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Lucas Nunes @lucasjn.bsky.social · 18h

Here's a T. Rex bored to death trying to bite their own tail. My partner asked me to animate it in stop motion, after she watched a video about the very important topic of "could T. Rex chew its own tail like a dog". The puppet is still a work in progress 🦖

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 3h

A trio of Caviramus (considering Raeticodactylus synonymous) soaring the skies of Late Triassic Europe

This is an illustration from my library of work available for non exclusive licensing

#paleoart #sciart #pterosaurs

Illustration of three Caviramus soaring on an early morning

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Tom Astle @tjalamont.bsky.social · 2d

For #Arachtober, here is a spider that's not a spider. It's Petrophila jaliscalis, a jumping-spider-mimicking moth - see the face-on spider pattern, with orange legs and sparkly dark eyes? I love finding these - I think they breed in my small goldfish pond, because the caterpillars are aquatic. 🌿🐙

A macro photo of a moth, seen from the side, on brown bark. The moth has white wings with lots of dark speckles, and a pattern of four orange vertical stripes, plus a row of dark spots above, with reflective scales in the centers. The effect creates a pattern that looks like a jumping spider seen face-on; the orange stripes mimic legs, and the dark spots mimic a jumping spider's row of large eyes.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 1d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Allan Barte @allanbarte.bsky.social · 5d

Et dire que les médias nous avaient vendu Macron comme un génie… 🙄

Sébastien Lecornu renommé à Matignon

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Dessin d'Allan BARTE.
Titre : Sébastien Lecornu renommé à Matignon

Bom ! Bom ! Bom ! Macron, concentré et langue pendue, essaye de forcer un cylindre bleu dans le trou triangulaire d’un cube pour enfants.

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 9d

A pair of Cartorhynchus lenticarpus, swimming in the shallow coastal waters of Early Triassic Asia

#paleoart #sciart #art

Illustration showing a pair of Cartorhynchus swimming in coastal waters

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The Onion @theonion.com · 10d

New Study Shows That Bones Are Incredibly Cool

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 12d

This is Hadrosteus from Stensiö 1963, an aspinothoracid, rather closely related to Dunkleosteus. It has 4 nostril openings.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 12d

To brighten up a wet and rainy #FossilFriday, here's my take on the recently described drepanosaur Mirasaura grauvogeli. It's shown among the conifer Voltzia, a plant found in abundance in the same beds as Mirasaura. The pointed sail shape is based on fossil data...

#sciart #fossils #paleontology

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 12d

Huh well that's radically different then. Arthrodires have their two nostrils separated by bony elements. And in lobe finned fishes the anterior nostril will migrate and evolve into the choana inside the mouth.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 13d

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Bob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · 13d

It's marine reptile Thursday!
Here's my digital painting of the giant #ichthyosaur, #Temnodontosaurus, or, as BBC News called it, the " #SeaDragon Dinosaur Dolphin." This is the 10m long Rutland specimen (Larkin et al 2023).

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #WildlifeArt #Jurassic #JurassicWorld

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

Sure, here's Xiushanosteus from Zhu et al. 2022 and Bothriolepis from Janvier 1996 (32 is the nostrils)

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

And of course big up to the artists at NICE Studios who made all these ancient fishes come back to life !

Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

Moreover, unless the four nostrils condition appeared before jaws (rather unlikely in my opinion, most jawless vertebrates have only one nostril), you MUST have had jawed vertebrates with different nostril configurations.

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

Off the top of my head antiarchs and Xiushanosteus only have two nostrils. They are currently considered amongst the most basal placoderms.

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 13d

Therizinosaurs are, without a doubt, some of the most interesting groups of theropod dinosaurs

Here you have a selection of a few species that I reconstructed for the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan for their 25th Anniversary Special Exhibition

#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs

Various therizinosaurs on a blank background and at scale. From left to right: Fukuivenator, Falcarius, Beipiaosaurus, Alxasaurus and Therizinosaurus

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

That is true, I was just talking within the stem-gnathostome framework ^^'
Clearly not all placoderms have four nostrils and it is not trivial to understand when this character appeared so I'm being cautious

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

And of course big up to the artists at NICE Studios who made all these ancient fishes come back yo life 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

Great exhibition, closing soon ! A lot of effort was put into this project ! Here are some pictures from my visit some time ago :

Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

Just as a precision, Dunkleosteus was much smaller than O. megalodon, with more conservative estimates giving it slightly more than 4 meters in length. O. megalodon was of a maximum size of between 15 and 25 meters iirc.

Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

Yes, Dunkleosteus had four nostrils like most members of its family

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

I guess if the exhibition was a success they will eventually take it to some other big city in China like Shanghai or Guangzhou

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 14d

More temporary palaeo exhibitions to check out in China, fossil fish in "Touch the Deep Ocean". At the Phoenix Centre, Beijing.

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Emi the Chordate @emichordate.bsky.social · 13d

Great exhibition, closing soon ! A lot of effort was put into this project ! Here are some pictures from my visit some time ago :

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 21d

Every day, I pray for a world where everyone is kind and respectful of each other, regardless of gender.

May unreasonable attacks against transgender people end🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

May today be filled with happiness and love for you all🤍

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