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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Jan 17

In numerical order:

#1: Majungasaurus(FMNH PR 2100) Maxilla or upper jaw.
#2: Stegosaurus Tail Spike or Thagomizer (ULgPA 20538)
#3: Juvenile T.rex (Nanotyranus) Maxilla (HRS08438)
#4: Allosaurus Tibia (YPM VP 004944)

Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Jan 17

Happy #fossilfriday I want to give an update on some of the many projects I’ve been working on over the past two months, they’ve been very challenging yet satisfying to do and have been pushing my skills!

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · Dec 15

Become immortal, not infamous, invest in paleontology research directly and get a dinosaur or other cool extinct organism named after you and/or your family. @scinews.bsky.social @sciam.bsky.social @scifri.bsky.social @utahpaleo-ufop.bsky.social @wsj.com Be a part of the real deal!

Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · Dec 13

My latest in @slate.bsky.social: Rally either represents the height of consumerist excess, a sign that the Everything Bubble never popped, or it’s a pure, genuine effort to democratize access to some of the most sought-after alternative asset classes. Like dinosaurs.

The World Is Spiraling. Why Not Invest in a Dinosaur Skeleton?

If you’re reading this and thinking, "I wish I were rich enough to own a stegosaurus," then there’s an online platform for you.

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Mert-Comms are open! @wavetossedrose.bsky.social · Dec 13

Melon decided that showing off her very cool feetsies was how she wanted to greet me! 🦎

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Emma LeRae @emmalerae.bsky.social · Dec 12

"Butterfly Effect" is by far my favorite piece I've ever drawn. I know I keep sharing it, but I just hope it brings joy when people see it.

(Plus I don't have a whole lot of new art to share.)

#paleoart #sciart

Artwork of a Stegosaurus gleefully bounding after a monarch butterfly. The Stegosaurus has orange and black patterning that matches the butterfly and the plates on its back look like monarch wings.

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Dec 11

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Dec 9

@lordtrilobite.bsky.social Could you message me at some point here? I have some questions regarding converting data into tangible 3D files. Thanks!

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Dec 8

I think that’s an excellent question! I don’t think I could just list a single element or specimen, but I’d say any ceratopsian mounts that aren’t triceratops, specifically skulls. Obviously my favorite is the wall of skulls at UNHM

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · Dec 4

Tokays are the stuff of folklore and legends in Thailand. They have a repeating call, and hearing different numbers of this at different times of the day can denote good & bad luck alike. Aged tokays are also said to invite golden tree snakes to eat their ailing livers before regenerating new ones.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · Dec 3

This is what Tokay geckos look like.

You may note a common theme.

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · Nov 30

We really need to teach our kids how to spot intellectual garbage. This is a hug hole in our educational system.

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · Nov 26

An oldie from Inktober 2018: trilobyte

Three panel black and white comic. Panel 1. A smiling eel-like primitive fish shows off it's new iPhone in front of it to two trilobites. Fish dialogue: check out my new phone! It's got 16 gigabytes it can hold! Trilobite dialogue: oh yeah? How many trilobites can it hold? Panel 2: the fish looks on, concerned, as the two trilobites crawl onto the phone and others join. Panel 3: the fish looks upset, its phone is buried in several trilobites. Fish dialogue: please stop

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Tyler Stone @tylerstoneart.bsky.social · Nov 26

A mother Homotherium grooms one of her newborn cubs. In just 3 weeks, he’ll die, but his little body will survive for more than 30,000 years before emerging from the permafrost. Tonight, though, he is safe and warm with a belly full of milk.

#paleoart #sciart #digitalart #sketch #paleontology #cat

Sketch of a mother scimitar-toothed cat, Homotherium, grooming her newborn cub, based on the incredible mummy of a 3-week-old cub found in Siberian permafrost.

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Brandon Peecook @gondwannabe.bsky.social · Nov 22

This #FossilFriday let’s drop below the Permian-Triassic boundary, before the mass extinction. This stem-reptile is a pareiasaur: one of the largest reptiles of the Permian.

This specimen is from #Zambia and was one of the best fossils I found as a new grad student on my first trip in 2011.

Boxy skull of a pareiasaur with big eyes and nostrils; looking slightly down at it from the front/side.

Pareiasaur skull in side view, nose to the left. Can really see the “cheek” projecting downward: namesake for the clade.

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 23

Credit to Inhumanspecies from Cult3D for the files! I intend to clean it up more and paint this skull like my Citipati one from last week, but they also have files for the entire skeleton as well, I may end up trying to do that 🤔 let me know what you all think about that!

Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 23

to you! Not to mention they also have indentations in their ulna (part of the forearm) that are identified as quill knobs, which is where larger feathers would anchor themselves to, being a key piece of evidence that they were feathered!

Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 23

Happy #fossilfriday my latest 3D print project is the iconic Velociraptor! Most people know how the real version of these guys is significantly different from their Jurassic Park depictions, being much smaller and feathered, but even with the smaller size, they still could inflict some nasty damage

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 22

Ooof gypsum can be a pain for sure, but super cool you got to work on it!

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 22

How was it working on the Dreadnoughtus material? I’m curious what the matrix was like and how the quality of the material was as well. Working on some Morrison material can be a pain, especially sauropod cervicals lol

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 21

What a little guy

Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 21

Introduction post! I am a mitigation paleontologist with a variety of experience in different facets in the field, most prominently volunteering for 10 years and counting at the DMNS prep lab! My research goal is to better understand gecko phylogeny and their relation to their modern day relatives!

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 21

Well even still there is the 2026 SVP in San Diego!

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Dylan Dewitt @dylandewitt61.bsky.social · Nov 21

The Megalosaurus model I got from @lordtrilobite.bsky.social via Sketchfab

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