Dryptosaurus 101

Learn about this amazing, yet lesser known, carnivore who roamed Lake County during the late Cretaceous.
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[@RubberYen]

this dino got drip sheeeesshhh

[@justsomeguywhowaspausedinaruto]

Sheeeesh

[@PickleResidue]

I'm gonna cry

[@Gigglenotosaurus]

Sheeeeeeeeeesh

[@primalrager2434]

Help😂

[@xcevis8]

Sheeeesh

[@michaelbiscay9836]

I'm all for feathers on dinosaurs, but damn they gave this guy a bad toupee.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Not all Dinos had feathers

[@timetraveler1973]

u can say the same for lions... kinda a ''mane'' on this birdy dagger clawed bitey thing that runs on 2 legs.

[@italucenaz]

@@TheMrPeteChannel this one certainly had

[@Torvosaurusgurneyi]

@@italucenaz Debatable, because more derived tyrannosaurs probably were featherless, atleast for the most. Stuff like T-rex and Tarbosaurus were almost definitely not feathered, due to us already having the evidence for it.

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

@@Torvosaurusgurneyi The problem with both the featherless and feathered posistion is the lack of data to be 100% sure. The mutlible preseved skin from mutlible specemin of corse gives direct evidence for scales (and scaleless areas) in mutlible advanced tyrnosaurs. But we know that the basal condition is feathered, like in all coelurosaurs, that other feathered species also show scaly and scalless areas on their body. It is reasonble to expect if they would be feathered, that it would be to smaller extent then their earlier kin. But with the little data we have , and the relative lack of understanding of dinosaur physiology, compeared to mamals or modern birds. It would be foolsih to have a strong opinion on this topic.

[@nonyabiz9487]

That Drypto model is beautiful! Who ever did it did an excellent job!

[@cloudbusting.heights]

If you watched the video, she tells you.

[@nonyabiz9487]

@@cloudbusting.heights Ya I saw that. I want to see the work myself more than ever now!

[@Magneticlaw]

That dino would have been terrifying in life - and as with Allosaurus, Dryptosaurus' longer arms and claws (than Tyrannosaurs or Abelisaurs) would have done some real damage when hunting. Good vid! 👍

[@jonahedmiston5144]

Dryptosaurus WAS a tyrannosaur, but I see your point and agree with you.

[@AltairBlue]

Dryptosaurus finally getting love from museums, Beasts of the mesozoic, and Dinosaurs: Prehistoric Survivors, Feels Great

[@AtrociCollector]

And now Mattel as well! They are making their own dryptosaurus figure and some have already gotten their hands on it. I won’t be getting it tho as I’m waiting for a potential future repaint

[@nonyabiz9487]

Drypto was one of the first dinos discovered one of the most talked about and its one with the least fossils too.

[@onefortheages5983]

Literally like a dream tyrannosauroidae representation, and then some super stark feathers that look way out a place. I love this artist, I just wish the feathers were different or absent. The whole thing about feathers not growing through scales is true but that doesn't mean an interspersing wasn't possible. The grassy length integument meets sudden concrete sidewalk of bare skin just isn't super normal in the animal kingdom. I mean we humans do it but were way out in the outliers here. Sure, horses have varying lengths of integument, but their is still hair over the entire body. Alas, none of us really know, but stylistically this feels off. This whole rant is for those who have little paleoart exposure and now think this is the accepted and 'canon' appearance of dinosaurs. Truth is most of the time this kind of stuff is mostly artistic choice. I love creating paleo art, though at a much more amateur level, and sometimes people disagree with some choices. So what I'm saying is this isn't a critic on his work, honestly I love this model to death toupee aside, but to point out paleo folk are far from decided on this.

[@GryphonWyng]

His 2009 model actually has a better feather distribution, as shown at 3:43. It's too bad thermodynamics shot down the concept of lion-like "manes" on large tyrannosaurs - ala Saurian - because I've always thought those look better than the ragged mullets they give them today.

[@peterolbrisch8970]

What does literally like a dream mean?

[@mnemonichotpocket]

Dripasaurus, Swagasaurus, Blingasaurus..... All members of the "show out" family of course..

[@DangerousFacts48]

Dryp got drip

[@CalvinTheCarnotaurus]

I here by name Cope's original drawing. . . the "demon kangaroo"

[@matthewmarx9251]

Despite what Nicole Stocker said, Tyrannosaurus and Dryptosaurus may actually have met and interacted with one another because when they were alive the Western Interior Seaway has dried up and been replaced by mountains.

[@firegator6853]

well they are found in different formations but it's not impossible, they lived the same time in the same continent so rarely they could have met but it would not be common

[@CyberSpider35]

I wonder if this dinosaur really sounded like giant anxious owl like in that "Dinosaur vocal study. Createsious Era" video? This is the reason I search "Dryptosaur" on KZbin afterall.

[@user-tb1fu6qo4j]

I search Dryptosaurus because of Charles Knight’s “Leaping Laelaps”.

[@GryphonWyng]

"Cretaceous" Here's the correct spelling, bruv.

[@28godzilla]

Hey, it was first discovered in my home state, nice! Time to go find a bone of Dryptosaurus

[@toranimations8203]

*if you find one i shall help you revive it*

[@disneydino7558]

​@toranimations8203 I don't think that is scientifically possible.

[@firegator6853]

the feather patterning is really weird, just random tufts around the body is odd...either add some leftovers in 1 place like a reduced coat for example just on the back or something or leave it scaly since all tyrannosaurids show evidence of just scales

[@subraxas]

Beautiful model. Beautiful piece of work. Really, well done!

[@177SCmaro]

Somehow having a person stand next to it gives a good sense of the size of these animals and how outclassed humans would have been if we were around during the time of dinosaurs. If we ever do somehow gain the ability to bring these things back to life we would need to be extremely careful not just for our own sake but for many of the other animals alive today.

[@flightlesslord2688]

i like how the dryptosaurus is clearly still a very big animal... and then theres the t-rex tooth. Yeah, you forget just how big these guys were somtimes

[@thevenbede767]

I wish they would have brought up that Dryptosaurus was part of Eutyrannosauria and was just outside of Tyrannosauridae.

[@Allo10-2.0]

Yeah but it’s still a relative.

[@PackHunter117]

Oh and Yutyrannus definitely had feathers so yeah Dryptosaurus would’ve probably had them too

[@thevenbede767]

@@PackHunter117 yutyrannus is unique because it lived in an environment that got cold so I'm not sure if that is true

[@PackHunter117]

@@thevenbede767 The Northern part of North America got pretty cold too. Tyrannosaurids like Rex are found in Alaska so yeah I bet they did have some feathers. Like a light coat of fuzz at least

[@thevenbede767]

@PackHunter117 Dryptosaurus didn't live in Northern North America. Neither did rex either. The Alaska Tyrannosaurid is Nanuqsaurus who is usually depicted with fluff

[@WESTSIDENIA]

this Dino got that Dryp

[@stevepartridge2959]

Nice chat.

[@5nhyfiery]

Why did this get recommended to me 3 years after

[@mnemonichotpocket]

The algorithm works in mystery ways my brother.

[@darkentity1000]

Edward "Drinker Cope" eh? Him and I would have gotten along I think

[@xcevis8]

*”Driptasaurus”*💸🤑💧😎

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Hello from the Ogden, Utah Dinosaur Park where I volunteer. Very informative, Dryptosaurus at the Dunn Museum, thanks Nicole.

[@dylangeltzeiler946]

Illinois? I thought Dryptosaurus was in New Jersey? “Which is where I come from.” Even it’s prey animal Hadrosaurus lives in New Jersey where it was 1st Discovered in America.

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

For a long time _Dryptosaurus_ was a wastebasket taxon for random undiagnostic theropod bits from across the eastern US, so she most likely believes that there were unambiguous _D. aquilunguis_ in Illinois (which there aren't; Illinois' Mesozoic fossil record is rather scant due to high erosion during that time).

[@WalterEKurtz-kp2jf]

SHASHEEEEEESH

[@daxbashir6232]

❤

[@tyrannotherium7873]

This animal lives in New Jersey where I am from

[@Tarbtano]

The dino's got some mad dryp.

[@nightcritterz]

dryptosaurus is my neopets account name, I made it after my original account from 2001 got banned.. cool dino!

[@scott-ex8pv]

This life scale model doesn't cut it for me.. some more ideas !x

[@WildBillCox13]

Forget baboons . . . I'd be more scared of a T rex as smart as-say-a raven.

[@geenalawrence8338]

Amazing

[@mutecryptid]

Dyrpt too hard 🥵

[@raidennc]

A tyrannosaur w/ drip

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

First of all, those feathers are ugly as shit and aren't accurate anyway, there should not be random patches of feathers on the arms & legs. Second of all, _Dryptosaurus_ is still believed to be a basal enough tyrannosaur to still have three fingers. This model would be more accurate for the more derived _Appalachiosaurus_ , which only had two.

[@firegator6853]

we cant know the location of the feathers though so you cannot call that inaccurate, the fact that it even got feathers is pure speculation

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

@@firegator6853 I've seen enough birds to know that they generally don't have feathers on their THIGHS AND CALVES while lacking feathers on their hips.

[@firegator6853]

@@dweebteambuilderjones7627 tyrannosaurids are different from birds, they have simple fuzz not fully developed feathers like birds their ancestors were simply fuzzy as far as we know based on dilong

[@bobmclennan1727]

@@firegator6853 Who's opinion should we trust: a professional paleoartist, or some rando named DweebTeamBuilder? Truly this is a debate for the ages!

[@firegator6853]

@@bobmclennan1727 obviously the expert lol, i dont think they would be stupid enough to put something on an animal that got no way of having in life they would only add stuff that could or could not exist and we dont have evidence denying their existance

[@ScareynotHarry]

YOOOOOOOOOOO MULLET DINO?

[@bloodbathdiablos6359]

*evil laughter intensifies*

[@christopherbarbour1022]

"Trauma-Lizard"

[@alligatorsky98]

This feels like a vid that will get a million views one day

[@ben737D]

He got the drip

[@bdkdhd]

I got a you of this dinosaur and it looks scarier

[@greenman5555]

I think more research needs to be conducted on the skin covering on the model of the dinosaur.

[@lemur88]

HOO HOO HAA HA HA HEH HOOOO HAA HAA HA HEH HE

[@dibershai6009]

Wise words of a wise dino

[@bestproductaroundtheworld2580]

Dryptosaurus is just T-Rex with extra drip

[@eybaza6018]

And bigger arms

[@albertocaceres6484]

drip to saurus

[@megalodongle]

The top & bottom jaws don't even seem to match up. Their teeth were probably just to kill, but not for grinding. They'd tear chunks from claw to teeth and just swallow large whole chunks of prey.

[@Satoru_Gojo_Fr]

Why are the feathers like that BRO SHOULD BE COVERED

[@jacobcox4565]

An animal that big and being fully covered with feathers in the U.S during the Mesozoic would be like if you wore a winter coat in the African savannah.

[@robmetzger8616]

I always wonder why birds don't have teeth

[@jacobcox4565]

They lost the use of teeth once they evolved beaks.

[@robmetzger8616]

@@jacobcox4565 I understand that, but how is that better?

[@jacobcox4565]

@@robmetzger8616 Beaks are more durable and their shape can become practically anything in order to fit the diet of a certain bird.

[@Evergreen_Wizard]

Also beak is more lightweight than teeth and demands less resources. Even pterosaurs, the flying reptiles, at some point completely lost their teeth like birds.

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Dryptosaurus reminds me a lot of Nanotyrannus. A relatively small Tyrannosaur with large hooked claws.

[@thevenbede767]

1. Nanotyrannus is now largely agreed to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex. 2. That because Dryptosaurus was part of the clade Eutyrannosauria and is nested just outside Tyrannosauridae.

[@The_PokeSaurus]

@@thevenbede767 1. Nanotyrannus is valid, you should do more research. 2. I have nothing to say. So I'll tell you why Nanotyrannus is valid. We have found both an adult Nanotyrannus, Bloody Mary, and we have also found juvenile Tyrannosaurus and they don't look like Nanotyrannus.

[@thevenbede767]

@@The_PokeSaurus just read a nat geo article from this year saying there are no fossils of adult nanotyrannus so id love a citation.

[@thevenbede767]

Went to further make sure and the supposed adult Jane has been ruled a juvenile specimen.

[@The_PokeSaurus]

@@thevenbede767 I just told you, the one from the Dueling Dinosaurs.

[@timetraveler1973]

That thing would replace every single top african predator, and grizzly or polar bear. and totally fuck up the ecosystem. we should clone it.

[@jonahedmiston5144]

And it's still HALF the size of T.rex! HALF! It's so crazy to think how much larger dinosaurs were on average than most animals now, even a relatively small dinosaur that would've been at the bottom of the food chain, like Proceratosaurus, were still on average like 10 feet long! It's just so wild to me!

[@AltairBlue]

jurassic world dominion (colorized)

[@timetraveler1973]

@@AltairBlue yes sir mr raptor. all ive seen about it is pointing towards a really really good movie btw..... kinda one of the few things im looking forward to in 2022, supposed to be upwards of 3 hours long as well.

[@eybaza6018]

​@@jonahedmiston5144Half as long and far less massive,the biggest T.rex was more than 10 tons.

[@brandonforrester7342]

Drippy drip.

[@jaydubya3698]

Dryptosaurus AKA Claptovenerio pinkshlongi.

[@Lichen8404]

More like DRIPtosaurus sheeesh

[@thepetiii184]

Driposaurus

[@alcoholic2412]

Are those her real eye brows?

[@guardrailbiter]

Nope. Dryptosaurus did not have eye brows.

[@dweebteambuilderjones7627]

@@guardrailbiter I think Al was talking about the lady describing the statue.

[@guardrailbiter]

@@dweebteambuilderjones7627 I suppose you didn't get my joke.

[@necognome8176]

ZAMMNNNNN Look at dino's drip 😩😩😩😩

[@7777Scion]

feathers/filaments on this animal are nothing but speculation

[@jacobcox4565]

It's not just speculation, they most likely had feathers because related dinosaurs did have feathers, like Yutyrannus.

[@Edgemaxxingtardifiedsigma]

Bruh driptosaurus

[@JM-cf9xy]

“These are feathers” No that’s fur lady

[@BonQeeqeethe3rd320]

Some feathers can look like fur which is the same type of feathering found on pterosaurs

[@jacobcox4565]

Look at the feathers on Emus and Cassowaries, they're very similar to this type of feathering that's depicted on the Dryptosaurus model.

[@alioramusman5650]

Dripped out tyrannosaur

[@AstronautLemur]

The ridiculous amount of feathers added to the dryptosaurus is totally absurd yet it literally proves that scientists are against scales.

[@TheSwanlake2009]

It look like big bird from Sesame Street

[@JM-cf9xy]

Nobody going to address that they give the dinosaur a hairdo?

[@Texasmade74]

"Scientifically accurate " "most likely had feathers " Proceeds to make Dryptosautus look like a lizard with a bad case of mange or a bad toupee lol.I just can't fathom why they do this to most theropods just because they think osteoderms means all theropods were giant meat eating turkey's

[@firegator6853]

not lizard like not bird like, what do they look like then?

[@Texasmade74]

@@firegator6853 what?

[@firegator6853]

@@Texasmade74 dinosaurs or in this case dryptosaurus, there is no other way to reconstruct it based on our knowledge other than feather removal or some changes on the body the general bodyshape is still the same with small scales and im saying if they dont look like birds and lizards...well better use crocodiles because they are closer related to dinosaurs than lizards (but dinosaur scales as far as we know resemble more of the bird scales and komodo dragon scales, tiny and in a big variety of shapes), what do they look like?

[@hailgiratinathetruegod7564]

You see itwhen they put some cheap ass furr on a old dinosaur plastic, i stead of making a new and scientific accurate depiction of featheres dinosaurs.

[@jonahedmiston5144]

Umm, no. That model is highly scientifically accurate and still holds up to this day. Mostly because it was only made like, a few years ago lol. I will say, the feathers on the legs do look a bit patchy and weird, so I kinda agree with you on that lol.

[@AstronautLemur]

@@jonahedmiston5144 "highly scientifically accurate", you're kinda exaggerating it.

[@eybaza6018]

​@@jonahedmiston5144The feathers look horribly off in terms of placement on the body and feathers in more derived Tyrannosauroids are still a highly controversial topic,could be that derived ones progressively lost them.

[@SPQRcat]

Dino dripped out to the socks but needs 5$ 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿