Bill doodles I add to when I feel like I'm going to explode over his mere existence
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s… a dinosaur? Nope to all of the above. This Fossil Friday, let’s talk about pterosaurs—the first animals with bones to evolve powered flight. Though they were related to dinosaurs, pterosaurs evolved on a separate branch of the reptile family tree. They ruled the skies for more than 150 million years, evolving into dozens of different species. Some were as small as a paper airplane while others, like Pteranodon pictured here in the Museum's Hall of Late Dinosaurs circa 1940-1960, had a wingspan of more than 20 ft (6 m).
Along with other large pterosaurs, Pteranodon longiceps was first discovered in western Kansas, near a chalk formation called Monument Rocks. Today the region is dry, but at the time this species lived, about 85 million years ago, central North America was covered by a seaway. This large pterosaur likely spent its days flying over the sea. Unlike early species of pterosaurs, Pteranodon and many other Cretaceous-era species didn’t have any teeth. In fact, its genus name means “winged and toothless,” while the second name, longiceps, means “long-headed.”
Today, you can find Pteranodon in the Hall of Vertebrate Origins. We're open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm! Plan your visit.
Photo: Image no. ptc-217 © AMNH Library
hi friends
as we boycott in support of palestine, here is a little reminder of the companies that specifically supported israel in their crimes against palestine (taken from the al jazeera website)
do as much as you are able to during the boycott, but if you need essentials or need to go to work to support yourself, that is okay! anything helps and boycotting these companies specifically is great because of their direct role in the violence against people in gaza
free palestine
You caught him naked
an old funny from the discord
OK, so- since school's been fucking CRAZY, I won't be doing November. Instead, very soon, I'll be opening up a Bill Cipher ask blog, since he's easier to draw than animals. I'm doing it because that man lives rent free in my head and I can't get him out.
So like- I'll be participating in Dinovember for most, if not all of the prompts (Unless something happens that causes me to not be able to). The drawings won't be the best, they'll be on paper, and they'd probably be a bit messy. I'm not gonna be posting it on here, but on my side blog @confused-therian so if you wanna see that be on the lookout! (Also- I'm doing moodboard requests on that account!)
HEY! YOU! YES YOU! MY FELLOW ALTERHUMANS GO CHECK OUT THE FREEDOM OF FORM FOUNDATION ( The FFF) RIGHT NOW! JUST KNOWING IT EXISTS MAKES ME ALL HAPPY AND GIDDY AND EXCITED! GO CHECK IT OUT!
Nobody: Me and my dragonkin ass having a box of random shiny (And non-shiny) stuff that I found (If you touch it I'll burn you like the pyre I was named after)
I'm a Tyrannosaurus rex therian (along with other things)! I'm a trans demiboy! I'm questioning my sexuality but I'm probably a gay grey aroace!
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