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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Rodríguez-Borges, Airam, et al. "Ontogenetic variation in an ornithopod femur from the Upper Cretaceous of Argentina: Ornithopod femur ontogeny." Geologica Acta 24 (2026): 1-XXVIII. t.co/zw4j0PT1RX

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

For #fossilfriday the weird extra osteoderms in the second cervical ring of _Edmontonia_ AMNH 5665. These extra osteoderms nearly close the ring ventrally and are unique to this specimen among ankylosaurs. The specimen can be viewed in 3d here t.co/ORvOrpCTIE

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A daily reminder that significant specimens are constantly being illegally trafficked. Right now, on eBay and various auction sites, one can find Chinese paravians and psittacosaurs, Burmese paravians, teeth and bones from Niger, and-in this instance-part of a Spicomellus

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Zhengheornis buyu gen. et sp. nov. Wang et al. (2026) Jurassic avialan reveals stepwise evolution of bony tail in birds Science Advances 12(27): eaeb5202 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.ae b5202 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The paper describing Changzhousaurus (previously missing various pictures ) has been replaced by an updated version www.vertpala.ac.cn/EN/10.19615/...

Life restoration of the small maniraptoran Changzhousaurus, displaying its elongated tail feathers. Image by Dinosaur Park group

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

For #FossilFriday a panoply of the basal #ankylosaurid Liaoningosaurus, known by literally dozens of juvenile specimens. The largest specimens are around 50 cm #thyreophora #ornithischia

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Since it's #haolong day and #fossilfriday here's some #iguanodontian specimens from Liaoning, spanning from 40 cm to over 8 m, many preserved with soft tissue.

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Manipulonyx, new WEIRD alvarezsaurid A.O. Averianov, A.V. Lopatin and A.A. Atuchin (2025) Forelimb structure and function in a new Late Cretaceous parvicursorine theropod dinosaur from Mongolia Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 329(4): 382–408 www.zin.ru/journals/tru... …

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Wang, L., Li, X., Wen, Q. et al. Gastroliths in hatchling Psittacosaurus show early dietary habits. Sci. China Earth Sci. (2025). link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Skull roof elements of Tuojiangosaurus. The supraorbital (n.6)show and interesting pattern of conspicuous tubercles. While stegosaurs have often ornamentations in the shape of grooves and pits the supraorbital of T. vaguely recall the caputegulae of ankylosaurs #thyreophora

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

A new, exquisitely preserved skull of a basal neornithischian from the Morrison Fm www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

I have potential information about the whereabouts of the stolen material from your site, can I send you a PM?

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Other Kem Kem vertebrae with a similar caudal slant

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Leaving this here for no particular reason... #spinosaurus #theropoda

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Here's the partial mandible of Tylocephale for further reference

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Moreover, it's likely Prenocephale sports a dentary fang. Maryanska noted the arched premaxillary diastema similar to heterodontosaurids, and was later corroborated by the discovery of Goyocephale. Here's a Nemegt pachy's jaw for reference

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

So, we have a late Cretaceous Lagerstätte...in Africa!? Finger crossed for further development www.palaeosa.org/uploads/4/5/...

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

If you see this, post a vampire.

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

The last new dinosaur of 2024? Pang et al. 2024 A New Species of Ankylosaurian Dinosaur——Tianzhenosaurus chengi sp. nov., from the Late Cretaceous of Tianzhen County, Shanxi Province, China cnki.net/KCMS/detail/...

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

it's on par with the Seckenberg Psittacosaurus in term of soft tissue preservation...

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

What has a "thagomizer", extensive skin impression, and a massive lower jaw? #stegosauria #ornithischia source m.sohu.com/a/730240896_...

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Another one from the other account. Holotype of Pinacosaurus mephistocephalus. Love how the forelimbs are still articulated and tucked under the body. #Thyreophora #ornithischia

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Who doesn't like the complete skull of a basal #hadrosauroid? Here's Xuwulong, from the Early Cretaceous of China #fossilfriday #ornithischia source: Nimrf.net.cn

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Reposting stuff from my other account. A chubby Liaoningosaurus with a exquisitely preserved skull. It's unclear if the mass around the orbit is a sclerotic ring or part of the unfused prefrontale/supraorbitals...of note also the pointed premaxillae #thyreophora #ornithischia

Photo of a complete skeleton preserved on a slab of a juvenile individual of the basal ankylosaurid Liaoningosaurus

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Food for thought... Kentrosaurus distal spines from Mallison 2011, Dacentrurine indet. From Company et al 2010

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

A monograph would be SO welcome...if there is a taxon that could link heterodontosaurs and pachycephalosaurs that's Tianyulong

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

There are at least 6 undescribed skeletons of various degree of completeness. One of these was used to create this sculpture by Jason Brougham. David Hone mentioned in a podcast about another one which have a mohawk through all the tail. Individuale variation? Thanks for the advertising 😁

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Brontops @brontops.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

GUO Bin，MA Feimin，JI Shu’an. New Materials of Protoceratops hellenikorhinus (Neoceratopsia: Protoceratopsidae) in Alxa Region, Inner Mongolia[J]. Northwestern Geology，2024，57（6）：1−9. doi: 10.12401/j.nwg.2024066 www.xbdz.net.cn/article/doi/...

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