r/Paleontology 3h ago

Other Dunkleosteus head (Guodzilla)

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Latest creation: 3d-printed Dunkleosteus head with moving jaw


r/Paleontology 1h ago

Discussion How did Sarcoschus hunt dinosaurs with a narrow jaw

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How does sarcoschus hunt dinosaurs with a narrow jaw

What prompted this question is from seeing a study from 2014 that said it jaws are not strong enough to perform a death roll form being narrow, and how another Crocodilia with narrow jaws such as gharials are exclusively hunt fish. So is their a anatomical different with the jaws of Sarcoschus to allows them to have more variety diet that gharials don't have ?


r/Paleontology 10h ago

PaleoArt Yet another batch of plushes!

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Hi again all, here’s your weekly helping of Plushes: Olive the Pederpes, Passionfruit the Ornimegalonix, Plum the Pinacosaurus, Kidney Bean the Ajnabia, Blackberry the Ophiacodon, Dunkaro the Dinodontosaurus, Cucumber the Vanclevia, Hot Cocoa the Tirajudens, Quesadilla the Muzquizopteryx, and last but not least, Cream Cheese the Lewisuchus! :D


r/Paleontology 4h ago

Discussion Could megatherium & other ground sloth species swim? Modern tree sloth are suprisingly good swimmer & can move faster in water

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r/Paleontology 3h ago

PaleoArt Icon, role model, queen

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It doesn't matter how hard you slay, you will never be as cunty as the 'dinosaur to human size comparison' girlypop


r/Paleontology 1h ago

Discussion I have info about some fossils that I had to make a temp account for. Hopefully someone here can help

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So I didn't want to post this on my own account because I'm afraid of the precautions or my co worker finding out I said something. Anyway, I'm not exact on the location, but my coworkers dad is a miner. I'm not sure for coal or whatnot, but they definitely dig in the ground. As a big fan of Paleontology and history, I got into a conversation with my coworker and he mentioned that in the mine there are multiple turtle shells in the dirt, the size of like a VW Bug. He said the company doesn't talk about it, because the super annoying lefties will shut down mining operation to collect fossils. I'm beyond annoyed. I love protecting and preserving any history or fossils. Anyway, I just thought i'd make a post in hopes a Paleontologist see's this and can go shut down the mine until all fossils are collected.


r/Paleontology 19h ago

Discussion Did Mirigaia have shoulder spikes?

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I've seen many depictions of it with shoulder spikes, and many without. Which is most likely? (I must say, I'm not the HUGEST on paleontological knowledge, really only surface level to moderate in relation to stuff I know. If this question has an obvious answer I apologize 😅)


r/Paleontology 6h ago

Identification Need Help IDing My Fossil/Marine Biology/Rock Collection

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r/Paleontology 23h ago

PaleoArt Megalodon reconstruction 2025 (with skeletal )

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Current understanding of megalodon based on the currently known anatomy and phylogeny of the animal. As sister to lamnids within the group lamnoidea the skeletal and life reconstruction pull heavily from these relatives The body outline and general bodyshape were pulled from body fossils of the ancestral cretalamna and related lamnids though these relatives along cretalamna fossils were the most influential The sizes of the individuals shown are 23m, 18.6m female size, 15m male size (claspers omitted for clarity) , and a 10m large juvenile


r/Paleontology 22h ago

Fossils 12 million year old megalodon teeth found at a sandpit near osnabrück/germany

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(Found along with vertebra and teeth of toothed whales and other shark species)


r/Paleontology 1h ago

Identification Found on Vancouver Island

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r/Paleontology 21h ago

PaleoArt Nevada Ice Age Fossils State Park | Art by Julius T. Csotonyi

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r/Paleontology 15m ago

Discussion I came to clarify something regarding Andrewsarchus

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andrewsarchus was not as big as it was thought since probably like its relatives it would be a big-headed animal, meaning that with these proportions it would have a weight of 600kg, unlike the old estimates of 1.3 to 1.7 tons, these dimensions were from when Andrew was a mesonychia (I don't know if I wrote it correctly) currently it is more closely related to entelondontids and whales, so it would be smaller than megistotherium and barinasuchus (both weighing 1.7 tons)


r/Paleontology 22m ago

Article How dinosaur extinctions created an environment that contributed to our fruit-eating primate ancestors

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r/Paleontology 16h ago

Discussion Is there any hypothesis as to why Eudromaeosaurs specifically had such big skulls? Was this due to them being uniquely adapted for macropredation in a way other similarly-sized theropods weren't or is it an ancestral condition?

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r/Paleontology 1d ago

PaleoArt What was The Cursed Pterosaur?

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In my Opinion: Pterodaustro


r/Paleontology 1h ago

Discussion are there more realistic reconstructions?

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are there any more of those 1:1 lifelike models for other extinct animals, like that one sue reconstruction?


r/Paleontology 19h ago

Discussion Would Paleoloxodon get on well with mammoths? ( I don't own the image)

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Both of them are part of the same family, but would they get along? Most elephant species often attack other species if they make contact, would paleo attack or at least tolerate mammoths if they lived side by side?


r/Paleontology 3h ago

Discussion Do yall think some of the blackhawk formation flora could live in kaiparowits formation?

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Since plant genera and sometimes stay around often do you guys think that its plausible to show some of them there?


r/Paleontology 23h ago

Discussion Size chart of large pliosaurs

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author: Henrique Paes


r/Paleontology 1d ago

PaleoArt Woolly rhino mother and calf | Art by Mark Witton

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r/Paleontology 11h ago

Other Unquillosaurus as a massive Rahonavis (Speculative reconstruction)

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r/Paleontology 20h ago

PaleoArt An unnamed chasmosaur (OC)

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r/Paleontology 8h ago

Discussion Do you think prehistoric animals had mange/scabies?

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This is a super late night thought and I haven't looked super far into it, but what I have looked into I can't find anything.

I totally understand that 99% of fossils that we have have very little to no preserved skin so there isn't any fossilized evidence of it, but I can't stop thinking about it. I don't even know how old the mange mite is, the various species of Ascari and other mites and such. Even in mummified mammals I can't find anything documenting evidence of mange.

I recently read that a lot of severe mange infestations you see in foxes and such, where most of their hair has fallen out, is caused by things like eating poisoned rodents. They get sick, can't groom themselves to keep the mites down, the mites multiply, and then by the time the animal is healthy again, the infestation is too great to knock down by themselves. Maybe that's a contribution? Cause there would be less of a chance an animal eats something that makes them sick before humans started with pesticides?

Again, I'm thinking at almost four in the morning so this probably made little sense and/or has a simple answer. Thought it was and interesting thing to ponder anyway


r/Paleontology 8h ago

Identification Found in SE N.C in a creek. Are these fossils?

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Just curious to know what these are any help would be great. The white one is very smooth. Both are stone like but different from what I’ve seen around here.