That's a good point - at this point, purely descriptive; I am at the point of scoring what we can see, but nothing that requires that much wrt exact measurements. I 'wanted' to piece it all together, but I kept running into the 'do I really need to'

This kind of reconstruction would take a bit of time, and I am not sure if others have encountered this or not - any advice or thoughts on cost/benefit of 'rebuilding' these elements?

Just looking to croudsource some thoughts/experiences of others!
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That is a stunning composition! Thanks for bringing these extinct critters to life through your art.

🤯 I grow my own, but, heard. Is this like not wanting to convert to metric... "i don't know how many litres my gas tank is?!!" all I know is when the handle goes click it is full...

Dinosaur Door-Dash.

Agreed, that's the power ichnology: Capturing the hidden biodiversity through traces life leaves behind. To bad this, like the poor rabbit, is a short lived story... if only this one could be preserved in the fossil record it would live on.

You're killing it Xavier, this is awesome!

Vert paleo here... there is a huge element of time that is implicit in the answers. Yes, we have some very good fossil record from mountains (usually intamontane basins as mentioned above) from 40+ mya, more from more recent, and exceedingly rarer the deeper in time you go... pesky erosion.

some of the oldest dinosaurs in the northern hemisphere are from coeval cave deposits! See Simms and Drost, 2024.

with a Native community, start with an understanding of the six R's. Then, if your idea tracks well under that framework, reach out! I honestly think this holds true for just about any relationship with any community - it is a good way to work with people.

tribalcollegejournal.org/the-six-rs-o...

Collabs can often be more transactional, one-time events that don't lead to relationship building. Long-term partnerships help to build trust and respect over time and, ideally, yield greater benefits to the Native partners than to you as a non-Native. So, if you have an idea or reason to partner

This is a poster we presented last year at SVP drive.google.com/file/d/1PtY3... that walks through our 1st steps to partnership and might be of help. But please keep in mind the difference between collaboration and a long-term partnership. I've been warned that collabs often benefit the non-native.

director of Native Relations at UW-Madison when i first asked a similar question. You may be well aware already (but i wasn't) of the four R's [or now six R's as one of my co-authors shared with me] but that is where i would start. Read, digest, think, then act with those core principles in mind.

Thank you. I've been very fortunate to have kind and gracious partners who have been understanding of any missteps as i leaned into the idea of decolonizing scientific practices inherent in field based research. I'll pass on the first piece of advice i received from the former

I want to thank @serpenillus.bsky.social Gabriel Ugueto for yet another amazing reconstruction of an extinct taxon from the Popo Agie Formation! Absolutely stunning.

Conclusion: Trace fossil evidence supports a global distribution of dinosauromorphs prior to the Carnian Pluvial Episode (234-232 Ma) and the oldest saurischian body fossils show a global distribution by ca 230 Ma. (fin)