My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Zooms into my illustration of a Saltasaurus nesting site, from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR (2023), by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).

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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A Saltasaurus nesting site with pointy-nosed hatchlings breaking free of their eggs, from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR (2023), by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).

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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

A herd of Alamosaurus leaving their footprints along a coastline, from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR (2023), by Prof Michael Benton (published by Princeton University Press).

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Happy #fossilfriday! πŸ¦•

This is Patagotitan mayorum, one of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth, towering over a crowd of visitors at London’s Natural History Museum. This 2.76 tonne cast of the fossils discovered in Argentina was part of a 2023 special exhibition titled Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur.

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U is for Udelartitan, a saltisauroid titanosaur from Uruguay

V is for Venenosaurus, presumably non-venemous, but found in the Poison Strip member

W is for Wintonotitan, found on the point bar of a fossil river in Australia

X is for Xianshanosaurus, named after Xian mountain

Y is for Yamanasaurus, a saltisaurid from Ecuador

Z is for Zhuchengtitan, who lived among tyrannosaurs, ceratopsians, and giant hadrosaurs.

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P is for Patagotitan, giant of Argentina, known from seven amazing specimens

Q is for Quetecsaurus, named for fiery breath it probably didn't have

R is for Rinconsaurus, whose name means "Amazing in the tail". I heard you giggle

S is for Saltasaurus, smallest and most taxonomically important of titanosaurs

T is for Titanosaurus, described for scrapy bits, of dubious distinguishing characters, leaving a taxonomic mess

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K is for Kaijutitan, from Argentina, land of Kaiju Titanosaurs

L is for Lohuecotitan, a Spanish titanosaur from a vast bonebed of titanosaurs

M is for Magyarosaurus, Nopcsa's dwarf titanosaur, from Hatzeg island and Transylvania

N is for Nemegtosaurus, a skull whose body may or may not be Opisthocoelicaudia

O is for Overosaurus, a small titanosaur from a land of large titanosaurs

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F is for Futalognkosaurus, whose carcass was so huge it changed the course of a river

G is for Giraffatitan, Tanzania's famous Brachiosaur

H is for Huanghetitan, named after the Yellow River

I is for Inawentu, whose skull is convergent with its distant relative, Nigersaurus

J is for Jainosaurus, a nice skull from the home of Titanosaurus

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A is for Abydosaurus, whose head and chest where buried in rocks overlooking a river which ran through a dry country.

B is for Brachiosaurus, a large-armed sauropod in a land of small-armed sauropods

C is for Cedarosaurus, curiously found with many gastroliths

D is Dreadnoughtus, famously found with well preserved forelegs

E is for Europasaurus, small and cute among sauropods

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