#Dinosauroid

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

That part combined with a truly disturbing drawing of a sort of lizard-man presented as a how dinosaurs might look today if they "survived and continued evolving" make for an amusing read in the modern day.

I need someone to show me a picture of these lizard men now actually.

oh there are pictures

it is one of the most anthropocentric things I've ever fucking seen and I can't put it better than my 6 year old self looking at these things:

"why would dinosaurs become people????" (quote from my journal)

[dryptosaurusghost]

i wish i was a dinosauroid hunter in a frozen forest

[troythecatfish]

[jurassicjoowan]

May the Utahraptor redesign sketches, edited her face and body build quite a bit. Her eyes now have that predatory dinosaur look lol

Matbe she's thinking of pouncing you

[dragonthunders01]

Spectember D27: Revamp the Dinosauroid

The end of the Triassic propitiated finally the dominance of dinosaurs in the next period with the rupture of the large supercontinent Pangea, though in this timeline something pushed further the fragmentation of the continent, and instead of just opening the rift of the Atlantic, it multiplied across Africa and a section of south America, making the Tr/J mass extinction more severe and killing out many more species of dinosaurs, so now the Jurassic was no longer dominated by the animals we have in our timeline, instead we get a strange variety of large dinosaur-like crocodiles, many sauropodomorphs that diverged from the smaller species that survived and never went into the same trend of gigantism as in our earth, many synapsids and so on. At the end of the late Jurassic a lot happened with the new order, within some of the second radiation of sauropodomorphs included varied carnivorous carnosaur-like species, medium size coelurosaur-like omnivores and smaller herbivores that look like silesaurs; from the omnivore lineage that have expanded in varied niches would rise a branch of semiaquatic species that resembled something like a scaly penguin with hands, long finger and claws, with short robust tails, shorter necks and longer heads with narrow keratinized mouths.

They are remarkable as many other animals of this world, through one particular species seems to have started a peculiar evolutionary trend in the last 10 million years.

For the reader, we will refer to this species as the Shagoids, a species originated from 50 cm long aquatic sauropodomorph descendants that wandered on the estuaries of the now more fragmented north Africa/south American region, their ancestors were more of a mix of a cormorant with an otter as unlike the rest of its own family this belongs, as one main feature of these are they still functional forelimbs, these still preserved functional arms and hands that helped them to manipulate their prey of crustaceans and mollusks. Over time these developed strategies to break down their prey shell, including the habit of picking and using stones which choose appropriately for this task. This behavior was passed on to new generations, learned and properly helped them to get food with less effort, the food quality increased brain energy, brain size also increased and so their skills were forged much more adequately.

It was on matter of few million years the Shagoids lineage abandoned their swimming lifestyle and became mostly semi aquatic coastal dwellers, living in the shores and just entering water to hunt their food rather than spending most of their time there. As social animals they formed hierarchy groups, formed by the head of a dominant female around minor males that could either mate with her or just serve them, as well many other younger individuals, matriarchs often had the duty to select and organize hunting and spending of food, as well regulate reproduction and mating between their lower family, as she normally is the eldest of the group, and only another female of the same blood can turn into a elder matriarch of if mated by the son of the elder, this perhaps was the moment they gained proper sentience as how they defined a cultural and social structure.

It seems at the end rathe in a sudden change of sea level in the last 3 million years did the final push on their evolutionary journey, as most of the Shagoid populations got stranded within the main continent with almost no way to find new connections to large water bodies, in other situation their species would have die for starvation, but at that point they were already adapted to feed on other food sources, from tubers, insects and small animals, being able to cook them using fire they managed to craft, and so properly passed the harsh time with the loss of a chunk of their population over the sudden change.

When the Shagoid expanded and found again large water bodies far from their native regions, they really have changed considerable from their ancestors, as their closest relative was a sort of strange loon like reptilian species wandering in the coasts, these were more like limbed penguins with long arms and tridactyl hands, which the third finger being a derivation of the 4th an 5th clawless digit fused into one, their short legs lost their webbed feet a while ago and are more adapted for walking, their head still preserve the characteristic seabird like shape but their teeth have changed in shape to be generalistic omnivore, with a large head which houses the most intelligent brain in the planet.

Over the last thousands of years, they have been becoming more and more prone to establish permanent settlements populated by hundreds of them much more different of their wandering tribes, often farm plants and even carry some animals for domestication.

For the first time in their history they are in the pathway of civilization… who knows what will happen next, either the Shagoid can remain like this until their extinction, or they will start building towards the sky and beyond.

[thecreaturecodex]

Tenukh

"DINOSAPIEN: THE DIGGERS" © deviantArt user Taliesaurus, accessed at his gallery here

[Sponsored by @glarnboudin. These are the antagonists from Dinosapien, a Discovery channel TV show after my time. They have three canon names, and I hate all of them. I've spoken before about my irritation with monsters that swipe names from mythology thoughtlessly. The unktehi is a horned aquatic serpent in Lakota lore, and this is 0 for 3. And since the term "digger" was used as an ethnic slur for a different group of native Americans, the name seems especially tone-deaf. If you're going to be making a TV show with Native terminology (misued), you should at least double check to make sure you're not using any slurs! A scientist character refers to them as "ornithosapiens", I guess because they're ornithischians, but that name should probably go to, you know, birds. I ended up creating my own name rearranging the letters of unktehi.]

Tenukh CR 4 CN Monstrous Humanoid This creature is a bipedal reptile the size of a bison. It is as broad as it is tall, with an armored carapace and a domed head. Its forelimbs end in clawed hands, and it carries a spear.

Tenukhs are cave-dwelling sapient dinosaurs, descended from ankylosaurians. They are insectivorous, and much of their lives revolve around tending to and harvesting colonial insects such as termites, ants, bees and wasps. They supplement these foods with other insects, roots and herbs, especially during the winter in regions where hives go dormant in cold weather. Tenukhs are clannish, xenophobic and territorial, and a creature that disturbs their hives (or worse, steals honey or larvae from them) may be chased to the ends of the earth.

Tenukhs are straight forward combatants. They typically fight in pairs, with one charging headfirst into melee with the other providing backup with a spear. They have short arms, and so have limited reach despite their size, so favor polearms when wielding melee weapons. Tenukhs are fascinated by explosives, and may beg borrow or steal to get them, even if they do not fully understand their use.

The tenukh language is spoken through the nose, as the creatures have complicated, muscular sinuses. They can learn to speak other languages with some effort, and especially intelligent or practiced tenukh may speak Aklo, Common, Dwarven, Goblin, or Undercommon.

Tenukh   CR 4 XP 1,200 CN Large monstrous humanoid Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +8, scent Defense AC 17, touch 9, flat-footed 17 (-1 size, +8 natural) hp 37 (5d10+10) Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +6 Resist acid 10 Defensive Abilities fortification (50%); Weakness light blindness Offense Speed 30 ft., burrow 10 ft. Melee masterwork longspear +8 (2d6+4/x3), slam +2 (1d8+1) or 2 claws +7 (1d6+3), slam +7 (1d8+3) Ranged chakram +4 (2d6+4) Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft. (10 ft. with longspear) Special Attacks powerful charge (slam, 2d8+4 plus stun), stun Statistics Str 16, Dex 10, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 15, Cha 9 Base Atk +5; CMB +9; CMD 29 (33 vs. bull rush, overrun, trip) Feats Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Intimidating Prowess, Martial Weapon Proficiency (chakram) (B) Skills Climb +9, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +2, Intimidate +8, Perception +8, Survival +8 Languages Tenukh Ecology Environment underground Organization solitary, pair or clan (3-12) Treasure standard (masterwork longspear, 3 chakram, other treasure) Special Attacks Stun (Ex) A creature struck by a tenukh’s slam attack on a powerful charge or a critical hit must succeed a DC 15 Fortitude save or be stunned for 1 round. The save DC is Strength based.

[vees-strangeworld-omniverse]

COMMON DINOSAUROIDS OF THE OMNIVERSE

(NOTE: descriptions copy-pasted from DA where i normally/originally post my works. any context that is missing here on tumblr can be found on my DA [linked here and on pinned post] )

so, like, idk one day i was just in the mood for drawing some of every speculative evolutionist's favorite paleo-related topic. then I realized I had a bunch of dinosauroids I've create in my pre-strangeworld days, and though i'd redesign them as well. thus, all of these guys (except for the ornitimen) are basically just redesigns of mspaint drawing. so, here are a sample of the various sentient archosaurs you'll come across in the omniverse.

a thing to note is that usually all these guys would be wearing clothing or accessories of sort, but i omitted that so you could have a better look at their design.

[tumblr note: also, two of these guys will make mention of Reptilians, or at least this omniverse's version of it. the one linked here is my second rendition; i may end up doing a third rendition, or at least do some minor updates on their descriptions]

troods     troods are your pretty average troodontid-descendant dinosauroid, and they're more specifically a descendant of troodon itself. their universe is your usual non-kpg extinction timeline, though instead of the asteroid missing earth it hits mars instead. being 3ft at the hips, they don't look too far off from your average troodon, either, probably because their ancestors were already smart animal and only needed till the late Oligocene to evolve into a fully-fledge sophonts.     the trood's colors ranges between black, gray, silver and blue, and have darker topside which gradually becomes lighter towards the bottom. they also have a little poof of feathers on their head, which similar to us the females have it more fuller than the males. not much is known about their original culture, say for the fact they were between a hunter-gatherers and permanent civilizations.

ornitimen     contrast to the troods, ornitimen are'nt a naturally-evolved species, rather they're an uplifted sophont that's kinda a weird mix between different small ornithschian species (dryosaurus, kulindadromeus and hypsilophodon being some of the major contributors). they were created by the reptilians, initially being their servants. however, over the century they became less of servants and more of free beings. still, alot of their culture clings onto what they did as servants, especially the arts and labor.     ornitimens have different races, which were created for specific jobs. they stand between 2ft-4ft tall, with the smaller ones being used for art and delicate tasks and larger ones used for hard labor and transportation of items. their colors come in the varying shades, hues and markings of neutral colors, yet always have a colorful neck, which is most vibrant in males.

bevornis     bevornis comes from an alternate version on the trood's universe, in which instead of the troodons becoming the sophonts it was a species of oviraptor. unlike the troods, their initial culture is pretty well known for it's "No bullshit" kind of deal. most bevornids, even females and children, focused on their strength and ability to fight in battles. the children are taught from a young age how to fight and defend themselves. even as their culture expanded beyond battles and wars, they still are often proud of their physical strength.     bevornids look similar to other existing oviraptors, say for their more upright stance. the males have a magenta-ish color on their tail, arms and crest, while the females and children lack those colors. they're roughly the same size as a grown human, if not slightly more robust. their colors can vary depending on race and location, but for the most part it's usually slightly different shades of beige and blonde, still having the dark brown stripes on their face and rear end.

kavoids     kavoids look like one of those generic fantasy feathered dinosaur, with the green body and vibrant feathers. they're some kind of coelurosaur descendant, most likely a compsognathid or something similar. the come from an alternate early-cretaceous period from a small island continent, and they're culture is also a bit of a mystery aside from the fact that females are often more dominant than males.     kavoids stand 4ft at the hips, and are very lean and fast. they have varying hues of green with a yellowish underbelly and darker stripes. they have display feather not only on their tail and arms, but also their spine and head (which is more of a frill). these display feathers are very colorful and vibrant, and are an indicator of individuals and gender; females have their display feathers consist of warm colors, while the male's are more of cool colors.

sapiotyrannus     much like the ornitimen, the sapiotyrannus is an uplifted species created by the reptilians as heavy-labor servants before eventually becoming free beings. unlike the ornitimen, they're not a hybrid of various animals, rather they're a yutyrannus descendant given bigger, more dexterous hands. both sapiotyrannids and ornitimen tend share their civilizations together, since the ornitimen and expert farmers and the sapiotyrannids are vital guardians.    the sapiotyrannus is roughly the same size as it's yutyrannus cousins, and is covered almost entirely by feathers. they're always brownish in colors, with "faun"-like spots going down their back. they're very little difference between sexes, and the only real indicator is that females are slightly bigger than males.

senjias     senjias are the only ones here that aren't actually dinosaur, rather instead they're a descendant of rhamphorhynchoid pterosaur (possible kunpengopterus). coming from an island, they're mostly hunter-gatherers, foraging for both fruits and whatever the ocean gives them. they also go out to sea on little boats so they can fish for whatever they can find.     senjias aren't that big, only standing about 2ft tall. they not only have an opposable thumb, but also an opposable tail. they're also still capable of gliding, which is necessary since they live in the trees. all of them are solid shaded of brown, with a darker mane going on their back. females have red eyes, and males have blue eyes.

man, i need to make more of these guys sometimes.

[doolallymagpie]

images in a dinosaur book that rocked my fucking shit as a kid

thought this was so cool, and I’m definitely still a bit nostalgic about it, even if I know “hyperevolved sentient dinosaurs” would not fucking look like that now

[the-bonclave]

Spec zoo nerds, this one's for you.

[chimericecho]

Lizardman of Scape Ore Swamp; where is the Spiderman cryptid, uhm?

[kraetac]

To add fuel to this raging dumpster fire, even back in the 89's that design was considered atrocious, inaccurate, and way too human-centric by Paleontologists.

you remember how the onion man said that everything is his books were real? and also that in his (third??) book a documentary on a dinosaur-human hybrid was shown to him as a child, causing him so much trauma that he learnt how to astral project? well i think ive found the documentary.

so i have been reading a book on evolution for school and this book talks about a canadian palaeontologist called Dale A. Russell came up with the ‘dinosauroid’ this as a thought experiment. the idea was that if dinosaurs had never been wiped out, would a non-mammalian human like bipedal, intelligent thing have evolved and what would it have looked like.

so this was theorised in 1982 making it definitely the right age for this to have been the thing that traumatised ole greggy-poo. what did it look like to terrify such an alpha you may ask?

as far as i know, the only documentary that has come out about this was discovery channel, paleoworld ‘troodon: dinosaur genius’ released in 1995, when onion was ~10. the full thing is up on youtube (skip to 18:45 for The Creature) and i think it might be the very video that gave greg the ability to astral project.

thank you for coming to my tedtalk.

Oh my god????????

[pancake-of-death]

The mountain siren

Evolutionary history

The siren is a sapient species of alvarezsaurid dinosaurs that is native to the mountains of the Korongo islands. They originally evolved to fill a niche similar to the secretary bird using their feet to grab small prey with occasional larger prey. This caused one of their toes to become aposibal, and it also moved further back on their foot. Due to grabbing prey with their feet, the arms evolved to be larger to help them balance. Their ancestor evolved before the islands separated, which caused a mass extinction of mountain fauna. At this point, the proto siren had not evolved the two enlarged fingers, which helps the siren to manipulate objects. These fingers are an evolutionary throwback to more basel alvarezsaurids that had larger fingers. Around the time the sirens' fingers began to elongate the evolved the ability to mimic sounds. This is thought to have initially evolved in males who, like some birds, incorporate noises into the mating songs. Due to the loudness of these songs, they evolved earlobes similar to chickens. Around this time, one species evolved to scare predators with the sounds of other predators. This species became sapient and evolved a culture.

Language

The sirens language is incredibly hard to understand as they use a mixture of bird like chirps and squaks, wing and tail positions, and mimicked sounds. For example, sirens use the sound of rain falling to refer to rain. This has often been translated into onamonapias such as Drizzlicopa, which in their language would be the sound of rain and then the copa sound. There are some regional differences, such as in the south island, where Drizzlicopa is referred to as Clapicopa as the south island has more thunderstorms.

Culture/Religion

The sirens are a polytheistic religion with four main gods, which are Boomicopa, Crackcilicopa, Woowocopa, and Drizzlicopa. Their creation myth has the gods creating a landmass to create life, but Woowocopa created his own land so he can make his own life in secret. During this time, sirens had more dexterous hands, but they killed all life, and then they killed themselves. The gods started their work again this time. They fused two of the sirens fingers into one large claw. However, Woowocopa took some sirens and changed them, removing the tails, shorting their snouts, making them stand upright, and removing their feathers. These sirens became the siren eaters or also known as humans.

[troythecatfish]

[jurassicjoowan]

Old drawing of an Allosaurus monstergirl, design based on the Jurassic World depiction.

She'd probably eat people like in the movie, but I'd still say she's just a misunderstood gentle giant.

[siryl]

Years ago I bought the first brick-sized book in the series hoping it would be like a serious adult version of Cobra-La. It doesn't seem to be in my bookcase anymore.

Frog- and lizard-derived optical and audiovisual recording devices from Harry Harrison’s West of Eden series.