#prehistoric

[boobookittenartblog]

Paleozoic Animals by Christian Jegou

[aberrantologist]

Nanuqsaurus surveys the land under the northern lights of a frozen polar night.

[thesilicontribesman]

Clevedon Iron Age Gold Torc, Clevedon, Somerset 250-75BCE, The British Museum, London

Hollow, decorated torc terminal and twisted wires from a multi- strand torc. Found in the 19th century, these may be parts of the same torc.

The terminal is ornamented with raised crescents and pellets, defined by areas of basket-weave pattern, similar to the Sedgeford and Snettisham gold torcs.

[dino-of-the-day]

Dryosaurus is my favorite dinosaur. Exclusively because of their tiny fingers.

Out of curiosity, what's your favorite dinosaur? (Both non-avian and avian)

Favorite Dinosaur:

Well, I answered this recently, and I just said Ceratopsians.

This time, I'll narrow it down to a small hornless ceratopsian dino...

Protoceratops

illustrations by Andrey Atuchin

How about y'all? What's your favorite dinosaur or prehistoric creature?

[typhlonectes]

Southernmost record of Megadolodus (Litopterna, Proterotheriidae, Megadolodinae) from the late Middle Miocene of Fitzcarrald, Peruvian Amazonia, and mesowear analysis of diet in megadolodine litopterns

Wilson, Carillo, et al.

ABSTRACT

Megadolodinae is a clade of tropical bunodont litopterns that includes three previously recognized species from Miocene fossil sites from northern South America. Here, we report an additional occurrence of Megadolodus molariformis from the Middle Miocene exposures at the Fitzcarrald arch (Peruvian Amazonia), based on dental material, which represents the southernmost record of the clade. This discovery further increases the faunal similarity between Fitzcarrald and the coeval La Venta fauna of Colombia. Given the convergent evolution of the bunodont dentition of megadolodines with suoids (Old World pigs and New World peccaries), we tested the hypothesis of frugivory in megadolodines with a mesowear angle approach using modern pigs and peccaries. These analyses differentiate the diet of modern suoids and suggest that megadolodines had a more abrasive diet than most of these taxa, except for the grazing warthogs. The dentition of megadolodines shows similar levels of abrasion to modern babirusas, thereby suggesting that the latter may represent an appropriate modern analog.

Read the paper here:

Full article: Southernmost record of Megadolodus (Litopterna, Proterotheriidae, Megadolodinae) from the late Middle Miocene of Fitzcarrald, Peruvian Amazonia, and mesowear analysis of diet in megadolodine litopterns

[danskjavlarna]

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Excavated: my collection of vintage dinosaurs, mammoths, and other prehistoric imagery.

[fluffysheeps]

Prehistoric 🦖🦕✨

[druid-for-hire]

[image id: a four-page comic. it is titled "immortality” after the poem by clare harner (more popularly known as “do not stand at my grave and weep”). the first page shows paleontologists digging up fossils at a dig. it reads, “do not stand at my grave and weep. i am not there. i do not sleep.” page two features several prehistoric creatures living in the wild. not featured but notable, each have modern descendants: horses, cetaceans, horsetail plants, and crocodilians. it reads, “i am a thousand winds that blow. i am the diamond glints on snow. i am the sunlight on ripened grain. i am the gentle autumn rain.” the third page shows archaeopteryx in the treetops and the skies, then a modern museum-goer reading the placard on a fossil display. it reads, “when you awaken in the morning’s hush, i am the swift uplifting rush, of quiet birds in circled flight. i am the soft stars that shine at night. do not stand at my grave and cry.” the fourth page shows a chicken in a field. it reads, “i am not there. i did not die” / end id]

a comic i made in about 15 hours for my school’s comic anthology. the theme was “evolution”

[scuddlez]

They turned him into a shaboingboing

Edit: I keep seeing this photo being reposted in places outside of Tumblr, and it surprises me every time.

[samarajethwa]

Inspired by that gorgeous Chauvet bear cave painting and also Djungelskog

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, c.400-300 BCE: this figure was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact

This plush bird was sealed within the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia, where a unique microclimate enabled it to be preserved. The permafrost ice lense formation that runs below the barrows provided an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter; these conditions produced a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows themselves, thereby aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.

This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk. These artifacts are attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.

Currently housed at the Hermitage Museum.

[boobookittenartblog]

Phorusrhacos

From 'Life Before Man,' Zdeněk Špinar, 1972

illustration by Zdeněk Burian

[aberrantologist]

Doodles from yesterday's Flocking #Paleostream featuring Parapuzosia, Aerosteon, Carinodens, and Perucetus.

[thesilicontribesman]

The Battersea Shield Found in the River Thames at Battersea Bridge, Around 350-50 BCE, The British Museum, London

The Battersea shield is one of the finest examples of La Tene, or Celtic art, from Britain. It was likely a votive offering to the Gods.

[samkuchingdraws]

Pool Day

Cooling off for the summer~

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