#Dinovember2024

[fastman27]

Dinovember day 20: Yi qi

[gemboundprism]

[katborg82]

Dinovember day 19!! @1dinodaily A male Phorusrhacos performs a spectacular display for a mate.

[fulcrum-art-fox]

Dinovember day 21: Spinosaurus

[cellulosaurus]

Dinovember day 19 & 20: Phorusrhacos and Yi + aposematism

(Couldn't finish the terror in time...)

Yeah, birbs. Phorusrhacos longissimus' beak is mostly just a sea eagle's, and Yi qi's wings are vaguely inspired by flying dragon's.

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[1dinodaily]

Dinovember is Back!

Each day of November has a dinosaur species or genus prompt for you to draw. I also have added bonus prompts for extra inspiration.  If you post your dinosaurs and tag them with #dinovember or tag me (@1dinodaily), I will reblog your art and feature it on @1dinodaily!

Rules for getting featured:

Must be your own art

Post your art of the dinosaur of the day before the end of the day

No NSFW content

Prompt list in text format:

Compsognathus

Medusaceratops

Lambeosaurus

Argentavis

Palestine Sunbird

Dreadnoughtus

Amargasaurus

Lythronax

Wallcreeper

Masiakasaurus

Yangchuanosaurus

Heterodontosaurus

Carnotaurus

Dryptosaurus

Megaraptor

Deinocheirus

Eoraptor

Barred Eagle Owl

Phorusrhacos

Yi Qi

Spinosaurus

Miragaia

White Winged Potoo

Tsintaosaurus

Atrociraptor

Diabloceratops

Beipiaosaurus

Therizinosaurus

Kentrosaurus

Saurophaganax

Bonus Terms: ✶ Amensalism ✶ Aposematism ✶ Commensalism ✶ Competition ✶ Crypsis ✶ Eyespots ✶ Leucism ✶  Mating Ritual ✶ Mimicry ✶ Mutation ✶ Mutualism ✶ Parasitism ✶ Phenotype ✶ Polymorphism ✶ Predation ✶

Thank you all and have fun!

[saritapaleo]

Archovember 2024 Day 3 - Gorgosaurus libratus

The apex predator of Western North America during the Late Cretaceous was Gorgosaurus libratus. Found so far in Alberta, Canada and Montana, USA, it lived several million years before Tyrannosaurus rex would appear. While it was a tyrannosaurid, it was more closely related to Albertosaurus, so much so that some scientists consider it to be another species of Albertosaurus. Gorgosaurus is the most numerous tyrannosaurid in the fossil record, known from dozens of specimens. This abundance of fossils has allowed paleontologists to investigate Gorgosaurus’ ontogeny, life history and many other aspects of its biology. For example, in 2023, a 5-7 year old juvenile Gorgosaurus was discovered with stomach contents consisting of two intact Citipes juveniles about a year old. This showed that younger Gorgosaurus’ were mostly eating prey much smaller than them, and were probably not hunting in packs, as the meal would not have been large enough to share. That being said, only the remains of the hindlimbs and caudal vertebrae of the juvenile Citipes were present, suggesting that this Gorgosaurus may have had a preference for the muscular hindlimbs. Many Gorgosaurus specimens also preserve evidence of facial scars, a result of intraspecies facebiting.

Gorgosaurus would have lived on the coastal plain along the western edge of the Western Interior Seaway, an inland sea which divided North America in half during the Late Cretaceous. The area was subtropical with periods of drought. Conifers would have dominated the forests, while the underbrush consisted of ferns, tree ferns and angiosperms. Gorgosaurus is best known from the Dinosaur Park Formation. Here, it would have lived alongside another apex predator: Daspletosaurus wilsoni. While these tyrannosaurids were roughly the same size, they may have preferred different types of prey, allowing them to coexist without too much competition. And there was a wide diversity of prey here, from many of the most famous ornithopods like Parasaurolophus walkeri, Corythosaurus casuarius, Gryposaurus notabilis, and Lambeosaurus lambei, to beloved ceratopsians like Styracosaurus albertensis, Centrosaurus apertus, Chasmosaurus belli, Spinops sternbergorum, and Vagaceratops irvinensis. There were also ankylosaurs like Anodontosaurus inceptus, Dyoplosaurus acutosquameus, Edmontonia rugosidens, Euoplocephalus tutus, Panoplosaurus mirus, Platypelta coombsi, and Scolosaurus. Pachycephalosaurids included Foraminacephale and Stegoceras validum. Gorgosaurus also shared space with other, smaller theropods, like the ornithomimids Ornithomimus and Rativates, caenagnathids like Caenagnathus, Chirostenotes, and Citipes, dromaeosaurids like Dromaeosaurus and Saurornitholestes, and troodontids like Latenivenatrix and Stenonychosaurus. Dinosaurs were not the only animals here, and Gorgosaurus would have also had to share space with the giant azhdarchid pterosaur Cryodrakon, as well as alligatoroids like Albertochampsa and Leidyosuchus, and choristoderes like Champsosaurus. Gorgosaurus is also known from the Two Medicine Formation and Judith River Formation.

This art may be used for educational purposes, with credit, but please contact me first for permission before using my art. I would like to know where and how it is being used. If you don’t have something to add that was not already addressed in this caption, please do not repost this art. Thank you!

[jestermaker]

I was very tired and did not put much into this but still wanted to do it

Dinovember day 10

[nitadraws]

Dinovember day 1 - Compsognathus

He is going to leave the lantern at his family's grave today

I kindof based him on the colouring of a grass snake and tried coloured lineart to start the month with! @1dinodaily

[moxlobster]

for days 5 and 6 of Dinovember. I do not like drawing birds. remember to take care of yourself in the next couple weeks to years.

[fastman27]

Dinovember day 21: Spinosaurus

[gemboundprism]

[katborg82]

Dinovember day 21!! @1dinodaily A pair of mischievous Afrotapejara test the patience of a sleepy giant.

[cellulosaurus]

Dinovember day 21: Spinosaurus

Decided to kind of follow that unpublished paper that talks about a new species of spinosaurus with a scimitar shaped crest, and how it's similar to birds' casques.

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[smallerdelusions]

Dinovember Day 4: Argentavis

[saritapaleo]

Archovember 2024 Day 1 - My Choice: Caihong juji

Continuing my theme of choosing dinosaurs we know the colors of, my choice for day 1 of Archovember this year is Caihong juji!

Caihong was an Anchiornithid from Late Jurassic China. It was relatively small, estimated at 40 cm (16 inches) long, with a wingspan of approximately 44 cm (17 in), and weighing 475 grams (16.8 oz). It could be distinguished from its cousins and contemporaries Eosinopteryx and Anchiornis by the longer pennaceous feathers on its forelimbs, hindlimbs, and tail. Caihong was covered almost entirely in feathers, with only the snout and claws uncovered. Like Anchiornis, Caihong’s feathers were so well-preserved that the melanosomes could be analyzed, and interpreted as iridescent black. The platelet-like melanosomes on its head, chest, and base of the tail were similar to those found in the shimmering feathers of modern trumpeters (genus Psophia). Its feather coat was also very thick, with a silky or shaggy appearance, and a ruff of longer feathers around the neck.

Caihong was likely less common than Anchiornis, as only one specimen has been found so far. Like other anchiornithids, it was probably a carnivore, hunting arthropods and other small animals in the underbrush. Also like Anchiornis, it most likely wasn’t a strong flier, instead using its shimmering plumage for display.

The Tiaojishan Formation was subtropical to temperate, warm and humid, and dominated by gymnosperm trees like ginkgopsids (including Ginkgo), conifers, cycads, and ferns. Caihong would have lived in these Late Jurassic forests with fellow anchiornithids Anchiornis, Aurornis, Serikornis, Xiaotingia, and Eosinopteryx, as well as the bizarrely-winged scansoriopterygids Yi and Scansoriopteryx. Pterosaurs were also common here, including Changchengopterus, Darwinopterus, Wukongopterus, and the small, nocturnal anurognathids Cascocauda, Sinomacrops, and Luopterus. Oddly enough, this formation known for small, flying things also included the earliest known gliding mammal: Volaticotherium antiquum.

(I was unsure what the consensus is on the lacrimal crests and sickle claw, so here is another version 🙃)

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