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[ashecitism]

Didn't find a thread, a couple of days old news.

http://www.sciencerecorder.com/news/2015/11/01/gigantic-raptor-coexisted-tyrannosaurus/

Paleontologists have announced a discovery showing that Tyrannosaurus rex was not the only big carnivorous dinosaur prowling North America at the end of the age of the great beasts.

A team led by Robert A. DePalma of The Palm Beach Museum of Natural History in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has named a new species of carnivorous dinosaur: Dakotaraptor steini.

The paper describing the new species was published on October 30 in Paleontological Contributions, a publication of the University of Kansas Paleontological Institute. The paper is freely available here.

Dakotaraptor belongs to the group Dromaeosauridae, a widespread and very successful group of carnivorous dinosaurs characterized mainly by an enlarged claw on the retractable innermost toe.

the paper:
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1808/18764
https://kuscholarworks.ku.edu/bitstream/handle/1808/18764/DePalma 14.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

people already started doing fanarts

extinction if old

 

[Switch Back 9]

You know what? I actually think they're scarier with feathers. They don't look as "cool", but birds are fucking strange creatures, so giant ones with huge teeth and claws are extra terrifying.

 

[kswiston]

Seems silly to bring up T-Rex when this raptor is only a fraction of the size (around 18 feet long compared to at least 40). There were other 20 ft+ carnivores in North America during the cretaceous.

Still a cool discovery

 

[Stet]

that shovel won't protect you

 

[cirrhosis]

Looks cute. I'm imaging petting it's nose in long, slow strokes while whispering "Aren't you a good boy? Yes, you are!"

i love dinosaurs

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

That is really big.

 

[Slayer-33]

God damned lizard bird

 

[Makai]

Pretty sure that last drawing has existed for a few years.

 

[everyday math]

I wanna ride it. Fuck you astroid!

 

[God Dayumm]

I hate when species are gives the names of places or people. Dakotaraptor and Utahraptor sound so lame

 

[Jarmel]

that shovel won't protect you

It's for digging your own grave.

 

[MogCakes]

It's just a giant pigeon with teeth

 

[Green Mamba]

Seems silly to bring up T-Rex when this raptor is only a fraction of the size (around 18 feet long compared to at least 40). There were other 20 ft+ carnivores in North America during the cretaceous.

Still a cool discovery

There weren't any during the time of Tyrannosaurus. Tyrannosaurus was the only predator known from its time and place that was bigger than a dog. The Cretaceous was a very long time, and the time period that T.rex lived during was only a very small slice of that time. Most dinosaur species don't seem to have lasted more than a million years.

 

[Firemind]

I hate when species are gives the names of places or people. Dakotaraptor and Utahraptor sound so lame

Seriously, what's next? Ohioraptor? Texasraptor?

 

[Manu]

Seriously, what's next? Ohioraptor? Texasraptor?

Alabamaraptor.

You know you want it.

 

[Sawneeks]

Seriously, what's next? Ohioraptor? Texasraptor?

I'm putting my money on the Californiaraptor.

 

[EloquentM]

Obamaraptor

 

[SoldnerKei]

Damn, that's a big chicken, I like it.

Seriously, what's next? Ohioraptor? Texasraptor?

Pepsiraptor and Tostitoraptor

 

[TimeEffect]

Dinosaurs being birds is the greatest thing ever.

 

[Omegasquash]

There weren't any during the time of Tyrannosaurus. Tyrannosaurus was the only predator known from its time and place that was bigger than a dog. The Cretaceous was a very long time, and the time period that T.rex lived during was only a very small slice of that time. Most dinosaur species don't seem to have lasted more than a million years.

For context on how long the dinosaurs ruled the earth, or on how they all didn't just live together and not change for millions of years, I like to remind folks that there's a bigger difference of time between Tyrannosaur and Stegosaurus, than Tyrannosaur and you.

 

[archangelmorph]

So Chocobo's are real huh?

 

[Orbis Tabula]

I like how both of the pictures use a cowboy in a stetson for the size comparison.

 

[FelixOrion]

I hate when species are gives the names of places or people. Dakotaraptor and Utahraptor sound so lame

Seriously, what's next? Ohioraptor? Texasraptor?

Alabamaraptor.

You know you want it.

I'm putting my money on the Californiaraptor.

 

[Green Mamba]

Another fun picture of Dakotaraptor drawn by Emily Whilloughby. It's eating an Ornithomimus.

 

[ReAxion]

I wanna ride it. Fuck you astroid!

meteoroid.

 

[Toxi]

Seems silly to bring up T-Rex when this raptor is only a fraction of the size (around 18 feet long compared to at least 40). There were other 20 ft+ carnivores in North America during the cretaceous.

Still a cool discovery

In the Hell Creek Formation there weren't.

 

[Big-E]

We should stop calling them dinosaurs. Nothing lizard about them anymore.

 

[Toxi]

We should stop calling them dinosaurs. Nothing lizard about them anymore.

Inertia's a bitch. We've known they were nothing like lizards for decades.

Another fun picture of Dakotaraptor drawn by Emily Whilloughby. It's eating an Ornithomimus.

Lovely.

 

[John Kowalski]

Feathers? What?

They don't really believe that do they?

 

[Walshicus]

Feathers? What?

They don't really believe that do they?

Birds are dinosaurs.

 

[Nafai1123]

Dakotaraptor just doesn't have the same intimidation factor as Velociraptor. Should've called it the Megavelociraptor or something.

 

[Toxi]

Dakotaraptor just doesn't have the same intimidation factor as Velociraptor. Should've called it the Megavelociraptor or something.

Diabloraptor

C'mon Universal Studios, you know you want it.

 

[ponpo]

Were they really THAT feathered? The last photo in the OP looks maximum stupid. It looks almost like a parody like someone was sick of dinosaurs being represented without feathers so they made that as a counter.

If they really looked like that, then the meteor was divine retribution meant to cleanse the earth of those hideous things.

 

[freenudemacusers]

Feathers? What?

They don't really believe that do they?

We're going to look back at feathered dinosaurs as nothing more than an ignorant mistake, much like low carb diets and the vita.

 

[Heroman]

Were they really THAT feathered? The last photo in the OP looks maximum stupid. It looks almost like a parody like someone was sick of dinosaurs being represented without feathers so they made that as a counter.

If they really looked like that, then the meteor was divine retribution meant to cleanse the earth of those hideous things.

But they never died out.

 

[bengraven]

JW2 please.

 

[Toxi]

Were they really THAT feathered?

In the case of Dromaeosaurids like Dakotaraptor, yes.

 

[Manu]

Dakotaraptor just doesn't have the same intimidation factor as Velociraptor. Should've called it the Megavelociraptor or something.

There's already a Megaraptor.

 

[CadetMahoney]

I always lol at how dinosaur names are made just from whatever-saurous (think Jurassic park scene with the kids) and only sound deep and purposeful greek when it's not

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-dinosaurs-get-their-names/

There aren’t any special rules for naming new dinosaurs. Over time, though, dinosaur names seem to come about in just a few ways.

Sometimes new dinosaurs are named after people. For example, Diplodocus carnegii was named after the person who donated the money to fund the expedition that discovered the new dinosaur: Andrew Carnegie.

Likewise, Chassternbergia was named after Charles Sternberg, who discovered the dinosaur’s fossils. Leaellynasaura was named after the daughter (Leaellyn) of the paleontologists (Tom Rich and Patricia Vickers) who discovered the dinosaur’s skull.

Other dinosaurs might be named after the place where they were discovered. For example, Utahraptor and Denversaurus were named for Utah and Denver. Albertosaurus was found in Alberta, Canada, and Arctosaurus was found near the Arctic Circle.

Similarly, Muttaburrasaurus was discovered near Muttaburra, Australia. Huayangosaurus was found in Huayang, China.

 

[WedgeX]

I like how both of the pictures use a cowboy in a stetson for the size comparison.

Cowboy?

You mean Dr. Alan Grant?

 

[Toxi]

I always lol at how dinosaur names are made just from whatever-saurous (think Jurassic park scene with the kids) and only sound deep and purposeful greek when it's not

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-dinosaurs-get-their-names/

Not every dinosaur can be Dracorex hogwartsia.

 

[Dunedain_Ranger]

Jurassic world salivating

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Why are there modern birds flying around a prehistoric raptor?

 

[ReAxion]

I always lol at how dinosaur names are made just from whatever-saurous (think Jurassic park scene with the kids) and only sound deep and purposeful greek when it's not

http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-dinosaurs-get-their-names/

They get their names the same way every other organism does:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_famous_people

 

[Green Mamba]

Why are there modern birds flying around a prehistoric raptor?

Much like how we still have non-human primates, proper birds evolved before the dinosaurs died out and lived alongside their more "primitive" brethren.

 

[CadetMahoney]

They get their names the same way every other organism does:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_organisms_named_after_famous_people

Barackobamai

Hitlersaurus

Bill gatesi

Dracorex hogwartsia is something though.

 

[Toxi]

Barackobamai

Hitlersaurus

Bill gatesi

Dracorex hogwartsia is something though.

Sadly, the beetle Anophthalmus hitleri is now endangered because neo-nazi collectors of Hitler paraphernalia are buying them on the black market.

 

[super-heated plasma]

That doesn't look very scary. More like a giant Turkey.

 

[ashecitism]

Dakotaraptor just doesn't have the same intimidation factor as Velociraptor. Should've called it the Megavelociraptor or something.

Different sub-family. Velociraptors are small.

 

[Steverulez]

Different sub-family. Velociraptors are small.

It looks like a big duck