#monoclonius

[takeuchiitsuka]

#9097 Copyright © Takeuchi Itsuka. All Rights Reserved.

#film #filmphotograph #filmphotography #photography #photograph #フィルム #フィルム写真 #streetphotography #streetphotographyjapan #photographer on tumblr #izakaya #tokyo #ikebukuro #japan #35mm #magazine35mm #monoclonius #ILford_delta_3200 #ILford

[antiqueanimals]

Monoclonius by Charles R. Knight. 1897. From Terra: The Member's Magazine of The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Volume 25, No. 2. November/December 1986.

Internet Archive

#prehistoric #dinosaurs #ceratopsians #monoclonius #Charles Knight

[alphynix]

It Came From The Wastebasket #02: What Makes A Monoclonius?

The first fossil remains of Monoclonius crassus were discovered in the Late Cretaceous Judith River fossil beds (~75 million years old) in 1876 in Montana, USA. It was one of the many dinosaur species hurriedly named as part of the Bone Wars, and was described based on a mixture of bones from several different sites.

At first much of this dinosaur's anatomy was poorly understood, and at first it was misidentified as a hadrosaur. The skull remains were fragmentary and ceratopsians hadn't yet been identified as a group, so Monoclonius' horns weren't even recognized as being horns and a piece of the frill was initially misinterpreted as part of a breastbone.

Once the much better-preserved Triceratops was discovered in 1889, and the existence of ceratopsians was recognized, Monoclonius was re-examined and identified as a similar dinosaur – and three more species were quickly described within the genus, also based on very fragmentary fossils.

Then for a while afterwards every ceratopsid fossil that wasn't clearly a Triceratops was then just dumped into Monoclonius, quickly turning the genus into a wastebasket full of dubious indistinct remains.

But then…

Centrosaurus apertus was named in 1904, from the similarly-aged Dinosaur Park Formation in southern Alberta, Canada. It had originally been one of the various species of Monoclonius, but was now claimed to be different enough to deserve its own separate genus name – and this started a decades-long controversy between several paleontologists.

Over the new few decades arguments went back and forth over whether Centrosaurus was actually valid or if it was just a junior synonym of Monoclonius. As more and better ceratopsid fossil material was discovered several other Monoclonius species were eventually split off into their own separate genera, too, creating Styracosaurus, Chasmosaurus, and the somewhat dubious Brachyceratops. But other new species also continued to be lumped into Monoclonius up until 1990, meaning that over its century of existence this wastebasket taxon had at one point or another contained at least 16 different species.

During the 1990s opinion began to turn against Monoclonius, increasingly regarding it as a dubious name. Its original type specimen was a chimera of multiple different individuals (and possibly multiple different species), and it just didn't have any distinct enough anatomical features to distinguish it from other ceratopsids.

Centrosaurus, meanwhile, was further validated by the discovery of huge bonebeds containing thousands of individuals, making it into one of the best-known of all ceratopsians.

Today Monoclonius' name remains attached to a few fossil specimens, but only the ones that are too indistinct to classify as anything else. Some "Monoclonius" have also turned out to actually be juveniles and subadults of other ceratopsians – it seems many young centrosaurines had a Monoclonius-like stage in their growth, before they went on to develop their own species' distinctive horn and frill shapes.

So Monoclonius may never have been a distinct genus at all – it was just a bunch of different ceratopsian teenagers!

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#it came from the wastebasket #wastebasket taxon #taxonomy #dubious species #monoclonius #centrosaurus #ceratopsid #ceratopsian #dinosaur #paleontology #art #science illustration #paleoart #palaeoblr

[fanficmaverickpodcast]

The latest episode of The FanFic Maverick podcast is out! The show is available through the link above and also on Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, and iHeartRadio.

In this episode I get to chat with ZenaidaMacroura about Stucky, their journey writing fanfiction, and their Stucky AU romance fic ‘Monoclonius.’

Thanks for coming on the show, @zenaidamacrouras1!

Keep on rollin’!

Show Notes:

The link to ‘Monoclonius’ is here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/41100420/chapters/103019883

#Zenaidamacrouras #Monoclonius #captain america #stucky #fanfiction #fandom #podcast #fanficmaverick

[zenaidamacrouras1]

Hahahahahaha, look at this fucking gif I made hahahahahaha. When I say write for yourself, I mean it. I like dinosaurs. I like politics. I wrote a DINOSAUR POLITICAL FIC.

A darling hero beta'd this fic for me months after I finished it. I hadn't bothered asking anyone to help me proofread because I figured no one would want to and that no one would read it, and then people read it (blushes) and enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed it, and I felt bad for making people read all my typos.

So here is my dino love story, typo free. Here is what I am proud of about this story:

It's the only fic on AO3 with the tag "Stuckysaurus"

It's the only fic on AO3 with the tag "Trilobites have a key part in the plot"

Chapter 11 (Bucky and Sarah's Big Day Out) is perfect to me and I wouldn't change a single word.

It has two optional endings in honor of my favorite childhood movie, Clue, because I was a VERY WEIRD CHILD.

It includes discussion of ocean acidification and algae blooms due to agricultural runoff.

This fic has around 20 sex scenes (including inferred sex scenes) and the most common descriptor it gets is adorable and wholesome. That's me, with the adorable, wholesome smut.

I am actually planning on writing a prequel to this story as part of my Marvel Trumps Hate Auction and I'm QUITE excited about it. It will be a political campaign story featuring Steve Rogers and Valkyrie and they are going to punch neo-nazis and make out in alleys while running Peggy Carter's Senate Campaign. I like what I like.

Monoclonius by Zenaidamacrouras1

Summary:

Steve Rogers is a single dad / environmental lobbyist with a v cute kid who loves dinosaurs and OMG---> who is that v adorable paleontologist with the ocean blue eyes and flowing dark mane of beautiful hairs, Y'ALL!

Will they ever smooch? (They will probably smooch).

#Monoclonius #Stuckysaurus #buckycephalosaurus #stucky au #new to stucky #steve rogers x bucky barnes #Political au #paleontologist au #adorable wholesome smut

[thylacines-toybox]

Dino Riders Monoclonius by Tyco, found in charity shop in June 2022

#monoclonius #dinosaur #prehistoric #Dino Riders #Tyco #not plushie #plastic toy #toys #green

[that-dinopunk-guy]

#prehistoric beast #phil tippett #tyrannosaurus #“monoclonius” #dinosaurs #have i posted this already #i can't remember

[cardtorius]

Good paid multi lastnight b4 bed.

#zero nightmare #the monoclonius #megaman x dive #s rank #yas #mine

[musette22]

For the nonnie who asked: here are some of my all time favourite lengthy Stucky fics (30-200k, mostly multi chapter):

Not Easily Conquered by dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears

This, You Protect by owlet

Home Is Wherever I'm With You by cydonic

Lucky Seven by BetteNoire

Political Animals by @spacerenegades, Deisderium

Wishes and Words by wearing_tearing

A Company Man by @whtaft

Push It Real Good by spoffyumi

The Size of Perfection by @phoenike

Like Real People Do by 2bestfriends

Easy Work For Easy Pay by AustinB

Prince Charming by Brenda

What's in a Name? by levi_cas_tho, maichan

Critical Feline Mass by Kryptaria, zooeyscigar  

Ipseity by SkyisGray

Circling Back by chaya

Ain't No Grave (Can Keep My Body Down) by spitandvinegar 

The Necrofloranomicon by leveragehunters (Monkeygreen)

with all my skin and bone by unicornpoe

He's All That by @spacerenegades

Monoclonius by Zenaidamacrouras1

oh meet me, my darling, where the sun sets over the barley by charlesdk @trancowboy

Coming Home by charlesdk @trancowboy

The Settler by charlesdk @trancowboy

Waking Up Slow by odetteandodile

Family Placement by notlucy

I Held You in Gloved Hands (And I’m Not Letting Go) by @voylitscope

then a small thing happened by BeaArthurPendragon

North Fork by BeaArthurPendragon

Itsy Bitsy Yoga by wearing_tearing

All Those Little Pieces by Ellessey

Bucky Barnes Gets His Groove Back & Other International Incidents @silentwalrus1

Scents and Sensibility: The Working Assassin's Guide to Supersoldier Seduction by galwednesday, silentwalrus, skellerbvvt

Coming Home For Christmas by Chiyume

Chase the Lightning From the Sky by SilverSlashes

These next ones I haven't had a chance to read yet, but I love these authors' other fics so I'm sure these are brilliant too!

lane lines by @sparkagrace

Till It Bleeds Daylight by @cable-knit-sweater

Backhoe by @zenaidamacrouras1

hey now, you're an all star (get your game on, go play) (WIP) by @buckyismybicycle

I was alone, I took a ride (I didn't know what I would find there) by @otp-holic

Till there were no more wolves in the West by @dharmasharks

better to speak or die (WIP) by @between-a-ship-and-a-hard-place

Atoms by @andrea1717

I'm sure I'm forgetting some brilliant ones, so feel free to add to this! Also, please check out these authors' other works too, they're all brilliant <3

#in no particular order except for the first two lol #stucky #steve rogers x bucky barnes #steve rogers #bucky barnes #stevebucky #fic recs #I tried putting half of this under the cut but tumblr is being so difficult today for some reason #so sorry #long post

[fsbc-librarian]

Hey! I wasn't sure who to ask this but was hoping you might know of a particular Stucky fic? I don't remember much about it but Bucky worked at the Museum of Maths and was like super nerdy about it. I couldn't find it anywhere!!

Hi! I will admit I’ve never read a fic where Bucky works at the museum of maths (I’ve never heard of it, to be honest), and I can’t find any stucky fics that have the museum of maths as a location or tag. Are you able to give me any more details?

Or maybe someone else out there has heard of it? @zenaidamacrouras1 this could possibly be something you’ve come across? I actually thought of Monoclonius for Bucky being an enthusiastic nerd working in a museum 🤷‍♀️

#bucky barnes #steve rogers #fsbc library #fic rec #fic search #the librarian answers #not very well

[mineralsrocksandfossiltalks]

AND NOW FOR COPE

Edward Drinker Cope was an American paleontologist, zoologist, and comparative anatomist in a heated rivalry with Othniel Charles Marsh (more on that at a later time). He was born to a wealthy Quaker family. His father wanted him to be a gentleman farmer but he always dreamed of being a scientist.

He actually had very little formal training and his scientific pursuits nearly bankrupted him.

He wrote 1.400 papers and named over 1,000 vertebrate species though his rivals debated the accuracy. In fact, many of his fossil finds were synonymized with Marsh's or other's finds. C'est la vie.

Cope's body was donated to science on the occasion of his death. Okay, his head and brain were donated to science. His skull is actually the "type specimen" of homo sapiens. The guy was so full of himself that he intended to have his brain compared to Marsh's to prove he was the smarter one. Marsh thought the whole thing was stupid though and had a nice, peaceful burial of all his body parts. It's a good thing Cope died first because that would have really riled him up.

To finish out, here are some of the prehistoric animals Cope named that you guys might be familiar with:

Amphicoelias

Archosauria (crocs, pterosaurs, non-avian dinosaurs, birds)

Camarasaurus

Champsosaurus

Dimetrodon

Diplocaulus

Dystrophaeus

Edaphosaurus

Elasmosaurus

Eryops

Hadrosauridae

Lystrosaurus

and Monoclonius.

Like Marsh, some dinosaurs had been named after him. Unlike Marsh, those dinosaurs have all since been synonymized with other animals. For example, Drinker became Dryosaurus. Since he is dead though, I think he can Cope with these changes.

#paleontology #dinosaur #fossils #fun facts #history #bone wars

[takeuchiitsuka]

#9061 Copyright © Takeuchi Itsuka. All Rights Reserved.

#film #filmphotograph #filmphotography #photography #photograph #フィルム #フィルム写真 #streetphotography #streetphotographyjapan #photographer on tumblr #35mm #magazine35mm #tokyo #japan #monoclonius

[antiqueanimals]

Predatory Dinosaurs of the World: A Complete Illustrated Guide. Written and drawn by Gregory Paul. 1989.

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#prehistoric #dinosaurs #theropods #tyrannosaurs #daspletosaurus #ornithopods #ceratopsians #monoclonius #chasmosaurus #hadrosaurs #hypacrosaurus #kritosaurus #ankylosaurs #edmontonia #prehistoric reptiles #pterosaurus #quetzalcoatlus #predation #Gregory Paul

[balanceoflightanddark]

Agathaumas, the Lost Ceratopsian

I've talked about The Lost World (1925) a few times on this blog, partly due to it being the very first feature length film depicting dinosaurs, and partly due to how effective it is as a snapshot of dinosaurs during the early 1900s.

Anyone who has seen the film will note that there are actually two species of ceratopsians portrayed. The first is the more famous Triceratops, as seen in the photo above on the left.

The one on the right resembles a Triceratops, but looks a little...different. The nasal horn is a lot longer, the frill exhibiting more spikes, and it's hide more heavily armoured.

As you might've guessed, this isn't Triceratops. In fact...it's a dinosaur that may not have even existed.

Meet Agathaumas sylvestris ("marvelous forest-dweller"), one of the oldest described ceratopsians ever recorded. In fact, it was "discovered" before ceratopsians were even properly described.

The original partial remains (AMNH 4000) were discovered in 1873 by Fielding Bradford Meek and Henry Martyn Bannister near Black Butte and Bitter Creek in Wyoming. They were eventually sent to the famous paleontologist Edward Drinker Cope who initially described it as a hadrosaur due to how fragmentary the fossils were. It wasn't until his rival Othniel Marsh described Triceratops did Cope recognize it as a ceratopsian in 1889.

And here's where things get...interesting.

As anybody interested in paleontological topics should know, Cope and Marsh were locked in a fierce rivalry called the Bone Wars, where the two competed to find the most specimens and describe the most species. In a series of publications ("The horned dinosauria of the Laramie" from the American Naturalist) Cope initially didn't recognize the name "ceratopsid" as a proper family name (believing that the namesake Ceratops wasn't related), and even argued for his own classification: Agathaumids. Furthermore, he grouped 4 other of his discoveries together in this family: Monoclonius, Dysganus, Manospondylus, and Claorhynchus.

Despite his efforts, Cope's gambit ultimately failed when in 1907, Agathaumas's validity was challenged by John Bell Hatcher. Due to the fragmentary nature of the fossils, it was later reclassified as a pseudonym for Monoclonius. This isn't anything unique for species described in the Bone Wars due to the rush to name new animals. And to rub salt in the wound, all of the members of the Agathaumids were considered to be nomen dubium (doubtful name) while Marsh's name Ceratopsids was chosen as the classification for the group (The Ceratopsia).

Armor for Agathaumas – Incertae Sedis (wordpress.com)

So where does that leave Agathaumas and the original remains? Nowadays, while the remains are still considered a holotype, it's widely considered to be a centrosaur. The painting by Charles R. Knight as seen from above came from the species Agathaumas sphenocerus, later reclassified as a species of Monoclonius, which is now believed to have been described from specimens of Styracosaurus and Centrosaurus. The reconstruction would later be used for the animal's depiction in the 1925 The Lost World. The genus as a whole is now typically regarded as synonym for Marsh's dinosaur, Triceratops (in a bit of irony).

So while now considered nomen dubium, Agathaumas is still rather interesting due to how a once notable dinosaur fell victim to science marching on, and how it got caught in the center of a notorious rivalry.

A big thanks to the I Know Dino podcast for covering this. Feel free to check them out cause they have a lot of good material for dinosaur enthusiasts. Also feel free to check out any of the articles cited in the post if you want some additional reading, and this great video by E.D.G.E from YouTube.

Agathaumas | The Horned Dragon That Never Was - YouTube

#agathaumas #ceratopsian #ceratopsid #edward drinker cope #othniel march #bone wars #charles r. knight #dinosaur #dinosaurs #paleontology #the lost world 1925 #styracosaurus #centrosaurus #triceratops

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (8-14 Oct 2023)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊 for this gift, I do feel blessed (wheatisstillwheat) - 96K, nice steddie AU with rockstar!eddie & regular guy steve

😊 Bandaids for the Heart (LexiRoseWrites) - 78K, omegaverse steddie AU with pediatric nurse Steve & single dad Eddie

🥰 Time To Shine (Rachel Reid, author; Cooper North, narrator) - delightful hockey romance, fairly low angst (but enough to make it tasty). There may come a day when I'm tired of the adhd/anxiety ball dynamic but today isn't that day. Cooper North is an excellent narrator, def in my top 5 faves

💖💖 +199K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Make It Up As We Go (hawkeyedpeas (pandacowhipster)) - D&D: HAT: Edgin/Xenk, 17K - fluffy & enjoyable fake dating fic

Punched! (Zenaidamacrouras1) - MCU: Valkyrie/Steve, 7K - technically a Monoclonius prequel, but absolutely can be read as a standalone - Val & Steve (fellow political activists) punch some Nazis and have some hot, adrenaline-fueled sex in an alley

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Maine Cabin Masters - s5, e1

Naked Attraction - s1, e1-3

Whitstable Pearl - s1, e1-2

Murdoch Mysteries - s15, e3-7

Dirty Laundry - s3, e3

Our Flag Means Death - s2, e4-5

D20: Burrow's End - "Bearing the Scars" (s20, e2)

D20: Adventuring Party - "Does a Bear Get Eaten Out in the Woods?" (s15, e2)

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Into It - Why Are Celebrities So Bad At PR?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Tunguska Event

Pop Culture Happy Hour - The Scariest Movie I've Ever Seen

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Tolkien Takes Us Places

Vibe Check - Come Out, Come Out, Wherever You Are

Re: Dracula - October 11: Freedom of Soul

ICYMI - How a Substack Revived the Dracula Fandom

Ed Zitron's 15 Minutes In Hell - Episode 10 - Molly White

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Our Travel Expectations

⭐ 99% Invisible #556 - You Ain’t Nothin But a Postmark

Into It - Jada & Will Deserve an Oscar for Their Marriage Performance

Dear Prudence - Is It Too Early in the Relationship to Say "I Love You"? Help!

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford - DOUBLE BILL: A Monkey For Mayor / A Screw Loose At 17,000 Feet

Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 584. Queer Pirate Decolonization Fantasy with Maggie Tokuda-Hall

Today, Explained - America’s most successful downtown?

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Stanley Hotel

⭐ Endless Thread - The Spider Web

Re: Dracula - Bonus 7: The Dracula Daily Instigator

One Year - 1955 Bonus Ep: Mary Martin’s Peter Pan

What Next: TBD - The $30,000 Zelle Scam

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Death Rattles

Shock Rock

Witchy Grrrl Pop

Teenage Werewolf Rock

Radiooooo - Germany, 1980s

Bewitching Jazz

Halloween Rock & Pop Songs

#sunday reading recap #bookgeekgrrl's reading habits #bookgeekgrrl's soundtracks #still luxuriating in having a comfy place to sit & watch TV again! #time to shine #hockey romance #fanfic ftw #dimension 20 #d20: burrow's end #ofmd #dirty laundry #murdoch mysteries #very much enjoyed the silliness of murdoch mysteries' halloween-edwardian-slasher-movie episode #halloweeny music #99% invisible podcast #endless thread podcast #one year podcast #the atlas obscura podcast #re: dracula #vibe check podcast #cautionary tales with tim harford podcast #smart podcast‚ trashy books podcast #into it podcast #pop culture happy hour podcast #what next: tbd podcast #today‚ explained podcast #dear prudence podcast #ed zitron's 15 minutes in hell podcast #icymi podcast

[zenaidamacrouras1]

Hey Zenaida, I just have a really random fic ask for you. What is the orthodontic state of each of your characters???

Hahahahahahagahagga. Dead.

You don't really want to know but the thing is I'm going to punish you for this cheekiness by answering you!

Now our X factor is that Chris Evans had some serious braces at a young age, which I confirmed by googling one minute ago, but he has that vibe anyway. Like you can just tell that he had jacked up teeth when he was like 8 and it was ridiculously cute and then he had his teeth perfectly straight by puberty when suddenly you want your teeth to be perfectly straight. His smile is just so wide! He loves his teeth!

But of course Movie Steve has Chris Evans' teeth post braces. Which is inaccurate, fight me MCU, I'll die on this hill.

For the sake of my AUs I will assume Steve was naturally gifted with a mouth full of teeth as charmingly troublesome and full of personality as he is. I think in most modern settings he would have had some level of orthodonture for actual non-cosmetic reasons. If his mom is a nurse it's reasonable it was within range of the budget.

The variable is how old he was when he got that movie star smile. Did Steve go through junior high with imperfect teeth? High school? College? It's a subtle thing.

List of fics:

Backhoe: Bucky: Oh he has that snaggletooth. It's hot as fuck. Steve: braces in college, used his student loans/inheritance to pay for them, lotsa shame about the crooked teeth situation in high school.

Unpredictable synchronicity: Bucky: braces. In fact, I mention the braces in the fic. Steve: is Captain America and should have had charmingly crooked teeth and then Shield made him get them fixed post ice. Would the serum allow that? We'll say sure.

Lucky screwdriver: Bucky: braces. Steve: braces starting at like age 9

Pursued by bear: b: braces, s: early braces

Cruel summer: snaggle, early braces

Take me anywhere: snaggle (and he's on stage as a dancer but he's into his snaggle), late braces

Climb of passion: snaggle, late braces

Monoclonius: braces, early braces

Tension and tonic: Bucky: very much braces with a lot of shame about it, Steve: I actually do not know.

Plastered: Bucky: imma say braces but I don't feel as solid about that. Steve: early braces

#i like your teeth #teeth #what is wrong with this person #why yes I am waiting for my kids to come out of ballet #and I just got in a fight with a 5 year old for saying my son wears girl shoes #author asks #Zenaida talks (too much)