Racing Turtles

Giant in the Clouds

Some more vintage girls with dinosaur friends!

Purgatorius and Tyrannosaurus by Bush Viper 165.

reblog to be eaten by this thing

Hoot hoot

Velociraptor String Puppet | lauramathewsart on Instagram

@a-dinosaur-a-day​ look at this blatant mammal bias

From Animal Ghosts (1971)

It eventually inspired art of the reverse scenario, the crown jewel of which is All @lancianidolatry (I think they are the same person on twitter) comic:

There’s a few more drawings making fun of that book on Twitter.

Frederic Wierum, fredward95 on instagram, Fred the Dinosaurman on youtube. May 18th 2023. Zookeeper with Allosaurus.

I want to hug a big theropod head like this

“Mininykus”, my little speculative alvarezsaurid guy

Basically a tiny version of mononykus haha. I am not like a skeleton person so if I mess up in that diagram then feel free to critique it

It is a nocturnal desert dwelling theropod, with a very short stature. Only about 6-9 inches tall. It is a predator, and mainly hunts during the night. It feeds on insects, grubs, and small reptiles. They dig shallow burrows in dirt mounds, where they sleep during midday to avoid the heat. Their large eyes and whiskers aid in helping them transverse their dark environment.

It is sort of based on a jerboa, but it can’t hop. They are very good at speedwalking though.

Atrociraptors (prints)

little cretaceous guys + guest appearance of our even older friend the gorgonpsid (triceratops, pteradon, carnotaurus, parasaurolophus, deinonychus, ichthyosaur, gorgonopsid, repenomamus)

Cretaceous Characters - Quetzalcoatlus meets a sub-adult triceratops. Just a silly paleoart cartoon thing of mine.

LOOOOOK

A new paper came out redescribing the skull of Irritator challengeri based on new CT scans and it included a front-view reconstruction so,,, my choice here was clear.

Dinosaurs look absolutely wonderful from the front they are so dumb looking I love it.

Another sketch brought to you by #Paleostream

Zhuchengtyrannus, swimming with some rays. Note that this piece was done months before the first Prehistoric Planet trailers came out.

A photo of the hyper evolved velociraptor, Beatrice Quill back from her extended stay off world. she works as a professor of dinosaur behavioral science at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C. Since her tenure she has revolutionized mankind’s understanding of the prehistoric world while also keeping the museums rodent population under control.

Waaay back in 2nd grade my teacher had us write a book called "My Pet Dinosaur", describing what we would do if we could have any dinosaur as a pet. This being the early 90s and having freshly watched Jurassic Park, I decided to skip the T rexes and sauropods, wanting something that would fit in my house and wouldn't eat me. So, I got out my trusty 1987 "Dinosaurs!" Childcraft Annual to pick something more practical, and decided on Psittacosaurus.

^ the illustration in the 1987 book, versus this recent, much more accurate depiction by Bob Nicholls.

So, three decades later, I found the ever-talented @bookrat and their incredible paleo taxidermy art blog. I knew I wanted to commission them, so I decided to fulfill a childhood dream at the same time! I chose a model of a psittacosaurus hatchling because the 14 inch hatchling would take up far less space than a 4 foot long adult, and actually be in my budget. I asked for a green color because of the 1987 illustration above, but more accurate and less mock turtle, lol.

it came out gorgeous! I have my new "pet" here posing adorably with two of my actual-factual pets. Thank you again @bookrat for your beautiful work! I'll have to get a collar soon to take more pics :)