Daily Dino Facts

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#Rapetosaurus holds the distinction of being one of most complete titanosaurs yet discovered. Known from several specimens including a nearly complete juvenile, this dinosaur lived ~70mya in #Madagascar alongside the more famous #Majungasaurus. #Paleoart by @IsaiahCTorre

23/03/13 23:49

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#Styxosaurus was an aquatic, long-necked plesiosaur native to North America ~82mya. This reptile swam the Western Interior Seaway, far away from most dinosaurs. It seems to have preferred a fishy diet suitable to its relatively small head. #PaleoArt by ABelov2014 on DeviantArt

23/03/02 04:00

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"The Narrow Clawed Lizard": #Stenonychosaurus was a small predatory dino from Western North America. This troodontid lived roughly 76mya where it likely filled an ecological role similar to modern coyotes - hunting small prey & scavenging. Beautiful #Paleoart by @kta92751434

23/02/14 01:20

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#Brontosaurus is one of the most recognizable dinosaur names. Almost indistinguishable from #Apatosaurus, the validity of Bronto has been the source of heavy debate. What we do know is that these behemoths of the Morrison Fm lived roughly 152mya. (#PaleoArt by @0CoffeeBlack0)

22/12/30 01:50

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#Perijasaurus was a mid-sized sauropod from the La Quinta Formation of #Colombia ~175mya. It holds the distinction of being the most equatorial early sauropod yet known. Despite being discovered in the 1950s, its naming occurred just this year. (#Paleoart by @AdamWorks4)

22/12/29 00:46

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#Shaochilong of China was one of the last survivors of its lineage - the Carcharodontosaurids. These predators dominated the southern continents during the early/mid Cretaceous. However, the fossil record of this family evaporates at ~90mya. #PaleoArt: Caio Negri on ArtStation

22/12/08 00:24

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Did you know the oldest known alligatoroid was native to #Canada? The roughly 2 meter long #Leidyosuchus comes from the Dinosaur Park Formation ~76mya where it lived alongside dinos such as Lambeosaurus and Styracosaurus. (#Paleoart by @bricksmashtv)

22/10/26 00:38

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One of the original #PaleoArt depictions of #Megalosaurus (and dinosaurs in general) are the world famous #CrystalPalace dino sculptures built in the 1850s. It would take another ~20 years before the assumed quadrupedal stance of carnivorous dinosaurs fell out of favor.

22/10/20 00:47

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Happy #Megalosaurus week! For the rest of this week, we'll highlight the first dinosaur ever formally described/named and what we do (and still don't) know about this predator from #Jurassic #England. (#Paleoart by the phenomenal @Leotrex444)

22/10/18 00:01

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#Austroposeidon was a titanic sauropod from #Brazil during the late Cretaceous. Named after the Greek God who controlled the seas and earthquakes, this 25 meter long animal thundered around the forests and floodplains of South America. (#PaleoArt by @opaleoartista)

22/10/14 00:30

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#Buitreraptor was a 1.5 meter long lightweight theropod dinosaur from roughly 98mya in #Argentina. Its slender snout indicates a relatively weak bite-force, but would have given it an advantage in capturing small prey. (#Paleoart by @weird_dog_thing)

22/10/06 02:24

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#Siamotyrannus was a predatory dinosaur native to #Thailand during the early Cretaceous. It comes from the Sao Khua Formation which dates back 133 million years and also contains the spinosaurid Siamosaurus and titanosaur Phuwiangosaurus. #PaleoArt by @JobSaurusRex

22/09/28 23:30

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This week's Dino Fact theme will be #Pachycephalosaurus! The largest member of its family of dinosaurs, it lived at the end-most Cretaceous period in North America. Join us this week as we discuss its weird anatomy, environment, and ontogeny. (#PaleoArt: Michiragi on DA)

22/09/06 00:00

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#Cumnoria was a Late Jurassic ornithopod from #England that was closely related to (but more derived than) Camptosaurus. This 4 meter long bipedal herbivore is named after its discovery location of Cumnor - just west of #Oxford. (#PaleoArt by @Palaeotaku)

22/08/09 23:42

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#Philovenator ("The Lover of the Hunt") was a sickle-clawed troodontid that lived ~73 million years ago in China. This dinosaur was small, slender, and built for quickness - very capable of pursuing small prey like mammals & lizards. (#PaleoArt by @EloyManzanero)

22/07/13 00:00

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Welcome to #Cryolophosaurus week! The "Frozen Crested Lizard" was one of the largest predators at the time & is currently one of the only dinosaurs known from #Antarctica. This week's posts will be all about this crested carnivore. (#PaleoArt by @Cynderen)

22/06/21 00:16

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#Chasmosaurus was named after the large openings (or chasms) in its frill. The openings take up a substantial portion of the frill, reducing the weight of the skull as a whole. It likely would have made for a fantastic display structure! (#PaleoArt credit to @AdriArt95)

22/06/15 00:02

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A North African giant, #Atlasaurus was a 15 meter long, tree-top grazing sauropod that lived ~165mya. Its posture was similar to that of the more famous Brachiosaurus which lived about 10 million years later. #paleontology (#PaleoArt by Levi Bernardo)

22/05/26 01:31

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The ~16 meter long Diamantinasaurus is one of the largest #dinosaurs known from #Australia. Classified as either a basal titanosaur or a close relative to the Saltasaurids, this long-neck lived about 95mya. (#PaleoArt Credit to Travis Tischler)

22/05/25 01:31

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An early Jurassic sauropodomorph, #Massospondylus was native to Southern Africa ~ 190 million years ago. It was one of the first dinosaurs described (1850s) and is the namesake of an entire family of mid-sized, bipedal "pro-sauropod" dinosaurs. #PaleoArt by @maxmarinart

22/05/19 00:00

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#Dracopelta ("The Shielded Dragon") is another of the coolest dinosaur names out there. It was an armoured dinosaur native to #Portugal in the late Jurassic & would have been one of the earliest "large" ankylosaurians at 3-4 meters long. #Paleoart by @martinhfilipe

22/05/03 23:43

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#Sauropelta lived about 110 million years ago from Utah in the South to possibly Alberta/BC in the North. It lived in a diverse ecosystem including abundant #Deinonychus, Tenontosaurus, and the occasional Sauroposeidon & Acrocanthosaurus. (#PaleoArt by Raph04art on Deviantart)

22/04/26 23:42

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#Tlatolophus was a crested hadrosaur from #Mexico during the Late Cretaceous. Known from a nearly complete skull and various other bits, it is one of many recent dinosaurs discovered in the current "golden age" of dino research in southern North America. #PaleoArt by @ArtXaime

22/04/20 00:05

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#Suskityrannus (The Coyote Tyrant) likely filled a similar ecological role to its namesake. Roughly the same size as a large dog, this dino would have hunted small prey and was native to the Southwestern US ~ 90mya. #TyrannosaurTuesday #PaleoArt by @Tomozaurus

22/04/12 23:46

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#Saurornitholestes is one of the only dinosaurs known from both sides of the Western Interior Seaway that divided North America at the time. Remains have been found from Alberta in the North & West to as far South & East as Alabama and the Carolinas. #Paleoart by @eawilloughby

22/03/24 00:27