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Mario Lanzas @mariolanzas.bsky.social · 15h

PACHYDESMOCERAS, from the ✨super fresh✨ video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEQ0... on Ammonites and other Cephalopods 🦑 Pachydesmoceras had a wide range of sizes, measuring from a few cms to human size 🍥 Fossils have been found worldwide, especially in Japan #pachydesmoceras #ammonite #paleoart

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Luis Rey's Pterodactylus, @kakapojay.bsky.social's Lisowicia, Tuomas Koivurinne's Mojoceratops, and Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins' Megatherium!

A black and white Pterodactylus stands atop a rocky hill overlooking the calm sea. Its swooping, fiery-coloured crest is marked by black streaks and spots which extend onto the toothy jaws. It grips a little squid by its feeding arms between its protruding teeth.

Two heavily built, big-headed dicynodonts stand astride each other in a forest. Their earth-toned, leathery hides contrast with the lush greenery of the surrounding trees.

The carcass of a green ceratopsian lies in a stiff-limbed posture in a dry riverbed, surrounded by the skeletal remains of other horned dinosaurs. Two crow-like birds alight atop the body.

A pair of enormous, short trunked ground sloths under the leaves of a tree with a thin, curving trunk. One stands bipedally, clutching the trunk with its huge claws, while the other sits in a comically low quadrupedal pose, its head appearing behind the shoulders of its companion.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Room empties out at the UN as Netanyahu begins his speech.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

If you want a full rundown of the Academy of Natural sciences situation, this video does a really good job of covering it. youtu.be/nxyfBfCrbDw?...

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The Plan To Destroy Americas Oldest Natural History Museum

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A new sabre-toothed thylacosmilid (Thylacosmilidae, Metatheria) from the Pliocene–Pleistocene of Southern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina: Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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A new sabre-toothed thylacosmilid (Thylacosmilidae, Metatheria) from the Pliocene–Pleistocene of Southern Buenos Aires Province, Argentina

Thylacosmilids are a clade of metatherian predators known from lower Miocene to upper Pliocene strata of South America. They had highly specialized skulls with enlarged canines. Here, we describe r...

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Anthony (Tony) J. Martin @ichnologist.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Same. Began a chapter in my book 'The Evolution Underground' (2017, @pegasus-books.bsky.social) with a story about a Lystrosaurus & her journey from the safety of her burrow into the vast wastelands of the Early Triassic. Also co-created this folk-art-style depiction emerging post-extinction.

Colorful folk-art depiction of a Lystrosaurus underground in the bottom of its burrow, and with another leaving the burrow at its top. emerging into sunshine, blue sky, clouds, and green plants.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

when i mention "claude" you can assume i'm talking about the albino alligator not the llm

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Sauropods: An Artistic History in Four Parts (Art by Charles Knight, Bill Berry, John Gurche, and @tessasaurus.bsky.social)

A group of wriggly-necked, blunt-skulled Brontosaurus wade in a lake while one emerges on the shore, dragging its lengthy tail behind it. A Stegosaurus approaches the lake, dwarfed by the long-necked herbivores.

A towering Brachiosaurus with a drooping tail hauls itself out of the water, moving in a wide-legged waddle as rivulets of water drip down its hide.

An impossibly tall, earthy-brown Barosaurus with elephantine skin rears high in the air, threatening to crush an encroaching Allosaurus. A young Barosaurus hides behind its tree-trunk legs, crouching in fearful trepidation. A dense conifer forest and gorgeous cloudscape extend behind.

A low view of a colossal rearing titanosaur. Its heaving bulk produces a cloud of dusty sand as it lifts upward, revealing the complex array of scales covering its underside and limbs. A little feathered theropod looks on, looking comically tiny beneath the great mass of the colossus before it.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 21/09/2026

NSFW Artist Struggling To Improve On Sexiness Of Regular Muppets theonion.com/nsfw-artist-struggling…

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

After 6 years David Peters has finally found the post where I mention his whackjobisms and the results are as you‘d expect them to be: www.manospondylus.com/2020/01/the-...

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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

21st century retrosaurs 1. Dreadnoughtus schrani

A Dreadnoughtus with sprawling pegs and extremely thin neck crawling into a lake, where other Dreadnoughtus are having sex in the water. A volcano busts out smoke in the background.

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Cold Crash Pictures @coldcrashpics.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Aaaand it's up! Allow me to introduce you to the world's very first dinosaur film—now available to the public for the first time!

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Saurian Cinema: Introducing the World's First Dinosaur Film

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Now 40 comments at the Tetrapod Zoology #unicorn article: it's proved quite popular. Still planning to cover the whole "no, dragons are not linked to dinosaurs" issue at some point. tetzoo.com/blog/2026/8/... #monsters #cryptozoology

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A History of Unicorns — Tetrapod Zoology

unicorn, unicorns, monoceros, monokeros, unicorn history, mythology, unicorn mythology, unicorn in the Islamic world, unicorn in Christian history, unicorn in the Book of Job, unicorn in the Bible, un...

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TheAbbeyRoadie | Commissions Open! @theabbeyroadie.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The brainrot on the dead bird app is a LOT, guys…

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romulus - 🛸METROID RAVENOUS🍽️ @romulusofficial.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

it must be so difficult to act with a character who you can’t even see. thankfully, Foghorn is just that talented

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Fun fact: Most paleoart of Dickinsonia is probably very wrong. Fossils show that the characteristic isomeric structure seen in most fossils was actually an internal organ that in life was covered by tubercled skin. Only the underside of the organism would have actually had the isomers visible

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Was just reading the Wikipedia page on Anterograde Amnesia and it‘s funny how all the listed fictional examples are hardcore psychological thrillers and Dory from Finding Nemo.

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I don’t think I love anything as much as the surreal, alien palaeoart of the 70s into the early 90s. These compositions are all naturalistic, but they’re strange and hypernatural in a way that transcends realism. It’s a bizarre but profoundly moving approach to reconstructing the past.

A quilled Velociraptor with tightly folded arms stands atop a pile of loose stones, backed by an intensive purple and orange sunset.

A leathery-winged, white-furred Dimorphodon with red legs soars above rough waves. In the distance, jutting stones pierce a sulphurous sky.

A red-headed Albertosaurus moves alongside a herd of Lambeosaurus, splashing through a shallow woodland stream. The sky is a smoky blue with wisps of clouds strewn about. The massive form of a colossal asteroid hovers menacingly above it all.

An emaciated Triceratops with ragged skin sits in a low squat, shown in stark white against an almost entirely black composition. A cutaway view shows a tangle of roots piercing deep into the ground, a visual representation of the sickness penetrating the dinosaurs body.

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

In other news, I built and set-up my own aquarium!

A cubical aquarium with a little pineapple decoration suitable for a sea sponge.

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Eusmilus, the Oligocene sabretoothed “false“ cat, drawn by Me #paleoart

A sabretoothed carnivorous mammal with round ears and a long tail, drawn in stippling style

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Merry Christmas 🎄✨

Christmas cards, created by the de la Rue Company for the Natural Museum of London, 1875-1885. Ideal impression of a future creation discovered by Professors Ichthyosaurus, Megalosaurus, & Co

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Pseudoarchaeology is a grift and a scam, stuffed full of conspiracy bs. Check out this new video at Professor Dave Explains ... Jimmy Corsetti is Human Garbage www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z49A...

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Jimmy Corsetti is Human Garbage

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

So there is this new paper which shows that unenlagiids were actually secondarily flightless #avialans. Which is cool and all, though what confuses me is that Greg Paul isn’t cited anywhere in it, despite him being the first and strongest supporter of this idea: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Phylogenetic relationships of Unenlagiidae among Paraves (Dinosauria)

In recent years, several studies on the osteology, myology and palaeobiology of southern paravians of the clade Unenlagiidae have considerably increased the information on the group. Nevertheless, ...

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Martin Wilfarth was a German researcher who in the 1940s claimed that Mesozoic Earth was experiencing super tides and that all dinosaurs were actually semi-marine animals. In a 3-part series I try to explore the how and why of his reasoning: www.manospondylus.com/2025/08/wilf...

The armored dinosaur Kentrosaurus, reconstructed as a shallow-water-dweller, using its thagomizer to anchor itself in the sand as it stands up to breathe

Iguanodon, reconstructed as an aquatic animal

Corythosaurus, reconstructed with a fleshy breathing-proboscis extending from its headcrest

Diplodocus, reconstructed as an ocean-bottom dweller “grazing” on marine worms

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

All the #fossils I collected in Donkey Kong Bananza

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

A teaser for a blogpost I am working on. Between the 1930s and 50s, German paleontologist Martin Wilfarth proposed that the headcrests on #hadrosaurs were actually attachment-points for snorkel-trunks. This was part of his wider ides that all #dinosaurs were tidal animals.

Speculative reconstruction of the dinosaur Corythosaurus with a fleshy trunk extending from its bony headcrest, used as a snorkel while the animal is submerged in water.

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

While you don‘t often see it in paleoart, there is decent biomechanical evidence that #glyptodonts were actually quite good at bipedalism. Here‘s a cute illustration from: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Illustration of a giant armadillo bending its tail to the side to walk upright on two legs

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

@davehone.bsky.social stars in a new YouTube video, so guess who turns up in the comments section? Yup, chronically-online, 365-day blogger David Peters. That's my personal bat-signal, so...

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Pointilisaurus, a bipedal bolosaurid parareptile that evolved on the island of Ryl Madol: rylmadolisland.blogspot.com/2025/05/poin... #speculativeevolution #parareptile #lostworld

A small, bipedal parareptile, drawn in pointilist style

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Gastornis, looking out into a changing Eocene world that is becoming increasingly less tropical. These birds were mainly forest dwellers, eating hard fruits and nuts, and likely went extinct due to habitat loss from climate change. I drew this for a story I‘m writing on my Patreon. #paleoart #birds

Gastornis, a man-sized flightless bird stands at the forest‘s edge and looks out into the barren volcanic plains of inner North America

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T.K. Sivgin @manospondylus.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Carrion trilobites, #speculativeevolution detrivores inhabiting the lost world of Ryl Madol: rylmadolisland.blogspot.com/2025/04/carr...

The skull of a synapsid proto-mammal with a headcrest is swarmed by three trilobites gnawing the last bits of flesh off its bones

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