#crested dinosaurs

[palaeonecromancy]

Happy Fossil Friday!

Who: Cryolophosaurus ellioti

name meaning: "Cold" "Crested" "Lizard" "David Elliot - who originally discovered the skeletal fragments of Cryolophosaurus"

pronunciation: Cry-oh-low-foe-sore-us - ell-ee-ot-eye

What: A crested theropod in the neotheropoda clade, which also includes Dilophosaurus and Dracovenator

When: Early Jurassic, Hanson Formation

Where: Central Transatlantic Mountains in Antarctica

Fun fact!: Cryolophosaurus is one of six dinosaur species discovered on Antarctica!

Why are they cool?: Like all dilophosaurids it possessed some impressive head gear, in C. ellioti this crest is formed from an elongation of the lacrimals (one of the bones in face near the orbits) and nasal bones. The purpose of these crests is still debated and with low sample sizes, difficult to dicern. Some theories include: sexual dimorphism (a difference between males and females) or recognition of species/display function.

Image Credits: (Left: Pablo Pastori Right: M. Cross)

[hellagator]

Im becoming obsessed with pierced dinosaurs.

[fulls]

smells like.... improperly tied-down pottery

Dragon and design up on the AH for 2kg

ID# 92967345

[smallerdelusions]

Dinovember Day 10: Masiakasaurus

[geckosofjustice]

Would you look at her dino paws 😭🥹😍

[y-he-ourple-tho]

I'm learning how to drive now

[he-who-needs-to-be-silenced]

Im feeling generous, so here’s

All of this weeks homeworm art

Yellow tailed melanids

Melanornis xanthocaudis

Southern megabird

Titanornis gigantis

Struthiopsittacidae indet.

Passeripsittacidae indet.

Dome headed flower eater

Pachycephalogekko ferrucephalis

Ocean grydle

Xenopelagis ichthyomorphis

Striped Redneck

Erythrocephalis migratorius

Spotted sea dragon

Pelagodraco septentris

Western Pilotpole

Ductogirinus naucrates

Black tailed albarrots

Ardeapsittacis diomedus

Tiger sharkpole

Squalogyrinus tigrinus

Eastern Pilotpole

Ductogyrinus striatus

Digging finpole

Fossopterygius paternis

[verrixstudios]

Guys my commission sheets are officially done!! (I think lol)

I had some help and got some advice so these prices are based around the average time these take then rounded to the nearest five in the sheets above! These are all just example prices, but I will talk with you about the pricing to find something fair before we start anything! I have a few styles or methods I like to do, that vary in detail and etc, so prices can be lower or higher than the ones shown depending on what you are looking for.

Also I’m posting this now but I’ll also be adding these to my pinned Project post as well, so sorry if you see this twice!

[amphiptere-art]

Hi yah.

Did you know that T-Rexes have crowns?

T-Rex and many other theropods appear to have hardened keratin crests around their eyes and ridges of their nose. Depending on how exaggerated you make these traits. T-Rexes can look like they have crowns. Brightly colored crests right on their eyebrow ridge. Almost looking like a T-Rex with a very squished tiara.

[littlecuriouscurios]

My precious Lil Squiggly Mars!

He's looking rather "buggy" in this picture

[crackship-connoisseur]

*coughs really loud* ok here's my altean/allura+lotor redesigns

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Trick or treat?

Great Crested Grebe!

[morgan-the-mighty]

My new pet

Hiii all, I got a new pet, A CRESTED GECKO... look.. he's sooooo cuteeee

10-25-2023

[kobbers]

I love when marketing™ gives me a fun excuse to doodle around with more racing ostriches.

We're less than $1k away from base goal and I honestly can't even process the level of support. Thanks to those of you out there who keep showing up for our animal people politics comic.

[francy-sketches]

people will say literally anything to hate on hotd for no reason I just saw someone say the dragons in got were better. bitch they look like burnt vegetables

[shenzaibird-art]

Commission for FCZanatta! (with a little bonus ref because I made it while figuring out the design)