Dino Skeletal Drawings, nice

 https://www.skeletaldrawing.com/sauropods-and-kin

I see how they started getting the HUGE necks on the more upright bigger sauropods. Compare those thick neck bones to those of a giraffe... 

Alamosaurus sanjuanensis From the skeeltaldrawing site. 

_by_izzycreates from deviant art.

Over 700 Dinosaur names

700 DINO NAMES:

Wow: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/name/name-az-all/gallery.html

Some I need to pay attention to more:

Allosaurus -

First an old favorite. 

Cool dude, my old favorite as a youngster. 3 fingers. 

Albertaceratops

 - Canada

Albertosaurus - Relative to T. Rex, huh? 

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/cetiosaurus.html - Britain.

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/chasmosaurus.html - a big ceratops

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/carcharodontosaurus.html - "kar kar o don to saurus", big therapod, the yt lister dude spoke about a lot. Many species I believe. 

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/microceratus.html - used to be called microceratops till decades later they realized that was a beetle name. I like this drawing: 

    

Microceratus. 

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/juravenator.html - therapod, also shows SCALY tail, no feathery stuff. 

Scales, alright. 

Funny names:

• https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/irritator.html - irritator, heh. 
• https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/khaan.html - reminds of me Star Trek "Khaaaaaaan!!!!"

• https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/sinraptor.html - Sin Raptor, really? Means plunderer in Chinese apparently. It's not a raptor though, seems like it's related to Allosaurus: 

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Carnosauria, Allosauroidea, Sinraptoridae

• https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/rugops.html - means wrinkle face, but it's interesting b/c they say: Rugops is known from an almost complete skull. The skull is relatively delicate, suggesting that this was a scavenger, not an attacking dinosaur like Tyrannosaurus.  So once again, HAH to the old Jack Horner dude that kept pretending T.Rex was a scavenger, what a bunch of hogwash.
• https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/supersaurus.html - Superman? No, Supersaurus. 
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• https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/dino-directory/pantydraco.html oh yeah, Clint'sReptiles talked on this one. It's based on a town in Wales or something. 
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Sidenote, Blogs to see: 

• https://novataxa.blogspot.com/  -  has dinos, insects, frogs, etc. 
• https://koprolitos.blogspot.com/ - NSFW - funny weird humanized dinos. Spanish. I think I know what koprolitos means. 

T Rex and eras/periods - Cretaceous's Maastrichtian.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic

Maastrichtian Mentioned a lot in  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSQs2kzgQJM&t=889s

• Also mentions Big Bend’s Javelina formation (fossils found). 
• Guy guesses that T Rex ancestors maaaaybe came from south (Texas then say New Mexico). 

They say this is of Sue.

Interesting take. I like variety in scales, seems possible.

BTW, they don't have lips. 

Vintage Dinosaur Art, Some More, and Ancient Reptiles (not dinos)

From a book I had as a kid: 

Unique take. You have to admire the collared lizard inspiration; it feels possible. Plus the plants are awesome. 

Speaking of lizards, young N. American Anole lizards will wag their tale before they strike. ReptileRoom site. Saw it again just the other day... love those dudes.  Reminds me of my cat when it is about to pounce. 

 1960s Britain: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/whats-wrong-with-these-dinosaur-reconstructions.html

Scelidosaurus

I love this guy's attitude, you see it in the eyes and mouth. We'll miss this type of art. 

Others: https://chasmosaurs.com/2020/08/04/vintage-dinosaur-art-dinosaurs-and-other-archosaurs-part-2/

Dromaeosaurs vs. Iguanadont

Wow, raptor types look so much better without the feather art. Original here: http://gurche.com/new-page

Ancient Reptiles (that weren't Dinos)

• Elasmosaurus - Was the 1933 King Kong fighting the Elasmosaurus? It sure looks like it. 
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Quick Edit CMD Prompt

 I have noticed that clicking INSIDE the window will now too easily pause a command in the windows cmd prompt. It happens easily with a continuous ping, and is just weird that I've never really noticed it that acutely in all my years. But it's super obvious. And Quick Edit is the "cause"... see here:

https://superuser.com/questions/555160/windows-command-prompt-freezing-on-focus

quote: How are you selecting/focussing that window? If you simply Alt+Tab to it or click its titlebar, the scrolling output shouldn't pause. My guess is you have QuickEdit Mode turned on (right-click the command prompt windows's titlebar and select Properties) and you are clicking inside the window with your mouse, thus selecting text by mistake and causing the program to pause.

Real medieval armor n weapons, Adam Savage

 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zretcxDkU1I&t=515s

See above at time 8:35 for awesome detailing on a crossbow. Dragon related organization or something... even though the art is birdlike. (Yeah, the wood gotten eaten up by insects, weird). 

A lot of plant type, vine type decorations. 

Etching I think. Lots of vines and plants. 

Similar stuff on armor- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yS3TtXkhnjQ&list=PLPZ-5RCqLp23DKzqI1aHh4L41LfCsuc02&index=283&t=14s&pp=iAQBsAgC

Sometimes they have some entertaining things that only the designer/armor detail people and the owner would ever notice. One had a rabbit riding a lizard, it probably had a lance or something. 

Cartoon, Merlin and the Dragons

Merlin and the Dragons

 It is on Tubi. Looks like a late 1980s or 1990s British cartoon.  Cool animation style, has some good parts, and though is geared a little more to youngsters, it was quite watchable by myself.    

Starring Kevin Kline

Directed by Hu Yihong,Dennis Woodyard

D&D Cartoons episodes 4 and 5 on youtube

 More official D&D cartoons on youtube, episode 4 and 5. Great as usual!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAo1XVR-JiQ

DM's crazy eye "You might just be right" scene was great. 

They snuck in some demon statues/altars. 

Monsters, good and bad aplenty. Always unique stuff. 

Venger's eye beams, yeah. 

Warduke, a fan favorite. 

Firefly the show, the movie, now the cartoon

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/new-firefly-series-no-guarantees-yet/

Firefly cartoon coming? Seems like it. 

Jasper, Canada retired guy has some good points

 https://jasper.ca/2026/03/01/welcome/

https://jasper.ca/2026/03/01/sights-must-see-spots/

"Dark Sky Perfection

Did you know Jasper is the second largest Dark Sky Preserve on Earth? When night falls, the universe puts on a show. Stars don't just twinkle here—they blaze across ink-black skies, unobscured by city lights."

Iconic Waters
- Maligne Lake: Home to the legendary Spirit Island—one of the most photographed spots on the planet, and for good reason
- Athabasca Falls: Where glacier-fed water thunders through quartz-carved canyons
- Medicine Lake: A geological mystery where the lake disappears each fall, draining through underground caves

The Journey Itself
The Icefields Parkway—stretching 230 kilometers between Jasper and Lake Louise—is consistently ranked among the world's most spectacular drives. Every turn reveals another postcard.

Some unknown dinosaurs

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpfPasxw4iY&t=1195s has Good stuff all around. 

Some Uncommon Ones:

Plus Stegouros, like these lists. https://maxs-blogo-saurus.com/category/weird-dinosaurs/

Super spikey like Anguiris, is Spicomellus- https://www.sci.news/paleontology/spicomellus-afer-14173.html

Baryonyx, the green alligator mouth one at the zoo:

Baryonyx.

A lot like Suchomimus

Suchomimus (soo Koh Mie mus). 

Super big one, some say biggest/most massive confirmed (waaaaait a minute, the same Britannica site also says Brachiosaurus was heavier, so what the heck. "Brachiosaurus was one of the largest and most massive of all known dinosaurs, reaching a length of 30 metres and a weight of 80 metric tons. Dreadnoughtus, a titanosaurid, was 26 metres (about 85 feet) long, and its mass was estimated at 59 metric tons (about 65 tons); it was perhaps the largest terrestrial animal that has ever lived."). 

 Saurupod: https://www.britannica.com/animal/Dreadnoughtus

Check this, also says Dreadnoughtus is the heaviest: https://www.dinoverseai.com/articles/brachiosaurus-vs-dreadnoughtus.html

and Key Fact: Dreadnoughtus is one of the most complete giant sauropod skeletons ever found, with over 70% of its bones recovered.

Well-Known:

Brachiosaurus: While we are at it, apparently lately (2026 is now), they are putting a lot more sauropods with the Brachiosaurus style nostrils up top (lump on head) and making the front legs longer on them. Are ALL the titanosaurs like that? Well, wikipedia is kinda confirming that, saying their front legs were wide apart due to a wider chest but narrower hip layout... unable to rear up on hind legs (like a Diplodocus) but just stood super tall anyways. "While the pelvis was slimmer than some sauropods, the pectoral (chest) area was much wider, giving them a uniquely "wide-legged" stance. As a result, the fossilized trackways of titanosaurs are distinctly broader than other sauropods. Their forelimbs were also stocky, and often longer than their hind limbs." 

• and classification currently is: Titanosaurs are now known to be most closely related to euhelopodids and brachiosaurids; together they form a clade named Titanosauriformes.

Brachiosaurus altithorax in Chicago museum. 

For fun, a weird old drawing of Stegosaurus with too many spikes and rough plates:

Origins of light bounce puzzle, Scooby Doo?

The Scooby-Doo show.

 S01:e02 - the Fiesta Host is an Aztec Ghost. 

Time 18:00, they bounce moonlight off brass plates(?) to a symbol on a wall in a S. American style pyramid. 

This was 1976 I think, and so before any Indiana Jones or likely any D&D modules used that trope.  I wonder if some old book had the idea (I guess LotR has that secret entrance to Moria thing yeah, but no actual bouncing of light), but likely this Scooby episode influenced a bazillion other folks in modern times. 

Pretty sure it shows up in Zelda games, lotsa D&D, Raiders of the Lost Ark, other movies, etc.    

Described  here https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/The_Fiesta_Host_is_an_Aztec_Ghost

Quote

Meanwhile, Shaggy and Scooby discover a vacuum cleaner that blows out a smoke screen. When the smoke clears, the Stone Monster appears and chases them until they meet up with Fred, Daphne, and Velma. Suddenly, Katazuma arrives and locks our heroes in a room. Velma deciphers the hieroglyphics, discovering that the room is dedicated to the moon goddess. She learns that when moonlight shines on a specific inscription, a secret passage will be revealed. Using an array of reflectors, they guide the moonlight to the inscription, and a secret passageway is opened.

Thx to https://www.youtube.com/shorts/45AEcQxsDnI

Canada dinosaur stuff ; hotel

My favorite itinerary so far: https://familytravelsusa.com/glacier-to-banff-road-trip/

• Has good info on
• when get shuttle bus tickets or not
• Logan pass parking 3 hr limit for 2026 (get shuttle if want to stay longer, for us = Nah.)

HOTELS:

• Hotel - Mini Golden in west of Glacier. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g45222-d651472-Reviews-Mini_Golden_Inns_Motel-Hungry_Horse_Montana.html#review_1022840023
• Prince of Wales hotel, Mimi did. 2 Person per room tho, eh? $300ish. 
• Many Glaciers has horseback rides to a lake. (There are other horseback places). 

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The calm dude- also has hoodoos in Canada and the France places

• Fossils, dino--Dinosaur Provincial Park – Badlands Trail & Fossil Hunters: ytube  
• Hoodoos near dino area, ~fossils -- ytube.  
• Dinosaur Museum ytube. Royal Tyrrel Museum. In Canada. One of biggest in the world. I think 130 dino fossils. 
• Jasper stuff - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=biyUij037b4&t=325s.    

HOTELS SOLD OUT:

• Usa side swiftcuurent motor inn time 12:00 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBeGd6nNLLE&t=730s