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Ole Zant

@thebiobob.bsky.social

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Scientific illustrator / Paleoartist. Museum fossil preparator and researcher. Admirer of theropods and Cretaceous Saharan Africa.

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Oct 17

Ardetosaurus viator
A reconstruction I made for the recently published dinosaur 🦕
#PaleoArt #SciArt #Dinosaurs #paleontology

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 2d

Definitely true. Though it seems to me these animals would have looked more wrinkly from afar than what small scaly patches might seem to make apparent.

Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 2d

Overall the integument in PP is really well done. But honestly the more time goes by, the more I appreciate the dinosaurs from Dinosaur (2000). Which have meticulously textured scaly wrinkly skin that matches known specimens quite well (at least for the time).

Iguanodon from the movie Dinosaur (2000). Showing wrinkly small-scaled skin.

Wrinkly small-scaled skin of Edmontosaurus on the ribs of the AMNH mummy. Photo by Ole Zant.

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 12d

Insgelijks!

Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 17d

A new diplodocid skeleton was unveiled today at the Provincial House of the Dutch Province of North Brabant!

It will be on display there for the rest of the month, until it returns to the Oertijdmuseum, which is where we originally prepared the skeleton.
#dinosaurs

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 20d

It is 👀
One I'm getting to co-author even!

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks! There's more to come

Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 20d

I haven't been posting much. But that doesn't mean I haven't been drawing any dinosaurs. 👀

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 25d

Two articles have already been published and like the rest are freely accessible to everyone.

The first two articles both feature art by me, including a skeletal and life reconstruction of Ardetosaurus viator, a new species first published in this volume.
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024...

New diplodocine sauropod

A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA

palaeo-electronica.org

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · 25d

A new giant project on diplodocoids!
When finished, it will provide a look into the anatomy, diversity and phylogeny of these long necked dinosaurs.

They just started a crowd funding campain, so if you want to see this project realized consider donating.

experiment.com/projects/rea...

Reassessing the evolutionary family tree and biogeography of the iconic sauropod group Diplodocoidea

We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary relati...

experiment.com

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Aug 31

I wrapped up a summer full of dinosaurs at Paul Sereno's Fossil Lab earlier this week. I had the privilege of working with a lot of great minds, on a lot of great projects.

Paul Sereno (left) and Ole Zant (right) in the Fossil Lab. With a Spinosaurus aegyptiacus skull in the back.

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Jun 3

The vegetation still looks insanely good! 🌿 I can't imagine how long that took to draw though...

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Apr 9

Thanks! Those patterns were mostly inspired by leopards and genets. But also by monitor lizards.

Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Apr 9

Thank you!

Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Apr 8

Hello #PortfolioDay!
I illustrate extinct animals and their environments.

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Apr 5

Eerst eens kijken welk onderzoek ik volgende keer zou willen presenteren. Wie weet

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Apr 5

Haha dat niet helaas. Maar er waren dan ook veel goede posters

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Apr 5

Dankjewel! Was leuk

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Apr 5

Presented a poster today on my research on mammals from a new Lancian microsite.
The poster is in Dutch but don't worry, I'm almost done with the paper which will feature significantly more material anyway.

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Mar 29

Solar eclipse at the museum today

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thanks! I hope I did them justice.

Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thank you! :)

Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Mar 2

Thank you! The clouds took a lot of work but were definitely fun to do!

Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Mar 2

Here are the original sketches I made last year. At the time I didn't have the intention of turning them into a full illustration but here we are.

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Mar 2

The bone core of completer crests were recently discovered in Niger and have not yet been described. This reconstruction is not based on those specimens (in which case I would have made them even taller, especially as they were likely covered by a keratinous sheath).

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Ole Zant @thebiobob.bsky.social · Mar 2

In case people are wondering about the crest: it is known that Spinosaurus had one, as the base of some have been found. Unfortunately no complete crests have been described, but seeing the extent of displays like the sail and tail, I find it likely the crest was quite prominent.

Reconstruction by Tyler Keillor, Lauren Conroy, Erin Fitzgerald, Paul Sereno.

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