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Dynamognathus
@dynamoterror.bsky.social
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Wildlife, rewilding, spec-evo, and paleontology enthusiast/artist.
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Dynamognathus @dynamoterror.bsky.social · 20d
Starting off 2026 with a commissions announcement! I’ve drawn a few commissioned pieces in the past, but haven’t widely advertised it before. If you would like to fund custom-made drawings from a young artist, contact me and we can discuss all the details. #commissions #paleoart #wildlifeart
An advertisement/announcement for commissions, featuring several pieces of my artwork on a dark grey background, arranged by approximate difficulty and corresponding price range. Grayscale subjects without backgrounds are roughly twenty-five to fifty dollars, colored subjects without backgrounds are roughly thirty to seventy-five dollars, infographics (either colored or grayscale) featuring text and drawings are roughly fifty to two-hundred dollars, grayscale full scenes are roughly one-hundred-and-fifty to two-hundred-and-fifty dollars, and colored full scenes are roughly one-hundred-and-seventy-five dollars to three-hundred dollars. Pricing is flexible depending on the complexity and subject matter of the piece.
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astrapionte.bsky.social
Tuskoneers!

#paleoart
January 20, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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montanoceratops.bsky.social
I highly recommend any scientific researchers to consider commissioning JW. Not only is he extremely knowledgeable in many groups from fish to mammals to inverts, he is also one of the most prolific paleo artists with all of his Wikipedia illustrations. He is also a really genuine and great person!
seismic-shrimp.bsky.social JW (commissions open) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · 2d
I'm finally putting up a commission sheet since I've been wanting to for a while! I mostly specialize in fish and mammals, but I can draw almost anything. Contact me so we can figure out how to work together! #commissions #paleoart #sciart
January 20, 2026 at 12:32 AM
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seismic-shrimp.bsky.social
I'm finally putting up a commission sheet since I've been wanting to for a while! I mostly specialize in fish and mammals, but I can draw almost anything. Contact me so we can figure out how to work together! #commissions #paleoart #sciart
January 19, 2026 at 11:52 PM
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shamublackfish.bsky.social
Very happy with how the commission turned out. I encourage you all to give Dynamo a follow.

:D
dynamoterror.bsky.social Dynamognathus @dynamoterror.bsky.social · 4d
A drawing of Allodelphis woodburnei, a marine Platanistoid (cousin of South-Asian River Dolphins) from miocene California. It and its close relatives had flexible necks and large fins, making them slow yet agile hunters of small prey. A commission from @shamublackfish.bsky.social
#paleoart #sciart
A colored-pencil illustration of the prehistoric dolphin Allodelphis woodburnei, a marine Platanistoid known from a very complete specimen from early Miocene deposits in California. It has very long, thin jaws, a small eye near the corner of its mouth, and a relatively flexible neck and large fins for a cetacean. I’ve given it a relatively small triangular dorsal fin. It is overall grey and pink in coloration, with the snout fading from quite pale towards the tip to more vibrant around the eye, extending in a pink stripe down the body that widens as it nears the tail. The edges of the stripe fade into the pale greyish tones of the rest of the body. Its mouth is slightly open, revealing numerous small, pointed teeth.
January 18, 2026 at 3:44 AM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
One of the greatest prehistoric-ungulate artists of our time, every piece is stunning!
orsomoretti.bsky.social orsomoretti.bsky.social @orsomoretti.bsky.social · Nov 8
Palaeoplatyceros hispanicus- a muntjac-like deer from the Middle Miocene of Spain. Numerous antlers found on Otero Hill in Palencia allow to trace the age-related dimorphism of these animals. The illustration shows an adult, possibly even old, animal and a younger deer in the background.
An extinct muntjac-like deer with branched antlers.
January 18, 2026 at 7:42 PM
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orsomoretti.bsky.social
Pleistocene steppe bison Bison Priscus. It inhabited Europe, Asia, and North America until the early Holocene and is the ancestor of modern European bison and American bison.
I'm not sure if it's noticeable, but I was inspired by ancient images of bison and Altamira and other caves.
Pleistocene steppe bison Bison Priscus. Ancestor of modern bisons.
January 18, 2026 at 1:12 PM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
A drawing of Allodelphis woodburnei, a marine Platanistoid (cousin of South-Asian River Dolphins) from miocene California. It and its close relatives had flexible necks and large fins, making them slow yet agile hunters of small prey. A commission from @shamublackfish.bsky.social
#paleoart #sciart
A colored-pencil illustration of the prehistoric dolphin Allodelphis woodburnei, a marine Platanistoid known from a very complete specimen from early Miocene deposits in California. It has very long, thin jaws, a small eye near the corner of its mouth, and a relatively flexible neck and large fins for a cetacean. I’ve given it a relatively small triangular dorsal fin. It is overall grey and pink in coloration, with the snout fading from quite pale towards the tip to more vibrant around the eye, extending in a pink stripe down the body that widens as it nears the tail. The edges of the stripe fade into the pale greyish tones of the rest of the body. Its mouth is slightly open, revealing numerous small, pointed teeth.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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talesofkaimere.bsky.social
Though megathere sloths were once among the dominant large herbivores, most of them went extinct with the most recent major faunal turnover 1.5 million years ago. In the western reaches of southern Arvel, a relic of a lost age soldiers on.

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU1m...
The Reaper Sloth: Last of the Megatheres
YouTube video by Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere
www.youtube.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
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palaeojules.bsky.social
Hiya, I have 4 more school fact file sheets for #FossilFriday:
#Tianyulong, #Darwinopterus, #Oregramma, and #Caytonia! These are really relaxing to do, and I plan on doing more plants next!
I hope you like them!
#paleontology #paleobotany #paleoart #sciart #scicomm #schoolwork #publiccommunication
A fact file of Tianyulong with a drawing oc it in the centre, surrounded by facts and labels, with a time scale on the right. A fact file of Darwinopterus with a drawing of it in the centre, surrounded by facts and labels, with a time scale on the right. A fact file of Oregramma with a drawing of it in the centre, surrounded by facts and labels, with a time scale on the right. A fact file of Caytonia with a drawing of a tree on the right, and the leaves and reproductive organs on the left, surrounded by facts and labels, with a time scale on the right.
January 16, 2026 at 11:09 AM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
Quick sketch of the newly described Clethrionomys sibiricola, the early-Pleistocene ancestor of the Northern Red-backed Vole (Clethrionomys rutilus). Its fossils (several teeth and a partial mandible) are known from Western Siberia. #sciart #paleoart #pleistocene #vole
A colored-pencil sketch of an early-Pleistocene red-backed vole (Clethrionomys sibiricola) on a blank white background. The vole is standing with one forelimb raised up in a relatively neutral pose, with its tail curling around. Its fur is generally rusty brown with a more reddish back.
January 15, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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caxela.bsky.social
The Last Aurochs
Digital Drawing. A stylized depiction of a female aurochs (Bos primigenius) lying in the grass, its head facing towards us. A few scattered trees are visible against the golden background. In the top left corner, there are the faint images of a few aurochs running leftward overlaying the background. They are drawn in a style similar to cave paintings. The individual drawn here is meant to depict the last recorded aurochs, a lone cow that lived in the Jaktorów forest in Poland. A herd had once been present there, but had dwindled in number until only one member was left. In 1627, the last recorded aurochs died.
January 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
Anchitherium sensibly responding to the current situation. Btw, a lot of early horses seem to have big preorbital glands and more people should draw that.
A simple, pencil-drawn two-scene comic on paper. The first scene is of a stick-figure Anchitherium giving the middle-hoof to some rows of data-center supercomputers in front of it. Bold, italicized text above it reads: “To hell with the bots!” The second scene is a front view of the Anchitherium’s face, now much more detailed, as it opens its mouth wide in a scream while explosive puffs/jets of musky mist come from the scent glands on both sides of its face. Bold text below it reads: “*Scent-marks your Supercomputer*”.
January 13, 2026 at 6:07 AM
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palaeojules.bsky.social
I'm making a series of infographics at the moment for some school groups, and, honestly, I'm really enjoying it!!!
They're learning about paleontology, and I was asked if I could provide some images of extinct plants and animals! Here are the first few: #paleoart #scicomm #education #paleontology
An infographic of heterodontosaurus, with a lateral view I the centre surrounded by labels, and a close up of the head on the right, next to a geological time scale An infogrwphic of dimorphodon with in in lateral view, flying, in the centre, with a block of text top right and a geological timescale to the right And infograpgic of Anchiornis in lateral view, with labels surrounding it, and a block of text I the top right, next to a geological timescale.
January 12, 2026 at 2:32 AM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
Tonight’s flocking-together #Paleostream was nothing but synapsids, three gorgonopsians in a row (Dinogorgon, Viatkogorgon, and Njalila) and then the Pleistocene South American horse Hippidion. #paleoart #sciart #permian #pleistocene
Black-and-white pencil sketches of four prehistoric synapsids: three different gorgonopsians in a column on the far left side of the page, and then a scene of two Hippidion taking up the rest of the space. The top gorgonopsian is Dinogorgon, rolling around on the ground happily. The middle gorgonopsian is the small Viatkogorgon, swimming above the viewer with a temnospondyl in its mouth. The bottom gorgonopsian is a bust of the newly named Njalila, just yawning. The two Hippidion that take up most of the paper are a pair of stallions fighting in the open habitats of the high Andes. One of them is in the process of kicking the other’s snout, likely breaking the long nasal bone characteristic of this genus. In the distance, a Spectacled Bear stands up to get a better view of the battle.
January 10, 2026 at 6:23 AM
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triloboii.bsky.social
#Cenozoicpaleo2025 Meet Dynamognathus robertsoni!

#paleoart #sciart #vectorart
Vector illustration of Dynamognathus robertsoni, a large salamander from the early Pliocene of Tennessee. The long salamander is slinking along the image, with half of a tiny shrew hanging out of its mouth. It is pinkish brown in color will grey speckles along its body. Text reads: Dynamognathus robertsoni. Davis Gunnin, Blaine W. Schubert, Joshua X. Samuels et al. " A new plethodontid salamander from the Early Pliocene of northeastern Tennessee, USA, and its bearing on desmognathan evolution" Historical Biology (2025) 1-25. May 16 2025
January 9, 2026 at 5:48 PM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
Illustration of the African middle-miocene Elasmotheriine Victoriaceros kenyensis, made for the Victoriaceros Wikipedia page. The few existing reconstructions of this rhino give it a prominent nasal horn, while I depicted it with a large callus-like growth. #miocene #paleoart #sciart
A colored-pencil drawing of the elasmotheriine rhino Victoriaceros kenyensis standing in lateral view, made for Wikipedia. It is overall brown in color with pale belly and cheek. The upper lip is hooked downwards like a Black Rhino, due to it having a similar browse-dominated diet. The end of its snout sports a callus-like pad instead of a more traditionally rhino-like horn. The presence of a nasal horn is briefly stated in V. kenyensis’s description, but not elaborated upon. This is a common theme in miocene rhino descriptions, wherein a rugosity on the nasal bones is stated to be horn-bearing without a detailed analysis of any of these structures (from what I can find at least). Therefore, I decided to be more experimental with it.
January 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
A scene from middle Miocene Slovakia: a Pseudocyon rears up in surprise as a defensive mother Parvorhinus charges it, protective of her clueless calf. Parvorhinus, named a few years ago, was one of the smallest rhinos of the #Miocene and makes for a fun first sketch of 2026! #paleoart #sciart
A black-and-white pencil sketch of a small rhinoceros (Parvorhinus steinheimensis) aggressively facing, with mouth open and front foot kicked back, the bear-dog Pseudocyon steinheimensis which rears up in surprise with arms spread out. The small calf of the Parvorhinus stands right behind its mother, facing the viewer derpily.
January 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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nataliajagielska.bsky.social
This is not a model. This is a "fossilised" taxidermy of a Woolly Rhino, discovered in Starunia mine in Carpathian Poland (now Ukraine) in 1929. Dating to the Pleistocene, its exquisite preservation is owed to a mixture of brine, oil and clays. 🧵
January 8, 2026 at 5:52 AM
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seismic-shrimp.bsky.social
Getting back into the swing of ungulates after a bit, here are four rhinos: Parvorhinus, Uintaceras, Megacanodon, Aprotodon qiui #paleoart #sciart
January 8, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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talesofkaimere.bsky.social
So It Begins...
January 7, 2026 at 2:21 AM
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floridamuseum.bsky.social
Exhibit #SciArt 🎨 Florida Pleistocene
Paleontologists have found Pleistocene fossils in almost every county in Florida, speaking to our state’s rich biodiversity during this period.

🗝️ Check out the exhibit art + key, and fossils from our collections:
www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/exhibits/blo...
a painting of an nature scene with a jaguar chasing small boar-like animals in the foreground and further out on the savannah are deer, elephants and other large animals a key to an illustration of a nature scene with many animals represented by yellow shapes with numbers on them match to the list in the linked post
January 5, 2026 at 9:43 PM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
The first flocking #Paleostream of 2026: speculative new discoveries that we hope to see this year. Intermediate/half-way-there pterosaur, ancestral bat, late-surviving radiodont, and arthropleura-size house centipede were the chosen prompts, which were all very fun to ponder and draw.
Four black-and-white pencil sketches of speculative prehistoric creatures, all hopeful wishes for new discoveries to be announced in the upcoming year. In the top left is a transitional/ancestral pterosaur, still rather lagerpetid-like and possessing a relatively short fourth finger, but taking off with a quad launch by the forelimbs. In the top right is a very shrew-like ancestral bat, holding a click beetle larva in its hand and jaws. In the bottom left is a vaguely horseshoe-crab-like late-surviving radiodont, crawling along the Carboniferous mud while a smaller Microsaur inspects it. In the bottom right an arthropleura-size, aquatic House Centipede rears up and to the side after being spooked by a large Sebecid, somewhere in Paleocene Africa.
January 3, 2026 at 3:57 AM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
Starting off 2026 with a commissions announcement! I’ve drawn a few commissioned pieces in the past, but haven’t widely advertised it before. If you would like to fund custom-made drawings from a young artist, contact me and we can discuss all the details. #commissions #paleoart #wildlifeart
An advertisement/announcement for commissions, featuring several pieces of my artwork on a dark grey background, arranged by approximate difficulty and corresponding price range. Grayscale subjects without backgrounds are roughly twenty-five to fifty dollars, colored subjects without backgrounds are roughly thirty to seventy-five dollars, infographics (either colored or grayscale) featuring text and drawings are roughly fifty to two-hundred dollars, grayscale full scenes are roughly one-hundred-and-fifty to two-hundred-and-fifty dollars, and colored full scenes are roughly one-hundred-and-seventy-five dollars to three-hundred dollars. Pricing is flexible depending on the complexity and subject matter of the piece.
January 2, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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wildlifewire.bsky.social
Ancient DNA and dating evidence for the dispersal of hippos into central Europe during the last glacial: www.cell.com/current-biol...
Ancient DNA and dating evidence for the dispersal of hippos into central Europe during the last glacial
Arnold et al. present evidence that Late Pleistocene hippos from the Upper Rhine Graben show close genetic ties to modern African hippos. Although hippos have been thought to have gone extinct around ...
www.cell.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
dynamoterror.bsky.social
For my last #NearbyNature2025, I’ve drawn one of the rarest birds in North America: the Whooping Crane. They are the tallest bird on the continent at nearly 5 feet, a bit taller than the more abundant Sandhill Crane. On this New Year’s Eve, I saw these magnificent birds for the first time. #alabama
A colored-pencil sketch on paper of a Whooping Crane, standing in lateral view. Nearly all of its feathered body is pure white, with dark colored legs and black mustache-like facial markings leading up to a red head-cap, and a dirt-colored beak. Its neck and beak are long and slender.
January 1, 2026 at 3:06 AM