Nia and Ya'eel from the book: Wind of Choice Unexpected Heroes - fan art coloring page

I am currently reading a book called

 Wind of Change - Unexpected Heroes

This drawing is based on some of the characters of this excellent fantasy novel. 

Nia and Ya'eel (& Ahjin)

Nia and Ya'eel are characters in the book: Wind of Change - Unexpected Heroes.  The book is a fantasy and it is about people on a planet that has several types of people.  There are water dwellers, like Nia, seen in the drawing with long hair.  Her friend is a dolphin named Ya'eel.  The flying person is Ahjin and his people are people of the air. . . they can fly.  

Nia and Ahjin set out on an interesting quest to save the gods.  The fact that they are very different is quite interesting.  They are joined by other "people" who have their own unique characteristics.  I am still reading the book, but I liked the characters so much that I drew this drawing.  

Some of the sea life in the drawing include:  a squid, a jellyfish, a sea anemone along with 2 clownfish, a couple of coral, a stand of kelp, a sardine, and a parrotfish.  There are other sea life as well.  

Look closely at Nia's visible hand.  She has webbed hands AND webbed feet.  She also has a gill on each side of her neck. But she does not have a large tailfin like a mermaid.  I like this idea of a sea-dwelling people who have webbed hands and feet but are not merpeople.  

This drawing can be found, in printable form, by clicking on the button up top labeled: Fantasy, Myths and Circus.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list for this new drawing.  

T. rex Cartoon Drawings to Color

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There are over 1000 free to print drawings.

Today's new drawing is of a mommy T. rex and her chicks.  

Mommy T. rex and Chicks

This top drawing is the new drawing today.  It is a cartoon drawing for younger kids to color.  Note that there are still scientific facts that are illustrated in the drawing.  Mommy T. rex has shorter teeth in front.  Her front teeth were for ripping meat off of the bone.  The back teeth had a different purpose - to crush bone!  There is also evidence that large Theropod dinosaurs, like Tyrannosaurus rex, cared for their young.  Baby Theropod skeletons showed that at hatching the chicks had tiny sharp teeth, but the baby dinosaurs were quite small and never could have survived on their own. 

NOTE:  The drawings, in printable form, are found by clicking on the button up top labeled "Paleontology."  Remember to scroll down to the bottom of the "Mesozoic" section of the list for the new drawing.  Below are a few other T. rex drawings for younger kids to color.  The below drawings were posted previously so they will be further up the list of drawings. 

T. rex male Chick hangs out with his Mommy

T. rex Mommy carrying her Chick

T. rex mother with 3 Chicks

T. rex Baby

T. rex drawing with Pteranodon Friend

T. rex Mother carries Chick

(I'll admit that his one is less of a cartoon drawing and more realistic.)

Tyrannosaurus rex Mother in the Spring

(I'll admit, this one is also less of a cartoon drawing.)

Brontopodus - The Huge Sauropod known only from Footprints Re-Posting in English - coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a huge Sauropod that is only known from its unique footprints. 

There are over 1000 free coloring pages on this blog.

NOTE to English readers:   I will be posting this in multiple languages...

because Brontopodus tracks were found in multiple countries.

This is the reposting in English. 

Scroll down to read it in Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, and French. 

Brontopodus by a River

Brontopodus is known from footprints in many parts of the world.  It has been named its own Genus because the manus or front footprints have 4 toes on each foot (hand).  There are no known Sauropods that had 4 toes on their front feet.  All known Sauropods had 3 toes on their manus or front feet.  This led to the identification of the new Genus.  There are apparently two species of Brontopodus known. Brontopodus birdi or birdii is the name for the species found along the East Coast, Gulf Coast, and in Texas, USA.  Brontopodus plagnensis is known from many tracks in France.  

Brontopodus tracks are found in Korea and in France.  Large fossilized Sauropod footprints in Australia, the USA, Portugal, Switzerland, and China also seem to be from Brontopodus.  This is very interesting because the multiple sites indicate that this huge animal was very successful and spread to many parts of the planet.  Of course, the continents were more connected then than they are now.  But how is it that we humans have yet to find a fossilized Brontopodus skeleton when it lived all over the world?  Where are the fossilized skeletons of Brontopodus?  

Species that are known from only trace fossils like footprints are called "ichnospecies."  By the way, "Brontopodus" means "Thunder Foot!"  (or maybe thunder feet)  Bronto in Greek means thunder and pod means foot.  Perhaps the paleontologist who named this dinosaur was thinking of Brotonsaurus (that means thunder lizard).  But Brontosaurus' name has been replaced by Apatosaurus.  Now we can think of this 37 ton monster as walking and the sound their feet made would be like thunder.  Sauropods are known to have lived in herds.  Imagine a whole herd of these huge dinosaurs walking by.  It would sound like thunder!

Brontopodus was a very BIG dinosaur.  It was a type of Sauropod.  Sauropods were the long-necked dinosaurs that grew to enormous sizes. Based on the size of the footprints, and the estimation of similar-sized Diplodocids, (like Diplodocus) it is thought that Brontopodus was around 87 feet or 26.5 meters long.  It is estimated that Brontopodus weighed around 37 tons.  

Some Brontopodus footprints had fossilized bird tracks around them so the drawing has birds and Pterosaurs.  (Yes there were birds around in the Late Jurassic Period.)  The bird tracks could have been made by species like Archaeopteryx or Caihong. Brontopodus lived in the late Jurassic and possibly even into the Early Cretaceous Period.  That would be around 150 up to 110 million years ago.   

The longest ever found fossilized Sauropod dinosaur tracks are in France near the village of Plagne in the Jura mountains.  They are tracks made by Brontopodus plagnensis. The tracks are around 150 meters or 492 feet long.  Of course, each footprint is not that big.  The footprints just go on and on for 150 meters.  The dinosaur walked in mud and left footprints and the mud turned to stone so we have the trace fossils. 

This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the section labeled "Mesozoic Drawings" ...for this new drawing.  It will be listed in the "Mesozoic Era" drawings. But click on the button labeled . . . .  Paleontology.  

Brontopodus-只从脚印知道一个巨大的蜥脚类动物 (Chinese) Brontopodus - Sauropod know only from Footprints - Re-posting

Brontopodus by a River

Brontopodus在世界许多地方的脚印中被称为。 它被命名为自己的属，因为马努斯或前脚印在每只脚（手）上有4个脚趾。 没有已知的蜥脚类动物在前脚上有4个脚趾。 所有已知的蜥脚类动物有3个脚趾在他们的马努斯或前脚。 这导致了新属的鉴定。 显然有两种勃龙足已知。 Brontopodus birdi或birdii是沿东海岸，墨西哥湾沿岸和德克萨斯州，美国发现的物种的名称。 Brontopodus plagnensis从法国的许多曲目中被称为。

Brontopodus轨道在韩国和法国被发现。 在澳大利亚，美国，葡萄牙，瑞士和中国的大型蜥脚类脚印化石似乎也来自Brontopodus。 这是非常有趣的，因为多个网站表明，这个巨大的动物是非常成功的，并蔓延到地球的许多地方。 当然，大陆当时的联系比现在更紧密。 但是，我们人类如何还没有找到一个化石的Brontopodus骨架，当它生活在世界各地？ Brontopodus的骨骼化石在哪里？

只从像脚印一样的痕迹化石中已知的物种被称为"ichnospecies。"顺便说一句，"Brontopodus"的意思是"雷脚！"（或者雷声脚）Bronto在希腊语中意为雷声，pod意味着脚。 也许命名这种恐龙的古生物学家正在考虑Brotonsaurus（这意味着雷霆蜥蜴）。 但是雷龙的名字已经被迷惑龙取代了 现在我们可以把这个37吨的怪物想象成走路，他们的脚发出的声音就像雷鸣一样。 蜥脚类动物被称为住在牛群中。 想象一下，这些巨大的恐龙走了一整群。 这听起来像雷声！

Brontopodus是一个非常大的恐龙。 是一种蜥脚类动物 蜥脚类是长颈恐龙，成长为巨大的尺寸。 根据脚印的大小，以及类似大小的双足动物（如梁龙）的估计，人们认为Brontopodus大约是87英尺或26.5米长。 据估计，Brontopodus重约37吨。

一些Brontopodus脚印在他们周围有化石的鸟迹，所以画中有鸟类和翼龙。 （是的，在侏罗纪晚期有鸟类。 鸟类的踪迹可能是始祖鸟或彩红这样的物种造成的。 Brontopodus生活在侏罗纪晚期，甚至可能进入白垩纪早期。 大约在1亿5千万到1亿1千万年前

有史以来发现的最长的蜥脚类恐龙化石轨道在法国附近的汝拉山脉的Plagne村。 它们是Brontopodus plagnensis制作的曲目。 轨道约150米或492英尺长。 当然，每个足迹不是那么大。 脚印持续150米 恐龙走在泥和留下的脚印和泥变成石头，所以我们有痕迹化石。

此图,在可打印的形式,可以通过点击标记的按钮找到"古生物学."然后向下滚动到标有"中生代图纸"的部分的底部。..这幅新画 它将在"中生代"图纸中列出。 但点击标记的按钮。 . . . 古生物学 . . . 或者 . .

Brontopodus-um enorme saurópode conhecido apenas por pegadas (Portuguese) Brontopodus - Sauropod known from Footprints

Brontopodus por um rio

Brontopodus by a River

Brontopodus é conhecido por pegadas em muitas partes do mundo. Foi nomeado seu próprio gênero porque o manus ou pegadas dianteiras têm 4 dedos em cada pé (mão). Não há saurópodes conhecidos que tivessem 4 Dedos nos pés da frente. Todos os saurópodes conhecidos tinham três dedos nos seus manus ou pés dianteiros. Isto levou à identificação do novo gênero. Aparentemente, há duas espécies de Brontopodus conhecidas. Brontopodus birdi ou birdii é o nome da espécie encontrada ao longo da costa leste, Costa do Golfo e no Texas, Estados Unidos. Brontopodus plagnensis é conhecido por muitas faixas na França.

Pegadas de Brontopodus são encontradas na Coreia e na França. Grandes pegadas de saurópodes fossilizados na Austrália, EUA, Portugal, suíça e China também parecem ser de Brontopodus. Isto é muito interessante porque os vários sites indicam que este enorme animal foi muito bem sucedido e se espalhou para muitas partes do planeta. Claro que os continentes estavam mais ligados do que estão agora. Mas como é que nós humanos ainda temos de encontrar um esqueleto fossilizado de Brontopodus quando ele viveu por todo o mundo? Onde estão os esqueletos fossilizados de Brontopodus?

Espécies que são conhecidas a partir de apenas vestígios fósseis como pegadas são chamadas de "ichnospecies"."Já agora, "Brontopodus" significa " pé Trovão!"(ou talvez pés de trovão) Bronto em grego significa trovão e pod significa pé. Talvez o paleontólogo que nomeou este dinossauro estivesse pensando em Brotonsaurus (que significa lagarto trovão). Mas o nome do Brontossauro foi substituído pelo Apatossauro. Agora podemos pensar neste monstro de 37 toneladas como andar e o som que os seus pés fizeram seria como um trovão. Os saurópodes vivem em rebanhos. Imaginem uma manada inteira destes enormes dinossauros a passar. Pareceria um trovão!

Brontopodus era um dinossauro muito grande. Era um tipo de saurópode. Saurópodes eram os dinossauros de pescoço longo que cresceram para tamanhos enormes. Com base no tamanho das pegadas, e na estimativa de Diplodocidas de tamanho semelhante, (como Diplodocus) acredita-se que Brontopodus tinha cerca de 87 pés ou 26,5 metros de comprimento. Estima-se que Brontopodus pesava cerca de 37 toneladas.

Algumas pegadas de Brontopodus tinham pegadas fossilizadas de aves ao seu redor, por isso o desenho tem pássaros e pterossauros. (Sim, havia pássaros no período Jurássico tardio. As pegadas de aves podem ter sido feitas por espécies como Archaeopteryx ou Caihong. Brontopodus viveu no Jurássico Superior e possivelmente até no Cretáceo Inferior. Isso seria cerca de 150 até 110 milhões de anos atrás.

Os saurópodes fossilizados mais longos já encontrados são na França, perto da aldeia de Plagne, nas Montanhas Jura. São pegadas de Brontopodus plagnensis. As pistas têm cerca de 150 metros ou 492 pés de comprimento. Claro que cada pegada não é assim tão grande. As pegadas continuam a 150 metros. O dinossauro andou na lama e deixou pegadas e a lama transformou-se em pedra, por isso temos os vestígios fósseis.

Este desenho, em forma de impressão, pode ser encontrado clicando no botão "Paleontologia"."Em seguida, role até o fundo da seção intitulada "Desenhos Mesozoicos" ...para este novo desenho. Será listado nos desenhos da Era Mesozóica. Mas clique no botão rotulado . . . . Paleontologia. . . . ou . . . . . . Paleontology. 

Brontopodus-발자국에서만 알려진 거대한 용각류 (Korean) Brontopodus - Sauropod known from Footprints

Brontopodus by A River

브론토포도스는 세계의 많은 부분에서 발자국으로 알려져 있습니다. 마누스 또는 정면 발자국에는 각 발(손)에 4 개의 발가락이 있기 때문에 그것의 자신의 속이라고 지명되었습니다. 앞 발에 4 개의 발가락이 있는 알려진 용각류는 없습니다. 알려진 모든 용각류는 마누스 또는 앞 발에 3 개의 발가락을 가지고있었습니다. 이 새로운 속 식별되었다. 분명히 알려진 브론토포도스의 두 종이있다. 브롱토포도스 버디 또는 비르 디이 동부 해안을 따라 발견 종의 이름입니다,걸프 해안,텍사스,미국. Brontopodus plagnensis 는 프랑스의 많은 트랙에서 알려져 있습니다.

브론토포도스 트랙은 한국과 프랑스에서 발견된다. 호주,미국,포르투갈,스위스 및 중국의 대규모 화석화 된 사우로 포드 발자국은 브론토포도스에서 나온 것 같습니다. 이것은 매우 흥미로운 일이기 때문에 여러 사이트를 나타내는 이 거대한 동물이 매우 성공적이고 확산을의 많은 부분입니다. 물론,대륙은 더 그들이 지금보다 다음 연결되어 있었다. 하지만 어떻게 우리 인간이 전 세계에 살 때 화석화 된 브론토포도스 골격을 찾을 수 있지? 브론토포도스의 화석화 된 해골은 어디에 있습니까?

발자국과 같은 화석 만 추적에서 알려진 종은"아상시"라고합니다. 그나저나 브론토포도스는'천둥발'이란 뜻이에요!"(또는 어쩌면 천둥 발)그리스어로 야생마는 천둥을 의미하고 포드는 발을 의미한다. 아마도이 공룡라는 이름의 고생물학(즉 천둥 도마뱀을 의미)브로톤사우루스 생각했다. 그러나 브론토사우루스'이름은 아파토사우루스로 대체되었습니다. 이제 우리는 걷기로이 37 톤 괴물의 생각 할 수 있으며,그들의 만든 발은 천둥과 같은 것입니다 소리. 사우로포드는 무리를 지어 살았던 것으로 알려져 있습니다. 이 거대한 공룡의 전체 무리가 걸어 다닌다고 상상해보십시오. 그것은 천둥 같은 소리 것입니다!

브론토포도스는 매우 큰 공룡이었다. 그건 일종의 사우로포드였어 용각류는 거대한 크기로 성장 긴 목이 공룡이었다. 의 크기에 따라 발자국,그리고 예측 비슷한 크기의 도로시는 애견 토토,(같은 플로)그것은 생각 Brontopodus 었 87 발 26.5 미터 길이입니다. 브론토포도스는 약 37 톤의 무게 것으로 추정된다.

일부 야생동물의 발자국은 그 주위에 화석화 된 조류 트랙을 가지고 있으므로 드로잉은 조류와 익룡을 가지고 있습니다. (예,쥬라기 시대 말 주위에 새가 있었다. 새 트랙은 고고학 또는 카이 홍 같은 종에 의해 만들어진 수 있었다. 브론토포도스는 쥬라기 후반에 살았고 심지어 초기 백악기 시대에 살았을 수도 있습니다. 즉 약 150 최대 110 만 년 전이 될 것입니다.

가장 긴 이제까지 화석화 된 사우로 포드 공룡 트랙 쥐라 산맥의 플라냐 마을 근처 프랑스에 있습니다 발견했다. 그들은 브론토포도스 플라넨시스에 의해 만들어진 트랙이다. 트랙은 약 150 미터 또는 492 피트 길이입니다. 물론,각 풋 프린트는 그 큰되지 않습니다. 발자국은 150 미터 계속되고 있어요. 공룡은 진흙에 걸어 발자국 왼쪽 우리는 추적 화석을 가지고,그래서 진흙은 돌로했다.

이 그림은 인쇄 가능한 형태로"고생물학"이라는 버튼을 클릭하여 찾을 수 있습니다."그런 다음"중생대 그림"이라는 섹션의 맨 아래로 스크롤하십시오...이 새로운 그림을 위해. 그것은"중생대 시대"그림에 나열됩니다. 그러나 표시된 버튼을 클릭합니다. . . . 고생물학 . . . 또는. . . . . . . . Paleontology. 

Brontopodus - un énorme Sauropode connu uniquement par des empreintes de pas (French) Brontopodus - Sauropod known from Footprints

 

Brontopode au bord d'une rivière

Brontopodus by a River

Brontopodus est connu à partir d'empreintes dans de nombreuses régions du monde. Il a été nommé son propre genre parce que les empreintes manus ou avant ont 4 orteils sur chaque pied (main). Il n'y a pas de sauropodes connus qui avaient 4 orteils sur leurs pieds avant. Tous les sauropodes connus avaient 3 orteils sur leur manus ou leurs pieds avant. Cela a conduit à l'identification du nouveau Genre. Il y a apparemment deux espèces de Brontopodes connues. Brontopodus birdi ou birdii est le nom de l'espèce trouvée le long de la côte est, la côte du Golfe, et au Texas, États-Unis. Brontopodus plagnensis est connu de nombreuses pistes en France.

On trouve des traces de brontopodes en Corée et en France. De grandes empreintes fossilisées de sauropodes en Australie, aux États-Unis, au Portugal, en Suisse et en Chine semblent également provenir de Brontopodus. C'est très intéressant car les multiples sites indiquent que cet énorme animal a eu beaucoup de succès et s'est propagé à de nombreuses parties de la planète. Bien sûr, les continents étaient plus connectés à l'époque qu'ils ne le sont maintenant. Mais comment se fait-il que nous, les humains, n'ayons pas encore trouvé de squelette de Brontopode fossilisé alors qu'il vivait partout dans le monde? Où sont les squelettes fossilisés de Brontopodus?

Les espèces qui ne sont connues que par des traces de fossiles comme des empreintes de pas sont appelées " ichnospécifiques."Au fait, "Brontopodus" signifie " pied de tonnerre!"(ou peut-être des pieds de tonnerre) Bronto en grec signifie tonnerre et pod signifie pied. Peut-être que le paléontologue qui a nommé ce dinosaure pensait à Brotonsaurus (qui signifie lézard du tonnerre). Mais le nom de Brontosaurus a été remplacé par Apatosaurus. Maintenant, nous pouvons penser à ce monstre de 37 tonnes comme marchant et le son de leurs pieds serait comme du tonnerre. Les sauropodes sont connus pour avoir vécu dans des troupeaux. Imaginez tout un troupeau de ces énormes dinosaures qui passent. Ça sonnerait comme du tonnerre!

Brontopodus était un très grand dinosaure. C'était un type de Sauropode. Les sauropodes étaient les dinosaures à long cou qui ont atteint des tailles énormes. Sur la base de la taille des empreintes et de l'estimation de diplodocidés de taille similaire (comme Diplodocus), on pense que Brontopodus mesurait environ 87 pieds ou 26,5 mètres de long. On estime que Brontopodus pesait environ 37 tonnes.

Certaines empreintes de brontopodes avaient des traces d'oiseaux fossilisés autour d'eux, de sorte que le dessin a des oiseaux et des ptérosaures. (Oui, il y avait des oiseaux autour à la fin du Jurassique.) Les traces d'oiseaux pourraient avoir été faites par des espèces comme Archaeopteryx ou Caihong. Brontopodus a vécu à la fin du Jurassique et peut-être même au début du Crétacé. Ce serait il y a environ 150 à 110 millions d'années.

Les plus longues traces de dinosaures sauropodes fossilisés jamais trouvées se trouvent en France près du village de Plagne dans le Jura. Ce sont des traces faites par Brontopodus plagnensis. Les pistes font environ 150 mètres ou 492 pieds de long. Bien sûr, chaque empreinte n'est pas si grande. Les empreintes ne cessent de s'allonger sur 150 mètres. Le dinosaure a marché dans la boue et a laissé des empreintes et la boue s'est transformée en pierre, nous avons donc les traces fossiles.

Ce dessin, sous forme imprimable, peut être trouvé en cliquant sur le bouton intitulé "paléontologie."Ensuite, faites défiler vers le bas de la section intitulée "Dessins mésozoïques" ...pour ce nouveau dessin. Il sera répertorié dans les dessins "ère mésozoïque". Mais cliquez sur le bouton . . . . Paléontologie. . . . ou . . . Paleontology.

Brontopodus - The Huge Sauropod known only from Footprints - coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of a huge Sauropod that is only known from its unique footprints. 

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NOTE to English readers:   I will be posting this in multiple languages...

because Brontopodus tracks were found in multiple countries.

I will repost this in English. 

Brontopodus by a River

Brontopodus is known from footprints in many parts of the world.  It has been named its own Genus because the manus or front footprints have 4 toes on each foot (hand).  There are no known Sauropods that had 4 toes on their front feet.  All known Sauropods had 3 toes on their manus or front feet.  This led to the identification of the new Genus.  There are apparently two species of Brontopodus known. Brontopodus birdi or birdii is the name for the species found along the East Coast, Gulf Coast, and in Texas, USA.  Brontopodus plagnensis is known from many tracks in France.  

Brontopodus tracks are found in Korea and in France.  Large fossilized Sauropod footprints in Australia, the USA, Portugal, Switzerland, and China also seem to be from Brontopodus.  This is very interesting because the multiple sites indicate that this huge animal was very successful and spread to many parts of the planet.  Of course, the continents were more connected then than they are now.  But how is it that we humans have yet to find a fossilized Brontopodus skeleton when it lived all over the world?  Where are the fossilized skeletons of Brontopodus?  

Species that are known from only trace fossils like footprints are called "ichnospecies."  By the way, "Brontopodus" means "Thunder Foot!"  (or maybe thunder feet)  Bronto in Greek means thunder and pod means foot.  Perhaps the paleontologist who named this dinosaur was thinking of Brotonsaurus (that means thunder lizard).  But Brontosaurus' name has been replaced by Apatosaurus.  Now we can think of this 37 ton monster as walking and the sound their feet made would be like thunder.  Sauropods are known to have lived in herds.  Imagine a whole herd of these huge dinosaurs walking by.  It would sound like thunder!

Brontopodus was a very BIG dinosaur.  It was a type of Sauropod.  Sauropods were the long-necked dinosaurs that grew to enormous sizes. Based on the size of the footprints, and the estimation of similar-sized Diplodocids, (like Diplodocus) it is thought that Brontopodus was around 87 feet or 26.5 meters long.  It is estimated that Brontopodus weighed around 37 tons.  

Some Brontopodus footprints had fossilized bird tracks around them so the drawing has birds and Pterosaurs.  (Yes there were birds around in the Late Jurassic Period.)  The bird tracks could have been made by species like Archaeopteryx or Caihong. Brontopodus lived in the late Jurassic and possibly even into the Early Cretaceous Period.  That would be around 150 up to 110 million years ago.   

The longest ever found fossilized Sauropod dinosaur tracks are in France near the village of Plagne in the Jura mountains.  They are tracks made by Brontopodus plagnensis. The tracks are around 150 meters or 492 feet long.  Of course, each footprint is not that big.  The footprints just go on and on for 150 meters.  The dinosaur walked in mud and left footprints and the mud turned to stone so we have the trace fossils. 

This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology."  Then scroll down to the bottom of the section labeled "Mesozoic Drawings" ...for this new drawing.  It will be listed in the "Mesozoic Era" drawings. But click on the button labeled . . . .  Paleontology.  

Ordosipterus, a Chinese Pterosaur out Fishing - coloring page

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Today's new drawing is a Pterosaur found in China that is called:  Ordorsipterus.

Ordosipterus Fishing

Ordosipterus was a small Pterosaur from what is now China.  It is difficult to estimate its wingspan but perhaps around 18 inches to maybe 2 feet.  So that would be between 46 and 61 cm.  Its jaw was found and it was around 3 inches long. That is over 7 cm. So we know it was a fairly small Pterosaur since some Pterosaurs had a wingspan of 35 feet.  

Ordorsipterus lived in the mid to early Cretaceous.  It was certainly a fish eater, like most Pterosaurs probably were.  The fish in the drawing ARE Cretaceous Period fish.  The smaller one is called:  Osmeroides mantelli.  The bigger fish is a Beryx lewesiensis.  By the way, the full scientific name of this Pterosaur is:  Ordosipterus planignathus. 

NOTE:  This drawing is available, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled:  Paleontology.  Then you will need to scroll down to the bottom of the list of printable drawings.  Only in this case you need to go through the Paleontology page and stop at the bottom of the "Mesozoic" section.  

Nasutoceratops a Ceratopsian Dinosaur from Southern Utah - coloring page

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Today's new drawing is a Nasutoceratops from Southern Utah.

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Nasutoceratops

Nasutoceratops was a Ceratopsian dinosaur from the Campian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period which is about 75 million years ago.  It lived in what is now Southern Utah.  (Things were a lot greener down there back then.)  It was around 25 feet long.  That is 7.5 meters long.  It weighed around 1.5 tons.  It had a large nose but no nose horn.  Its brow horns curved out towards the side before they curved and faced forward.  It looked much like a Triceratops, but without the nose horn.  Nasutoceratops also lived several million years before Triceratops.  It lived with animals like Parasaurolophus and Pteranodon.  Both are in the drawing. 

Nsutoceratops was found in the Kaiparowitz formation in the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument.  It was discovered in 2006.  

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Teratophoneus from Natural History Museum of Utah - coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of two Theropod dinosaurs called Teratophoneus. 

There are some older drawings of Teratophoneus as well. 

Teratophoneus from Natural History Museum of Utah

(new drawing)

Teratophoneus fossils were found in three of places in Utah.  One was a sub-adult or juvenile and the other was a full-grown adult.  At the Natural History Museum of Utah, these two individuals are displayed.  I took a photo of the exhibit and decided to draw the dinosaurs in that position... only with flesh on the bones.  The photo is below.  In the exhibit and in my newest drawing, the two Teratophoneus are running towards us. 

Photo of Teratophoneus skeletons from: 
Rio Tinto Natural History Museum of Utah

(located at the University of Utah)

Teratophoneus was a large Theropod dinosaur that lived in the Cretaceous Period . . . about 75 million years ago.  The first specimen found was a sub-adult or juvenile.  It was about 21 feet long or 6.4 meters long.  It weighed about 1500 lbs.  The adults were considerably bigger.  The first Teratophoneus was found and named by paleontologists of Brigham Young University... including Brooks Britt.  The last specimen of Teratophoneus was found in 2017 and was airlifted from the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument by helicopter to the Natural History Museum of Utah... which is part of the University of Utah.  Teratophoneus means:  Monster murderer.  The correct scientific name is:  Teratophoneus curiei.  The species name honors the great modern paleontologist Phillip Curie from Alberta, Canada.  

The other animals in the drawing are a Pterosaur called Pteranodon.  The other animal is a prey species called Parasaurolophus.

These drawings can be found by clicking on the "Paleontology" button found at the top of this blog page.  Shen scroll down to the bottom of the list for the new drawing.  The older drawings are found further up the list.  Below are some older Teratophoneus drawings that were done and posted previously.   Have fun coloring!

Teraptophoneus Sub-Adult Feeding

 Note that there is a Parasaurolophus in this older drawing and in the new drawing. 

 Parasaurolophus lived at the same time and in the same environment with Teratophoneus. 

Teratophoneus and Young

Note that in this drawing Teratophoneus has feathers.  

There is some thought that all Theropods had feathers... 

including all Tyrannosaurs like Teratophoneus. 

Teratophoneus Pair

This drawing is also based on the exhibit at the University of Utah's 

Rio Tinto Natural History Museum of Utah.

Zack

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Today I am introducing a new button called "People & Portraits."  

This category of printable drawings is for portraits and other contemporary people drawings. 

The first portrait I will put on that list will be Zack.

Zack was a young man who I knew who recently passed away. 

His family is in our prayers. 

Zack

We believe that after we die our spirit goes to a place called the Spirit World.  There we are able to continue our existence in spirit form.  We do not cease to exist when we die.  We just move on in the next step of our eternal journey.  I personally believe that we will be able to continue to progress in our eternal journey when we are in the Spirit World.  We are very sad when someone passes on too early, but we know that they are with loved ones on the other side of the veil.  They are taken care of. Eventually we will all be blessed to be resurrected.  Then our immortal spirit will be united with an immortal body and we will never suffer from illness again.  We will be able to dwell with our loved ones for eternity. 

To find this drawing, in printable form, just click on the new button up top labeled:  "People & Portraits."  This will be the first drawing on the list of printable drawings under the "People & Portraits" button. 

God bless you Zack. 

Mandilyn and Mandia -- Elf and Fairy coloring pages

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Today I am posting one new drawing and re-posting two new drawings. 

All three drawings are based on the same kind and beautiful young woman model.

I do not know her well, but she is a Vet Tech and took gentle care of our Bichon doggy. 

The first drawing is the new drawing.  It is of Mandilyn the Archer Elf from Rivendell.

Mandilyn the Archer Elf from Rivendell

This is the Warrior Elf Mandilyn.  But here she is armed as an Elf  Archer... or Archer Elf.  I could say She-Elf Archer. She is light on her feet and is a crack shot with the bow and arrow.  Here she is standing in a forest meadow.  She is holding an arrow after shooting an arrow and dispatching an intruding orc.  She, like all Elf Archers in battle, quickly draws a second arrow as soon as she has let one fly.  

Mandilyn is wearing a leather breastplate as her armor.  She has a quiver of arrows at her waist.  Some arches prefer to grab the arrows from down low instead of high behind their back.  Manidlyn is also wearing a blouse that goes to her wrists and there are wrist guards over her wrists.  Archers have to be very mobile so there is no armor below her breastplate.  She also is wearing leggings and soft leather boots to facilitate fast running. 

She is on patrol of the forested areas that are part of the approach to Rivendell.  She will soon take off and run to alert Rivendell, because ONE orc may likely mean that there are many more coming.  Mandilyn is a very fast runner and that serves her well when she is on patrol as an Archer Elf.  

NOTE:  These drawings can be found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled:  "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus."  The drawing of Mandilyn the Archer Elf is going to be at the bottom of the list... if you are accessing this page on or around January 11, 2021.  Below are the other drawings of Mandilyn or Mandia.  

Mandilyn a Warrior Elf from Rivendell

Mandia the Pet Fairy

Night Unicorn with Cutie Mark coloring page

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Today's new drawing is unique because I have designed a "Cutie Mark" of my own.

The drawing is of a Night Unicorn.

Night Unicorn with Cutie Mark

This drawing is very personal to me because I designed my own "Cutie Mark."  If you are a fan of My Little Pony TV show you know the importance of Cutie Marks.  The Cutie Mark identifies things like the interests of the pony or unicorn or alicorn.  It also shows what is important to that creature.  

Night Unicorns prefer to be active at night.  They therefore are nocturnal.  Night Unicorns are very secretive and mortals almost never see them.  There are Night Unicorns wherever there are Unicorns that are active during the day.  

So, let me tell you about MY cutie mark that is seen on this Unicorn.  By the way, this is NOT a My Little Pony style of drawing, it is my own style.  Or I should say ONE of my own styles.  It is part cartoon drawing and part realism.  This Unicorn is in a meadow by a small wood or grove of trees. 

Anyway, about my own personal Cutie Mark:  The fish symbol is a Christian symbol or a Symbol of Jesus Christ.  Jesus said, "Come, and I will make you fishers of men."  I believe that Jesus Christ was and IS the Savior of the world and of every individual human that has ever lived, that lives now, or will ever live.  Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we all will be resurrected one day.  That means that after we die our spirit goes to dwell in the Spirit World.  When we are resurrected our spirit reunites with our mortal body, only it will be a perfected and immortal body.  

The Atonement of Jesus Christ also lets us choose to repent of our sins.  Then the Atonement pays the eternal price for those sins. If we strive to keep God's commandments we can one day live with our family in the eternities.  So the family is very important to me.  Therefore there is a "Family" drawing as part of my Cutie Mark.  I believe that our relationships with our family members are by far some of the most important things we should be nourishing in our mortal life.  That includes our relationship with our spouse if we have been blessed to have a spouse.  As older adults, my wife and I enjoy the relationship we have with our three grandchildren and we cherish those relationships.  Yet the relationship with our now-grown children is also a great blessing to us in our later years.  It is so amazing to see our once little children as adults who are doing their best to make their own way in the world.  

Education is very important to me.  So there is a graduation cap to show how both teaching and learning are to me. I was an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher and a bilingual education teacher in elementary schools.  I then was a Jr. High Science Teacher.  So there is a symbol of a planet like Saturn, and a symbol of a deer.  The planet and deer both represent my love of Science... especially my love of Astronomy and Biology.  The deer also represents my love of Nature.  In fact, the fish could also represent my love of the outdoors and of fishing.  Actually, both my wife and I were Science Teachers and we feel that the knowledge of science is enriching to our lives.  I am particularly obsessed with dinosaurs, so there is also a dinosaur as part of the Cutie Mark. 

The "Family" symbol and the "Deer" symbol are both from Native American pictograph language.  I am part Native American and very proud of that heritage.  Much of the Constitution of the United States was modeled off of the government of my Iroquois (Native American) ancestors.  

There is a Fairy symbol.  I love the idea of Fairies.   I have fun drawing Fairies and if you read this blog regularly you know that I draw a lot of people as Fairies.  In fact, I like the idea of Fairies so much I am working on a novel about a Fairy that marries a mortal man.   I work on the book, using my iPhone, usually late at night when my health challenges keep me awake.  In my Fairy world, (which is still Earth), the Fairies live in secret in underground villages.  Fairies can enlarge to mortal size and some choose to live among us and appear as mortals to our mortal eyes.  The unique thing about my Fairy story is that Fairies are religious, in fact, most Fairies in my novel are Christians.  

The central symbol in my Cutie Mark is a Heart with a circle in it.  The Heart is a symbol (to me) of Charity or Love.  The Holy Bible speaks of the importance of Charity.  The Book of Mormon also speaks of Charity and both emphasize that we must develop charity for others.  I believe we can develop charity for our fellow mortals AND for our other fellow beings.  We are dog lovers and, over the years, have adopted 5 different senior rescue dogs.  Our current doggy is struggling with the beginnings of doggy dementia and we have to be very patient with him.  

The Book Of Mormon, Another Testament of Jesus Christ tells us to pray for charity.  It means we should pray to develop charity in our hearts.  Charity is the pure love of Christ.  He loves us without conditions, but he commands us to keep His commandments so that we can be truly happy.  True happiness comes from keeping the commandments.  

The circle in the center of the heart has to do with the eternities.  A circle has been a symbol of forever.  We members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints believe that marriage is eternal when we are sealed in the Temple of God and when we keep our covenants.  Hence the symbolism of the shape of a circular wedding ring.  It symbolizes eternity.  I am very grateful for my kind, patient, and loving wife. 

 

The circle also reminds me to keep an eternal perspective.  This is especially important in times of trials.  I am suffering from tracheal malacia, and have been doing so for over 2 decades.  There is a stent in my trachea and embedded mesh that make me hurt and bleed nearly constantly now.  I also have heart failure, diabetes, and rheumatoid arthritis.  My wife is also dealing with a treatable form of blood cancer.  She has to take a chemotherapy pill every day.  She also has essential tremors and fibromyalgia.  Depression is a mental illness that also runs in my family.  We both have had counseling or mental health therapy to help us there.  

We choose to keep an eternal perspective on our trials.  And yes, sometimes it is very challenging, but we have a strong belief that this very corruptible body will one day be a resurrected and glorious body and we will dwell with our family and our Eternal Parents, and our Savior Jesus Christ... in the eternities. 

By the way, this Night Unicorn is living on Earth.  I DID draw some of our solar system planets though, (in a rather large size).  The planets are Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury and they were in conjunction in the southwest sky last night.  The main light source in the drawing is the moon.  I kind of drew the "man on the moon" very much more visible than it really is.  Besides, I drew him as a "happy man on the moon."  There is also a "happy tree" in the drawing.  Can you find it?  The light source for the planets and the moon is of course the sun and it is located far to the left and out of the picture.  Remember that planets and moons reflect light from the sun.  Planets and moons don't make their own light.   

 I also should mention that although I have watched My Little Pony with my grandkids, I am not a "Brony" or older male enthusiasts of the show.  Still, there are good lessons of loyalty, friendship, and right vs wrong from My Little Pony and I recommend the show for young kids.  The artwork of the drawings alone is rather fascinating.  My own style of drawing cartoon unicorns and ponies is influenced by it, but still, my drawings are my own style.  

NOTE:  This drawing will be posted in the category of "Fantasy, Myths, and Circus".  Just click on the right button and scroll to the bottom of the printables list to get to the new drawing.  

Tundra Swans and other Swans coloring pages

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Today's new drawing is of Tundra Swans at Farmington Bay.

Tundra Swans at Farmington Bay

Tundra Swans migrate through the Great Salt Lake area.  Farmington Bay is a Freshwater portion of that area.  Usually, they migrate in the spring and fall, but we saw a flock of Tundra Swans at Farmington Bay THIS WEEK.   And this week is mid-winter. So it appears that some Tundra Swans might overwinter here in Utah. . . unless they are just migrating through. The Tundra Swans breed in the spring up in remote regions of the Arctic.  

Some Tundra Swans migrate from Alaska clear to Virginia.  Others head for Northern California in the winter, or Utah, or Oregon, or Washington, or other western states in the USA.  They breed so far north that it IS often a tundra so hence the name Tundra Swans.  

When Lewis and Clark saw them they heard a whistling noise that was made by their wings so they named them Whistling Swans.  There are around 75,000 that migrate through the Great Salt Lake area, here in Utah.  

Tundra Swans are very large birds.  They have a wingspan of 5 feet or 1.5 meters.  There are few sights in the world, in my opinion, that are more beautiful than a swan.   

There is a Pie-Billed Grebe and a California Gull in the drawing.  These smaller birds are also resting on the ice.   There was some ice and some open areas on Farmington Bay yesterday.  

NOTE:  This drawing is not quite accurate.  I could draw the necks of the swans thinner and they would be more accurate, but I decided to draw them this thickness so that kids could color them easier.  The drawing is based on some photos that I took yesterday at Farmington Bay.   This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the Bird button or the Animals button... that are located at the top of this blog page.  NEW drawings are always at the bottom of the printable drawings lists.  I am also adding some other drawings I have done of swans.   I am posting them below.  These older drawings are also available in printable form in the same place... but further up the list.  By the way, I will also post a couple of my photos.  I don't have a fancy camera with a telescopic lens.  What I did was photograph the swans with my telescope and my iPhone.  The swans were quite a ways away, out on the water and some were walking on the ice.  (Tundra Swans prefer sleeping on land in the summer and sleeping in the water in the winter.)  By the way, I have drawn a LOT of swans over the years.  I draw a lot of them for kids to color that never make it to this blog.  The kids get the original drawings.  

All Three Photos by Robin Lyman 1/8/2021

Swan realistic

Swan with Cygnet

Swan on Lake flapping Wings

Ugly Duckling being yelled at by Foster Mom

(The Ugly Duckling was actually a cygnet or baby swan.)

Swan

Mavina the Butterfly Fairy coloring page

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Today's new drawing is a Butterfly Fairy named Mavina.

Mavina the Butterfly Fairy

Mavina is a beautiful young little girl Fairy.  She loves butterflies and hence is called a Butterfly Fairy.  She cares for them and she especially watches over their cocoons.  The metamorphosis stage of a butterfly's life is when they are most vulnerable.  Mavina likes to wear plant-based clothing.  Hence her leafy outfit.  At times Mavin also works as a Mushroom Fairy and collects edible mushrooms for her forest village.  She lives underground - under a Blue Spruce Tree.  That is where her village is located.  During the long winters, in her mountain forest, she likes to draw.  She is a very gifted artist.  She is quite young, under 8 years old.  She likes to spend time with her family and friends as well. 

 Here we see Mavina with a couple of butterflies.  The butterfly behind her is a Swallowtail Butterfly, or Western Tiger Swallowtail with the scientific name of:  Papilio rutulus rutulus.  The butterfly in front of Mavina is a Mormon Fritillary with the scientific name of:  Speyeria mormonia.  Both butterflies are native to Utah, where Mavina lives.  

NOTE:  This drawing can be found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled:  Fantasy Myths and Circus.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list of printable drawings to get to this new drawing.  Have fun coloring it!

This is a related species of Swallowtail Butterfly.  

But I took this photo in Shenandoah National Park. 

This is a Mormon Fritillary photo from Wikipedia.

Damselfly Fairy coloring page

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Today's new drawing is a Damselfly Fairy.

Damselfly Fairy

Damselfly Fairies are among the most beautiful of Fairies.  They prefer to stay in their natural diminutive size.  They obviously have an affinity with Damselflies.  Fairies sometimes also are very close to dragonflies.  This Damselfly Fairy is using Metis Oratio to communicate with the nearby Damselfly.  Mentis Oratio is a type of telepathy that Faires can do.  The Fairy is named Alette, which means "small winged one."  

Speaking of Fairy wings, you may notice that Alette has three pairs of wings while Damselflies have only two pairs of wings.  But this Damselfly Fairy has similar spots and veins as the Damselflies have. 

If you look closely you will see that Alette has a wand tucked into her flying belt.  A flying belt or Volantum Balteum is used for Fairies to fly long distances and at great speed.  You may not know this, but Fairies have advanced technology that in some ways is far beyond mortal science.  In fact, the leaf-like outfit that Alette has on is actually a Fairy material that is very light and can be made to look like tiny leaves.  Like most Fairies that love being among animals, Alette likes to wear either natural plant-based clothing or actual plants woven into clothing.  Also, some active wildlife Divus or Female Fairies prefer wearing outfits that are not dresses nor skirts... hence the two-piece outfit that Alette is wearing.

I suppose that technically Alette is both a Damselfly Fairy and a Wildlife Fairy.  Any Fairy that has a close relationship with wildlife can be called a Wildlife Fairy.  IF you are wondering about how a Damselfly Fairy would WANT to be friends with an insect, realize that the Fairies keep watch and help protect the wildlife they are friendly with.  

Now, about Damselflies:  Damselflies are closely related to Dragonflies.  Both insects are in the classification Order of Odonata.  Damselflies have been on Earth way longer than Fairies or even humans.  There are fossils of Damselflies that date back to the early Permian Period, before the dinosaurs evolved.  That is around 390 million years ago.  So Damselflies have been VERY successful on our shared planet.  Damselflies are generally smaller and always thinner than dragonflies.  

Many species of Damselflies are sexually dimorphic with the males being much more brightly colored.  (So not all "Damselflies are damsels or females.)  Females lay eggs in water and the worm-like young look a bit like a worm with legs.  Both the adult and larva forms are predatory on other insects.  So the Damselfly larva will eat other insect larvae, like mosquito larva.  Adult Damselflies would eat other adult insects like mosquitos.  So, there is a lot to like about Damselflies . . . . and the Damselfly Faires that protect them.  

This drawing is of a Damselfly Fairy and a couple of Damselflies during the summer.  Here in Northern Utah, it is very cold right now and there are NO Damselflies out and about right now.  But we have a lot of dragonflies and Damselflies up around our beautiful mountain lakes.  And there are probably a bunch of Damselfly Fairies and even Dragonfly Fairies up there in the mountains.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  Then scroll to the bottom of the list of drawings for this new drawing.  Have fun coloring!

Happy New Year 2021 or Good Riddance to 2020 comic coloring page cartoon

This is a much better version of my 2021 comic than the last one that was posted Dec. 31, 2020.

I added much more detail and took much more time to draw this comic. 

 It will be on the printables list tomorrow... Jan. 2, 2021.

Happy New Year 2021 or Good Riddance to 2020

The previous drawing was done rather quickly.  I thought about the past year and I did a better version of the comic with far more detail.  In this version of the comic, the baby new year is a much better drawing.  I added to 2020's old year man:   patches + tears on his robe, a black eye, a dark cloud raining on him, he lost a shoe and stubbed his toe, and he still has a headache (because 2020 WAS a headache), he is followed by murder hornets,  and he is on fire.  He also has a mask hanging from his scythe.  The baby 2021 new year has a hat on and he is sitting on some pillows.  Let's all hope and pray for a better year for 2021!   

NOTE:  This drawing is on the Holidays printable list under the "Holidays" button.  Then scroll down to the New Yearsa section of the list.