"Dinosaurs are the protagonists so far in the history of animal life on land — not some peculiar preamble to our own story. Throughout the epochs they inhabited every niche — predator and prey, herbivore and carnivore — and spanned every size, from the pigeonlike anchiornis to the hangarsized argentinosaurus. Sauropods like these were so monumental that their methane farts might have been partly responsible for making the Mesozoic so warm."

— Peter Brannen: Ends of the World

This is a majestic book. It really blew my mind. It is all so beautiful, mesmerizing, and fucking scary.

And maybe funny #Mesozoic #Farts #Dinosaurs

Just some #Mesozoic sea chonk for #Thanksgiving. More than pool toys, but not quite parade parade balloons.

2D design by me
3D design by @artskiko.bsky.social

#prehistoric #inflatable #pliosaur #mosasaur #furryart

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

Today, I offer you a triple leap from the #Mesozoic era through the #MiddleAge to the #present day!

The #dinosaur from the #Triassic period and the sculptures from the opposite portal of the #Gothic St. Kilian's Church come together as mirror images in the window of the modern extension (1997) of the #museum in #Korbach, Hesse/Germany.

#Reflection #Architecture #ArchitecturePhotography #Travel #Photography #Fotografie #Urban

"[Darren Naish] This week sees the publication (in the UK!) of just such a successor, namely Mesozoic Art II (MAII from hereon), again edited by Steve and myself, again published by Bloomsbury (White & Naish 2025). Here, we take a quick look at this lavish, riotously colourful, spectacular volume that showcases the state of modern palaeoart, one that we hope audiences will enjoy."

https://tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/23/mesozoic-art-ii

#Art #Books #Prehistoric #Mesozoic #Paleoart

Your morning dose of #Mesozoic marine #reptile.

#inflatable #pliosaur #pooltoy

The ammonites' graveyard: https://shutterbugofstone.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-ammonites-graveyard.html

#MolluscMonday #Ammonite #Mesozoic #Fossils

Brought out from a discussion elsenet: would Earth now be warm enough to support large, #nonavian #dinosaurs today? This is a fair question, because as bad as global warming is—and it's going to get worse—we're still nowhere near the hottest times of the #Mesozoic.

The answer is, it was *generally* warmer than the present day, but #global #temperatures went up and down considerably, as you'd expect over such a long stretch of time—about 175 million years from the first dinosaurs to the #Chicxulub impact. Dinosaurs as a #clade did fine the whole way through, although of course with plenty of various groups dying out in the meantime.

Also, the planet has always had warmer and cooler regions. Many large dinosaurs lived comfortably in polar regions that had #climates comparable to the cooler parts of the temperate zones today. The idea that non-avian dinosaurs exclusively inhabited steaming jungles or baking deserts has been embedded by generations of paleoart, but it's just wrong. If the impact hadn't happened, they'd still be thriving.

That being said, #sauropods in particular seemed to prefer warmer environments, so their range might be a lot more limited now than it was then, and it's possible the ice age(s) would have finished them off. Other famous giants like #tyrannosaurs, #ceratopsians, and #hadrosaurs would still be widespread, and smaller ones like #dromaeosaurs ("raptors") would be as numerous as coyotes and wildcats are in our world.

Několik neptačích dinosaurů popsaných v roce 2025: unikátní dvoudrápý therizinosaur #Duonychus, 10 metrů dlouhý eusauropod Jinchuanloong, hbitý mongolský tyranosaur #Khankhuuluu a egyptský carcharodontosaurid #Tameryraptor! Přečtěte si o nich více v tomto novém příspěvku o dinosaurologických objevech v první polovině roku 2025.

#paleontology #dinosaurs #prehistoric #animals #mesozoic #newspecies #vertebrates #fossils

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/06/nekolik-dinosaurologickych-novinek-z.html