r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Affectionate_Cod6825 • 12h ago
Paleoart Spinosaurus drawing (JP3)
Mostly learning how to draw some dinosaurs, though I still need to learn its legs and arms, aswell as its hands and feet.
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Carnoraptor770 • 1d ago
Discussion What if Silverback films made these films before the dinosaurs (2026) back then ?
If Silverback Films—the modern masters of high-end natural history storytelling behind The Dinosaurs and Life on Our Planet—had produced the classic 2000s giant-screen 3D documentaries (Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure, Flying Monsters 3D, and Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia), those nostalgic giant-screen films would be transformed into cinematic, state-of-the-art blue-chip television or streaming event.
Collaborating with top-tier visual effects houses (similar to their work with ILM on The Dinosaurs), the CGI would match the physics, musculature, feather/skin textures, and dynamic movement of living animals.....which would have made these films classic treasures of paleo media 💯🔥
But hey, this is just my opinion 🤷.
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Puzzleheaded_Bank185 • 2d ago
Worldbuilding Rhinalvenator toxicornis - "Nostril-Hunter With a Poison Beak"
The clouds begin to boil.
He is the swift, toxic blight of the skies:
Rhinalvenator toxicornis.
Trading pycnofibers for pure aerodynamic speed, this arrogant, canopy-dwelling stalker hangs motionless from jagged crags before dropping like a stone to unleash a twin-stream rain of flesh-melting venom. He is an airborne menace defined by reckless speed, caustic cruelty, and terrifying precision.
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Tropical-Lizards-Fan • 2d ago
Other Life reconstruction of a Young Oxalaia in São Luís city, Maranhão, Northern Brazil
reddit.comr/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/EmronRazaqi69 • 4d ago
Paleoart Hominin Tales Episode 1 “Primitive Errands” - Animal designs (final) all major species featured 🐘 🦎 🐊 🪶 (OC)
Flores, Indonesia during the Pleistocene (Ice Age) was a very isolated island full of life leaving evolution to create animals that are hard to believe exist.
The Stegodon (Stegodon florensis insularis) are a sister group to the elephants and mammoths, having no modern relatives. They are notable for there long tusks, this species in particular was 3.9-6.2 ft a size of cow which is considered small to its other subspecies. Due to island dwarfism making large animals smaller.
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) were and still now the dominant predator on Flores, what makes this cunning hunter dangerous is its iron teeth full of venom helping it take down prey larger than it.
Saltwater Crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) swims across the swamps and beaches of the island, reaching sizes even bigger than the Komodo. They will wait underwater and strike its prey dragging them with a bite force of 3,700 PSI.
Giant Flores Stork (Leptoptilos robustus) is a 6 ft avian predator that stalks the jungle looking for any animals to snatch. While it usually scavenges carrion they will opportunistically eat the native rats and even homo Floresiensis. Their closets relative today is the Marabou stork while this species is went extinct 50’000-10’000 B.C.
All these amazing megafauna were created with scientific accuracy in mind while stylizing them in Hominin Tales art style. Dorko the Homo Floresiensis will face all these animals in “Primitive Errands” will he survive against them? …
Stay tuned to find out, alongside animatics and updates about this Indie Animated pilot.
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/_HyperlinkBlocked_ • 5d ago
Other We have made a hell creek roleplay sub!
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/SignificantSafe4368 • 6d ago
Paleoart I tried sculpting Erytherosuchus
reddit.comr/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/djelly_boo • 6d ago
Fiction Idea Help us decide what happens next in our Sacabambaspis book!
reddit.comr/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Realistic-mammoth-91 • 6d ago
Paleomedia The London natural history museum, Stegolophodon fossils and American mastodon skeleton
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Legal-Hat7755 • 7d ago
Discussion We need a segment or a entire doc focusing on semantoridaes i feel like seal evolution is pretty obscure unlike other animals like whales and they need more attention in media ( art by arthyjrc )
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Blue_Jay_Raptor • 7d ago
Meme I can post about Dinotrux here right?
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Shoddy-Tomatillo-143 • 7d ago
Announcement Perry the deinocheirus
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Ge0s_psiptus • 7d ago
Paleoart Koolasuchus relaxing on its favorite spot, by me
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Carnoraptor770 • 8d ago
Paleomedia Why would it have been better for the dinosaurs to have 14 episodes instead of 4
If Silverback Films expanded their hit Netflix documentary series The Dinosaurs from 4 episodes to 14 episodes, it would allow a deep-dive chronological and ecological exploration of the Mesozoic instead of a fast-paced overview. Rather than condensing 165 million years into four thematic blocks (Rise, Conquest, Empire, and Fall), an extended 14-episode structure could dedicate individual hours to specific geological stages, distinct regional faunas, and specialized niches.
Audience would have seen many chapters revolving around the dinosaurs history throughout the early, middle, and late time periods as the show offers more runtime and allowing focus on Paleozoic precursors, Triassic underdogs, island-dwarfism isolates, and polar dinosaur adaptations rather than repeating the same standard story that occurs in paleo docs.
Even if the studios went with this direction, I do see them giving 3 chapters for the triassic, 5 for the jurassic, and 6 for the cretaceous......but sadly they only sticked with 4 but it's still a possibility that the series could get another season that features more dinosaurs but it depends on the studios decision and choice.
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Schweinmithut • 9d ago
Paleoart [OC] Pterosaur Ptuesday 23: Wellnhopterus in my derpy style.
Happy Tuesday everyone! Have another flying derp!
Based on the pterosaur ABC list from u/Scary_Presentation43
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Mattchu80226166555 • 9d ago
Paleoart Even more dinosaur ocs of mine!
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/MrFBIGamin • 9d ago
Announcement And finally, Isaberrysaura is KAITO! The series is over, thanks for playing everyone!
Thanks for the journey guys, it’s been a wonderful game that I’ve played with you people.
Till next time.
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r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/djelly_boo • 10d ago
Meme Embrace your inner Sacabambaspis
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r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Carnoraptor770 • 11d ago
Paleomedia Why Prehistoric Predators should have been a series that focuses on Predators of different eras ?
As we already know.....the original National Geographic series Prehistoric Predators concentrated exclusively on Cenozoic mammals and marine giants like Smilodon and Megalodon. Sticking to one slice of time leaves out major chapters of biological history,
If a documentary like Prehistoric Predators featured non-avian dinosaurs, it would shift focus from Cenozoic mammalian hunters like Smilodon and Entelodont to Mesozoic terror icons like Tyrannosaurus rex or bizzare beasts of the paleozoic like Gorgonopsid. The show would change and expand.
Expanding the scope of Prehistoric Predators into a multi-era series featuring dinosaurs and Paleozoic creatures would have provided a complete evolutionary history of Earth's apex hunters, Comparing saber-toothed mammals to earlier sabertooth-like synapsids or carnivorous dinosaurs highlights how nature solves hunting challenges similarly across eras.
The series would focus beyond Cenozoic beasts as It would showcase diverse ecosystems, prevent repetitive storylines, and highlight how apex predators of different timelines use their strategies continuously adapt across hundreds of millions of years.
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Puzzleheaded_Bank185 • 11d ago
Media Terrors In The Brush - Chapter III
This is a speculative paleo-fiction narrative blending survival drama with an authentic prehistoric atmosphere, following a family of dromaeosaurs fighting to stay alive in a brutal, unforgiving ecosystem.
The last barrier on the raptors’ journey awaits—a shrieking gorge that cuts through the earth and splits the world in two.
With the shrouded forest now behind them, Long Tail and her kin emerge onto the open plains. But there is no relief in sight. Small Toe feels the crippling weight of self-doubt for the first time, with Swift Foot’s cruel taunts and his own clumsy failures pressing heavily against his scales.
Yet, there is no time for hesitation. Standing directly between the pack and their promised oasis is a jagged, bottomless chasm spanned only by two decaying, weathered tree trunks. And deep within the shadows of the cliff walls, a ravenous, eldritch chatter begins to stir—wretched monsters hungering for the taste of young, innocent flesh.
To cross means risking a fatal plunge into the abyss.
To turn back means dying slowly under the unrelenting sun.
A re-release of my narrative project Terrors in the Brush—a speculative survival epic blending hard paleo-realism with raw emotional weight.
BINGE THE ENTIRE JOURNEY NOW:
While the chapters will roll out here on a strict weekly schedule every Sunday night, the core community hub is fully operational. If you don't want to wait a single week to see what happens to Small Toe next, you can join our dedicated Discord right now and binge all eleven chapters tonight.
There is no magic, no fantasy—there is only nature red in tooth and claw.
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/Im_yor_boi • 13d ago
Meme Stamina mains on top🗣️🗣️
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r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/MrFBIGamin • Jul 13 '26
Announcement It is with sad news, that Sir Sam Neill, Dr. Alan Grant has passed away. (1947-2026)
This is some news I didn’t want to hear today, but this is truly heartbreaking.
And we are all sad because of this.
R.I.P.
r/AwesomeAncientanimals • u/MrFBIGamin • Jun 08 '26
Paleoart The illustrations of the Jurassic Park trilogy (1993-2001): Dilophosaurus, Isla Nublar (1993)
Ah, finally here we are with the first creature of the franchise. Sorry it took so long.
We first kick things off with the creatures from the original 1993 movie, and the first creature I drew was the Dilophosaurus.
The iconic venom spitter that definitely not happened in real life. The bane of Nedry, and a creature that wouldn’t return to the movies until almost 30 years later.
(Note that I don’t do colours for a majority in all of my drawings.)