#plotosaurus

[chameleocoonj]

birthday baby and his friends :)

[ppaleoartistgallery]

Paleostream 24/02/2024

here are this week's #Paleostream drawings!

today we drew Megalosaurus, Stegotetrabelodon, Prestosucus, and Plotosaurus

[chukapower]

Plotosaurus

[veloci-raptor]

Flocking Together

Megalosaurus/Stegotetrabelodon

Prestosuchus/Plotosaurus

[justgoji]

Plotosaurus bennisoni, the most derived mosasaur. Who knows what it would’ve branched off into if the asteroid never hit.

With Hatsune Miku for scale:

[aberrantologist]

Doodles from today's flocking paleostream featuring Megalosaurus, Stegotetrabelodon, Prestosuchus and Plotosaurus.

[ifuckinglovedinosaurssomuchjesus]

All the species in the new Prehistoric Planet Trailer!

Pachycephalosaurus/Stygimoloch (we'll see their stance on that topic)

Nanuqsaurus, later seen hunting Ornithomimus

Some type of Titanosaur, can't identify it further

Triceratops with some ridiculous horns, most likely based on the "Yoshi's Trike" specimen who's pretty famous for his massive rack.

Isisaurus, both baby and adult

A Mosasaur, maybe Plotosaurus?

Elasmosaurs, maybe Tuarangisaurus from last season?

Velociraptors return and they have babies!

(Check reblogs for part 2)

Please guys just reblog the version with the full list, it's in the notes, Tumblr wouldn't let me put more pictures in the original post so I added the rest in the reblogs. I swear there were more than just 8 species in the new trailer, please.

[photon-bytez]

I dunno about you guys, but with this year possibly being a big one for paleomedia as a whole (A new Jurassic World movie, ON TOP of two big budget paleodocs being the main examples), perhaps we could FINALLY see PHP return for a third season. While I'm not gonna go ramble on about how I think this hypothetical Season 3 will be the last one to close out the series (along with cementing a trilogy in the same vein as Planet Earth), I am gonna bring up a little thought experiment that me and some of my Discord buddies came up with and discussed.

I've heard quite a few folks say that they want PHP to move away from the Maastrichtian epoch from the end of the Cretaceous, but I've also seen people mention how this particular chunk of geologic time still has plenty of usable taxa to put in the show, even after 2 entire seasons' worth of species. Not only are many dinosaurs still left on the table, so are many non-dinosaur animals as well; Pterosaurs, marine reptiles, mammals, fish, birds, etc. This is just a quick lil' list to point out the candidates that could appear in future episodes, as a huge part of me feels like the show is gonna remain within the Maastrichtian for the time being. And for a funny coincidence, the amount of animals that I was able to put together between my own research and suggestions from?

SIXTY. SIX.

As in, the geologic time that the entire show takes place in ("Planet Earth, 66 million years ago" and all that). You can imagine the surprise that I had when I accidently reached that number.

Anyhoo, let's hop to it

Ankylosaurus

Gallimimus

Dryptosaurus

Ocepechelon

Arambourgiania

Denversaurus

Thescelosaurus

Rhabdodon

Shantungosaurus

Coahuilaceratops

Leptoceratops

Regaliceratops

Alaskacephale

Ampelosaurus

Noasaurus

Alioramus

Falcatakely

Torosaurus

Patagonykus

Epapatelo

Mahajangasuchus

Zarafasaura

Gavialimimus

Champosaurus

Habrosaurus

Didelphodon

Bharattherium

Purgatorius

Cretalamna

Stratodus

Pycnonemosaurus

Maip

Stegorous

Thalassotitan

Ajnabia

T. mcraeensis (As in, the new Tyrannosaurus species described in 2023)

Khinjaria

Eoneophron

Patagomaia

Augustynolophus

Plotosaurus

Pleisotylosaurus

Tylosaurus

Hydrotherosaurus

Morenosaurus

Anzu

Bonnerichthys

Sinoceratops

Zhuchengtyrannus

Acheroraptor

Saurolophus

Thoracosaurus

Borealosuchus

Armadillosuchus

Saltasaurus

Palaeosaniwa

Avisaurus

Potamornis

Brachychampsa

Enchodus

Alphadon

Adocus

Serpentisuchops 

Charonosaurus

Asteronis

Sahonachelys

Like I said; 66 different species just WAITING for their time to shine. And given how it's almost been 3 years since the show originally came out, the same timeframe that S1 had between 2019 and 2022 could also apply to this hypothetical third season (and this theory is helped even more by the idea that S2 was originally material that was scrapped by S1).

We've got a full year to wait and see if we get anything new with this show, so we've got plenty of time to speculate before we find out anything.

Many thanks to my Discord peeps for coming along for this fun thought experiment. You guys rock!

[actual-haise]

A Plotosaurus on the hunt, captured by an ROV.

[cry-olophosaurus]

Plotosaurus at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. Plotosaurus was a genus of Mosasaur from late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) California. It has two known species, P. bennisoni (the species mounted in the photo) and P. tuckeri. Plotosaurus is also considered to be one of the most derived Mosasaurs, and perhaps one of the fastest swimmers as well. It's caudal (tail) fin was larger in comparison to it's body size than other Mosasaurs, it's flippers were a lot thinner, and it's body was a lot more streamlined.

[phantomplaguedoctor]

*Hands you a tylosaurus* *hands you a mosasaurus* *hands you a platecarpus* *hands you a halisaurus* *hands you a plotosaurus* *hands you a yaguarasaurus* *hands you a dallasaurus* *hands you an aigialisasaurus* *hands you an acteosaurus* *hands you an adriosaurus* *hands you an aigialosaurus* *hands you an amphekepibis* *hands you an amphorosteus* *hands you an ancylocentrum* *hands you an angolasaurus* * hands you a baptosaurus* *hands you a baseodon* *hands you a-

[autoboty]

The Plotosaurus - Is super heavy, roars loudly and stomps around, chasing all the other plot animals away. Once you give them attention, they suddenly decide to go extinct.

Plot Bunnies, Plot Chickens, Etc.

As a lot of people aren’t familiar with plot creatures, I thought I’d shed some light on the members of the mental menagerie…

The Plot Bunny - Story ideas that come bounding in and start multiplying.

The Plot Chicken - They squawk, flap around, and shit everywhere, but when you actually need to do something with them, they scatter.

The Plot Sloth - Takes its sweet goddamned time turning into something useful.

The Plot Mule - When you mash two plots together and get something cool, but you can’t get a sequel out of it to save your life.

The Plot Cat - Lazy little bastards who take up your headspace, scare away all the other plot bunnies, but won’t actually do anything except lay there.

The Plottweiler - Barks loudly and viciously so you can’t ignore it, distracts you from everything else you want to write, but leaves you too paralyzed with fear to actually put words down.

The Plot Squirrel - Cute, distracting, full of nuts, and just TRY to keep up with that train of thought.

The Plot Bedbug - Shows up during the night, chews on you so you can’t sleep, and disappears in the daylight.

The Plot Tick - Burrows in, bleeds you dry, and leaves you with the creepy-crawlies. Mostly preys on horror writers.

The Plotroach - Totally unappealing, but so tenacious they’ll survive anything until you finally give up and write them.

What Plot Creatures have you encountered?

[creature-feature-blog]

plotosaurus - "swimmer lizard."

this gorgeous creature was 33 feet long, or long enough to frighten you from a sizable distance. i honestly can't find much else on him but that he is fusiform and capable of being the fastest of all mosasaurs. speedboats will not save you.

[autoboty]

The Plotosaurus - Is super heavy, roars loudly, and stomps around, chasing all the other plot animals away. Once you give them attention, they suddenly decide to go extinct and never show up.

Plot Bunnies, Plot Chickens, Etc.

As a lot of people aren’t familiar with plot creatures, I thought I’d shed some light on the members of the mental menagerie…

The Plot Bunny - Story ideas that come bounding in and start multiplying.

The Plot Chicken - They squawk, flap around, and shit everywhere, but when you actually need to do something with them, they scatter.

The Plot Sloth - Takes its sweet goddamned time turning into something useful.

The Plot Mule - When you mash two plots together and get something cool, but you can’t get a sequel out of it to save your life.

The Plot Cat - Lazy little bastards who take up your headspace, scare away all the other plot bunnies, but won’t actually do anything except lay there.

The Plottweiler - Barks loudly and viciously so you can’t ignore it, distracts you from everything else you want to write, but leaves you too paralyzed with fear to actually put words down.

The Plot Squirrel - Cute, distracting, full of nuts, and just TRY to keep up with that train of thought.

The Plot Bedbug - Shows up during the night, chews on you so you can’t sleep, and disappears in the daylight.

The Plot Tick - Burrows in, bleeds you dry, and leaves you with the creepy-crawlies. Mostly preys on horror writers.

The Plotroach - Totally unappealing, but so tenacious they’ll survive anything until you finally give up and write them.

What Plot Creatures have you encountered?