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@wargonopsid.bsky.social
Artist and gamedev, Permian period enthusiast. Ex road Rennie. Volunteer fossil preparator. They/them . no AI training or reuploads
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lol welp, Three Gorgonopsid Moon everyone! (mostly gorgonops torvus :) ) #sciart #coprolitepost #meme shirt available here jbh.threadless.com/designs/thre...
Been a minute since I've painted digitally! Krita isnt half bad :) Fun detour :) #permian #digitalart #krita
Been a minute since I've painted digitally! Krita isnt half bad :) Fun detour :) #permian #digitalart #krita
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Mainstream palaeoart often seems lily-white in terms of the diversity of its contributors. But pieces of palaeoart that rank among the -MOST SEEN- works in the entire field were examples of black craftsmanship. This week came news on the passing of Garfield G. Minott (1966-2025)... cont
November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Mainstream palaeoart often seems lily-white in terms of the diversity of its contributors. But pieces of palaeoart that rank among the -MOST SEEN- works in the entire field were examples of black craftsmanship. This week came news on the passing of Garfield G. Minott (1966-2025)... cont
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from @inspectoir.bsky.social on twt, a pair of male t. rex courting one another 🦖🏳️🌈 as the artist pointed out, same-sex relationships are quite common among both extant theropods as well as terrestrial megafauna
November 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
from @inspectoir.bsky.social on twt, a pair of male t. rex courting one another 🦖🏳️🌈 as the artist pointed out, same-sex relationships are quite common among both extant theropods as well as terrestrial megafauna
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congrats, it's a boy! new paper by @marmole6.bsky.social et al. describes RNA molecules from woolly mammoths that, among other things, establish that the famous 'yuka' was male 🦣
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
congrats, it's a boy! new paper by @marmole6.bsky.social et al. describes RNA molecules from woolly mammoths that, among other things, establish that the famous 'yuka' was male 🦣
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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I was really sad to learn about the passing of Garfield Minott. I never had the pleasure of meeting him, but by all accounts he was a lovely human, and I had the joy of having his Smilodon bust in my office while I was completing my PhD.
www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glendale/...
www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glendale/...
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I was really sad to learn about the passing of Garfield Minott. I never had the pleasure of meeting him, but by all accounts he was a lovely human, and I had the joy of having his Smilodon bust in my office while I was completing my PhD.
www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glendale/...
www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glendale/...
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happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is arsinoitherium, an afrotherian from late eocene-early oligocene north africa. a robust and stocky herbivore, it was mostly found in mangrove swamps and tropical rainforests
(art by mark witton)
(art by mark witton)
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is arsinoitherium, an afrotherian from late eocene-early oligocene north africa. a robust and stocky herbivore, it was mostly found in mangrove swamps and tropical rainforests
(art by mark witton)
(art by mark witton)
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happy #fossilfriday! this is heracles inexpectatus, a large parrot from the early miocene of new zealand. its fossils were initially misidentified as belonging to an eagle, before being recognised as a strigopoid parrot, and therefore related to the extant kea, kaka, and kakapo
(art by brian choo)
(art by brian choo)
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
happy #fossilfriday! this is heracles inexpectatus, a large parrot from the early miocene of new zealand. its fossils were initially misidentified as belonging to an eagle, before being recognised as a strigopoid parrot, and therefore related to the extant kea, kaka, and kakapo
(art by brian choo)
(art by brian choo)
One of my friends lost their little brother, and they and their spouse are making a documentary. Shares and donations appreciated, and please, stay safe out there. seedandspark.com/fund/daybreak
Daybreak - Film and Storytelling | Seed&Spark
After the death of a loved one by suicide, this loss has hit closer to home than I ever thought imaginable. People simply don't talk about it enough. I never talked about it enough, but this is a batt...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:33 AM
One of my friends lost their little brother, and they and their spouse are making a documentary. Shares and donations appreciated, and please, stay safe out there. seedandspark.com/fund/daybreak
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🚨NEW POPOSAUROID🚨
a warm welcome to tainrakuasuchus bellator, described from the dinodontosaurus assemblage zone of brazil's santa maria formation by muller et al.
(art by caio fantini)
a warm welcome to tainrakuasuchus bellator, described from the dinodontosaurus assemblage zone of brazil's santa maria formation by muller et al.
(art by caio fantini)
November 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
🚨NEW POPOSAUROID🚨
a warm welcome to tainrakuasuchus bellator, described from the dinodontosaurus assemblage zone of brazil's santa maria formation by muller et al.
(art by caio fantini)
a warm welcome to tainrakuasuchus bellator, described from the dinodontosaurus assemblage zone of brazil's santa maria formation by muller et al.
(art by caio fantini)
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Graphite Arts Center Artists’ Fall Sale Fri/Sat November 14th & 15th
Graphite: 202 Main St, Edmonds WA 98020
The sale will feature local artists selling exceptional fine art and unique handcrafted items in various styles and media. A portion of sales benefit non-profit Art Start Northwest.
Graphite: 202 Main St, Edmonds WA 98020
The sale will feature local artists selling exceptional fine art and unique handcrafted items in various styles and media. A portion of sales benefit non-profit Art Start Northwest.
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Graphite Arts Center Artists’ Fall Sale Fri/Sat November 14th & 15th
Graphite: 202 Main St, Edmonds WA 98020
The sale will feature local artists selling exceptional fine art and unique handcrafted items in various styles and media. A portion of sales benefit non-profit Art Start Northwest.
Graphite: 202 Main St, Edmonds WA 98020
The sale will feature local artists selling exceptional fine art and unique handcrafted items in various styles and media. A portion of sales benefit non-profit Art Start Northwest.
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Are you attending #2025SVP #SVP2025? Come see my talk on Thursday at 2pm in the Synapsida technical session on tail length evolution in across stem mammals, and find out why this long-neglected part of the skeleton has a much more complicated story to tell than we previously thought!
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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🚨NEW NOTHOSAUR🚨
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🚨NEW NOTHOSAUR🚨
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
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Another one for #dinovember
Not exactly a dinosaur this time, but a yawning Inostrancevia.
It's tiring being top predator.
Not exactly a dinosaur this time, but a yawning Inostrancevia.
It's tiring being top predator.
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Another one for #dinovember
Not exactly a dinosaur this time, but a yawning Inostrancevia.
It's tiring being top predator.
Not exactly a dinosaur this time, but a yawning Inostrancevia.
It's tiring being top predator.
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🚨PTEROSAUR NEWS🚨
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
November 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨PTEROSAUR NEWS🚨
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
a warm welcome to bakiribu waridza, a filter-feeding ctenochasmatid from the early cretaceous romualdo formation of brazil. described by @alinemghilardi.bsky.social et al., it is recovered as a sibling taxon to the 'flamingo pterosaur' pterodaustro
(art by julio lacerda)
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the first creature in my A-Z monster challenge
the Aarakocra
I'm working to challenge myself with some more painted pieces (which I'm getting started atm) but here's a little stylized sticker
Do you have a feathered friend you play for your game?
Also follow my patreon to vote in the next poll.
the Aarakocra
I'm working to challenge myself with some more painted pieces (which I'm getting started atm) but here's a little stylized sticker
Do you have a feathered friend you play for your game?
Also follow my patreon to vote in the next poll.
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
the first creature in my A-Z monster challenge
the Aarakocra
I'm working to challenge myself with some more painted pieces (which I'm getting started atm) but here's a little stylized sticker
Do you have a feathered friend you play for your game?
Also follow my patreon to vote in the next poll.
the Aarakocra
I'm working to challenge myself with some more painted pieces (which I'm getting started atm) but here's a little stylized sticker
Do you have a feathered friend you play for your game?
Also follow my patreon to vote in the next poll.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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happy #caturday! how many machairodontines are in #prehistoricplanet: ice age? at least five (bonus kitty in the reply) 🐱 palaeontologist and paleoartist mauricio anton revealed on his twitter that he consulted on at least some of these, and they look stunning
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 AM
happy #caturday! how many machairodontines are in #prehistoricplanet: ice age? at least five (bonus kitty in the reply) 🐱 palaeontologist and paleoartist mauricio anton revealed on his twitter that he consulted on at least some of these, and they look stunning
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Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
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happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is barylambda, a pantodont from the paleocene and early eocene. despite looking like a cross between a ground sloth and a wombat, recent evidence suggests that barylambda was a stem-ungulate, related to modern hoofed mammals
(art by gabriel ugueto)
(art by gabriel ugueto)
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is barylambda, a pantodont from the paleocene and early eocene. despite looking like a cross between a ground sloth and a wombat, recent evidence suggests that barylambda was a stem-ungulate, related to modern hoofed mammals
(art by gabriel ugueto)
(art by gabriel ugueto)
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happy #fossilfriday! this is whatcheeria, a carnivorous tetrapod from the early carboniferous. although its limbs were stout and robust, they were ill-suited for life on land, and likely spent most of their time in the water
(art by joschua knuppe)
(art by joschua knuppe)
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
happy #fossilfriday! this is whatcheeria, a carnivorous tetrapod from the early carboniferous. although its limbs were stout and robust, they were ill-suited for life on land, and likely spent most of their time in the water
(art by joschua knuppe)
(art by joschua knuppe)
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Hallucigenia sparsa, a small lobopodian from the Cambrian-age Burgess Shale, climbing on a sponge.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Hallucigenia sparsa, a small lobopodian from the Cambrian-age Burgess Shale, climbing on a sponge.
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the #prehistoricplanet: ice age trailer is here, and not a moment too soon! but you won't have seen the following four animals in the trailer:
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
the #prehistoricplanet: ice age trailer is here, and not a moment too soon! but you won't have seen the following four animals in the trailer:
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
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WELCOME BACK, MIRAGAIA 🥳
new material from portugal - along with a review of prior material - has led costa et al. to conclude that miragaia is distinct from dacentrurus, listing over a dozen differences between the genera
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
(art by @ferrutxoart.bsky.social)
new material from portugal - along with a review of prior material - has led costa et al. to conclude that miragaia is distinct from dacentrurus, listing over a dozen differences between the genera
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
(art by @ferrutxoart.bsky.social)
November 6, 2025 at 2:51 PM
WELCOME BACK, MIRAGAIA 🥳
new material from portugal - along with a review of prior material - has led costa et al. to conclude that miragaia is distinct from dacentrurus, listing over a dozen differences between the genera
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
(art by @ferrutxoart.bsky.social)
new material from portugal - along with a review of prior material - has led costa et al. to conclude that miragaia is distinct from dacentrurus, listing over a dozen differences between the genera
repositorio.lneg.pt/entities/pub...
(art by @ferrutxoart.bsky.social)
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If you're in the Seattle area on the 15th or the 20th, you should come to my choir STANCE's Trans Day of Remembrance concerts at University UCC in the U District.
The show on the 15th will be at 3pm, and the show on the 20th will be at 7pm.
The show on the 15th will be at 3pm, and the show on the 20th will be at 7pm.
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
If you're in the Seattle area on the 15th or the 20th, you should come to my choir STANCE's Trans Day of Remembrance concerts at University UCC in the U District.
The show on the 15th will be at 3pm, and the show on the 20th will be at 7pm.
The show on the 15th will be at 3pm, and the show on the 20th will be at 7pm.
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IT'S FINALLY HERE!
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
IT'S FINALLY HERE!
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)