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i laughed so hard, just watch it with subtitles, it makes it even more better.

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Soo your anxiety bear fic has reawakened my love for prehistoric animals and I was wondering if you had any recommendations on good websites or books on this?

Ahh, sorry I took so long to answer this! First off, I’m glad your interest has reawakened!

I don’t have any specific websites. If there are certain species you’re interested in, go to their Wikipedia page and look at the sources listed at the bottom. I’ve found many useful scientific articles and readings from there!

Books!:

The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert looks at what exactly extinction is, how humans are now impacting that word, and she talks about a few extinct species, some that are currently facing extinction, and what the next mass extinction event will be and when it will be.

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by Steve Brusatte traces dinosaur's evolution from their beginnings as smaller animals, to when they were at their most diverse, to when winged dinosaurs emerged and tracing their lineage to birds, and to the end of the Cretaceous when most species died out. Brusatte himself named fifteen new species. He really knows what he's talking about.

End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World's Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals by Ross D. E. MacPhee talks about some of my favorite megafauna (giant ground sloths, bear ancestors, saber-tooths, and extinct Felidae). Human ancestors interacted with megafauna. MacPhee looks at their interactions, their ecology, and how they fought and hunted. The illustrations are also very beautiful.

Prehistoric Life: The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth by DK Publishing is kind of like an encyclopedia. It starts in the Proterozoic eon and goes to the rise of humans. It looks at microscopic life, invertebrates, and vertebrates of each time period. There's a lot packed into it, but it doesn't delve into deep detail. It gives you broad strokes about the different epochs and ages and what has lived through them.

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection by Charles Darwin is long and informative but it's very long and can be a little difficult to understand. There are many abbreviated books, some with added pictures and comments by the author to help, that are a joy to read and really gives an understanding of where the study of evolution began.

Darwin’s Fossils: The Collection that Shaped the Theory of Evolution by Adrian Lister goes through Darwin’s notebooks, diaries, and letters that highlight how he shaped his theory of evolution. It’s pretty cool to see the journey of the fossils he studied. 

Books not exactly about prehistoric life, but evolution:

Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle by Thor Hanson is specifically about feathers; their beginnings, uses, structure, and evolution from the first feathered dinosaurs to how we use them today as fancy set-pieces.

Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution by Jonathan B. Losos is about evolutionary biology and tackles the question like: Does natural selection follows predictable paths? Or can the tiniest change forever influence evolution?

The Story of the Human Body by Daniel E. Lieberman is basically a view of how the human body has evolved and adapted to its environment and how we can use that for the future.

How Zoologist Organize Things by David Bainbridge details how humans have seen animals and began to classify them. It also talks about how we've viewed the world around us and tried to make sense of it, including the evolution of man, patterns seen within the natural world, organization, and the spread of notable characteristics. (This is my current favorite! But it isn't about a specific animal, just about zoology as a whole.)

YouTube!:

PBSeons looks at extinct animals and evolution. It's fun and easy to understand!

Ben G Thomas - They sum it up themselves: “We make videos about life and science, aiming to educate in an entertaining way and to show you the wonderful life we share this planet with.” They have a nice focus on paleontology. 

Dr. Polaris makes educational videos on zoology and paleontology. 

E.D.G.E makes videos on biology, natural history, and dinosaurs. 

Nature’s Compendium talks about a variety of subjects, with a focus on evolution, ecology, and paleontology.

RickRaptor105 does reviews of dinosaur-related media.

TierZoo was recently recommended to me and I absolutely love it! He talks about zoology, and sometimes paleontology, in a unique way

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Hippo-Saur? by RickRaptor105

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Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis

Source: http://rickraptor105.deviantart.com/art/Rahiolisaurus-159191388

Name: Rahiolisaurus gujaratensis

Name Meaning: Rahioli Lizard 

First Described: 2010

Described By: Novas et al. 

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Ceratosauria, Neoceratosauria, Abelisauroidea, Abelisauria, Abelisauridae, Majungasaurinae 

Rahiolisaurus was another abelisaurid from India, about 72 to 66 million years ago in the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. It was found in the Lameta Formation in Gujarat, India. The fossils probably come from seven different individuals and represent a variety of growth stages, though all are from the same species. It was a large abelisaurid, about 8 meters long, and it was very similar to Rajasaurus, but was overall more gracile and slender than Rajasaurus. It lived with sauropods such as Isisaurus and Lametasaurus, which Rahiolisaurus possibly hunted, especially the juvenile sauropods. It would have been possible that all the individuals buried together here had been in a group hunting together, or that there was some kind of predator trap present (such as quicksand or a tar pit.) 

Sources: 

http://www.prehistoric-wildlife.com/species/r/rahiolisaurus.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahiolisaurus

Shout out goes to the--josh!

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I'm honestly surprised nobody else has come up with this idea.