Ichthyotitan, the newly named and potentially largest marine reptile ever, witnesses two smaller ichthyosaurs surfing the underwater wave created by its massive body.
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A jaw-dropping discovery was made in a European home! A visit to his parents' newly renovated home led to an unexpected find for this dentist. Embedded within a travertine tile was a human jawbone, sparking excitement and speculation about its origin and age
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They turned him into a shaboingboing
Edit: I keep seeing this photo being reposted in places outside of Tumblr, and it surprises me every time. By the way, a "shaboingboing" is a hotdog. (Also, please stop cropping my name out of the photo! ;w; My posts are kewl!)
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[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]
a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”
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2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia (c.400-300 BCE): crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact
This artifact was sealed within the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia, where a unique microclimate enabled it to be preserved. The permafrost ice lense formation that runs below the barrows provided an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter; these conditions produced a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows themselves, thereby aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.
This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk. These artifacts are attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.
Currently housed at the Hermitage Museum.
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I love baby ichthyosaur fossils because you can see that the eye took up like 95% of their head
I’m pretty confident they must’ve held the title of cutest baby animal on planet Earth for several million years looking like this
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whenever i can't picture dinosaurs existing i just humble myself by looking at birds alive today. what the actual fuck is that thing
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A gaggle of Ammonoids. Can you name them all?
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I used a piece of one of my favourite background fabrics to make the sail for this tiny dimetrodon!
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Shuvuuia, a dinosaur typically most active at night, is fooled into getting up early by a total solar eclipse.
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in honor of gar week! did you know gars are prehistoric?? i wish i was prehistoric...
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