#oviraptorid

[saint-nevermore]

citipati

#fraizer draws #art #dinosaurs #citipati #paleoart #dinosaur #oviraptorid #feathered dinosaur

[troodontid]

#oviraptor #paleoblr #tiktok #video #dinosaurs #paleo meme #paleontology #memes #videos #prehistoric #oviraptorid

[percivalias]

The Maniraptoran Alphabet (Part 5)

Aaaand here's the fifth and final part of my dinosaur alphabet! Thanks for joining me, everyone - I hope you enjoyed it! Let me know if you'd be interested in a physical book or poster or something of these together; I'm planning on making something like that for myself & friends and I would be happy to make a few extra to sell if there's interest.

#dinosaur #alphabet #maniraptoran #dromaeosaurid #troodontid #oviraptorid #velociraptor #wulong #xiaotingia #yulong #zhenyuanlong #paleoart #illustration #artaneae #I chose blue and yellow for xiaotingia because I hadn't used those colors as much on the rest of them (it was one of the last ones I drew) #but a friend of mine pointed out that the coloration just makes it look like metal sonic #so that's cool.

[wayward-delver]

This scene is perhaps the single best interpretation of Dinosaur ambush hunting I've ever seen. 

(Prehistoric Planet)

#prehistoric planet #prehistoric #prehistory #dinosaur #dinosaurs #feathered dinosaurs #tyrannosaur #Qianzhousaurus #walking with dinosaurs #jurassic park #jurassic world #paleoblr #paleobiology #paleontology #video #nature #animal #animals #corythoraptor #oviraptorid #tyrannosaurid

[jackthevulture]

oksoko sketch :) I like oviraptorids, theyre funky but very familiar

#oksoko #oviraptorid #paleoart #sketch #dinosaur #art #animal art #paleontology

[kattheerat]

A concept sketch I STILL haven’t finished, it’s been forever by now.

i still hope to finish it one day… sometimes

#palaeoblr #paleoart #dinosaurs #my art #dinosaur #baryonyx #deinocheirus #oviraptor #quetzalcoatl #oviraptorid #is this specific enough #check it out they’re riding dinosaurs #gigantoraptor #dinopocalypse #i need to finish this

[joitiks]

ace corythoraptor! pp won me over with these oviraptors <3

redbubble link~

#corythoraptor #corythoraptor jacobsi #oviraptor #oviraptors #oviraptorid #oviraptoridae #dinosaur #dinosaurs #theropod #theropoda #theropods #feathered dinosaur #feathered dinosaurs #lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtq pride #asexual #asexual pride #ace #ace pride #pride #paleontology #paleoart #my art

[proflambeovt]

Patreon Rewards for July 2022!

#characterdesign #illustration #artwork #art #digitalart #cartoon #characterart #conceptart #fanart #fantasyart #monster #painting #digitalillustration #digitaldrawing #mermaid #wizard #dinosaur #oviraptor #Oviraptorid #sea angel #procreate #artist on tumblr #kosma #ok ko lbh #cartoonnetwork

[jbsdrawings]

Speculative depiction of sexual dimorphism in the Cretaceous dinosaur Citipati osmolskae.

#digital colouring #Palaeoart #citipati osmolskoe #oviraptorid #oviraptor #speculative paleoart #dinosaurs #cretaceous period #artists on tumblr

[toadalled]

Dinosaur AU for these platonic disaster bisexuals

#my art #Hysteria #Kieran #therizinosaurus #oviraptorid of some sort #dinosaur #bad paleoart #my characters

[fishsfailureson]

A little traditional drawing of Oviraptor

Did this without a ref (I was using a small table and there wasn't really much space to put my phone down so I could pull up a reference) so there's definitely some mistakes lmao.

#art #my art #traditional art #pencil drawings #coloured pencils #paleoart #paleontology #palaeoblr #archosaurs #dinosaurs #theropods #coleurosaurs #maniraptorans #oviraptorosaurs #oviraptorids #oviraptor #queue

[balanceoflightanddark]

From Plunderer to Parent

Throughout the history of paleontology, the public's perception of dinosaurs has changed dramatically. The popular portrayal of the ancient creatures has run the gambit from prehistoric monsters to being not too dissimilar to modern animals aside from size and appearance.

Case in point: Oviraptor. Oviraptor and its kind have long been seen as primarily egg thieves in pop culture. It's right there in the name: Oviraptor ("egg thief"). Named by Henry Fairfield Osborn (the same guy who named Tyrannosaurus Rex), the original specimen of Oviraptor (AMNH 6517) was discovered by Roy Chapman Andrews in Mongolia having collapsed on a nest of eggs. Given that specimens of Protoceratops and their nests were common within the area, it seemed reasonable to assume that the dinosaur was caught in the act of nest plundering.

Remember, this was during a time where dinosaurs were seen as primitive and savage beasts. So, it seemed reasonable at the time to assume that Osborn would assume the same of this particular specimen. Though it should be noted that even back then that Osborn admitted that the labelling of Oviraptor maybe a bit misleading. Which itself turned out to be rather prophetic.

In 1993, an egg similar to the ones that were "raided" by the Oviraptor was discovered by Mark Norell of the American Museum of Natural History to actually contain the embryo of another oviraptorid called Citipati. The following year, another Citipati specimen was discovered on top of a nest, though this time the implications were clear. The oviraptors were NOT killed in the middle of stealing eggs. They died on top of their own nests, likely overcome by sandstorms or some other natural disaster.

Now is it possible that Citipati, Oviraptor, and others of their kind raided nests? Of course. Their hard beaks and jaws would've made it easy for them to crack open the hardest of objects. And unattended eggs would've made for a rich and easy source of food. But the same can be said for any predator, including modern day animals. So this one trait is far from the only defining trait that defines them. They could be nest plunderers as well as being devoted parents.

Oviraptors are indicative of how our understanding about dinosaurs continues to change. About how old knowledge is being put to the test and rewritten for a better view of these animals.

Feel free to read up on any of the sources if you want to learn more. I'd personally check out the National Geographic documentary Dinosaur Hunters: Secrets of the Gobi Desert if you're interested since it goes over a lot of the material here in a bit more detail.

#oviraptor #citipati #oviraptorids #dinosaur #dinosaurs #paleontology #dinosaurs in media

[percivalias]

The Maniraptoran Alphabet (Part 3)

Part 3/5 of my dinosaur alphabet! Some of my favorite species in the whole set in this batch, but I'll let you guess which ones those are :)

#dinosaur #alphabet #maniraptoran #oviraptorid #alvarezsaurid #dromaeosaurid #therezinosaurid #khaan #linhenykus #microraptor #nothronychus #oviraptor #patagonykus #paleoart #illustration #artaneae

[seabrrd]

got free reign over a cover illustration for something and after a lot of random deliberation ended up going with my favorite anchiornis holotype. process/sketches below

#paleoart #anchiornis #sketches #my art #some of these are of tyrannosaurs and oviraptorids bc i couldnt decide early on #want to do something eventually with that dead maniraptoran sketch at the very end #didnt intend to draw it from that perspective but it turned out that way #late night post but its a sketch. idc #dalton.txt

[cleverbunnycompany]

This is “Big Mama”, a fossilised Citipati (a type of oviraptorid dinosaur) She was fossilised, still brooding her nest of eggs, likely protecting them from a sandstorm 💗

Big Mama protected her eggs until the very end. Some fossils of Oviraptorids were found with eggs, leading palaeontologists to believe they were egg stealers! It was then discovered that they were their own eggs; they were just looking after them. But they had already been given the name “Oviraptor” or “Egg Thief”…😭

#oviraptor #citipati #fossils #paleontology #paleoart #paleomedia #dinosaurs #dinosaur art #prehistoric art

[kattheerat]

My part of an art trade i had fun doing with @sycherart

#palaeoblr #paleoart #dinosaur #oviraptor #oviraptorid #dinosaurs #maniraptora #maniraptorian #oviraptorosauria #art trade #dinopocalypse #just a big rooster #my art #digital art