#FossilFriday The little Cretaceous thescelosaurid Orodromeus at the @museumoftherockies.bsky.social

Robust snouted thescelosaurid

#thescelosaurid #ornithischian #cretaceous #paleoart #dinosaur #hellcreek #mesozoic

Reconstructed skeleton of the thescelosaurid Fona herzogae from Utah's Cretaceous Cedar Mountain Formation (Mussentuchit Member).

A new baby dinosaur was recently discovered.

Doolysaurus is a Thescelosaurid that lived in the Late Cretaceous of what is now South Korea.

This is the first dinosaur to be found in over 15 years in South Korea.

So a pretty big deal.

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a very warm welcome to doolysaurus huhmini, a new thescelosaurid from south korea described by jung et al. while the holotype is incomplete, it belongs to a juvenile estimated to be about 2 years old when it died, and its stomach cavity contains gastroliths
fr.pensoft.net/article/1781...

Why do people do this?

An ornithischian, perhaps a thescelosaurid or maybe an elasmarian, with what I'm unlovingly and unflatteringly calling "Skeksi face," with all due apologies to Brian Froud and the Henson Company.

#sciart, actually. No, really.

Detail shots:

Since I am in Idaho for the next month, I want to show Idaho's State Dinosaur and State Fossil. Oryctodromeus is a small fossorial (digging) Thescelosaurid from the Wayan Formation. Equus simplicidens is one of the oldest members of the genus, The Hagerman Horse quarry contained over 100 skulls.

Nevadadromeus ("Nevada's Runner") was a small herbivorous dinosaur dating back to the Mid-Cretaceous. Described as North America's oldest currently known thescelosaurid, it would have been about the height and weight of a medium-sized dog.

PaleoArt by @palaeotaku.bsky.social

If you see this, post a dino! 🦕

A few of my recent reconstructions or ongoing projects. I usually focus on reconstructing the basic forms of extinct animals based on their fossils. 🦴🎨🐡