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πŸ¦– Dino Kia πŸ¦– πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ Chaotic Whovian of Arrakis
@yutytyrant.bsky.social
Enjoys Dinosaurs, paleontology in general, Dune, Doctor Who, Godzilla/Kaiju, Transformers, and steam trains
CEO of the Camp Cretaceous fanclub
LGBTQ+, Persian
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Discokeryx xiezhi

From Early Miocene Halamagai Formation, China, "round plated horn" is what happens when a giraffe and a pachycephalosaur love each other very much, lol. Its domed head provides the best head butting adaptation of any mammal known so far
January 7, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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Chaotic nomination! πŸ¦–
January 7, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Art by Jorge Gonzales
January 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Pakasuchus kapilimai

From Late Cretaceous Galula Formation, Tanzania, the 50cm "cat crocodile" is a notosuchian with a dog-like nose and unusual, mammal-like dentition potentially making it capable of chewing. It had long, sharp teeth at the front and molar esque ones at the back
January 6, 2026 at 7:31 PM
January 5, 2026 at 8:01 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Ursus arctos priscus

From Late Pleistocene to Holocene Eurasia, the steppe brown bear is an extinct subspecies weighing up to a ton with a more carnivorous diet. Its validity is beary controversial, with some suggesting it being indistinguishable from modern brown bears
January 5, 2026 at 8:00 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Bootherium bombifrons

From Late Pleistocene North America, the 400kg "ox beast" was a relative of the modern muskox adapted to warmer climates (huh, usually it's the other way around, lol). It had a thicker skull with a longer snout and fused horns high on its skull
January 4, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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The junior novelization of Chaos Theory Season 4 is out today! Will you be checking it out? πŸ¦–
January 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni

From Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Kenya, "Thorbjarnarson's crocodile" was the largest ever "true" crocodile at up to 7 meters long. With a broad snout, it was capable of eating early hominins whole

Art by Sobek1926
January 3, 2026 at 6:52 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Lycosuchus vanderrieti

From Middle to Late Permian Karoo Formation, South Africa, "wolf crocodile" is a genus of middle sized therocephalian known from complete skulls and a few postcranial remains. It shows double canines,likely the result of being fossilized mid tooth replacement
January 3, 2026 at 5:17 AM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Lesmesodon spp.

From Early to Middle Miocene Germany and France, "tooth from Messel" was a genus of weasel sized proviverrin hyaenadont. It includes 3 species; L. behnkeae, L. edingeri, and L. gunnelli. They were hypercarnivorous, feeding on early horses
January 1, 2026 at 7:52 PM
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Wishing everyone a great, Chaotic-in-a-good-way 2026! πŸ¦– πŸŽ†

Hopefully, your fireworks are less... incendiary πŸ”₯
December 31, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Thus ends 2025 in my corner of the world. A year good for paleomedia, but... interesting for the real world

Here's to 2026 being better. Happy new year, everyone! πŸŽ† πŸ¦–
December 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Lokotunjailurus emageritus

From Late Miocene to Early Pliocene northern, southern, central, and eastern Africa, "clawed Turkana cat" is a homotherin sabre-toothed cat about as tall as a lioness but more cursorially adapted and with a large grappling dewclaw

Art by Mauricio Anton
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Caviramus schesaplanensis

From Late Triassic KΓΆssen Formation, Switzerland, "hollow branch" is a small pterosaur with teeth strangely suited for mastication; fanged ones at the front of the jaw and cusped ones at the back. It was likely a generalist omnivore

Artist unknown
December 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Tapinocephalus atherstonei

From Middle Permian South Africa, "low, depressed head" is a species of 2 ton dinocephalian therapsid with a barred-shaped body, short snout, and dome shaped, pachyostotic skull used in headbutting for mates or territory

Art by Farabin
December 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Pelagornis spp.

From Late Oligocene to Early Pleistocene Europe, North, and South America, "pelagic bird" is a pseudotoothed bird related to pelicans that filled an albatross niche. One species, P. sandersi, has the longest wingspan of any bird at 6.4 meters

Art by Liz Bradford
December 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Gnathomortis stadtmani

From Late Cretaceous Mancos Shale, Colorado, "jaws of death πŸ’€" (hell yeah!) is a genus of 10 meter long mosasaur originally considered a species of Prognathodon. Its teeth were likely hidden by gum tissue when not attacking

Art by DehautNathan
December 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Manipulonyx reshetovi

From Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation, Mongolia, "manipulating claw" is a new alvarezsaur with "hands down" some of the weirdest dino hands; two tiny fingers, dermal ossicles, and spiky osteoderms in addition to the giant clawed finger

Art by @rlatkdwls on X
December 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We found Santa Claws!

(Lapworth museum)
December 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🦌 πŸŽ…; Daily Paleo 🦌 πŸŽ…; Sinomegaceros spp.

Oh deer, Rudolf really let himself go... From Late Pliocene to Late Pleistocene Central and east Asia, "Chinese great horn" is a genus of prehistoric deer of up to 500kg with flat and broad branches and robust, pachyostotic mandibles

Art by Rudolf Hima
December 24, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! πŸŽ„ πŸŽ…

Have a great festive time, and beware the Krampus that lurks in the dark... ❄️
December 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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We wish everyone a very merry Christmas Eve, hopefully spent with loved ones! πŸ¦– πŸŽ…

Just make sure to have ADS on so Santa doesn't run into... obstacles... on his way
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
πŸ¦– Daily Paleo πŸ¦–; Peltephilus spp.

From Oligocene to Mid Miocene Argentina, the horned armadillo is a genus of xenarthran known for its head scutes that developed into horns. The upper teeth on the anterior side of the upper jaw were sharp and passed beyond the lower jaw teeth
December 23, 2025 at 9:53 PM