#istiorachis

Made a Paleo recap were I drew some of my favorite paleo highlights from 2025.

Featuring: Tameryraptor (bones of this dinosaur were discovered in 1914 in Egypt and was thought to be parts of Carcharodontosaurus, but later were destroyed during WWII, and in 2025 using the bone fragments, the dinosaur was considered a seperate genus)

Duonychus (only therizinosaurid to have 2 digits on it's arms instead of the usual 3),

Istiorachis (reverse Ouranosaurus),

Spicomellus (originally discovered in 2021, but it was reimagined with more spikes after additional bone discovery in 2025),

Nanotyrannus Lethaeus (a new species of a dinosaur that was considered invalid or a younger Tyrannosaurus Rex, until proven otherwise last year),

Pochitaserra (a prehistoric sawshark named after Pochita from the Chainsaw Man series)

Specia, denumită Istiorachis macarthurae, a fost descrisă de dr. Jeremy Lockwood, doctorand la Universitatea din Portsmouth şi la Muzeul de Istorie Naturală din Londra. Numele combină termenul „sail spine” (coloană cu „velă”) şi o trimitere la Ellen MacArthur, navigatoarea britanică ce a stabilit în 2005 recordul mondial pentru cea mai rapidă călătorie solitară, fără oprire, în jurul…