#thescelosaurus

[joakinmar]

Thescelosaurus neglectus by Anthony J. Hutchings.

#paleoart #paleontology #dinosaurs #fossil #cretaceous #fossils #thescelosaurus #ornithopod #ornithischian #feathered dinosaur

[cypressure]

Thescelosaurus print idea? a male bringing nesting material to a burrow which it found and enlarged

#Paleoart #Thescelosaurus #dinosaurs #dig #procreate

[dianeramic]

Thescelosaurus striking a mighty pose!

#Thescelosaurus #dinosaur #paleoart #vector

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Note One: Thescelosaurids may or may not be Ornithopods

Note two: the listed members are examples and there are usually many more genera in a given group

#ornithopod poll #palaeoblr #dinosaurs #ornithopods #polls #hadrosaurs #parasaurolophus #maiasaura #iguanodon #tenontosaurus #thescelosaurus #et cetera

[teacupdinosaurhunter]

Wonderful, Godlike… Thescelosaurus

Museum of World Treasures • Wichita, KS

#Thescelosaurus #dino #dinos #dinosaur #dinosaurs #museum of world treasures #herbivores #fossils #fossil #paleontology #my pix

[hasellia]

A review / discussion of Dinosaur Sanctuary Vol 1

Light spoilers ahead

Dinosaur Sanctuary is a manga written / illustrated by Itaru Kinoshita with Shin-Ichi Fujiwara as scientific consultant.

75 years before the setting, Dinosaurs were discovered alive on an remote island. Several decades later after years of breeding and genetic manipulation several dinoparks were established. Dinosaurs became a world wide phenomenon. Until a horrible incident occurred. Now dinosaurs are seen as a past fad, parks and reserves are currently on hard times. Now in 2021 a young dinosaur keeper, Suma Suzume enters the field with a still burning passion and love of dinosaurs. She learns the ins and outs of animal keeping (for dinosaurs) while hoping to one day bridge the gap between dinosaurs and people. Will she save Enoshima Dinoland from going extinct?

The way I would describe Dinosaur Sanctuary (so far) is that it's kind of life prehistoric park, but no time trvel or non mesozoic animals, a greater focus on the caretaking of the dinosaurs and follows the tropes and expectations of a manga instead of a BBC series.

The main focus is the dinosaurs of-course. In volume one we spend time looking at some of treatment of dinosaur pathology and how the park copes with their wellfare. In treating the dinosaurs we learn a bit about their anatomy and behaviour. Some interesting quirks are presented here that I haven't really seen in other paleomedia.

One is the knee caps of Dilophosaurus.

Another is the horns of Triceratops, I haven't really seen or notice any other paleoartistic depicting ridges in the keratine of their horns.

Of coarse, if their is a major issue with the dinosaurs every week that might raise some questions right? Well the story explains that Enoshima Dinoland is the smallest and least funded Dinosaur park in Japan. Some characters are there because they worked with an dinosaur who was transfered there after being declared unprofitable from viewing after an injury.

Another is a seasoned carer who is somewhat jaded but continues to work for the animals sake. And then there's the main character. All she ever wanted was to work as a dinosaurs carer. And now coming into the workspace with bright eyes, her dream clashes with the experiecne of the veteren workers who know what it's like to work in an exploitetive enviroment.

[Side note, there's quite a bit of (handsome) older men talking down the newcommer girl. Espetially in the last chapter where things get personal for yet to be dramatically revealed reasons. At the very least it's called out and it doen't seem to bother the main character but was enough to make me a little uncomfortable. Other than that I sympathise with the characters here, since I lived near a similar park for rescue animals. At such a place, there a fast turnover of green gilled carers that didn't realize the actual politics and conditions of working for such a place. Eventually most of the qualfied people left to work at greener pastures leaving the actual animal handeling to the young newcommers and the older veterans committed by loyalty. I never worked there, but I've heard the stories. But after decades of hardship that park has new ownership now who is working to make conditions better for both workers and animals. Our girl Suma is determined to work hard to make Enoshima Dinoland the best park it can be, but if you have hopes to be an animal carerer, I'd say work at a place that treats you and the animals with respect first. Once you're given the best possible chance to know the job is reallly for you, maybe then you can try shounen manga protagonisting your way to better working conditions. That sounds like a joke but I know some people seriously thought they could do that. Please, treat yourself with respect first.]

One aspect of diagnosing an animal illness is looking at changes in their behaviour. When the animals you're depicted are extinct, you have to rely on clues in the fossil record and phylogenetic bracketing to find the best way to accurately bring those behaviours to life. Chapter two is mostly applying various bird behaviours to a Troodon couple hatching eggs. [Side note, that naked patch of skin is a real thing in birds and I think certain non-avian dinosaurs? I'd love to hear some feedback on the possibility the chest patch.]

Another is Dilophosaurus fishing which is something I've seen discussed but never really understood the final conclusions on.

The Dinosaurs of Enoshima Dinoland have another thing to look out for with illnesses. Dinosaur Sanctuary is the only paleomedia I can think of that seriously talks about the ramifications of genetic modifications on animal wellfare. When journalist and influencers are falling for lacking promises and straight up scams (I'll never forget Tierzoo and the *** gun) it's refreshing and somewhat important for a piece of media to actually discuss the conditions genetically modified animals have to live with. These dinosaurs are alive, but some would never be able to live without constant care and human intervention.

It's clear that Kinoshita is, what we would call in the west, a paleo-nerd.

The dinosaurs are depicted beutifully.

But a passion without the knowledge can only lead so far, that why he has Shin-Ichi Fujiwara as a scientific consultant. Dr. Fujiwara specializes in biomechanics and gives insightful afterthoughts after everychapter relating to dinosaur anatomy or his experiance in the field of paleontology. One very important thing I need to mention is that aparantly, certain ceratopsians cat-loafs.

One thing I've haven't commented on is the actual accuracy of the dinosaurs. That's mainly because, I'm not confident enough in my dinosaur knowledge to give any meaningfull comments. All I can say is that a) T-rex is probably a bit overfluffed on the cover, b) the Dilophosuars is maaaaaybe a bit underfleshed in the crest. Other than that I give it to the die-hards to say anything else that sticks out to them.

Enoshima is also an actual inahabited island in japan. All the dinosaurs avian but that shouldn't stop you form seeing them. If you're on the look out for your favourite dinosaur to appear in the future (or maybe want to scope out Enoshima for a vist) here's the layout of Enoshima Dinosaurland park. I can't wait until the inevitable Prehistoric kingdom recreation.

As someone that used to play Zoo Tycoon and role play Prehistoric Park in forums this series is a long time comming for me. There are more dinosaurs and characters on the way and so far I'm having a blast. And one last piece of very important information.

#dinosaur sanctuary #dinosaur sanctuary spoilers #manga #spoilers #review #dinosaurs #paleomedia #Dilophosaurus #Triceratops #Troodon #Giganotosaurus #Spinosaurus #deinocheirus #Enoshima #江の島 #Halszkaraptor #pachycephalosaurus #psittacosaurus #pinacosaurus #thescelosaurus #plateosaurus #Sorry if this is rushed I've got uni work to do #If you dont know what the *** gun is its basically the rainbow dash jar of the paleonerd community so dont worry youre not missing out #and if you dont know about the jar dont worry youre REALLY not missing out

[wootusart]

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[carvente]

More burrowing dinosaurs, this time Thescelosaurus neglectus

[x]

The illustration by Anthony Hutchings its so beautiful.

#Thescelosaurus neglectus

[netmassimo]

An article published in the journal "Scientific Reports" offers new information on the sensory capabilities of the Thescelosaurus neglectus, a small dinosaur that lived just before the great extinction that wiped out non-avian dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period. Paleontologists David Button and Lindsay Zanno submitted a Thescelosaurus skull to a CT scan to reconstruct its interior to create a 3D representation of its brain and inner ear. The conclusion is that this species had some very developed senses, useful for living in burrows.

#paleontology #dinosaurs #Cretaceous #fossils #Thescelosaurus neglectus

[ornithopsis]

An oddly specific trend in dinosaur taxonomy is naming things for how long it took to study them:

Thescelosaurus neglectus (named in 1913), the "neglected marvelous lizard", based on a skeleton excavated in 1891 but stored in a shipping crate for over 20 years before being recognized as a new species.

Camptosaurus aphanoecetes (named in 2008), the "hidden-dweller bent lizard", named because its skeleton was "hidden in plain sight" on public display for several decades before being recognized as a new species.

Abditosaurus kuehnei (named in 2022), "Walter Georg Kühne's forgotten lizard", based on a skeleton found by Kühne in 1954 but not fully excavated until 2014.

Oblitosaurus bunnueli (named in 2023) "Luis Buñuel's forgotten lizard", based on a skeleton that was excavated fairly recently (in 2009) but nonetheless took longer than any other specimen from the same fossil site to be scientifically studied.

Igai semkhu (named in 2023) "the forgotten lord of the oasis", based on a skeleton discovered in 1977 but shipped from museum to museum for years before study on it was completed.

Given the publication of the last two of these in the last week or so, the trend seems to be accelerating.

#paleontology #dinosaur #there are probably other examples

[ravensshire]

#fantasy art #digital art #digital painting #fantasy painting #dinosaur

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

So what is the latest known dinosaur?

Genuine answer: Every bird alive today!

Assuming you probably meant non-avian dinosaur though, the thing about that is,,,,, they all kinda went extinct at once? Like, there was a Last Non-avian Dinosaur at some point in history, but as far as the fossil record is concerned there's loads of them, and then they Stop.

The closest there is to a last record of non-avian dinosaurs is probably the Tanis fossil site, a relatively recently-announced part of the Hell Creek formation that seems to record the actual moment of asteroid impact! Not much material from Tanis has been published, but it has been reported that there are fossils of Triceratops and Thescelosaurus thought to have been killed by the direct effects of the impact itself, which would make them the last current record of non-avian dinosaurs on earth.

But also, it really is birds.

#dinosaurs #paleontology #palaeoblr

[saritawolff]

#Archovember Day 14 - Leptoceratops gracilis

The Leptoceratopsids were a basal family of ceratopsians that, even though they looked quite primitive, lived in the Late Cretaceous. Their type species is Leptoceratops gracilis, who lived in Western North America. They had a powerful bite, used for shearing and crushing tough plant material. No doubt their sharp parrotlike beak could also be used for defense as well. Fossils from the Hell Creek Formation show that these small ceratopsians actually socially raised their young in burrows! A predator may have been less inclined to stick its nose in a burrow with an open staple remover sticking out of it! Leptoceratops could also rear up on its hind legs and even run like this when necessary.

Living in Western North America, Leptoceratops would have lived alongside many familiar dinosaurs. It would have lived alongside (or underneath) its ceratopsian cousins Triceratops and Torosaurus, ankylosaurians like Ankylosaurus and Denversaurus, pachycephalosaurs like Pachycephalosaurus and Platytholus, other ornithischians like Edmontosaurus and Thescelosaurus, ornithomimids like Struthiomimus and Ornithomimus, and oviraptorosaurs like Anzu. Being so small, Leptoceratops would have had a lot of predators to look out for, making its burrows and sharp beak very handy. It was the perfect size for not only large dromaeosaurs like Dakotaraptor, but also for the famous Tyrannosaurus rex.

#my art #SaritaDrawsPalaeo #Leptoceratops gracilis #Leptoceratops #Leptoceratopsid #Neoceratopsian #ceratopsians #ornithischians #dinosaurs #archosaurs #reptiles #Archovember #Archovember2023

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

I have reasons for each inclusion I recognize there are many dinos that are horrifically underrated

#polls #dinosaurs #birds #palaeoblr #birblr

[mrultra100]

Time for a quick big-brain thought

I know that I’ve made an entire hypothetical scenario for how a third PHP season would go last year, along with how the series itself hasn’t mentioned in any major announcements as of late, but what if this hypothetical third season had a major theme with its episodes?

As in, instead of using habitats as the themes, why not go with entire locales instead? Maybe this could be the show going back to some of its most famous settings before closing things out, but I feel like having future episodes focus on an entire location instead of a single biome in general could be an interesting way to deal with running out of compatible habitats. Hell, it could be a good way to not only introduce new species, but also bring back certain animals from past episodes. I know this is a little bit far fetched, but hear me out.

Nemegt (Basically the Nemegt Formation and the surrounding area)

Old Species- Tarbosaurus, Mononykus, Deinocheirus, Tarchia, Prenocephale, Barsboldia

New Species- Gallimimus, Udanoceratops, Saurolophus, Conchoraptor, Adasaurus, Brodavis

Patagonia (The southern part of South America, with places like the Allen, La Colonia, and Cerro Fortaleza Formations being found there. Areas like Chile could also fit)

Old Species- Carnotaurus, Dreadnoughtus, Austroraptor, Secernosaurus, Mortuneria (if we wanna continue with the idea of them being South American residents)

New Species- Maip, Stegouros, Aerotitan, Gondwanatherium, Sektensaurus, Noasaurus

Madagascar (Basically what it says on the tin)

Old Species- Majungasaurus, Rapetosaurus, Beelzebufo, Simosuchus, Adalatherium, Masiakasaurus, Madtsoia

New Species- Facatakely, Mahajangasuchus, Sahonachelys, Rahonavis, Vintana

Tethys (The European archipelago and surrounding sea, with places like Hateg Island, France, and even a small bit of Morocco being examples)

Old Species- Hatzegopteryx, Zalmoxes, Mosasaurus, Telmatosaurus, Barbaridactylus, Diplomoceras

New Species- Squalicorax, Ampelosaurus, Ocepechelon, Gavialimimus, Gargantuavis, Rhabdodon

Laramidia (Yes, I am aware that this could be like “North America” again, but with place like Hell Creek, Prince Creek, Ojo Alamo, and even parts of the inland sea that was still present at the time, there’s plenty of material to work with, even moreso than NA)

Old Species- T. Rex, Triceratops, Quetzalcoatlus, Alamosaurus, Edmontosaurus, Pachycephalosaurus, Pectinidon, Pachyrhinosaurus, Nanuqsaurus, Prognathodon, Hesperornis, Xiphactinus

New Species- Ankylosaurus, Anzu, Habrosaurus, Lonchidion, Thescelosaurus, Borealosuchus, Basilemys, Didelphodon, Bravoceratops, Bonnerichthys, Hydrotherosaurus

Is this a rather odd and ridiculous idea for a third PHP season that might not happen? Yes, yes it is. But, like with my of my other ideas and projects on here, it’s one that I wanna share to get input on.

#ultra ramblings #prehistoric planet

[noddytheornithopod]

While the Prehistoric Planet hype is still alive, I might as well express my desire for more and say what I'd personally love to see if they did a Season 3. I’ll put this under the cut because it’s a lot lol.

First thing's first, I'm going to be operating under the assumption we will be following the same format and setting, ie a few segments per episode set in the Masstrichtian stage of the Cretaceous with some loose overarching theme. I need to keep myself grounded in SOMETHING.

So first thing: I've already made fun of "North America" being the title of episode 2.5. What would fix this? If Season 3 did episodes centred on the other continents, of course! South America, Africa, Asia, Europe and... oh uh this might be a bit trickier. Specifically, where do Oceania and Antarctica go? Honestly, just do a vague "East Gondwana" episode for Madagascar, India, Antarctica and Zealandia.

"But we never saw anything from Appalachia!" True. Some generic "Islands 2" or "subcontinents" episode? But Antarctica isn't a subcontinent... maybe some "Atlantic" episode to combine with the European islands? Point is, it would still be messy. This isn't even my main idea, just a vague thought on how to structure Season 3 plus being salty that America gets its own episode (there weren't even any Canadian creatures lol).

OKAY enough fucking around, let's get to what I actually WANT to talk about, the stuff I'd actually want to see. Bring on the list! 

Megaraptorids. We've seen representatives of all the large predatory theropods... except megaraptorids. A strange unique group of predators we don't even know where they fit in dinosaur cladistics, but seemed to be important in South American ecosystems. Orkoraptor actually comes from the same place as Dreadnoughtus so there's an easy excuse already, but I think it would be even more exciting to consider Maip. The size of this thing pretty much confirms they were apex predators, so definitely worth considering.

More notosuchians. It's wild how diverse they were, Simosuchus is just one of many species worth showing. Might as well mention Baurusuchids in particular, especially since they seem to have become significant predators in parts of South America. Dinosaur hunting crocs, guys.

Honestly? I'm down for crocodyliformes in general. Show us dyrosaurs in the seas, and even Eusuchians. Similar to modern crocs like Shamosuchus in Swamps, or something different like the more terrestrial Allodaposuchus.

More Europe weirdness! Whether it be Hateg fauna or stuff we know from other parts of the continent, I think people don't realise how unusual those ecosystems were, especially compared to Laurasia in general. Maybe I just want to see Magyarosaurus in detail, but also think about how Abelisaurs seem to be prominent terrestrial predators, for example? Also all the strange birds like Gargantuavis and maybe Balaur. Also, Asteriornis I see a lot of hype for. ;P

On a similar note, more stuff from Africa could be nice, especially terrestrial fauna! We know dinosaurs from Ouled Abdoun, which had fauna featured in Coasts and Deserts, and it's worth considering especially because you kind of see how some of these animals' ancestors may have led to similar species in nearby Europe. Also, if they ever further described more remains from the continent like that giant Kenyan abelisaur, that could provide cool opportunities.

This is a bit more out of left field but: non-ceratopsid ceratopsians. Leptoceratopsids, and even Protoceratopsids (hey, we have Velociraptor, we can make that stretch). Show how they're different from say Triceratops.

More non-hadrosaur ornithopods. Whether it be Thescelosaurus, more rhabdodontids, or some good ol Elasmarians from the Southern continents, I'd be down.

More India stuff is always fun, Deccan Traps FTW, could show other animals like noasaurs for that matter too.

Also Parankylosaurs, whether it be Stegouros with the macuahuitl, or an updated Antarctopelta (more Antarctica FTW).

Basically, even in terms of dinosaurs, show more stuff you've yet to do. Nodosaurs, Halzkaraptorines (again, see Velociraptor), heck even more of some groups we only briefly saw eg Alvarezsaurs and Pachycephalosaurs.

Honestly? More birds would be cool in general. I know we don't know much about a lot of them like Enantiornithines, but we could still try showing what we do know.

In terms of more familiar and recognisable stuff? I mean, you can't go wrong with well known species, but this is me wishing for stuff that's new. :P I will say though, if you want big names, we still haven't seen Ankylosaurus or Gallimimus...

Hmm, we haven't seen choristoderes, have we? In terms of other reptiles, not much comes to mind, nice we got to see Madtsoia in Islands at least.

Honestly more mammals could be fun. I'm pretty sure we have members of every modern group from the Maastrichtian somewhere (even monotremes, Patagorhynchus was recently described). Also diversity of lifestyles too.

Appalachia. More North America, but we see how life evolved somewhat differently on the eastern side of the continent and how it likely lacked some of the more recognisable animals we know from Laramidia.

I don't know enough about other groups to comment, so I'll leave it at that. Definitely got quite extensive, but honestly I'm all for exploring new places. Hell, look into invertebrates and fish I know heck all about (hmm I'm sure there's some cool sharks, right?).

Anyway, time to address the elephant in the room. What if the next season left the Maastrichtian, or we got a spin-off that did that? Well, I do have thoughts on that. For that, I could easily be SUPER biased and just name stuff that I personally want to see, but I think you'd need to think from the perspective of the higher ups too. In other words, what's gonna get the most eyes on the show? There's that, and also how well known the information of that time is, as well as considering things like cost and practicality. The Maastrichtian was chosen because it filled all three of those needs. You have iconic and charismatic species like T. rex, the Maastrichtian is very well studied and has sites from almost every continent, and because it's the closest to today, it's the easiest to film for. 

I don't really know anything that would fit these three needs perfectly, ESPECIALLY in terms of filming locations (unless they wanna go majority CG, which I wouldn't mind personally but I know the production team likes real locations because of what they add to the show). But anyway, I have two possible eras as my main choices if they choose to do a similar kind of show: the Late Jurassic epoch (I'd name a specific stage but I don't know enough about them lol), and the Cenomanian stage at the start of the Late Cretaceous. 

For the Late Jurassic (insert chosen stage of it here), you have a lot to work with. You have all the other most iconic traditional staple dinosaurs like Stegosaurus, Brontosaurus, Brachiosaurus and well known contemporaries like Diplodocus, Allosaurus, etc. In fact, the Morrison Formation is the main reason I opted for a Late Jurassic option. Sure, it does cover quite a bit of time, but we've seen Prehistoric Planet already take liberties with a six million year time span.

I think my main worry would be that some of the ecosystems on different continents might seem a bit similar, but honestly I doubt anyone would care too much. Plus, you have Asia with slightly different dinosaur groups, and Europe with their island ecosystems (eg Solnhofen). So even if it would be harder to film and some of the best locales for data are in more concentrated areas, I think there's enough to justify it. Also, novelty of early birds and birdlike dinos like Archaeopteryx.

As for the Cenomanian, you already have an easier time filming because angiosperms are now widespread, and you do have data from every continent. And while it doesn't have so many iconic species, there are a few, and some very charismatic animals to explore. Like, you have some of the biggest titanosaurs like Argentinosaurus. Massive Giganotosaurins who are built for hunting large sauropods. Everyone's favourite dinosaur, Spinosaurus. And again, stuff from almost every continent. Like, you could even have freaking Australia show up! Winton Formation is Cenomanian, so it could join the showcases of Africa, South America and others (I don't know so much about Cenomanian Laurasian fauna RIP). And while it would be true for the Late Jurassic as well, this time had especially peculiar nondinosaurs coexisting. Strange mammals. Giant freshwater fish. More unusual crocs. Even the earliest mosasaurs, all while ichthyosaurs and pliosaurs still existed. Basically, even if a layperson might only know Spinosaurus and Giganotosaurus from this time, you still have loads to potentially awe people with.

Anyway, that's a wrap on that. I have no clue what to expect for the future of Prehistoric Planet or what other upcoming palaeo docs will be like, but it's always fun to speculate!

#prehistoric planet #palaeontology