Martiniii
@martinisaurus.bsky.social
A guy who never grew out of his dinosaur obsession, and talking about it constantly. 23, MD resident, SSBU Bayonetta main, LoL Eve, Nilah, Sera, Gwen, L(G)BT, Paleontology enthusiast. ASK ME ABOUT WHALES!!!
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Martiniii
@martinisaurus.bsky.social
· Feb 16
As today is world whale day, I've prepared something wonderful for you all! This is Squalodon, namely the species S. whitmorei, the largest member of the genus! It has a comparatively shorter and wider rostrum than S. calvertensis, and a larger body size too! (6-8m(?) max!)
back on the Eocetus grind again,,,,,,,,, yippee?
December 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
back on the Eocetus grind again,,,,,,,,, yippee?
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How would be facing the largest of the protocetids? Pappocetus, an animal that could have exceeded 5m in lenght or more, at that size it is likely that it was fully adapted to an aquatic life. Smaller, early basilosaurids probably were not fond of giant protocetids like this.
#paleoart #sciart.
#paleoart #sciart.
October 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
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November 24, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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...the early 20th century. That means finding ANY good information on the environment is rather... complicated. So take the interpretation here with some grain of salt.
Irdin Manha is a place preserving (probably) the remains of an open, semiarid steppe with rivers...
Irdin Manha is a place preserving (probably) the remains of an open, semiarid steppe with rivers...
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
...the early 20th century. That means finding ANY good information on the environment is rather... complicated. So take the interpretation here with some grain of salt.
Irdin Manha is a place preserving (probably) the remains of an open, semiarid steppe with rivers...
Irdin Manha is a place preserving (probably) the remains of an open, semiarid steppe with rivers...
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Result from the Irdin Manha Formation #paleostream.
While you might never heard it's name you most likely have heard of some of the fauna from here. First and foremost Andrewsarchus.
The fossils were so far largely excavated by the amnh in northern China (Inner Mongolia) during...
While you might never heard it's name you most likely have heard of some of the fauna from here. First and foremost Andrewsarchus.
The fossils were so far largely excavated by the amnh in northern China (Inner Mongolia) during...
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Result from the Irdin Manha Formation #paleostream.
While you might never heard it's name you most likely have heard of some of the fauna from here. First and foremost Andrewsarchus.
The fossils were so far largely excavated by the amnh in northern China (Inner Mongolia) during...
While you might never heard it's name you most likely have heard of some of the fauna from here. First and foremost Andrewsarchus.
The fossils were so far largely excavated by the amnh in northern China (Inner Mongolia) during...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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New #watercolor - the skull that launched a thousand papers - Aetiocetus weltoni, the ~25 myo toothed baleen whale that likely had teeth and baleen - from the Oligocene of Oregon. I started this last winter and only finally finished it yesterday. 🐡 🦖🐬 #sciart #whaleontology #whalewednesday #art
August 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New #watercolor - the skull that launched a thousand papers - Aetiocetus weltoni, the ~25 myo toothed baleen whale that likely had teeth and baleen - from the Oligocene of Oregon. I started this last winter and only finally finished it yesterday. 🐡 🦖🐬 #sciart #whaleontology #whalewednesday #art
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For how famous the original Walking with Dinosaurs made it, Ornithocheirus is a very messy genus, with over 40 species assigned to it historically. Nowadays, only one species of Ornithocheirus remains, known from the UK and the Kem Kem (maybe!).
Size comparison below ⬇️
#sciart #paleoart
Size comparison below ⬇️
#sciart #paleoart
November 30, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Results from the #paleostream!
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Results from the #paleostream!
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu
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Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Vampyronassa, Allodesmus, Papiliomaris and Pterodactylus.
Vampyronassa, Allodesmus, Papiliomaris and Pterodactylus.
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Vampyronassa, Allodesmus, Papiliomaris and Pterodactylus.
Vampyronassa, Allodesmus, Papiliomaris and Pterodactylus.
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Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
Paleontological and paleoecological significance of the oldest highly productive Upper Cretaceous (lowermost Maastrichtian) bonebed of Haţeg Basin (western Romania; Densuş-Ciula Formation)
Recent extensive fieldwork in the Densuş-Ciula Formation in Haţeg Basin has led to the discovery of several important high-diversity bonebeds. Among the excavated locations, site K2 is by far the most...
dx.plos.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Checkout this article I found at PLOS: dx.plos.org/10.1371/jour...
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But - we find the two species of Quetzalcoatlus as not closely related! That is, the huge type species Q. northropi and the smaller Q. lawsoni are not each other's closest relatives - Thanatosdrakon and several unnamed specimens get in the way. What does this mean???
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
But - we find the two species of Quetzalcoatlus as not closely related! That is, the huge type species Q. northropi and the smaller Q. lawsoni are not each other's closest relatives - Thanatosdrakon and several unnamed specimens get in the way. What does this mean???
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Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
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Tetralophodon, considered to link a gomphothere grade with true elephants
October 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Tetralophodon, considered to link a gomphothere grade with true elephants
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Presentation: Slides in English, Live Drawing, Zoom Link will be shown here:
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October 2, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Presentation: Slides in English, Live Drawing, Zoom Link will be shown here:
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freunde-bspg.de/veranstaltun...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM