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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 4h

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Caiuajara dobruskii

From Early Cretaceous Goio-Ere Formation, Brazil, "Caiuá Tapejara" is a Tapejarid pterosaur known from bone beds preserving different ontogenetical stages which show crestless juveniles. As a Tapejarid, it was likely frugivorous

Art by @serpenillus.bsky.social

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 1d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Iani smithi

From Late Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, this rhabdodontomorph iguanodontian is named after the Roman God of transitions, referencing the time's changing climate. It serves as a link between Tenontosaurus and Rhabdodontids

Art by Jack the Vulture

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 1d

Surviving Earth is challenging PhP for the paleomedia crown

BTW, insane that we've seen more of SE (which comes out next year) than PhP Ice Age which comes out next month. Apple needs to look up a little new word called "promotion"

Palaeoncryptozoologist Briton @raftingzalmoxes.bsky.social · 1d

WAKE UP EVERYONE NEW #SurvivingEarth STILL FEATURING PLIOSAURS JUST DROPPED!!!

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 1d

Guys? GUYS!! 🦖 🎃

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 2d

Art by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 2d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Harpacanthus fimbriatus

Ehm...sir...? There's something on your... whatever, from Carboniferous Bear Gulch Formation, USA, "finger like hooked spine" is a small cartilaginous fish with a strange set of projections on its upper jaw with an unknown use

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 3d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Albertosaurus sarcophagus

From Late Cretaceous Alberta, Canada, the 3 ton"meat eating Alberta lizard" was described as a footnote in the same paper as T.rex. One of the best sampled tyrants, it allows for ontogeny studies and shows a potentially social life

Art by Fred the Dinoman

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 4d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Tyrannosaurus rex

From Late Cretaceous North America, "tyrant lizard king" needs no introduction. On top of being one of the largest land predators, its crushing jaws, binocular vision, cursorial limbs, and agile hips made it the prized fighter of antiquity

Art by Draconos_Takeji

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 4d

#Tyrannosaurus rex was named 120 years ago today (Oct 4, 1905). If you want to know all there is to know about the world's most iconic #dinosaur, the word is that my book "King Tyrant", published a few months back, is a good start. #fossils #paleontology #paleoart press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The cover of the book "King Tyrant: a natural history of Tyrannosaurus rex" covered with gleaming review comments and a load of 5 star (or nearly so) ratings. Do you not have a copy yet? You can get them wherever books are sold. I mean, I'm just an alt text caption so my judgment on this anything beyond image description is limited, but I hear Mark worked incredibly hard on this project and thinks it's the best thing he's ever published. He'd be really happy if you bought a copy, and perhaps additional ones for friends and family so you could have very informed conversations about T. rex and all the dinosaur biology it's revealed to us.

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 4d

Happy 120 anniversary to the prized fighter of antiquity, the absolute warlord of the Earth, one of the world's most powerful predators, an incredibly awesome animal, Tyrant King of all Saurians, and my 2nd favorite dinosaur, Tyrannosaurus rex 🦖 🎂

What a fantastic creature...

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 5d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Etacystis communis

You have questions, i'm sure... Same here, lol. From Middle Pennsylvanian Mazon Creek fossil beds, USA, "H sac" is... a thing. Its affinity is uncertain, but it was an invertebrate colonial organism. The shape of its main sac varied greatly

Art by Paleobiome

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 6d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Boreaspis spp.

From Devonian Svalbard Archipelago, Norway, "Boreas shield" is a genus of 2 cm osteostracan, a type of jawless fish. Its head shield included a spathe like rostrum that was likely used to improve hydrodynamics and help root out food

Art by avancna

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 7d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Palaeoloxodon falconeri

From Middle Pleistocene Sicily and Malta, this 1 meter tall island dwarf is one of the smallest elephants. Descended from the European P. antiquus, its feet are more digitigrade, its neck more elongated, and it had juvenile esque features

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 7d

👻 Spooky Time 🎃

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 8d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Orthacanthus spp.

From Late Carboniferous to Early Permian North America and Europe, "vertical spine" was a genus of 3 meter long eel-like shark named after the long spike projecting from its skull. A freshwater apex predator, its teeth grew in pairs

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 9d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Sinoceratops zhuchengensis

From Late Cretaceous Zhucheng, China, "Chinese horned face" is a 2 ton centrosaurine known from 3 skulls and one of the largest of its group. It represents the only ceratopsid found outside of North America

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 10d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Jobaria tiguidensis

From Middle Jurassic Niger, this relatively basal sauropod of up to 20 tons is named after an African mythological creature. It sported a simple backbone and tail, and its weight distribution allowed it to rear up on its hind legs

Art by Jack The Vulture

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 11d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Revueltosaurus spp.

From Late Triassic North America, "Revuelto lizard" is a genus of meter-long pseudosuchian whose species were once thought to be ornithischian dinosaurs. One species, R. callenderi, seems to feature a "tube" of club-like tail armor

Art by Miguelisaurusptor

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 12d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Galgadraco zephyrius

From Late Cretaceous Serra da Galga Formation, Brazil, "Galga dragon" is the newly described first Brazilian azhdarchid, known from fragmentary remains. Its considered the sister taxon of the Romanian Albadraco

Art by André Martins

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 13d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Fukuipteryx prima

From Early Cretaceous Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry, Japan, "first Fukui wing" is a small primitive avialan known from a fragmentary 3D preserved skeleton. It was more advanced than Archaeopteeyx, sporting a rod shaped feather bearing pygostyle

Art by Masanori Yoshida

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 14d

Art by Andrew McAfee

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 14d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Joaquinraptor casali

From Late Cretaceous Lago Colhué Huapi Formation, Argentina, "Joaquin seizer" is a newly described 7-meter megaraptorid and one of the most complete in the family. A crocodile legbone was sticking out of its mouth, suggesting they were prey

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 19d

Art by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

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🎃 Spooky Kia 🎃 🏳️‍🌈 Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis @yutytyrant.bsky.social · 19d

🦖 Daily Paleo 🦖; Stethacanthus spp.

From Late Devonian to Late Carboniferous, "chest spine" is a genus of shark-like fish notable for their anvil-like dorsal fin covered in spikes. Proposed functions include use in mating rituals or use to damage the belly of other animals

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Cretaceous Campcast @jpcampcast.bsky.social · 19d

One day later, which of the Chaos Theory S4 teaser reveals is your favorite? 🦖

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