Ahvaytum bahndooiveche, a fragmentary basal sauropodomorph from the Triassic Popo Agie formation of Wyoming
Built from the skeleton up based on the Eoraptor holotype and incorporating CT data from Ahvaytum
More pics in thread🧵
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The underrated Triassic displays at the Chicago Field Museum, featuring a Herrerasaurus statue sculpted by Stephen Czerkas, an Ischigualasto diorama, and many unique animals such as metoposaur temnosponyls, phytosaurs, an aetosaur, silesaur, and erpetosuchid.
A distant relative of modern crocodiles, the herbivorous Desmatosuchus is effective at deterring potential predators with its large shoulder spikes and a carapace formed with two rows of bony scutes.
Jurassic World Evolution 3: Crocodilia Coast launches on 11 August.
Not by any means an all-encompassing review of dino paleontology but a good short read if you want some info tidbits on various dinosaur groups or random other things like the dinosauroid spec-evo idea. The tagline "A Brief Compendium of Dinosaur Lore" is pretty accurate. (5/5)
Book Spotlight #1: Dinopedia by Darren Naish
A nice little pocket-sized book, guiding the reader through an alphabetical encyclopedia of 2-4 page entries covering a wide array of dinosaur-adjacent topics. 🧵(1/5)
The text is complemented by Naish’s own drawings which, while not being flashy, I’ve always appreciated as being very readable and anatomically solid. (4/5)
Going to start posting some old work on here, starting with some sculpting details on Ahvaytum bahhdooiveche. The rest of the sculpt is covered in feathers in the render.
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