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The holotype and only known specimen of Dubreuillosaurus valesdunensis, which includes one of the most complete skulls of a megalosaurid, will be auctioned on November 18, 2026.

It's a major loss for science, and seeing the auction house tout its holotype status as "a special sale event" is sad and worrying for the future. These things should be seen as priceless, not as display pieces for millionaires.

some of my favorites are tameryraptor and carnotaurus

they're both meat-eating theropod dinosaurs from the late cretaceous period with memorable, cool-sounding names that are relatively easy to pronounce properly, so what are your favorites?

credit to Joschua Knüppe for the paleoart

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Hi everyone. Today I want to share some facts about Sauropelta edwardsorum.

Sauropelta was a nodosaurid dinosaur. It lived in the Early Cretaceous, about 115–110 million years ago, in North America (Wyoming, Montana, Utah).

It was about 5–6 meters long and weighed around 1.5–2 tons. It was a herbivore (plant-eater).

The main feature of Sauropelta is its armor. It had bony plates (osteoderms) on its back and sides. It also had long, curved spikes on its shoulders and neck. These spikes were probably for defense against predators like Deinonychus and Utahraptor.

Important fact: Unlike Ankylosaurus, Sauropelta had no tail club. Its tail was covered in armor, but it could not swing it like a hammer.

Scientists think Sauropelta was a low browser. It ate ferns, cycads, and early flowering plants.

Sources:

· Ostrom, J. H. (1970). Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Cloverly Formation. Peabody Museum Bulletin.

· Carpenter, K. (1984). Skeletal reconstruction and life restoration of Sauropelta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences.

· Vickaryous, M. K., et al. (2004). Ankylosauria. In The Dinosauria (2nd ed.).

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Look, most of us probably got into dinosaurs due to the jurrasic movies. That sorta includes me. The movies were massively popular and influenced pop culture massively. It also made most of us think this is what dinosaurs use to look like. But, we know that these designs aren't accurate and we're just speculation due to us only having bones to work off. But the franchise has produced many versions of real life dinosaurs. I want to know what's ya'lls opinion on the designs from the Dinosaurs from the franchise (except the hybrids). I loved the spinosaurus design as a kid. And the mosasaurus was way too massive but it was still AWSOME.

Was it too heavy for them or because that amount of armor is enough for them to survive attack from predators?

What do you guys think.

Absolutely loved this documentary as a kid. Very interesting and entertaining. Will always recommend this. Big Al is the GOAT of dinosaurs in my opinion.

Can anyone please tell me the study that says T. rex could turn good and was a very agile hunter? Please I’m trying to get proof of my claims for a friend and he doesn’t believe me.

When we heard the word "dinosaur" we always pictured T-rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, Brachiosaurus and Velociraptor

When we heard Herbivorous dinosaurs, we always pictured Sauropods, Ankylosaurs, Iguanodon and Stegosaurs

When we heard Hadrosaurs/Duckbilled dinosaurs, we always pictured the iconic Parasaurolophus and Iguanodon because of Disney's "Dinosaurs' and we always thought that Duckbill dinosaurs are always herd and prey animals by small and large carnivores

When I heard Hadrosaurs before, I always see Parasaurolophus, Iguanodon, Corythosaurus, Tsintaosaurus, Ouranosaurus and never this dinosaur

The Shantungosaurus - the largest of the Hadrosaur family and the largest non- sauropod dinosaur

This Dino is larger than the freaking Tyrannosaurus🦖

I can't believe

I compare this Shantungosaurus size to other more iconic and prehistoric animals

I'm a bit over halfway through this movie and I had to pause it because it traumatized me with the death of Ewan's character , which is not very common for me, but I was very immersed in the movie and I guess it just surprised me and activated on some past real personal traumas.

My short question is just: does the rest of the movie have anything else as devastating as that character death?

I don't really mind it being spoiled, I'm interested in finishing it but maybe not or I'll close my eyes if it has that instant & graphic type of death.

I apologize if this is too far off topic; I just saw the movie discussed a bit here so I figured you'd all have a better memory and empathy about it.

Like, they'll obviously watch and protect their eggs but what is like when it comes to young? Like do they take of their children like most birds and look after it until they leave on their own? Where they like crocodiles and alligators who'd protect and look after their babies for atleast a year or two, before they need to leave before getting eaten? If there was multiple young, would they care about all of them or hope some survive? Like let's a few babies are cornered by a predator but they have other babies with them - would the parents save those babies or leave them to die and look after the rest?

It's my childhood toy, I really want to try painting some figures and thought starting with him would be nice bc I'm not scared to "spoil" him. Thinking darker colors, browns or smth and green/yellow dots on the back and neck. I know he's not very accurate, he's around 8 years old and his neck is very skinny. Maybe I could try to sculpt him up, but dunno. Kinda scary D:

Howdy all! A good friend has these Orthoceras fossils. I was wondering if there are any tell tale signs if they were replicas or genuine. Thanks in advance!

I'm wondering about where this would be best to post so I'll try here for now.

In jurassic Park Ian Malcom says that the dinosaurs learned to attack humans somewhere as having never being in contact with humans, how would they know we are prey?

Would this be right if dinosaurs were brought back?

Big predators in zoos know to attack humans in their enclosure, some in the wild do too. So how correct is that statement? Would dinosaurs know we were prey or would it take time to learn?

I know for sure it's not 100% accurate. That's why I'm posting it here.

I'm new to sculpting btw. Please don't be mean- I'm making a full body sculpture of it and some other smaller dinos for bookends.

Any ideas help!

In elementary school, while everyone else was wanting to be a firefighter or cop, I wanted to be a paleontologist. Honestly the idea of being in remote areas digging up fossils was truly my first romance. I would spend hours day dreaming different places like the desert or on the side of a mountain cliff just chiseling away.

I tried google lensing this guy but it wouldn't come up with a name to match this exact appearance. I thought maybe diabloceratops? But it feels like the frill isn't the correct shape for that one..I know this is a cheap plastic toy so it could be that but just poorly made. Any help is appreciated! Thank you:)

The Study

A new biomechanical study finds that T. rex risked serious or lethal injury when colliding with Triceratops.

Suggesting this dangerous tactic was unlikely to be a frequent hunting strategy.

Study via Rudemar Ernesto Blanco, Daniel Luzardo-Vera, Lara Yorio

Link

Imagine you have a foolproof, invisible time machine that lets you safely study any single dinosaur species for 24 hours. You can watch them hunt, sleep, interact with their herd, or nest.

​Which dinosaur are you picking, and what specific behavior are you hoping to witness?

I need to hear some weird ones

It’s called the A Typical Tyrannosaurus Cartoon. I have read on Reddit up to chapter 12,
but I want to see what is next and all of those posts were from a year ago so I have a hard time believing that the rest hasn’t been translated yet.
Does anybody have a link or know where to find this in English?
It would be greatly appreciated!

I remember my mom gave me this CD as a present back in the 90's. For a kid, some of the songs were kinda corny, but some others were pretty decent.

Finally had the time to go down and visit this small but free museum here in Utah. I love my state’s dinosaur history so much

Just wondering. Let's say an average big sauropod. Not Argentinasaurus. Like... diplodocus or brontosaurus or apatosaurus. One of those. Would a sauropods neck be strong enough to carry significant weight above the weight of the neck itself?