Just finished Ep 5: When The Forests Collapsed.
Some of the show's best visuals and storylines offset by egregious narration and woeful misinformation (i.e. higher O2 levels leading to giant bugs + calling Dimetrodon a reptile.) A mixed bag, though still mainly good.
7.5-8/10
O V congresso da Sociedade Portuguesa de Paleontologia está anunciado!
The V Congress of the Portuguese Society of Paleontology, PaleoPT, has been announced!
Although it's my favorite episode so far, in terms of vibes, the science does not hold up. Which... is bad... for a documentary released in 2026. Genuinely what happened.
@Hyper_Real2003 Most people will get missinformed by this episode and i think that is definitely more important than you thinking its okay because you "don't jump the shark and pay attention". This isn't about you, sorry, its about the documentary as a source of information.
@Hyper_Real2003 Dude stop defending bad practices in documentaries. If you don't want people assuming you put the same animal in 2 different time periods, maybe DON'T reuse the same model and not mention anything about it.
Its not an outlandish assumption, most viewers will think its the same.
These are my concept designs for Eryops and Cotylorhynchus from this week’s episode of Surviving Earth. You can also see my designs for both the adult and juvenile Eryops. For this episode I was also entrusted with designing Dimetrodon, Diplocaulus and Dendromaia
@Hyper_Real2003 Eryops, Arthropleura, Giant Griffinflys did not go extinct at the end of the carboniferous, in fact Eryops is exclusively from the Permian and the others survived into the Permian. Dendromaia is exclusively from the Carboniferous and it was shown in the permian.
@omegafreelancer the tail of aeolosaurus has a much more neutral bend when articulated correctly (it also helps if the rest of the body is reconstructed correctly, something the Mesetasaurus paper skeletal reconstruction is lacking)
🚨NEW STUDY DROP🚨
New parasaurolophin is described as Plesiolophus warnerensis on a single specimen of braincase/skullroof from Campanian-aged Oldman Formation of southern Alberta.
🎨: José Carlos Cortés (Adelolophus pictured)
This is a bad take, particularly regarding sauropods, and I feel I must explain why. Out of any bone there could be, a cervical or anterior dorsal vertebra of a sauropod is among the most diagnostic. 1/?
Oh BOY, what is this?! Well, something that I did on the side for a while now and that is finally available.
I have been fascinated with glyptodont diversity for a long time, which goes beyond the shape of the carapace and tail weapons. These animals had bizarre faces...
A future king dreams of glory. Our new paper, describing the first hatchling remains of T. rex, is now published. We show tyrannosaurs had small young- ~70 cm and 2 kg, and large clutches, probably at least 30 eggs in T. rex, possibly as many as 100. Link to paper below.
Lost count of how many times I've made it at this point, but damn do I still love this animal all the same. Edmontosaurus annectens, with a pose based off of a certain mount I got lucky to see a while back.
Ref is, as per usual, by @/DanPalaeon1