He/him Currently studying palaeontology, hoping to one day do grad school and work on theropod phylogenetics tumblr.com/blog/maple-altisp…
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
What the fuck do you mean the hearings for the academy closure are cancelled
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Nanotyrannus lethaeus! One of two definite nanotyrannids, and seemingly the larger of the two. Jane may have had a rocky history, but it's good to she her finally somewhat taxonomically settled
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
Guy at the conference I’m attending: “you work on tyrannosaurs? What do you think of Asiatyrannus and Raptorex getting nano’d into Tarbosaurus?”
Me:
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
Lukewarm take: I think much of the amateur paleontological community would benefit from touching grass. Literally going outside and feeling dirt crunch under their feet. Running after a bug or perhaps a small lizard. Watching a bird in a tree—maybe even catching a fish or two!
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
So I looked at Tromerosaurus’ skeleton and I was like eh, looks like every other tyrannosaur… so I was like lets make it distinctive with some speculative soft tissue and it ended up being a living duckbill lure #aggressivemimicry :B
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Absolutely in love with Tromerosaurus. Like, it’s got plenty of good material, which it feels like is rare with allot of modern NA Tyrannosaurs
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NEW TYRANNOSAUR!
and the next in our journey lol. Tromerosaurus is a peculiar albertosaurine showing traits of both Gorgosaurus and Daspletosaurus, but being more closely related to the former
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
Very excited to see this paper finally come out! Tromerosaurus solumons gen. et sp. nov. Beautiful paleoart of a beautiful specimen by @Paleoartologist
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
Tromerosaurus solumons, gen. et sp. nov
Powers et al. 2026
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Idk about Frightful or Terrible. Goofy seems more fitting
Perfect timing for #FossilFriday! A new albertosaurine tyrannosaur! Dubbed Tromerosaurus solumons, it highlights features shared between both albertosaurines and tyrannosaurines. It also coexisted with Daspletosaurus wilsoni. Paper linked below…
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
I have other broad conceptual issues with the study that wade into grey areas, but a lack of clear explanation as to why such a major part of the data analysis (and arguably the most methodologically sound part) doesn't support the conclusion is a sticking point I can't get over.
The PCA not supporting the conclusion of a beak (with the sauropods plotting closer to lizards), but being only vaguely and briefly dismissed, is one of a few major barriers to me being able to agree with the conclusions here.
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
The PCA not supporting the conclusion of a beak (with the sauropods plotting closer to lizards), but being only vaguely and briefly dismissed, is one of a few major barriers to me being able to agree with the conclusions here.
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
If you use or generate AI art in fields like #paleoart / #palaeoart, it should be clear what the rest of us think about you: that you're a corner-cutting hack with no interest or investment in education, or in portraying things at an acceptable standard... gizmodo.com/paleontologists-…
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
Our recent paper on Mosasaurus lemonnieri has a flashy taxonomic conclusion, which can overshadow some of the cool anatomical findings that make up 95% of the paper. I'm going to do a few #FossilFriday threads on these, starting today with IRSNB R 32: a mosasaur with hearing loss
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The new mosasaur, Thoraxion tahlequahae enjoys itself a yummy lemon.
The paper also does allot with Mosasaurus lemonnieri variation and is open access, so do give it a read!
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Sorry for the break, getting back into the university rhythm, here's the next Tyrannosaur!
Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, an often debated species of Tyrannosaurus from New Mexico. regardless of the remains taxonomic status, they certainly came from a fearsome predator
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The Dinosaur Guy from Canada retweeted
Just as a reminder that a line on a plaque in a prep lab doesn’t equal peer reviewed material. There’s a lot of details we don’t know and will only get with the release of the paper(the quality of which is also, as it stands, to be determined).
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Another day, another reminder to wait for the paper before jumping to conclusions
An article was just released outlining details of a subadult T.rex currently being prepped at Dr. Paul Sereno’s lab. He’s being rather coy about certain details until publication but he’s indicating some intriguing possibilities regarding integument. Link below, time will tell
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