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Fun Facts about dinosaurs - Formerly DailyDinoFacts on that other app. Paleo volunteer trying to break into the world of collaborating on research papers.

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A new albertosaurine from the Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada, illuminates ambiguity between albertosaurine and tyrannosaurine characteristics: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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A new albertosaurine from the Oldman Formation, Alberta, Canada, illuminates ambiguity between albertosaurine and tyrannosaurine characteristics
Tyrannosaurid species have often been considered to have high longevity and low diversity relative to contemporaneous megaherbivores. Recent chronospecies assertions around tyrannosaurid lineage ev...
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Kieran 🦘🇨🇦 @hellbendermuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Proud to present my lifesize T. rex head, affectionately named Hannibal. I created this myself from start to finish- digital sculpture, resin 3D printing, painting, etc. Huge thanks to my friend @rj-palmer.com for instrumental crits and redlines during the sculpting process.
Life-size t rex head model from front 3/4 view. I am also in frameLife size t rex head model, from frontLife size t-rex model, from front and staring directly down the barrel of the camera
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Since it's #AstrodonDay, here's the Big Femur found by the Norden family in 1991. AFAIK it's still on display at the Maryland Science Center.
Woman and two kids pose with a large plaster jacket in a gray landscape.Man applies burlap soaked in plaster to a dinosaur bonePhoto looking down of half a gnarly-looking sauropod femurPartial sauropod femur with black silhouette showing the missing portion
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Getting plastered sometimes (but not always) has a different meaning in #paleontology. Bones are often covered in protective plaster to prevent damage during transport. Some larger and heavier jackets also require additional steel and/or wood reinforcing as well - as can be seen in this photo.
A large plaster jacket with steel rods sticking out of part of it. This reinforcing is to help prevent damage to the fossil as plaster jackets alone aren't always enough to ensure safe transport.
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The beak of Camarasaurus: inferring the perioral soft tissues of fossil archosaurs using the rostral neurovascular system preprints.arphahub.com/articles.php...
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The beak of Camarasaurus: inferring the perioral soft tissues of fossil archosaurs using the rostral neurovascular system
A rostral beak, a highly keratinized tissue covering the perioral region of the skull, has been hypothesized for many sauropodomorphs and eusauropods over the past few decades by several authors, base...
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Emily Thomas 🦤🏳️‍🌈 @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I missed Yuanyanglong's publication last year WHY is this dinosaur so much LEGS and so little HEAD?
Skeletal diagram of Yuanyanglong bainian. It has very long logs and a veeeeery small head. It looks fake, but that's just what it looked like
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The award for the "Most Jimothy-Looking Dino Display" goes to #Tanycolagreus! With a name meaning "the long limbed hunter", the mount proves this moniker apt, but there would have been far more vertebrae in life than were uncovered. So, the ~4m long hunter would have looked more like a "normal" dino
Wikimedia Commons photo posted by Etemenanki3 - "Tanycolagreus (holotype specimen), on display at the Museum of Ancient Life, Utah."
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Full article: Intercontinental evidence of the iconic genus Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/...
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Intercontinental evidence of the iconic genus Diplodocus Marsh, 1878 (Dinosauria, Sauropoda)
The sauropod Diplodocus is one of the most iconic dinosaurs, with fossils traditionally known from the Morrison Formation (U.S.A.; Kimmeridgian–Tithonian). Here, we describe a new diplodocid specim...
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Cassandra 🦕🖌 @tenontosaurus.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
hadrosaur manus study
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Denver Fowler Ph.D @denverfowler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
This is a sacrum (vertebrae that fuse over the hips), from a parrot-mimic raptor dinosaur (caenagnathid, oviraptorosaur). These feathered raptors have quite fragile bones and are consequently quite rare. #dinosaur #dinosaurs #FossilFriday #fossils #SciComm
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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The trace fossil discovery of a lifetime: a Tyrannosaurus rex trackway with 4 tracks in sequence (& a 5th track nearby), discovered by high school teacher Kent Hups in the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota. Thrilled for all involved in this find & study! 🧪🦖🐾
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ferrutxoart.bsky.social @ferrutxoart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A group from Morelladon advances through a gallery forest following the riverbed. The march should be led by the large adults, in this case a female flanked by two males, but some rowdy juveniles, still sporting their juvenile coloration, have moved ahead of the group
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The "knobby headed lizard" #Nodocephalosaurus comes from the Kirtland Formation of New Mexico. Dating back ~73 mill years, it is known from quite a few specimens that consist of just a few bones or armour plates. I really like its name though, so I wanted to post about it. (See ALT for more info)
Figure from Arbour et al (2014) showing a dorsal view of the holotype's skull in dorsal view. Its left lateral side is mostly complete from this view, but the right side was not recovered. Holotype originally described/named in Sullivan (1999)
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Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#Oxalaia is the youngest spinosaurid in the fossil record of Brazil. Living roughly 100my ago, what little is known of it (fragmentary skull material) indicates it was a very close relative of Spinosaurus itself. The photo below from Sales & Schultz (2017) shows the very tip of its upper jaw.
Photo showing the premaxillae of the Oxalaia holotype: MN 6117-V, in 4 different views. 

Sales MAF, Schultz CL (2017) Spinosaur taxonomy and evolution of craniodental features: Evidence from Brazil. PLoS ONE 12(11): e0187070. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0187070
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Happy unearth day, ya old stinker
Mounted skeleton of Sue the T. rex from the front
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
The Tanzanian #Elaphrosaurus (as seen at the @mfnberlin.bsky.social) was an odd theropod that lived ~150my ago. It appears closely related to the beaked, possibly herbivorous, Limusaurus on account of their weird proportions. With only 1 skull-less skeleton known, Elaphrosaurus remains an enigma.
Photo of an Elaphrosaurus mount posted to Wikimedia Commons by Etemenanki3 (CC 4.0).
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Krista Koeller @kristalerista.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Do you want to go to grad school in #paleontology 🦖, #geology ⚒️, or #biology🧪? Join the @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social Graduate School Application Prep Group! We’ll walk you through the application process in weekly workshops. Sign up with this form! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
A flyer that says "Do you want to be a paleontologist? Join the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Graduate School Application Prep Group. This series of free Zoom workshops will: tell you how the field of paleontology works, guide you through the graduate school application process, connect you with other applicants, give you feedback on your applications. Anyone interested is welcome!
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AshPoust @ashpoust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Great stylistic choice here by @caxela.bsky.social - since this dinosaur is mostly know by the anterior dentary (with bits of the max and frontal) the art highlights what we know best while still providing an amazing mood. I really like this piece.
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Happy #FossilFriday from the holotype of the "Polar Bear Lizard" - Nanuqsaurus! Though extracting fossils from its locale within the Arctic Circle of Alaska is costly and logistically difficult, I've heard rumor of a bit of new and undescribed material belonging to this tyrannosaur!
Described skull material of "Nanuqsaurus" on display at the Perot Museum in Dallas, Texas. DMNH 21461
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Cool new undescribed fossils coming from the Shenzhen Natural History Museum. A mass mortality bed of oviraptorids, and two new specimens showing nesting behaviour
At least 4 oviraptorids Oviraptorid Oviraptorid elements above eggs
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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Musango: The new Zimbabwean dinosaur discovered from a boat www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
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Musango: The new Zimbabwean dinosaur discovered from a boat | Natural History Museum
Musango matusadonaensis is the fifth dinosaur ever named from Zimbabwe.
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Emily Thomas 🦤🏳️‍🌈 @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
20 years ago today, the first episode of Prehistoric Park aired. If you haven't seen it yet in the intervening time, I highly recommend tracking it down. It's a very fun show, a grounded (excepting time travel) take on the dinosaur park concept that we haven't seen on screen since
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
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Your Friends The Titanosaurs: Mesetasaurus protector (plus news from Antarctica)
The newest titanosaur is the second from Uruguay and the Guichón Formation. Here's the breakdown: Genus and Species : Mesetasaurus ...
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Welcome the new dinosaur Ceratocaudia antiqua on this #FossilFriday! Found in the Gujarat region of India, the holotype of this ~180my old longneck is small by sauropod standards. But, the authors propose that despite its size, it's not a juvenile.
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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Worse than I could have imagined with near total loss of our Campanian dinosaur beds. @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social @agu.org @natgeosci.nature.com @paleosoc.bsky.social No one asked my opinion as Utah's State Paleontologist! @paleontologizing.bsky.social
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Joshua Lively, PhD @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
TBH, I don’t give a damn if another T. rex is getting auctioned. How about every fossil site we’ve ever worked in Grand Staircase NO LONGER being within the monument?!? Let’s talk about protecting fossils on PUBLIC land.
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology mourns the passing of artist, activist, and entrepreneur Sir Sam Neill. 

Generations of SVP members found inspiration to become paleontologists through his portrayal of Dr. Alan Grant in the Jurassic Park films. Sam’s portrayal of Dr. Grant brought an incredible humanity, awe, candor, and determination to the scientist-hero in one of the most popular pieces of media ever produced. In the decades since the release of Jurassic Park, Sam’s portrayal created a cultural touchstone for our field the likes of which we may never find again. Whether he knew at the time or not, he became a great friend of the profession of vertebrate paleontology. Our condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues. He will be deeply missed.
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Happy #FossilFriday from this cute little tyrannosaur premaxillary tooth! Tyrannosaurs were heterodont (having different forms of teeth) with the premaxillary teeth at the front of the mouth being shorter and more "D-shaped" in cross-section than the rest. Judith River Formation - Montana, USA
A tyrannosaur premaxillary tooth embedded in matrix. It was later extracted and the D-shape cross-section and serration patter were immediately diagnostic. ~76my old
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Anthony of the Badlands @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Happy #FossilFriday from this gorgeous Anzu claw fresh out of the ground in the Hell Creek Formation! This is from a very productive microsite that we visit every year to see what's eroded out over the winter. It's best to get these things excavated before the cows trample on them.
A dark brown sickle-shaped claw with some grey matrix still on it held in a curatorial hand
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
A new parasaurolophin dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from the Oldman Formation of southern Alberta cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
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A new parasaurolophin dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from the Oldman Formation of southern Alberta
Lambeosaurines are abundant in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, but are poorly known from the underlying Oldman Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian). A new partial skull roof and braincase f...
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Nilpanapan, A., Manitkoon, S., Suteethorn, V. et al. A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand. Sci Rep 16, 21205 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Had a crappy day? Well, me too. This is fossilized poo. Coprolites are known from many fossil formations and can be valuable for research. The word "coprolite" is Greek for "dung stone" which is as apt of a name as there is.
A dirty, amber colored coprolite on a sandstone ledge.
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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Wait everyone shut up for a second: the discovery of the Brachiosaurus holotype is at the exact midpoint between the founding of the United States and today (July 4, 1901)
Bearded guy in a hat lies next to recently uncovered sauropod humerus that is longer than him
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Denver Fowler Ph.D @denverfowler.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
RAPTOR TOOTH: very large tooth from a raptor #dinosaur, Paronychodon. It's been really rainy here for a few days, but we're back in the quarries today and finding new things! Dinosaur Park Fm, 76M yrs old. From US public lands administered by @BLM_MTDKs #FossilFriday
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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Please see your SVP member email for the full message with embedded hyperlinks so you can join the fight to help save intellectually rigorous, merit-based, independent US scientific research funding from this politically motivated attack! 1/3
On May 29, 2026, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) proposed sweeping changes to U.S. federal grant regulations (Title 2, Part 200 of the CFR) that would fundamentally alter how our science is funded, managed, and conducted.

If finalized, these rules will introduce unprecedented political interference into scientific research, add heavy administrative burdens, and restrict how U.S. paleontologists and our international collaborators use grant money.

What is at stake?

The proposed rule directly threatens your active and future research by seeking to:
Introduce Political Oversight: Gives political appointees veto power over grant awards to ensure they align with administration priorities, bypassing traditional merit-based peer review (§ 200.205).
Threaten Funding Stability: Drastically expands agency authority to abruptly pause or terminate active, multi-year grants mid-award (§ 200.340).
Ban Publication Funding: Prohibits using federal grant funds to pay for journal publication and open-access fees without rare, case-by-case agency pre-approval (§ 200.461).
Restrict Conference Travel: Restricts the use of grant funds to attend scientific meetings, requiring strict, case-by-case government pre-approval (§ 200.432).
Jeopardize support for students and early career scientists: Introduces administrative hurdles related to the use of federal funds that support student stipends and wages (§ 200.430), as well as scholarships (§ 200.466).Why Your Voice Matters

The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology and the Paleontological Society stand in staunch opposition to this proposal. But institutional pushback is not enough! We need our individual voices.

Under federal law, the OMB is legally required to review and respond to every unique, substantive public comment before issuing a final rule. Form letters are easily dismissed, but personal narratives explaining how these changes will harm your specific fieldwork, museum collections, or student training programs cannot be ignored. Because these perspectives must all be addressed, a large number of comments becomes a powerful tool.

How to Take Action (Deadline: July 13, 2026)
Step 1: Read the SVP/PS joint statement to learn more. 
Step 2: Use the Geological Society of America’s OMB Comment Toolkit for step-by-step help in drafting your own comment.
Step 3: Submit your specific, technical, and personal perspective directly to the OMB portal.
Whether you are a senior researcher, museum professional, faculty member, or an early-career student, these rules will reshape your future. Do not let political alignment dictate the success of scientific endeavors.

Sincerely,

The Leadership of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology & the Paleontological SocietyLink to full text document in the comments.Link to full text document in the comments.
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I recognize these... At a dinosaur themed Mini Golf business, I saw these two blatant copies of Raul Martin's iconic #PaleoArt. These were far from the only recognizable art lining the walls, but most were of animals from the Jurassic Park franchise. I am curious if anyone else has seen similar
Clearly a mirrored version of Raul Martin's piece of a Sarcosuchus and Suchomimus, but glowing under blacklightAnother blacklight illuminated copy of Raul Martin's work, this one of a Deinosuchus attacking a tyrannosaur.
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A new Cretaceous pennaraptoran dinosaur preserved with feathers, Changzhousaurus sinensis, has been described in Vertebrata PalAsiatica. Unfortunately, I hear that the journal website appears to have been compromised and is currently redirecting users to spam... 🪶🧪 (📷Xu)
Fossilized skeleton of a bird-like dinosaur preserved with feathers all around its body.
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
One of my favorite dinosaur names is #Dacentrurus - meaning "the very spikey tail". Living at the Jurassic/Cretaceous boundary, fossils attributed to it have been found across Western Europe. Though less famous than Stegosaurus, it was the 1st "well-known" of its group Art: @ferrutxoart.bsky.social
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Stieven @stievenvdp.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
GREAT DINOSAUR MISTAKES trailer! A new picture book written by Jonathan Emmett and palaeontologist Dr Adam S. Smith, Illustrated by yours truly.
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Ferwen @ferwen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New unenlagiid from the Chorrillo Formation (Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian), SW Patagonia, Argentina
Unenlagiids constitute a group of paravian theropods up to now represented in Gondwanan landmasses. They are particularly diverse in northern Patagonia, where at least seven species were discovered...
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Happy #FossilFriday from the "Icy Crested Lizard" - #Cryolophosaurus! This Antarctica native lived near the beginning of the Jurassic and represents one of the first known theropod dinosaurs to stand taller than your average human. In fact, this photo was my perspective looking up at its toothy grin
A closeup, "portrait" picture of a Cryolophosaurus reconstruction. This mount was/is part of a traveling museum exhibit rented out by the Field Museum in Chicago - where the holotype is housed.
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Ruadhrí Brennan [Scaled Beast] @rubrennanart.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Nanotyrannus lancensis (1:1) Based on the Duelling Dinosaurs specimen that helped validate the genus. This one went to its new home in Canada last week, but Ive another on the way that I might bring along to #dinoconuk in July!
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
A new paper compiling ~200 years of dinosaurs was just published by Don Henderson of the Royal Tyrell Museum in Alberta. This is a goldmine for dinosaur trivia. For example, the study identifies 1259 unique and "reliably known" non-avian dinosaur species! (Henderson, 2026) peerj.com/articles/213...
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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 22/05/2026
It's Fossil Friday! What's the tallest freestanding dinosaur mount in the world? The Museum's Barosaurus & Allosaurus in the rotunda, which stands 50 ft (15 m) tall. How does it defy gravity? The Barosaurus is constructed using casts from real fossil bones in our collection.
A photo of the Barosaurus and Allosaurus in the Museum’s rotunda. The skeletons of the animals are dark in color. The long-necked Barosaurus is posed as if standing on its hind legs; the Allosaurus is posed as if lunging at the sauropod.
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Dino Facts @dinofacts.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
An interesting tidbit tucked away in the "Dueling Dinosaurs" paper is that the authors propose the Naturalis Tyrannosaurus "Trix" is roughly the same age (~66.9my old). They base this on microfossils, the specimens occurring at roughly the same stratigraphic height, & being discovered ~8km apart.
Photo of "Trix" (RGM 792.000) by AbstractionBlue on Wikimedia Commons.
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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
UFOP lecture May 14, 7:00 PM MT Jacob Freewin "New evidence of a large theropod dinosaur in the Yellow Cat Member (Barremian) of the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah, USA." Utah Dept. of Nat. Res., 1594 W North Temple St, SLC. The online meeting link is: meet.google.com/kyg-eyoe-pdf
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Biomechanics and muscular reconstruction of alvarezsaur forelimbs support a digging function: royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... Very excited to see this out! 🧪 (📷 @sidneyleedham.bsky.social et al.)
Graphs and images representing the estimated range of motion for the forelimbs of Mononykus, a small, bird-like dinosaur with short yet powerfully muscled arms.
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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
New pterosaur alert! Laueropterus vitriolus, a new very complete genus from southern Germany that I reconstructed for a new paper by @davehone.bsky.social, out now in @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/212...
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Crystal Palace Dinos @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Our very best 100th birthday wishes to Sir David Attenborough 🦖🎂🦖 Sir David has visited the Dinos in the past, and we were thrilled to have his support back in 2020 - when the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs were added to the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register (Letter wording in ALT text)
“The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs are recognised internationally as important monuments in the history of science. This is where public outreach of science began.

I am delighted to join with the Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs in welcoming Historic England's decision to give these sculptures the protection they so badly need.

They are, after all, the first attempts to visualise the dramatic creatures from the distant past in the country where their remains were first discovered, recognised and named.

David Attenborough”
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