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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Another "I'm not dead post" while slugging away on Book 7. Here're revisions made to my recent Caudipteryx #paleoart piece after revisiting the distribution of melanised feathers in referred specimens. I also closed the split tail, following feedback from @albertonykus.bsky.social - thanks, Albert!

A black and white, turkey-like dinosaur stands on an icy lake in Cretaceous China. It braces against the slow splay of its legs. As its body incrementally lowers, inching closer to the ice, it hears a voice. The ghosts of the icy forest, perhaps? The spirits of its ancestors? Perhaps nothing else can hear it, but it's getting louder, sharper. Now it can make out a sequence of sounds. They are... words? The same phrase, repeated over and over? First a whisper, then a chant. Yes, it's very clear now. Louder again - a roar! A chorus! They cry:

"GET BACK TO WORK, MARK, YOU HAVE ONE WEEK LEFT TO FINISH YOUR BOOK. THIS IS NOT A PRODUCTIVE USE OF YOUR TIME."

Man, even my alt-text won't give me a break.

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

a new triassic silesaurid has been identified in brazil's santa maria formation, described by müller in an #openaccess paper 📃 known from a femur, this unnamed taxon is noted for its large size anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (art by @mfgadelha.bsky.social)

first image: the new silesaurid is depicted in a semi-arid environment feeding on ferns, followed by two smaller coeval silesaurids. both animals are depicted with sparse feathers over most of their bodies but scaly legs and tails, and the larger silesaurid has a distinctive purple dewlap
second image: another life reconstruction, this time highlighting the difference in femoral proportions between the new silesaurid and its smaller relative

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Ian Baylatry @thepeanutpal.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Life reconstructions of the Red Willow Edmontosaurin and hypothetical fleshy Lambeosaurus for Sharpe et al. 2025

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Ian Baylatry @thepeanutpal.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Fossils of Alberta

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Heitoresco @heitoresco.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Bristle Dragon. Ilustração para o Card Game ZOIC

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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

WIP of a little woolly boy

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Haolong dongi with bit of color #sciart

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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Foggy morning in Late Pleistocene Patagonia. #Art #SciArt #artbyjulio

A scene depicting the Patagonian scrubland in the early morning, dotted with araucarias and framed by foggy mountains in the background. A pair of Macrauchenia, four guanacos and a patagonian mara are seen among the grass. A Megatherium walks by further away and a crested caracara flies over the scene.

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Literally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

An imposing Langstonia scavenges a Xenastrapotherium carcass, in the Miocene of Colombia #paleoart

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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Felt inspired to do a piece inspired by paleoart aesthetics that were common when I was growing up. This is mostly based on a particular one by Mark Hallet, though I think I channeled some other influences as well. #SciArt #paleoart #artbyjulio

A small group of diplodocid sauropods walks through an expanse of dry ground, with scattered rocks and puddles. In the background lies a forest covered in mist, and impressive cloud formations in the sky. A few rhamphorhynchid pterosaurs fly by, and a small ornithopod moves away from a puddle as the sauropods approach.

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Joanna Kobierska @joannakobierska.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Queen of the Steppe (yes it's a 3d render)

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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Lightcatcher (Oxalaia quilombensis) #paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio

An Oxalaia quilombensis (very close Spinosaurus relative from Brazil) crosses a tidal flat under a dark, cloudy sky. The dinosaur has its tail resting or dragging across the muddy ground, powerful arms, long neck and head and a rectangular-shaped sail on its back giving it a kaiju-like appearance. To its right there's a discarded turtle shell, and to its right, a pile of driftwood. Soft light is hitting its sail and part of its neck making them look brighter and more vivid than the somber looking environment.

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Heitoresco @heitoresco.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Irritator pertence ao Brasil #IrritatorBelongsToBR

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

You won't be surprised to learn that King Tyrant has some comments on azhdarchids vs. T. rex, including citations of multiple papers on birds stealing food from or harassing much larger, relatively formidable mammalian and avian opponents. There's also some updated size comparisons and art.

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Spinosaurus comm

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Here the result of the St. Bathans fauna stream! This one took us into the early Miocene of New Zealand, the Moa's ark, as some call it. After many formation streams with very few birds this one has probably way too many! #paleostream #paleoart #sciart

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MF.gadelha @mfgadelha.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Não tem nenhuma brincadeira, eu respeito profundamente a Natália e o trabalho dela, minhas breves considerações foram a respeito do post do autor da postagem original, apenas.

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MF.gadelha @mfgadelha.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I understand that you did not refer to anyone, and that the purpose of your post was different.

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MF.gadelha @mfgadelha.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I really know that you are not on the side of the extreme right, and I felt offended by the way Andrey treated Brazilians.

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MF.gadelha @mfgadelha.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

In any case, it was a very gross generalization.

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MF.gadelha @mfgadelha.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

This attack on the Brazilian people was not fair.

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Typothorax moving along

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Tom Parker @tomozaurus.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Got home from work and immediately threw together a quick sketch of the new Jurassic dinosaur Baminornis, which preserves the earliest known example of a pygostyle (the fused tail bones that support the tail feathers in modern birds).

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Meganthropus palaeojavanicus of Sangiran, Central Java, Indonesia. A hominid that lived during the early-middle Pleistocene. Brush test from last year. The fur brush is by Ville Sinkkonen, which you can get from his gumroad. Easily my top 5 brushpacks.

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 10/09/2024

Neanderthal study

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Julio the Artist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Going through an art block since the end of last year but managed to do something involving three things I aesthetically enjoy ✔️snowy grasslands ✔️northern lights ✔️cheetah-adjacent cats Miracinonyx watching a herd of reindeer somewhere in nothern USA, Late Pleistocene #paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio

A cheetah-like Miracinonyx stands on top of a small boulder in a snowy prairie. In the background, a herd of reindeer move amidst a cloud of dust. Beyond them there's mountains on the horizon, and greenish northern lights on a dark blue sky with faint stars.

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KOTOCHEDIAS @ikonografo.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Erythrovenator, a basal theropod dinosaur from the Late Triassic of Rio Grande so Sul, Brazil. This is the first one in a series of illustrations I will be making on the brazilian theropods, so stay tuned!

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Amber Bellomio @digitalduck.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Meet Alan the Utahraptor, the star of a new short film, "Jurassic Ward", coming 2025! (Dropbox link in thread to see it uncompressed)

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Manusuchus @manusuchus.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Bust of Sebecus icaeorhinus. This is actually a test for a larger -Iberosuchus- project I am working on. Sebecosuchia was really something. #Crocodylomorpha

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Tom Parker @tomozaurus.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

Someone liked this on twitter and reminded me it existed so seemed fitting for the next piece up on here.

Pencil illustration of an Archaeopteryx attacking a juvenile Compsognathus, the two theropods are in a tussle with their feet similar to birds of prey.

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Julianne Zelda Kiely 🌿Commissions open🌿 @palaeojules.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

I've illustrated a new species of fossil cockroach, which shows the earliest evidence of aposematic colouration in a cockroach: Meet Alderblattina simmsi! It hails from the Jurassic of Gloucestershire and was described by Swaby et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #FossilFriday

A cockroach walking across a surface of mosses. It is walking right to left and is in almost lateral view. Its headshield has two pale spots and its wings, which are folded over each other on its back, have two dark spots roughly over the centre of the body, and the tips of the wings are also dark.

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Benji Paysnoe @benj-art-min.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

Yummy. Molding and casting time!

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