TheDinosaurDave

TheDinosaurDave, 3 months ago to LEGO

This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as medium. This heavily armored dinosaurs skull is very recognizable.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

The original design is by Serenity, you can find them here - http://tinyurl.com/4jyz2z35

TheDinosaurDave, 3 months ago to roadtrip

Almost ready for my #Aussie #Roadtrip
Here you see my trailer. Its tiny, and designed to be towed by a motor bike. So my hatch doesnt even feel it there when i tow it.
On the front (not shown) is a box with the spare wheel, Jerry can of water, Two gas bottles, a cooking stove and assorted tools to setup camp.
On top is a 100W solar panel.
Inside we have 2 deep cycle batteries and inverter. Cooking supplies in the black tub. My tent, bedding and bed are in front of that.
All of it locks up :D

Solar panel on top of the trailer

TheDinosaurDave, 3 months ago to Reptiles

Looks like some #ancient #marine #reptiles are coming #Coffs #Harbour
For all the #Aussie out there, esp if you are in the area, its worth a look.

https://www.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Your-Council/Newsroom/YAM-to-come-alive-with-predators-of-the-past

TheDinosaurDave, 3 months ago to random

This is a fun look at join motion in some dinosaurs.
What do we think?
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-44832-z

drmambobob, 3 months ago to random

Tech bros will try to convince you that these probabilistically generated pixels are art and that you want to pay money for them. But the people who will pay money for them are not buying the fakes as art but to decorate out other stuff to make them look like they're worth more so they can sell to gullible consumers... The recent fake rat fig that got published in an academic article is a great illustration of this. The publisher is selling your libraries articles padded with fake figs.

TheDinosaurDave, 3 months ago to LEGO

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Dodo

Raphus cucullatus, or the Dodo, lived on an island near Madagascar called Mauritius.

Dutch sailors were the first people known to describe these birds in 1598. They were up to 70 cm tall, flightless. The last known recorded sighting was in 1662.

Their extinction can be traced to over hunting by humans, and to introduced species decimating their breeding grounds. This is because Dodos had no known predators on the island, so were relatively docile.

Skeleton cast and model of dodo at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, made in 1998 based on modern research

TheDinosaurDave, 3 months ago to LEGO

This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as easy. This was one of the most well known extinct animals.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was redesigned by FelixGD with a slight modification by me - https://www.bricklink.com/v3/studio/design.page?idModel=312588

quinsibell, 4 months ago to auspol

Coles partnering with Palantir is very Foucault's boomerang.

#auspol #SurveillanceCapitalism

TheDinosaurDave, 4 months ago to LEGO

This weeks #Lego #FossilFriday is #Titanoceratops

Originally found in 1941 by a crew consisting of J. Willis Stovall, his student Wann Langston Jr, and Donald E. Savage in the Kirtland Formation. Sadly the exact location is lost.

Found in fine-grain shale, it was originally thought to be too fragile for display.

In 1998 Thomas Lehman described the specimen as an overly large Pentaceratops.

In 2011 it was reclassified as part of Triceratopsini and renamed Titanoceratops ouranos

Holotype restored based on Pentaceratops

TheDinosaurDave, 4 months ago to LEGO

This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as medium. This was one of the largest ceratopsians ever found.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was redesigned by me, from the original set.

TheDinosaurDave, 4 months ago to LEGO

This weeks #Lego #fossilfriday is #Iguanodon

As with all early fossils, there is a long story to its discovery and naming. While credited to Gideon Mantell, some say his wife, Mary Ann found the first teeth in 1822. He supports this version of events in 1827, and 1833. But says she did not in 1851.

Either way, the teeth were presented to the Royal Society of London in 1822, and they were dismissed as either fish or rhinoceros teeth.

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Lego Fossil Iguanodon

TheDinosaurDave, 4 months ago to LEGO

Been designing a few #Palwrold #Pal #Lego builds. Here are the first 4 in the #Paldeck.

First 4 Lego builds from behind

TheDinosaurDave, 4 months ago to LEGO

This week for #Fossilfriday we have another #Guess that #Lego #Fossil.

This one I would rate as easy. This was one of the first dinosaurs ever found.

Reminder: hide your answer behind a content warning. This will allow others to guess without a hint. I will post the answer tomorrow (and to anyone who guesses correctly).

This was designed by S7evinDE - tinyurl.com/mr4765tt

TheDinosaurDave, 4 months ago to random

Todays new #dinosaur is a #stegosaurian from the #Albian. Named #Yanbeilong, its name means "Dragon of the north Yanmen Pass". This is a reference to near where the fossil was found. Its specific name "ultimus" is a reference to it being one of the last stegosaurid.

Now I dont have access to the paper (but if u do send it my way please), but thanks to a reddit post I do have access to some of the figures (attached).

You can see a few caudal vertibrae, the publis, and some vertebral ribs

figure 2 - isolated dorsal vertebra
Where it fits in stegosaur evolution
Figure 4 (top), caudal vertebra | Figure 5 (bottom), sacral vertebrae and pelvis girdle

TheDinosaurDave, 4 months ago to random

#PaleoMedia - I was looking at #Palworld and I noticed a lot of the animals in that are very similar to #dinosaus.

Lets look at Broncherry.

Firstly, lets note its obvious sauropod style body, long upright neck, medium length tail, four pillar like legs, but with a relatively oversized head. The head is obviously because of the art style.

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