#capitalsaurus

[countrydinos]

Some stuff I’ve made recently. First was a request from a friend to draw America, second was a little gift/doodle of CIA for another friend, and last one was from me joking about grabbing America for some reason that I forget. Also, can you tell I really struggle to draw Americas crests? They’re the bane of my existence lol

I’ve been extremely beyond unmotivated to draw lately, but I really hope I can get back into the swing of things once this school quarter ends.

Species: America as a capitalsaurus, CIA as a cuckoo, and my sonas arm as a kaprosuchus

[ronk]

We didn't spot a single dinosaur on our walk.

[fncreature]

oh yeah and my brother and I went down a rabbithole and I now own the url Capitalsaurus

[edgescience]

Happy 4th of July weekend...or something. Didn't make a tribute video this year. Patriotism is justifiably at an all time low, so I figured a dumb dinosaur fossil would be a better way to spend the holiday!

[dinosaur-hole]

Capitalsaurus is the dinosaur for the District of Columbia in the United States. Yes, it is a real dinosaur, and it's a carnivore. However, Paleontologists consider the remains to be lousy, and thus are not officially named.

[koi-the-kaprosuchus]

Finally finished this monster!

From left to right, up to down, we got

Denmark- Dromaeosauroides

Germany- Liliensternus

America- Capitalsaurus

San Marino- Scipionyx

Italy- Saltriovenator

Rome- Cetiosaurus

Ethiopia- Unknown Brachiosaurid

Canada- Albertosaurus

England- Baryonyx

[moonlightandromache]

hi it's the anon from before i'm pretty sure i followed u for the old guard stuff?? plsplspls tell me abt the official state dinosaurs

i am just WAITING for the day we get smth substantial for tog2 and then i promise i will be feral about tog again aksjgdka

okay so there are fourteen states with official state dinosaurs and most of them are quite frankly dinos ive never heard of (have to admit i dont know a lot about dinos which is on me really! and im sorry for it)

arizona - sonorasaurus thompsoni arkanas - arkansaurus fridayi california - augustynolophus morrisi colarado - stegosaurus armatus conneciticut dilophosaurus sp. (which i keep reading as dilfosaurus which is importantt to share i think) distric of columbia - "capitalsaurus" (wiki had the quotes not me) massachusetts - podokesaurus holyokensis maryland - astrodon johnstoni missouri - parrosaurus missouriensis new jersey - hadrosaurus foulkii oklahoma - acrocanthosaurus atokensis texas - sauropoiseidon proteles (which replaced i believe the astrodon in 2009) utah - utahraptor ostrommaysorum wyoming - triceratops horridus

[the-basking-spot]

Most American Dino Ever | "Capitalsaurus"

'Muricaaaaa

[astrogeo7]

Dinosunday

Happy Memorial Day Weekend! Here is the official dinosaur of America’s capital to celebrate. To avoid confusion, this dinosaur has not been officially classified because the only fossil found was one vertabrae from one dinosaur. The classification is still under debate, and current information is subject to change if more fossils are found.

Capitalsaurus

Temporal Range: Early Cretaceous

Location: Eastern United States

Diet: Carnivore

Family: Undetermined

[mindocr]

Capitalsaurus Court in Washington, D.C.

http://dlvr.it/PmqF63

[ronk]

D.C. once boasted its own (tiny) dinosaur bone dig site and the discovered animal was nicknamed “Capitalsaurus,” and the spot was officially named after it. This commemorative street sign marks the spot where the bones were discovered in a clay bed back in 1898. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/capitalsaurus-court (at Capitol Hill Neighborhood, Washington, DC) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIBiHmAhuAa/?igshid=eny5w379uvun

[brilliantmistake]

Related: Do you know what your state fossil is? (Assuming you have one. Sorry, Kansas!)

Related to related: Does DC get screwed on everything?

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Priconodon crassus

By José Carlos Cortés

Etymology: Saw Cone Tooth

First Described By: Marsh, 1888

Classification: Dinosauromorpha, Dinosauriformes, Dracohors, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Thyreophora, Eurypoda, Ankylosauria, Nodosauridae  

Status: Extinct

Time and Place: ~ 113 million years ago, in the Aptian age of the Early Cretaceous 

Priconodon is known from the Arundel Formation of Maryland

Physical Description: Not much is known about the appearance of Priconodon, as it is mostly known from teeth. These teeth, like many of Ornithischian dinosaurs, were roughly leaf-shaped, used for slicing up plant material. There might also be a tibia known, which is quite robust, but that is rather dubious. The robustness of the tibia makes sense, as Ankylosaurs such as Priconodon are true heavyweights.

As an Ankylosaur, Priconodon would have been a large quadrupedal herbivore, with extensive armor on its back. It wouldn’t have had a club tail, but rather more ornamentation in its spikes and other osteoderms on its back and shoulders. The tail would have been quite flexible instead. It would have had a small head, with a narrow snout for selectively feeding on certain plants. It also would have had a very wide torso, and most likely short and robust limbs.

Diet: Low-level selective browser

Behavior: Priconodon would have probably been mostly a loner, spending its time wandering about its ecosystem looking for sources of green food, probably softer plant material. Ankylosaurs are not known for their probable socialness, but it’s likely that Priconodon would have taken care of its young like other dinosaurs. It’s even possible that Priconodon, like other Nodosaurids, would have stuck with herds of large herbivores for protection.

Ecosystem: The Arundel Clay was a swamp ecosystem right near the coast of the burgeoning Atlantic Ocean, filled with cycads, ferns, and aquatic plants. There were a lot of different types of fish, including sharks, in this area, along with many early turtles. There were also indeterminant crocodilians and a few mammals such as Argillomys. As for dinosaurs, there was the large sauropod Astrodon, possibly an ornithopod such as Tenontosaurus, a possible raptor, and the crappy “Capitalsaurus”.

Other: Priconodon was originally thought to be a Stegosaur, since Ankylosaurs were not really known during the 1800s, until it was reexamined in the 70s.

~ By Meig Dickson

Sources under the Cut 

Carpenter, K., J. I. Kirkland. 1998. Review of Lower and Middle Cretaceous Ankylosaurs from North America. In Lucas, S. G., J. I. Kirkland, J. W. Estep (eds). Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14: 249 - 270.

Coombs, W. P. 1978. The families of the ornithischian dinosaur order Ankylosauria. Palaeontology 21 (1): 143 - 170.

Lipka, T. R. 1998. The affinities of the enigmatic theropods of the Arundel Clay facies (Aptian), Potomac Formation, Atlantic Coastal Plain of Maryland. In S. G. Lucas, J. I. Kirkland, J. W. Estep (eds.), Lower and Middle Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems; New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 14:229-234

Lull, R. S. 1911. Systematic paleontology of the Lower Cretaceous deposits of Maryland: Vertebrata. Maryland Geological Survey: Lower Cretaceous 183-211

Marsh, O. C. 1888. Notice of a new genus of Sauropoda and other new dinosaurs from the Potomac Formation. American Journal of Science 35:89-94