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26 08, 2017

A Very Colourful Dinosaur

By |2023-08-11T12:54:52+01:00August 26th, 2017|General Teaching|Comments Off on A Very Colourful Dinosaur

Colourful Dinosaur Drawing

As August draws to a close and our teaching team turn their thoughts to the start of the new term.  Team members were sent a colourful dinosaur drawing.  It brightened our day.  We might have to spend much of our weekend planning (just like most teachers), but at least this lovely, colourful dinosaur drawing sent into our offices cheered us all up.

Dinosaur Drawing

A Very Bright and Colourful Prehistoric Animal

Year 1 draw colourful dinosaurs.

Wonderful dinosaur and fossil drawings from a Year 1 pupil.

A Rainbowsaurus

The artist did not give their dinosaur creation a name so we have called this prehistoric animal “Rainbowsaurus”.  With his red, yellow, bright orange and green colouration this is one dinosaur that would have had no trouble standing out from the rest of the flock.  Dinosaurs did have (in all likelihood), colour vision, so some species may have been very brightly coloured indeed.   As for that huge, custard-coloured, dinosaur, it might not be as fanciful as it first appears.  A duck-billed dinosaur from China may have possessed a very similar looking horn, the dinosaur is called Tsintaosaurus.

The Dinosaur That May Have Had a Strange Horn on its Head – Tsintaosaurus

CollectA Tsintaosaurus dinosaur model.

A colourful, crested dinosaur model – Tsintaosaurus.

The picture (above) shows a Tsintaosaurus figure from the CollectA model range.

To view this range of prehistoric animal figures: CollectA Prehistoric Life Figures.

Our thanks to Tom for sending in his very beautiful and colour dinosaur drawing, it made our day.

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26 08, 2017

The Diversity of Early Cretaceous Feathered Theropods

By |2023-08-11T10:42:18+01:00August 26th, 2017|Dinosaur and Prehistoric Animal Drawings, Dinosaur Fans, Main Page|0 Comments

Wonderful Early Cretaceous Theropod Dinosaur Illustration

Sometimes at Everything Dinosaur, we get asked fascinating questions.  For example, we were emailed this week by a fossil collector asking how many different types of feathered dinosaur were there?  That’s a question, the answer to which, as new fossil discoveries are made, keeps changing.  Since the discovery of Sinosauropteryx in 1996 and its subsequent scientific description, numerous feathered dinosaur fossil discoveries have been made.  In all likelihood, within the Theropoda alone, there were probably hundreds of different types of feathered dinosaur.

Feathered Theropods

The diversity of the feathered theropods is beautifully illustrated in a wonderful image created by Jan Slovak.

Fossil Remains of a Feathered Theropod (Early Cretaceous China)

Sinosauropteryx fossil material.

Sinosauropteryx on display – the first feathered dinosaur described. Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur.

Picture credit: Everything Dinosaur

The famous Jan Slovak image depicts part of the Liaoning biota of the Early Cretaceous.  The picture illustrates a variety of different types of feathered dinosaurs, (all Coelurosaurian dinosaurs).  A pair of Sinosauropteryx (right), chase a small mammal.  Sinosauropteryx is an example of a compsognathid theropod.  To the left, two Microraptors pursue a dragonfly.  Microraptors come from another branch of the Coelurosauria clade, the dromaeosaurids, sometimes referred to as the “raptors”.

In the background, an ornate couple of dinosaurs are displaying to each other.  They are conducting an intricate courtship display and are oblivious to what is going on around them.  This is a pair of Caudipteryx dinosaurs, complete with beautiful tail plumes.  Caudipteryx is yet another example of a type of feathered theropod.  Caudipteryx is a member of the oviraptorosaurian group.

Feathered Dinosaur Models

A Model of Caudipteryx

Cauditperyx. Images of feathered dinosaurs.

Included in the limb position study.

The image (above) shows a feathered dinosaur from the Safari Ltd model range:

To view the Safari Ltd range: Safari Ltd. Wild Safari Prehistoric World Models.

Our dedicated team members compiled the information required by our emailer and duly sent it off, along with some links to other articles written by Everything Dinosaur staff that illustrate some of the huge variety of different dinosaurs we listed.

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