Lythronax, the King of Gore tyrannosaur
Lythronax argestes, a new species of tyrannosaur from Utah, was published yesterday in a PLOS One article by Mark Loewen and colleagues. Press release here. Really an amazing amount of art released...
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Theropod head
Doodle of the head of a coelophysoid dinosaur, done during a related talk at this year’s SVP meeting.
View ArticlePsittacosaur bristles
Dave Hone shares some lovely detailed photos of the famous filament-bearing Psittacosaurus, highlighting the preserved skin, scales, and tail bristles.
View ArticleThe twisted ilia of armored dinosaurs
In describing a new Gargoyleosaurus pelvis, Carpenter et al. find a Jurassic twist in the evolution of ankylosaur hips.
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Gaudy and swollen but still less likely to be rendered as a forehead-phallus
Today in PLOS ONE, Prieto-Márquez and Wagner rearrange the oft-tragically reconstructed “unicorn spike” of Tsintaosaurus into a glorious piece of headgear, with a lambeosaurin-style cockscomb crest...
View ArticleA Fleshy Crest for Edmontosaurus
Bell et al. report on a new Edmontosaurus fossil with soft-tissue impressions around the skull and neck, including a structure they interpret as a cockscomb-like crest.
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