Sophie M.
@sophiesaurus98.bsky.social
Writer for Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs - Creator of the speculative evolution project "A New Age of Reptiles" - Natural History and Palaeontology Pop Culture - 27 - (she/her) -
Beautiful art, an affordable price, and a great cause! What’s not to love?
Doodles for Hong Kong 🇭🇰
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
In response to the tragic Tai Po fire, I'm doing charity commissions. Anyone who puts over £25/250HKD into "Feeding Hong Kong" or Hong Kong SPCA can request a coloured doodle of any prehistoric animal 🙏
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Beautiful art, an affordable price, and a great cause! What’s not to love?
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I've heard from my friends in Churchill that the ice has arrived and the bears are finally heading out to break their over 150 day fast. (this photo is from a few weeks ago) Hudson Bay is still a long way from fully frozen, but at least they can get out and start hunting. #BearSeason2025 #Mammals 🌿
November 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I've heard from my friends in Churchill that the ice has arrived and the bears are finally heading out to break their over 150 day fast. (this photo is from a few weeks ago) Hudson Bay is still a long way from fully frozen, but at least they can get out and start hunting. #BearSeason2025 #Mammals 🌿
Just for fun, here’s a thread of some of the new species I’d love to see if Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age gets another season:
Mammut americanum! I’d love to see male mastodon in musth going at it, that would make a fantastic action-packed sequence to open or close an episode.
Mammut americanum! I’d love to see male mastodon in musth going at it, that would make a fantastic action-packed sequence to open or close an episode.
November 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Just for fun, here’s a thread of some of the new species I’d love to see if Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age gets another season:
Mammut americanum! I’d love to see male mastodon in musth going at it, that would make a fantastic action-packed sequence to open or close an episode.
Mammut americanum! I’d love to see male mastodon in musth going at it, that would make a fantastic action-packed sequence to open or close an episode.
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#FossilFriday (well, really "#SubfossilFriday): Skeleton of a female upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) @OtagoMuseum
November 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
#FossilFriday (well, really "#SubfossilFriday): Skeleton of a female upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) @OtagoMuseum
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Ever since I heard PhP Ice Age was coming out, one thing I definitely knew I wanted to do was to compare macropredation scenes with mammals to those seen in the Mesozoic seasons, particularly with dinosaurs.
In this thread, I will compare the two.
In this thread, I will compare the two.
November 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ever since I heard PhP Ice Age was coming out, one thing I definitely knew I wanted to do was to compare macropredation scenes with mammals to those seen in the Mesozoic seasons, particularly with dinosaurs.
In this thread, I will compare the two.
In this thread, I will compare the two.
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Getting excited... for #FossilFriday ! Our Morrison Ankylosaur monograph may be published online in a week. Hopefully, this will lead to a fix in many ankylosaur phylogenies. A dozen known Morrison ankylosaur sites spanning 4 states. Who would have think it 35 years ago?
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Getting excited... for #FossilFriday ! Our Morrison Ankylosaur monograph may be published online in a week. Hopefully, this will lead to a fix in many ankylosaur phylogenies. A dozen known Morrison ankylosaur sites spanning 4 states. Who would have think it 35 years ago?
This is an animal I'd really love to see if we get another season of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. It's the perfect blend of familiar and bizarre!
Concept sketch on this weird bovid Rusingoryx atopocranion from Pleistocene Africa.
As you can see, this taxon was closely related to modern wildebeest. Also, like wildebeest, Rusingoryx was a migratory species.
🐡 🎨 🧪 #paleontology
As you can see, this taxon was closely related to modern wildebeest. Also, like wildebeest, Rusingoryx was a migratory species.
🐡 🎨 🧪 #paleontology
November 28, 2025 at 9:11 PM
This is an animal I'd really love to see if we get another season of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age. It's the perfect blend of familiar and bizarre!
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On the Ice Age theme, I love the nonverbal stories told by these NMNH displays.
A woolly mammoth clears snow off the grass with its curved tusks, a family of humans is startled by a stalking saber tooth…
#FossilFriday
A woolly mammoth clears snow off the grass with its curved tusks, a family of humans is startled by a stalking saber tooth…
#FossilFriday
November 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
On the Ice Age theme, I love the nonverbal stories told by these NMNH displays.
A woolly mammoth clears snow off the grass with its curved tusks, a family of humans is startled by a stalking saber tooth…
#FossilFriday
A woolly mammoth clears snow off the grass with its curved tusks, a family of humans is startled by a stalking saber tooth…
#FossilFriday
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Swinhoe's pheasant
American ermine
Lesser frigatebird
Eurasian nightjar
Greater roadrunner
Swinhoe's pheasant
American ermine
Lesser frigatebird
Eurasian nightjar
Greater roadrunner
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Gray whale
Pygmy faded rattlesnake
Green sea turtle
Puerto Rican woodpecker
Prairie dog
Gray whale
Pygmy faded rattlesnake
Green sea turtle
Puerto Rican woodpecker
Prairie dog
November 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
West Indian Manatee
Sandhill Crane
Timber Rattlesnake
Atlantic Stingray
North American River Otter
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Annual turkey day cartoon reminding everyone that birds are theropod dinosaurs. 🦃🦖
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Annual turkey day cartoon reminding everyone that birds are theropod dinosaurs. 🦃🦖
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Jeff Bezos will be fine if we ignore him for one day.
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.
No NSFW. No AI.
Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.
No NSFW. No AI.
Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Jeff Bezos will be fine if we ignore him for one day.
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.
No NSFW. No AI.
Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
This Black Friday, support a small creator.
Artists: drop your shop links below, whether you’re running a sale or not, and please repost everyone else’s.
No NSFW. No AI.
Here’s mine:
dragonsofwales.etsy.com
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OK, soooo at some point in the future we'll start talking about the animals and sequences that were considered for #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge but didn't make it over all the hurdles. We're talking giant lemurs, deinotheres, paranthropines, additional cats, zygomaturines and more.
November 28, 2025 at 11:27 AM
OK, soooo at some point in the future we'll start talking about the animals and sequences that were considered for #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge but didn't make it over all the hurdles. We're talking giant lemurs, deinotheres, paranthropines, additional cats, zygomaturines and more.
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Matonia pectinata is a beautifully-shaped fern, and the family it belongs to can be traced back to the Late Triassic. When researching I often make reference sheets like this of the most useful figures, photos & illustrations I can find. Most pics from iNaturalist or Flickr. #paleobotany #botany
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Matonia pectinata is a beautifully-shaped fern, and the family it belongs to can be traced back to the Late Triassic. When researching I often make reference sheets like this of the most useful figures, photos & illustrations I can find. Most pics from iNaturalist or Flickr. #paleobotany #botany
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November 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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To celebrate the 85th SVP Meeting 2025, we've assembled an open access collection of landmark JSP vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next: 'The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)' by Brusatte et al. buff.ly/Gs8wKDO - a primary division of the vertebrate tree of life #PaleoSky
Next: 'The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)' by Brusatte et al. buff.ly/Gs8wKDO - a primary division of the vertebrate tree of life #PaleoSky
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
To celebrate the 85th SVP Meeting 2025, we've assembled an open access collection of landmark JSP vertebrate palaeontology papers.
Next: 'The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)' by Brusatte et al. buff.ly/Gs8wKDO - a primary division of the vertebrate tree of life #PaleoSky
Next: 'The higher-level phylogeny of Archosauria (Tetrapoda: Diapsida)' by Brusatte et al. buff.ly/Gs8wKDO - a primary division of the vertebrate tree of life #PaleoSky
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I know this is no fault of @tetzoo.bsky.social, who has been campaigning to try and make this happen for years, but I would absolutely kill for a "behind the scenes" Prehistoric Planet book that discusses the depth of research, decision-making and concept work that went into each episode
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I know this is no fault of @tetzoo.bsky.social, who has been campaigning to try and make this happen for years, but I would absolutely kill for a "behind the scenes" Prehistoric Planet book that discusses the depth of research, decision-making and concept work that went into each episode
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Some more #iceage art because my Thanksgiving 🦃 is #PrehistoricPlanet themed.🦣
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Some more #iceage art because my Thanksgiving 🦃 is #PrehistoricPlanet themed.🦣
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Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for Centuriavis lioae, a 10 million year old fossil relative of turkeys. It was a lot of fun describing this stunning specimen with Catherine Early, Kate Dzikiewicz, and Amy Balanoff. The fossil is named after our amazing museum colleague Suzanne Lio.
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm thankful for Centuriavis lioae, a 10 million year old fossil relative of turkeys. It was a lot of fun describing this stunning specimen with Catherine Early, Kate Dzikiewicz, and Amy Balanoff. The fossil is named after our amazing museum colleague Suzanne Lio.
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age HATES Macrauchenia and will not let you forget it. The poor things have it worse than babies did in the Maastrichtian seasons!
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age HATES Macrauchenia and will not let you forget it. The poor things have it worse than babies did in the Maastrichtian seasons!
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Upper Jurassic dinosaur tracks from the Majala Formation in the Huatacondo area (Tarapacá Basin, Chile): reappraisal of known localities and new tracksite discoveries
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Upper Jurassic dinosaur tracks from the Majala Formation in the Huatacondo area (Tarapacá Basin, Chile): reappraisal of known localities and new tracksite discoveries
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Of all the wonderful depictions of Pleistocene life shown in Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, few can compare with the beauty and realism of these psilopterines. I don't think I'm exaggerating to say this is the first and only time terror birds have been done properly in a documentary.
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Of all the wonderful depictions of Pleistocene life shown in Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, few can compare with the beauty and realism of these psilopterines. I don't think I'm exaggerating to say this is the first and only time terror birds have been done properly in a documentary.
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Had some time off, so I made something fun and wildly out there just in time for Thanksgiving.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Had some time off, so I made something fun and wildly out there just in time for Thanksgiving.