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Glave (Adrian)

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🇯🇲 (He/they) New Jersey invader, spec bio/evo/eco guy, Permo-Triassic lover & creator of 5 worlds. DMs open (don’t waste my time if Idk u) Profile - bsky.app/profile/shinygander.bsky.s… Cover - bsky.app/profile/zenwyrmart.bsky.so…

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Paleo Nerds Podcast @paleonerdspod.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Just a reminder...🐟 Art by our own Ray Troll.
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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
This is Auk-ward! #greatauk #bird #extinct #sciart #sketch
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Karen Carr's Deinonychus and hypsilophodonts, Luis Rey's Amargasaurus, @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social's Edmontosaurus, and Ely Kish's Stygimoloch!
Four tiny, yellow-green ornithopods drink from a pond in a flooded forest. Behind, a striped, scaly Deinonychus lurches out from the greenery behind. The smaller dinosaurs are framed by stark white and deep, earthy greenery, trapping them with the encroaching predator.A trio of Amargasaurus with pink, fleshy nostrils and jet-black neck spines display in a sandy desert. A quartet of tiny, zebra-striped ornithopods enter the frame from the right, while a tiny yellow-headed theropod walks towards the viewer. Several prominent footprints are strewn about the sand.A massive hadrosaur with a splotchy, lizard-like pattern of dappled brown, yellow, orange fading to a creamy white underside. It strides forth with imposing presence, mouth gaped as if letting forth a thunderous bellow. Its nose steams with moisture, and its eyes glow with white intensity. The deep, triangular tail is curved toward the viewer, partially filling the frame.A sickly-thin, pin-headed pachycephalosaur with light green skin dappled with black speckles walks through a conifer forest, framed by trunks, ferns, and vines. Its long, stiff tail sports a dazzling zig-zag pattern that virtually disappears against the earthy forest floor behind it.
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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For context, that's a typical size of a jurassic pterosaur (juvenile) found in the fossil record
Small sparrow coloured pterosaur
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What better way to kick off the spookiest month of the year than with ghoulish, gory, or otherwise monstrous dinosaurs? I'll be sharing spooky palaeoart alongside my usual palaeoart posts throughout the month to help get us into the Halloween mood!
A pair of yellow and black splotched Baryonyx messily dig into the torn viscera of a large-scaled, green Iguanodon.A wrinkled, big-scaled Tyrannosaurus with a skin texture reminiscent of a latex Halloween mask. Its white teeth are fully exposed in a permanent grin, and the rear of its skull sports a huge ear hole.A Tyrannosaurus with voluminous, bulky neck, rugose crenulated skin, and a light covering of thin, quilly filaments messily crushes the skull of a Triceratops. Blood and bone splinters spray in an explosion of gore as the rear portion of the herbivore's skull falls to the ground.A draconic Allosaurus perches like a gargoyle atop the partially eaten carcass of an ornithopod. Its jaws drip with strips of bloody meat, and its aquiline eyes stare intensely. Its back is lined with spiny ridges that rise and fall along its dorsum, and its feet and hands clutch the carcass like a bird of prey's talons.
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: Bob Walters’ Centrosaurus, Graham High’s Tyrannosaurus, John Conway’s Yi, and Rod Ruth’s Iguanodon!
A Centrosaurus emerges from behind a shrub, mouth open as if mid-bellow. Its long nasal horn curves subtly downward, pointing almost perfectly horizontally while the head is slightly downturned.A model of a sandy-coloured Tyrannosaurus with slim, athletic proportions and a tightly curved tail. Its head is held up, jaws agape in a threatening display. A feathery, parrot-like scansoriopterygid spreads its kite-like wings as it approaches a tree branch, feet held out in preparation to perch. A towering green Iguanodon with a prominent, dewlap-like gular pouch browses on leafy greenery as it yanks a tree limb down with its hands. Behind, a horizontally postured Iguanodon toddles past. A tortoise watches the giant reptile with a look of mild jealousy. Behind, the sky is tinted orange by the setting sun.
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Today's four GHOULISH works of palaeoart! Art by Peter Zallinger, Tony Gibbons, Boris Vallejo, and Richard Orr!
A fleshy pink Triceratops with a nearly skeletal face charges a bloated, similarly pink Tyrannosaurus. The theropod's huge head sports a slavering, toothy grin, looking off to the side as if totally unaware of the charging herbivore.A towering yellow Spinosaurus with pavement-like scales and human-like legs sprints through a forest under a full moon, mouth agape and eyes wide in an expression that is both terrifying and terrified.A trio of long-tailed, draconic pterosaurs flee from a strangely humanoid theropod, soaring past volcanic spires that belch plumes of flames and smoke into a burning red sky.A heavily armoured Ornithosuchus with hugely muscular thighs and weedy lower legs tears a chunk of ragged flesh from the partially eaten carcass of a dead dicynodont partially hidden in a thicket of leafy foliage.
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Jack Stack @jackstack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Hot off the presses! I reviewed the history of early ray-finned fishes, with a focus on their morphology, fossil record, and taxonomy. My principal goal is a guide for other workers to make the rich record of early actinopterygian evolution more broadly available. dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmor...
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The Evolutionary History of Early Ray‐Finned Fishes (Pan‐Actinopterygii)
Ray-finned fishes, the most diverse living vertebrate clade, include over 600 extinct early actinopterygian species whose evolution is an enigma.
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Zach Robinson @xtinctdesign.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Here's some new renders of my #kosmoceratops. I'm much happier with these ones #paleoart #blender3D
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Zach Robinson @xtinctdesign.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Gryposaurus WIP
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Tim Bradley's Abelisaurus, Bernard Long's Paranthropus, Petr Modlitba's Dimetrodon, and John Sibbick's Deinonychus!
A vicious looking Aucasaurus with a brown reticulated pattern poses threateningly, foot lifted as if about to kick out at some unseen foe. Its arms are long and end in three-fingered hands tipped with recurved claws.A trio of Paranthropus pluck berries from shrubs and trees, stuffing their chimp-like faces. Their muscular frames are covered in a short, dense pelt of glossy, near-black fur.Two slick-skinned Dimetrodon wrestle in a dusty clearing, slamming jaw-first into each other. A scaly, wedge-headed Deinonychus with large, curled fingers tipped with huge talons. It has partially translucent skin, giving a view of its musculature and skeleton beneath.
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today's four GHOULISH works of palaeoart! Art by Douglas Henderson, Neil Lloyd, Tony Gibbons, and Mort Künstler!
A pair of slim, dark troodontids with blank white eyes trot across a clearing. The lead predator carries a young Orodromeus by the tail, clutching it tight in its jaws. A vaguely anthropomorphic Allosaurus with a short, blunt skull and long whipping tail erupts from a forest, mere inches from a pair of startled, spotted ornithopods.A side view of a purple-streaked Baryonyx with a plump torso, short legs, and oversized claws on its first finger. Its other two fingers and toes end in human-like nails, and its head has a lumpen, almost shrunken appearance. A child on stilts stands beside, providing a sense of scale.A front view of a stout, partially sprawled Triceratops with a misshapen head and rubbery, bumpy skin. It has an anguished expression on its face, furthered by prominent wrinkles and sunken, tired eyes.
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April Neander 🏳️‍🌈 @aineander.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today our paper introducing Megacauda is published in Nature! Which means I can finally share my illustration! Meet this beautifully preserved Jurassic, semi-aquatic swimmer #sciart #paleontology
An illustration of a furry mammaliaform with a long, flattened, scaly tail floating in the greenish water. A salamander looks up from the bottom.
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
My latest for National Geographic! A new study suggests that you really, *really* would not want to be hit by a lunging mosasaur
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This Cretaceous 'Sea Monster' Attacked Prey Faster than Great White Sharks
By analyzing tail length and muscle power, paleontologists have explained the physics behind a mosasaur's deadly ability to lunge toward its prey.
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Today's four GHOULISH works of palaeoart! Art by Y. Tabaries, Ronald Swanwick, David Peters, and Norman Nodell!
A scaly, green, lizard-like therocephalian wrenches a bloody chunk of meat from a carcass.A big-headed Shunosaurus with a slim, rubbery body without obviously defined muscles. Its tail whips about, ending in a cluster of spines and a bony lump. Its teeth protrude grotesquely from its skeletally thin skull.An Anteosaurus in oblique view, standing in a low sprawl. Its head is covered in slick black keratin and the teeth are completely exposed, giving it a fearsome and monstrous expression. Its body is covered in a pattern of black bands and yellow splotches, reminiscent of a lace monitor.A Tyrannosaurus stands waist-deep in a pool of water, throwing its head back in an agonised wail. On the shore, a forest of broken trunks forms an ominous natural palisade. In the foreground, the bleached bones of a dead dinosaur are tangled in a mix of broken wood.
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The origin of the wishbone in birds and other theropod dinosaurs is debated: did it evolve from the clavicles (collarbones) or a bone called the interclavicle? A new study on bird embryos suggests the answer is... both! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🪶🧪 (📷Jiménez-Villalón et al.)
Evolutionary relationships and embryonic pectoral girdle anatomy of several land vertebrates, including a platypus, a turtle, a caiman, a tinamou, and a chicken.
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Glave (Adrian) @glavenychus.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I’m late for the party
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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
New species of antthrush, the Alagoas antthrush (Chamaeza studerae): www.mapress.com/zt/article/v... 🪶🧪 (📷Vieira & Raposo)
A stuffed museum specimen of a mostly brown bird. Its underparts are overall lighter in color (with an orange chest and white belly) but covered in dark brown streaks.
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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fossil taxa are sometimes considered island weirdos without any actual evidence that island effects were important in their evolution. So we wrote a paper on how we could do actual island biogeography in deep time. If you want a copy but can't access it, email me: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Island biogeography in deep time - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Island ecosystems feature unique species assemblages with diverse evolutionary histories, but identifying island communities in deep time comes with its own challenges. This Perspective explores the a...
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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Stills from my Tromerosaurus animation - my PC is very unhappy with my Blender shenanigans, but we persevere!
Tromeosaurus modelTromerosaurus model
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Newest #watercolor is Garudimimus. I did this start to finish live at one of the dinosaur park’s open houses. #paleoart
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Dr Matt Dempsey @sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
An Encounter. (Alternative, less spooky take for the sake of showcasing my model better below)
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🦕Isaiah Cole Torre🦖 (Commissions OPEN) @isaiahctorre.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
- C0MMISSI0NS NOW OPEN - Will make arts for moneys. I'm opening with 6 slots available! ♥️🔁 are greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
A world-class demonstration on why it takes humans to make art. Maybe someday AI engines will rival the technical skill here, but they won't be able to generate the honest emotional reactions this animation conveys.
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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Over a week ago I was directed to this video of a gharial crushing a turtle in its jaws. ...Yes, you read that right. A GHARIAL. www.reddit.com/r/Crocodiles...
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Before there where frogs and salamanders. #amphibians #temnospondyls #permian #vertebrate #digitalpainting #art #palaeontology #science
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Tropidostoma, a medium size dicynodontian, digging (or hiding something) #permian #therapsida #synapsida #dicynodontian #herbivore #hiding #digitalpainting #research #artandscience
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
One of the latest studies reconstructing Dunkleosteus explicitly left out the lip question. But this isso very likely. #fossilfish #dunkleosteus #Devonian #Paleozoico #placoderm #arthrodira #armoredfish #underthesea #artandscience
One of the latest studies reconstructing Dunkleosteus explicitly left out the lip question. But this isso very likely.
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Eogyrinus, stem tetrapod or stem amniote, from the Carboniferous #embolomere #sketch #research #reptiliomorph #tetrapoda #carboniferous
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Dolichorhynchops, the penguin plesiosaur #cretacious #plesiosaur #research #palaeontology
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Sternberg Museum Paleontology @sternbergpaleo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sternberg Museum curator of paleontology, Dr. Amanda Peng, has a new paper out today in Journal of Paleontology on diversity and disparity in John Day Formation assemblages. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Diversity and disparity in mammalian fossil assemblages of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA | Journal of Paleontology | Cambridge Core
Diversity and disparity in mammalian fossil assemblages of the John Day Formation, Oregon, USA
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
catching a Mammites #ammonite #pliosaur #marinesaurian #cretaceous #cretaceoussea #mesozoic #paleontology
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Pantelosaurus slab went to the Museum in Chemnitz, soon on exhibition. 1st press event with living phylo, joined by officials from the Geological Servey, city, museum, and State Minister! sl1nk.com/ly9xl91 #pantelosaurus #synapsid #pelycosaur #permian #museum #NaturalHistory #Saxony #vertabrate
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Alligator catching a gar: Could be Holocene, but also Late Cretaceous, or any time between #alligator #catch #holocene #LateCretaceous #sketchbook
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PALAEONAVIX @palaeonavix.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Cordaites, a conifer-like tree from the Permian #gymnosperm #paleobotany #palaeobotany #permian #plant #plantevolution #oilpainting #paleo #palaeo
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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
60 Meters above ground the rainforest of Lemuria reveals a very different world. It might not look like it but much of these tree giants are relative newcomers, evolving from much smaller forms after the rainforests in the south collapsed. Up here you have be able to climb...
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Belated scenes from our #MarineReptileConf2026 fieldtrip to Crocodiles of the World, which doesn't just house crocodiles but other crocodylians as well as tortoises, varanids, snakes and more. Had a great time.
Nile croc poised to jump out of the water.Cuban crocodile resting on land.Slender-snouted crocodile seen from above.Komodo dragon face.
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Hiné Mizushima/水島ひね @sheishine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Giant Flea (2021). Slurp slurp…🩸 チューチュー吸う巨大ノミちゃん🩸 #hinemizushima #flea #bug #art #水島ひね
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Andrés L. Mignucci @andreslmignucci.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Man, have I got one for you. A VERY in-depth post about my design process for the pseudodragons, from their origins in a 2021 college class, to refinement for #Smaugust2025, to the new breed added this year. With big digressions on evolution, creature design, and color theory. Find it below.
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Andrés L. Mignucci @andreslmignucci.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
(1/2) Hiya! Sorry for the lack of an Encyclopedia Entry in September, but I've been dealing with evil headaches every day and non-illustration work has been ramping up. BUT! I've just posted Part 4 of Fire in the Highlands to the FULL MONTY tier (read free next week!) and...
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Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus) @mmarcosaurus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfvY...
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Museums in America are Under Attack!!!
YouTube video by Regalius
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Raven Amos (Spoopy Edition)🎨🐦‍⬛ @alaskanime.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Gonna be honest, @threadless.bsky.social artist shops aren't the easiest things to configure, but at any rate - check out my new listing for "Styracosaurus Jungle" on Threadless! I'm trying to utilize them more after Design By Humans sailed into the west. alaskanime.threadless.com
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Raven Amos's Artist Shop | Featuring custom t-shirts, prints, and more
Raven Amos (aka alaskanime)'s Shop
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Marcos K. Pinheiro / "Marcos Wyvern" (Marcosaurus) @mmarcosaurus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Oh, boy. Here we go again at Sotheby's. www.ft.com/content/5c3c...
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Sotheby’s dinosaur auction shows fossils boom is not dying out
Planned sale of rare Nanotyrannus follows record price of $50.1mn for a Tyrannosaurus called ‘Gus’ this year
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Aline Ghilardi @alinemghilardi.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Recebi hoje a notícia, com muita alegria, de que serei laureada no BRICS+ International Award 2026 – Women in Science & Technology, em Moscou. Premiação organizada pela BRICS Women Scientists’ Alliance.
Arte de divulgação do BRICS+ International Award 2026 – Women in Science & Technology. À esquerda, fotografia de Aline Marcele Ghilardi em campo, usando bandana preta e camisa xadrez, diante de um afloramento rochoso avermelhado. À direita, lê-se “Women in Science & Technology – BRICS+ International Award 2026” e a frase “Pelo reconhecimento às contribuições para a ciência, tecnologia e cooperação internacional”. Na parte inferior, aparece o diploma de laureada concedido a Aline Marcele Ghilardi, do Brasil.
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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
If you are interested in Megalodon and all other prehistoric sharks (and let’s face it, who isn’t?) there is a new book coming Feb 9th that you have to get! I was lucky enough to be commissioned to illustrate this amazing book wonderfully written by Dr. Jack Cooper #paleoart #sharks #sciart
Illustration of Megalodon on a black background. The Shark is facing the viewer Cover of the book Megalodon and other prehistoric sharks Technical details about the book
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🎃Yagamimi🎃 @luigiyagami.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ok its done what do i win #zelda #princesszelda #tloz
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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Apparently it's MANED WOLF DAY?? So here's this, sorry it includes some depressing content... tetzoo.com/blog/2022/3/... #ManedWolf #carnivorans #mammals #zoology
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The Incredible South American Maned Wolf — Tetrapod Zoology
Inspired by my recent article on South American wild dogs , I went to the trouble of digging out a very brief TetZoo ver 2 article I published in 2007 on the remarkable and beautiful 'fox on stilts...
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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's #fossilfriday! Meet Hatzegopteryx, a predatory, ground-stalking pterosaur the size of a small giraffe, found on the islands of Cretaceous Eastern Europe. Survival Verdict: lol good luck HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY. Out April 27, 2027. Preorder now! bookshop.org/p/books/how-...
An enormous Hatzegopteryx pterosaur stands in the rain on all fours, its head a mass of turkey-like wrinkles around a wicked, machete-shaped beak. It turns a cold, considering eye on you. Two others approach through the mist. Art by Stieven Van Der Poorten for HOW TO SURVIVE PREHISTORY
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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
franco tempesta appreciation post
T. rex in front viewDiplodocus on a salt flat Mapusaurus feeding from a dead ArgentinosaurusDracorex portrait
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Paleo Nerds Podcast @paleonerdspod.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Episode #102 is out and we had the pleasure of talking to Melanie Aranka Dominique During, Vertebrate Paleontologist and Post-Doctoral Fellow at Uppsala University in Sweden 🇸🇪 [THREAD]
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