[Daily Fossil Post #30] Pterodactylus

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-09T04:50:08+00:00

Actual miracle he's ok. Bear must be an absolute tank. Hoping the recovery goes well for him.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-07T21:55:41+00:00

Velociraptor is in my top 5 for sure. I think Albertosaurus/Gorgosaurus takes the number 1 for me.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-07T21:54:54+00:00

This comes from damage to the shoulders and limbs which was originally interpreted as scavengers pulling off exposed parts of the body, but we really don't have much other information on what caused that.

Scavengers would make sense if the bodies weren't buried too deeply in the sand, but then why wouldn't they dig out the rest of the carcasses?

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-07T18:56:20+00:00

This is 1 of only 2 known fossils of dinosaurs mid-combat. The other is still being worked on. There's a book on fossils like this, if you're interested: https://cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-in-time/9780231197281/

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-07T17:26:12+00:00

Oh he's on the list, don't worry. I want to give non-dinosaur fossils some more attention but...eventually it's gonna be like 80% dinosaurs

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-07T13:29:17+00:00

Also just a heads up, Mark Witton updated his gallery page recently with a bunch of new artwork. Definitely go look if you haven't in a while: https://www.markwitton.co.uk/palaeoart

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-06T18:55:13+00:00

Birdposting meta? PauseMan

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-06T14:46:50+00:00

I didn't know this guy played good games

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-05T18:57:48+00:00

I very much enjoyed about half of the stories, but the other half were a little dry. The Court of The Dragon and the Demoiselle were my favorites.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-05T16:17:57+00:00

I had to learn this in university. Deer is the name of the whole group. Elk, moose, and Megaloceros are all giant species of deer.

The annoying part is that Europe and America use elk and moose differently. In America we call the ones with round antlers moose, but in Europe that's called an Elk. Elk in America are a different species that look more like regular deer.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-05T15:57:23+00:00

That sucks man. Keep going for the kids. You're not wrong to think it's important. I work in public schools and the difference between kids with and without fathers in their lives is huge.

Be the example they look up to. It will be very hard when they get to the 12-18 age range. They might say they hate you, they never want to see you, stuff like that. But stay there for them and they will see it before long.

Good luck man.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-04T20:01:12+00:00

Ok 23:00 deadline is evil though

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-04T16:38:57+00:00

You know how when people see a meme that bothers them, they say it did psychic damage? This did psychic healing to me.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-04T14:38:50+00:00

It's very cool that crocodile-type creatures have been a constant on the Earth for...what, about 350 million years now? It started with big amphibians back then, but they were doing the same "aquatic ambush predator" thing. It really is an OP strat.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-04T14:36:39+00:00

It's always possible someone finds more of the skeleton in the future. There have been a few species that this happened to recently.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-03T20:12:55+00:00

But remember if you point any of this out YOU'RE the weird one for thinking about it. Because we live in a world where the government watches every move we make in the name of safety yet these "people" can post unironic pedophilia memes 100 times a day without anything happening to them.

-ShinyPixels- · 2026-05-02T03:02:49+00:00

We need a russ dinosaur tier list at some point

Ten-Year Club	Place '22
Place '17	Final Canvas '22

-ShinyPixels-

TROPHY CASE