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FOSSIL FRIDAY! Imagine putting this puzzle back together. Here are two beautiful theropod dinosaur fossil skulls: an Albertosaurus and a Carnotoaurus (cast). Both have a “squashed” appearance due to being under geologic pressure for so long. The Carnotaurus skull was probably rotated 90 degrees. These fossils—and many others like them—are currently on display at the
@royaltyrrell
Museum in Drumheller, Canada. 🦖🇨🇦
Oh hey. We also did a digital zine, it’s called “Raptors” and features artwork from Julio Lacerda, Nathan Rogers, Fabrizio De Rossi, Joschua Knüppe, Midiaou Diallo, and Oliver Demuth.
All proceeds go to feeding our writer Pete Buchholz, who has written thousands of words for this, so go get yourself a copy now!
New tattoo completes and awesome. What better way is there to mark your vacation in Canada with a tattoo of a Canadian dinosaur. Thanks to Vince at La Suite Tattoo Club for getting this done for me.
Tibia: Edmontosaurus regalis is the only known hadrosaur from the Horsetheif Member
Dromaeosaur tooth: both velociraptorinae and dromaeosaurinae are known in the formation, only the former has described at the species level (Atrociraptor marshalli). This tooth however appears to be a dromaeosaurine tooth.
Tyrannosaur tooth: Albertosaurus sarcophagus is the only known tyrannosaur from the formation. This is one of the first maxillary teeth as the anterior serrations curve strongly to the lateral-posterior. The photo doesn’t show it though as the posterior serrations are on the underside.
Dinosaur fossil photo set!
