#spinosaur

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Results from the Flocking #paleostream!

Ichthyovenator, Europasaurus, Gaylordia and Emuarius

[novosev]

The Ghost on the Shore

[joakinmar]

Spinosaurs by Anthony J. Hutchings: Riparovenator and Ceratosuchops, Riparovenator, Ceratosuchops and his brain, White Rock spinosaurid, Irritator challengeri, Irritator chasing pterosaur.

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

A new paper came out redescribing the skull of Irritator challengeri based on new CT scans and it included a front-view reconstruction so,,, my choice here was clear.

Dinosaurs look absolutely wonderful from the front they are so dumb looking I love it.

[downthegenderriver]

THREATENING BEHAVIOUR

[alex-fictus]

To Lump?? Or to Split? That is the question of Spinosaurs

I would be a little sad if Oxalaia was once and for all deemed a synonym of Spinosaurus, but alas, I am not a deciding figure in this debate

[bastards-utopia]

Fixed the boy (he still needs some fishes tho)

🐟 🐟 🐟

[shibesky]

fighting for my life trying to make a little spino design

[smiggles]

You can now get dinosaur charms in a bundle deal!

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 38: Pre-History Continued

These Questions are the result of suggestions from the previous iteration.

This category may include suggestions made too late to fall into the correct earlier time grouping. Basically, I'd already moved on to human history, but I'd periodically get a pre-homin suggestion, hence the occasional random item waaay out of it's time period, rather than reopen the category.

In some cases a culture lasted a really long time and I grouped them by whether it was likely the later or earlier grouping made the most sense with the information I had. (Invention ofs tend to fall in an earlier grouping if it's still open. Ones that imply height of or just before something tend to get grouped later, but not always. Sometimes I'll split two different things from the same culture into different polls because they involve separate research goals or the like).

Please add new suggestions below if you have them for future consideration. All cultures and time periods welcome.

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Another #paleostream sketch

Vectocleidus fleeing from a spinosaur that jumped into the water, looking for an easy meal.

[saritawolff]

Patreon request for Magno/rome.and.stuff - Ichthyovenator laosensis!

Icthyovenator is a Spinosaurid from the Early Cretaceous of Laos. Known only from fragmentary material, it seems to be unique among Spinosaurids for the strange divot in its spine. (In this depiction, I’ve also added another small divot further up the back; however, we don’t have that much of the spine, so this is purely speculative.) This strange sail could have been used for display or species recognition. Like other spinosaurines, Icthyovenator was likely adapted for a semi-aquatic lifestyle, hunting aquatic prey like fish, amphibians, and small dinosaurs. Like Spinosaurus, it had unusually tall vertebral spines on its tail which likely aided in swimming.

While it certainly wasn’t snacking on sauropods (except possibly via scavenging), it lived alongside large ones like Tangvayosaurus. Trackways in the Grès Supérieurs Formation belong to sauropods, iguanodontians, and neoceratopsians, though fish and turtles make up the majority of this ancient habitat.

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This was a nice warmup for Archovember, and it’s also good to have another Spinosaurid under my belt. I should redraw Baryonyx and give it a size chart. Maybe someday I’ll have enough to make a full spinosaurid comparison chart. 🤔

Btw, the request tier for Patreon starts at only $5 a month. ���� Link is pinned at the top of my blog.

[riperrudi]

simple art of a spinosaurus. he turned out a little thick, but this adds to his cuteness

[joakinmar]

Irritator challengeri by Juan Nobre.

[princefluph]

Deviating a bit from the normal style of the paleo art I usually do is this old sketch that I found. A dinosaur not usually in the lime light (Halszkaraptor) and a dinosaur whos been a show runner for quite a bit of time (Spinosaurus). Halszkaraptor was always such a cute Dromaeosaur to me since its basically just a duck/goose raptor. Evidence suggested it was semi-aquatic (though Ive seen articles denying such theories) I do believe I heard an article get published recently from someone who said Spinosaurus couldnt swim despite having a paddle like tail, teeth made for catching fish, and other aquatic adaptations, but I still like the idea of it swimming. I dont know what it is with older paleontologists trying to refute that some Dinosaurs were semi-aquatic.

[heropaws]

I know it’s been a while since I posted anything remotely art related, but it’s been rough.

Have this little sketch