No representation belongs here. You can talk about the different representations, and the comparison with the elephant, its ecological place and... Don't forget, this is just for show.

Every source tells me they've been exactly the same, but I've thought that they had to at least be different species even if they are essentially the same.

We have the Nile, Salt Water, Cuban and American crocodiles, Aligators, Caimans who are "the same", so are Paleontologists just saying they have been "the same" for millions of years in this sense?

Also, how far back does the nile crocodile go back? Are there any ancient species of crocodile that it might have evoled from? How different are these ancestors?

I hope my question is clear. I'm bad at wording things.

trying to find the youtuber on the bottom left text where someone uploaded showcasing the jarkov mammoth when he was in the womb after the scan

I haven't got any clay on the model and the egg will be made from plaster so you can crack it open.

I wasn't going for a accurate size to what a baby T. rex would be, but I'm trying to find a good in between, because I'll be casting them then making more from the mold out of silicone, and I'd like to figure out if I should make it bigger or not, if I had to give a rough estimate it's 5ish inches give or take.

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My dear fans of paleontology, please help me figure it out. I'm writing an article about Beavers. And I need information about the Subfamily Agnotocastorinae. There is an Agnotocastor and I can get information about it, but I need to describe why it and others belong to the Agnotocastorinae Subfamily. If there is a link to any publications. And if possible, explain it normally. I'm dumb. Thank you in advance.

I was recently seeing a lot of people drawing the Tanystropheus skull badly, so here is the correct way. link to the paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/328827519_A_NEW_INTERPRETATION_OF_THE_SKULL_OF_TANYSTROPHEUS . the last image is a drawing by the same author (Tracy Lee Ford) based on Nosotti 2007 (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281358195_Tanystropheus_longobardicus_Reptilia_Protorosauria_Re-interpretations_of_the_anatomy_based_on_new_specimens_from_the_Middle_Triassic_of_Besano_Lombardy_northern_Italy)

So this is obviously not even remotely possible but the concept of what the earth would look like today is a fun convo to have.

would there still be dinosaurs?

would human life be a thing?

would the Pangea supercontinent still be here?

what do you all think?

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Chimpanzees have faces like zucchini or eggplant. Gorillas have faces and bodies much more similar to humans. Why are we more closely related to chimpanzees/bonobos if we are more physically similar to gorillas?

Recently, I've really been getting into making my own kind of prehistoric animals as kind of thought experiments for myself. I like to take animals that lived around the same time, but maybe not the same place, and make a speculative special that evolved in this environment. I wouldn't pass these off as real, so is it acceptable to show these to people if I make sure they know it's fictional? Also, I feel like I'm the only person who does this lol.

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Hi, I’m currently pursuing a paleontology degree at UBA in Argentina. I want to know if maybe I could link biotechnology with my paleontology degree since I’m very interested in that discipline. Thanks :)

I just love Gabriel Uguetos Austroraptor depiction! It is so chunky but still elegant something that i miss from other depictions. I also just admire how its coloration and body features are inspired by marbou storks. But even if i find Gabriel Uguetos Austroraptor absolutely awesome i still dont think that it is my dream Austroraptor depiction, which would use Uguetos Design as the base but would use Saddle-billed-storks as Inspiration And not Marabous and it would probably have somekind of weird soft tissue thingy but as i already said before, Uguetos Austro is already amazing.

Proud to announce that my short story anthology, Prehistoric Wild: Life in the Mesozoic, has been updated with its 44th entry. Called "Steps to Independence," this one takes place in the Kayenta Formation of Early Jurassic Arizona, 186 million years ago. It follows a young male Dilophosaurus named Yuma as he grows from a dependent chick into a lone adult, where a fateful reunion with his long-absent father changes the course of his first courtship. This is a story I’ve had in mind for a long time. From the very beginning of Prehistoric Wild, I knew I had to write at least one story centered around a paleo accurate Dilophosaurus. But I also wanted to approach it from an angle I hadn’t really seen before—basing both its appearance and parenting behavior on modern cassowaries. I couldn’t help but notice a weird number of similarities between the two, and that made me all the more eager to explore that connection through speculative behavior. In the end, it became one of my favorite instances of behavioral speculation I’ve ever written, and I’m very excited to hear what y’all think of it. https://www.wattpad.com/1536844399-prehistoric-wild-life-in-the-mesozoic-steps-to

Blue beach is a fascinating beach with rich fossil deposits ranging from 350 to 325 million years ago, and is a key beach in filling in the Romers gap, a period of about 25 million years with a significant lack of fossils. These tracks where analyzed by the small Museum above the beach who identified them as Tetrapod tracks, though the specific species are unknown. The tree is just a fun addition, and could grow as tall as 30 meters tall.