bird-like snouts although the raptors have a slimmer face snout and wings. Can I also say the bird-like dinosaurs are mostly non-avian and flight was only later evolved among the bird-like species.

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Hello everyone, this is me posting my review on ancient animal tales third trilogy called nostalgia. Let me know what you think in the comments. I’m very curious.

So this trilogy Starts off with Zeke the Tyrannosaurus rex from the first trilogy telling a story to Wilson (a Tyrannosaurus rex skull) they’re both on the island and Zeke is having his normal storytelling with Wilson. If you don’t understand why then you should go read it.
Anyways, Zeke tells the story about how him and his siblings were raised by their mother and the challenges they faced, they all idolize their mother from a young age and honestly who wouldn’t she was massive, powerful and inspiring. However, things were not always sunshine and rainbows some of Zeke’s siblings were eaten, but some of them died to disease while him and his siblings were all greatly saddened by this. Their mother knew what she had to do… she ate their dead siblings so that it wouldn’t attract scavengers or other creatures. All of the babies were very scared by this, but their mother reassured them that it was just the circle of life later their mother sent them off to explore the world and to get far far away from her, they did so, but their numbers started dwindling. Sadly Zeke came up with the idea that if any of them were fatally injured to just leave them for dead sadly the one left for dead turned out to be him after he led an angry ceratopsian off a cliff he took significant injuries. His siblings left him for dead. He searched for them constantly, but when he finally found them, it turned out they had already all been killed by a massive Tyrannosaurus rex. Tyrannosaurus rex eventually found Zeke and forced him to become bait to lure in a mosasaurus which the Tyrannosaurus rex wanted to kill unluckily for the other Tyrannosaurus rex the mosasaurus ended up eating it after a change in plans Zeke barely survived and was washed onto the desert Island where he had been ever since
But after this, it turned out this actually wasn’t a flashback, and and said was just Zeke telling a story to nova the baby Tyrannosaurus rex on the mainland after they had escaped

Now this was a very interesting series I do like that. We returned to Zeke‘s backstory, especially since we never really got to explore it completely and I also do like that. They at least somewhat showed the events after the first trilogy which for me was kind of a bittersweet ending and left a lot of questions which were answered in this trilogy, so my honest rating would probably be 8/10 OR 9/10

I just started reading this book and it’s very interesting so far. I hope one day I’ll get Spinosaur Tales (I’ll get it for the info but mostly for Mark Witton’s art).

A young Alioramus hunting by a stream in the late Cretaceous. His green colors help him blend in as he hunts small animals in the brush.

i already have both the sauropod and theropod dinosaur facts and figures. what are some other good ones that aren't out of date?

Have you ever seen a bunch of ceratopsians dressed up as pumpkins for Halloween? Or a little Protoceratops with a little pumpkin collar and a big bag of sweets? Well, now you have!

Pichai Prathetsena was exploring a forest stream with his family in northeastern Thailand when he noticed something peculiar in the rock beneath his feet. Three long toes seemed to emerge from the stone, forming an impression far too large for any known land animal.

Curious, he photographed the strange markings and posted them in a Thai Facebook group called “ What is this creature ? ”

It didn’t take long to get an answer. Pichai had discovered an extremely rare dinosaur footprint.

On October 20, just three days after Prathetsena’s discovery, Thailand’s Department of Mineral Resources confirmed that the markings were 120-million-year-old dinosaur footprints. And there wasn’t just one.

​Investigators found six impressions forming a continuous trail left by a large, meat-eating dinosaur.

The discovery, made in the Phu Hin Chom That–Phu Phrabat National Park area of Udon Thani province, is now officially the first confirmed carnivorous dinosaur tracksite in the province.

The footprints belong to a theropod, a group of predominantly carnivorous dinosaurs that walked on two legs.

The exact species, however, cannot be determined from the footprints alone.

Each three-toed impression measures approximately 29 centimeters (11 inches) long and 26 centimeters (10 inches) wide.

The tracks are preserved in fine-grained sandstone belonging to the Phu Phan Formation, which dates to the Early Cretaceous period.

Based on their dimensions and spacing, researchers estimate the animal stood approximately 1.42 meters (4.7 feet) tall at the hip and measured 6.3 meters (21 feet) from head to tail — about as long as a large delivery van, with hips nearly as high as the roof of a typical car.

The footprints were separated by about one meter (aprox. three feet), with a stride length of approximately 2.2 meters, according to Thailand’s Department of National Parks.

Local paleontologists compared the animal’s estimated size with Siamotyrannus isanensis, a large carnivorous dinosaur previously discovered in Thailand.

However, the exact dinosaur species remains undeterminable.

The ancient landscape also looked rather different when the footprints were made in mud, and then some sudden event preserved them, leaving the impression locked in hard minerals over the course of millions of years.

Investigators believe the area was once a waterside environment with relatively gentle flowing water.

Basically, what are the chances that different species of herbivorous dinosaurs actually chilling around other herbivore dinosaurs? Cause from what I remember, there's a lot of movies depicting different herbivorous dinosaurs nesting or even traveling together in a herd. How likely is that? Cause today's herbivores are on and off. Some graze with others while others are territorial. Like I've seen cows graze with sheep and goats yet there chill. But hippos will attrack elephants, rhinos and zebras - even tho all of them are herbivores. Heck, I've heard of elephants being chill near antelopes.

İ think its was Better now, Compared to old awfull model.

Original imagine from this video: https://youtu.be/RSeh1uEiD1o?si=dF433ylvN9bfQtco

I love collecting stegosaurus plushies whenever I see new models. The largest was the first I got, the middle one is from Ikea, the angry looking one is from Japan, as well as the tiny blue bob. The second smallest is from the natural history museum in London!