Obscure Dinosaur Facts

A blog by paleoartist Clara Takahashi

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Anatomy AquaticReptiles Biology Biome Cetacea Dinosauria Evolution Extinction FamilyOverview GeologicTime Inktober Literature Miscellaneous Paleoart Photography Physics Profile Pseudosuchia Pterosauria Rationality SpeculativeEvolution Synapsida Taphonomy Taxonomy Tips

Anatomy

Wing Anatomy — November 18, 2020

AquaticReptiles

Aquatic Reptiles: An Overview — November 13, 2019

Biology

A Little Biochemistry — September 8, 2021
Thermoregulation — August 25, 2021
The Evolution of Beauty — July 28, 2021
Everyday Biology — May 19, 2021
The Physics of Giants and Lilliputians — December 30, 2020
Niche Partitioning — October 21, 2020
Pregnancy Is Super Weird — August 12, 2020
Abiogenesis: The RNA World Hypothesis — February 19, 2020

Biome

Paleo Biome Profile #3: The Messel Pit — July 14, 2021
Paleo Biome Profile #2: The Chinle Formation — December 2, 2020
Paleo Biome Profile #1: The Yixian Formation — July 22, 2020

Cetacea

Some Creative Writing — February 24, 2021
Whale Evolution — February 19, 2020

Dinosauria

How Birds Eat (Part 1) — November 17, 2021
Book Review: The Dinosaur Heresies — November 3, 2021
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #10: Giant Flightless Birds — October 6, 2021
Thermoregulation — August 25, 2021
Dinosaur Photography 6: East Coast Birds — June 2, 2021
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #9: Shuvuuia — June 2, 2021
The Paleontological Merits of Fossil Pokémon — May 5, 2021
Building A Coin-Operated Crow Feeder (Part 2) — April 21, 2021
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #8: Diplodocus and a selection of sauropods — April 7, 2021
Some Creative Writing — February 24, 2021
Dinosaur Photography 5 — February 10, 2021
Building A Coin-Operated Crow Feeder (Part 1) — December 23, 2020
Dinosaur Photography 4 — December 16, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #7: the paradoxical Chilesaurus — December 9, 2020
Dinosaur Photography 3 — October 28, 2020
Dinosaur Photography 2 — September 23, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #6: Psittacosaurus — September 2, 2020
Dinosaur Photography — August 19, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #5: Kulindadromeus — August 2, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #4: Halszkaraptor — July 20, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #3: Majungasaurus — February 19, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #2: Timurlengia and Friends — October 10, 2019
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #1: Anzu — September 24, 2019
What Color Were Dinosaurs? — September 14, 2019
The Dinosaur Family: An Overview — September 11, 2019
Dinosaur Word Roots: What's In A Name? — September 5, 2019
"Brontosaurus Isn't Real?" — August 31, 2019

Evolution

The Evolution of Beauty — July 28, 2021
Some Strange Paleo Concepts You Probably Haven't Heard Of — November 11, 2020
Niche Partitioning — October 21, 2020
Why We Should Teach Natural History In Elementary School — October 7, 2020
Pregnancy Is Super Weird — August 12, 2020
Evolutionary Anachronisms — June 17, 2020
Abiogenesis: The RNA World Hypothesis — February 19, 2020
Whale Evolution — February 19, 2020
Mitochondrial Eve Is A Tautology — September 24, 2019
I Am A Fish (And So Are You) — September 6, 2019
Convergent Evolution — September 6, 2019
An Extremely Abridged (But Still Very Long) Trip Into Deep Time — September 5, 2019
What Makes A Mammal? — September 5, 2019

Extinction

Evolutionary Anachronisms — June 17, 2020

FamilyOverview

The Mammal Family: Into the Cenozoic — September 22, 2021
The Mammal Family: An Overview — November 4, 2020
The Croc Family: An Overview — July 9, 2020
Aquatic Reptiles: An Overview — November 13, 2019
The Pterosaur Family: An Overview — September 26, 2019
The Dinosaur Family: An Overview — September 11, 2019

GeologicTime

An Extremely Abridged (But Still Very Long) Trip Into Deep Time — September 5, 2019

Inktober

Paleo Inktober 2021 — October 20, 2021
Mesozoic Inktober 2020 — September 30, 2020
Mesozoic Inktober 2019 — October 1, 2019

Literature

Book Review: The Dinosaur Heresies — November 3, 2021
Walden: 19th Century Vanlife — June 30, 2021
Nonfiction Book Reviews — March 24, 2021

Miscellaneous

How Birds Eat (Part 1) — November 17, 2021
Walden: 19th Century Vanlife — June 30, 2021
Everyday Biology — May 19, 2021
The Paleontological Merits of Fossil Pokémon — May 5, 2021
Building A Coin-Operated Crow Feeder (Part 2) — April 21, 2021
Building A Coin-Operated Crow Feeder (Part 1) — December 23, 2020
Some Strange Paleo Concepts You Probably Haven't Heard Of — November 11, 2020
'All Todays' Explained — September 16, 2020
Paleontological Publications' Sesquipedalian Excesses Translated Ad Hoc Into Succinct Proxies for the Hoi Polloi: Or, Overly Complicated Language in Plain English — September 9, 2020
Scientific Methods Q&A — August 26, 2020
The Appeal to Nature Fallacy — July 29, 2020
Paleontology Media Recommendations — November 16, 2019
The Ultimate Triathlete: A Speculative Evolution Project — November 13, 2019
Dinosaur Portrayals In The Media — September 25, 2019
The Speculative Evolution of Monster Hunter — September 8, 2019

Paleoart

Paleo Inktober 2021 — October 20, 2021
Summer Art 2021 — August 11, 2021
Winter Art — March 10, 2021
Fall Art — November 25, 2020
Mesozoic Inktober 2020 — September 30, 2020
'All Todays' Explained — September 16, 2020
Summer Art — August 5, 2020
How Accurate Can Paleoart Be? — July 31, 2020
May Art — May 23, 2020
April Art: Portraits and Gestures — April 18, 2020
Alphabestiary — March 23, 2020
March Art — March 23, 2020
February: More Art — February 18, 2020
Christmas Art Dump — December 29, 2019
To Fuzz or Not To Fuzz: A Guide to Archosaur Integument — November 16, 2019
Mesozoic Inktober 2019 — October 1, 2019

Photography

Dinosaur Photography 6: East Coast Birds — June 2, 2021
Dinosaur Photography 5 — February 10, 2021
Dinosaur Photography 4 — December 16, 2020
Dinosaur Photography 3 — October 28, 2020
Dinosaur Photography 2 — September 23, 2020
Dinosaur Photography — August 19, 2020

Physics

The Physics of Giants and Lilliputians — December 30, 2020

Profile

Obscure Dinosaur Profile #10: Giant Flightless Birds — October 6, 2021
Paleo Biome Profile #3: The Messel Pit — July 14, 2021
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #9: Shuvuuia — June 2, 2021
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #8: Diplodocus and a selection of sauropods — April 7, 2021
Prehistoric Beast Profile #2: Pterodaustro and other alternative pterosaurs — January 13, 2021
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #7: the paradoxical Chilesaurus — December 9, 2020
Paleo Biome Profile #2: The Chinle Formation — December 2, 2020
Prehistoric Beast Profile #1: Lystrosaurus, the Great Survivor — October 14, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #6: Psittacosaurus — September 2, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #5: Kulindadromeus — August 2, 2020
Paleo Biome Profile #1: The Yixian Formation — July 22, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #4: Halszkaraptor — July 20, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #3: Majungasaurus — February 19, 2020
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #2: Timurlengia and Friends — October 10, 2019
Obscure Dinosaur Profile #1: Anzu — September 24, 2019

Pseudosuchia

The Croc Family: An Overview — July 9, 2020

Pterosauria

Prehistoric Beast Profile #2: Pterodaustro and other alternative pterosaurs — January 13, 2021
The Pterosaur Family: An Overview — September 26, 2019

Rationality

How To Use Bayes's Theorem In Real Life — January 27, 2021
Why We Should Teach Natural History In Elementary School — October 7, 2020
The Appeal to Nature Fallacy — July 29, 2020

SpeculativeEvolution

The Ultimate Triathlete: A Speculative Evolution Project — November 13, 2019
The Speculative Evolution of Monster Hunter — September 8, 2019

Synapsida

The Mammal Family: Into the Cenozoic — September 22, 2021
The Mammal Family: An Overview — November 4, 2020
Prehistoric Beast Profile #1: Lystrosaurus, the Great Survivor — October 14, 2020

Taphonomy

Scientific Methods Q&A — August 26, 2020
What Color Were Dinosaurs? — September 14, 2019

Taxonomy

I Am A Fish (And So Are You) — September 6, 2019
Dinosaur Word Roots: What's In A Name? — September 5, 2019
What Makes A Mammal? — September 5, 2019
"Brontosaurus Isn't Real?" — August 31, 2019

Tips

Nonfiction Book Reviews — March 24, 2021
How To Use Bayes's Theorem In Real Life — January 27, 2021
Wing Anatomy — November 18, 2020
Paleontological Publications' Sesquipedalian Excesses Translated Ad Hoc Into Succinct Proxies for the Hoi Polloi: Or, Overly Complicated Language in Plain English — September 9, 2020
How Accurate Can Paleoart Be? — July 31, 2020
Paleontology Media Recommendations — November 16, 2019
To Fuzz or Not To Fuzz: A Guide to Archosaur Integument — November 16, 2019
Dinosaur Portrayals In The Media — September 25, 2019