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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with this quick sketch of two Microraptorine dinosaurs in the snow ❄️. I hope everybody is having a great day and enjoying the presents! 🎁 🎄 🎅 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

Sketch showing a pair of undetermined microraptorine dinosaurs perched on a branch with some snow falling down

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

The Field of Serenity A woolly rhinoceros or Coelodonta antiquitatis†, chilled during the cold summer at the European plains. #MégArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

𝘌𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘱𝘴𝘦 †𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤 𝘴𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘩 Jagielska 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭., 2022, a large Jurassic rhamphorhynchine pterosaur, low passed under the total solar eclipse. Reference: Liron Gertsman – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨 www.birdpoty.com/2025-winners

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Burning Sands ┈┉┈┉┈┉┈┉◈◉◈┈┉┈┉┈┉┈┉ Although the sun on that world was dim, its light was enough to heat the entire dunes. The Dreamer would have a hard time exploring this region without adequate protection gears, as well as water bottles. #MégArt #Limbo #TresholdofShadows

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Steve White @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Juvenile school shark Galeorhinus cuvieri and the weird ray-finned fish, Dibango hiding in a sea grass meadow. Early Eocene Bolca site, Italy. Another piece for the forthcoming shark book, this was inspired by a John Dory I saw during a dive I did years ago off the Dorset coast in south England.

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

†Falcatakely forsterae

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Cold Waters An †𝘜𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘤𝘺𝘭𝘭𝘶𝘴 Kear, Schroeder & Lee, 2006 was looking for a way through the ice sheet. #MégArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Lord of the Skies These young male †𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘻𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪 Lawson, 1975, were migrating to their once-breeding nest, where courtship eventually happened thus resuming the circle of life. #MégArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

These young male †𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘵𝘻𝘢𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘵𝘭𝘶𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪 Lawson, 1975, were migrating to their once-breeding nest, where courtship eventually happened thus resuming the circle of life.

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Michael Tripoli @triloboii.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

To send off the Formation Frenzy theme for this year's #marchofthemammals2025, here's all this years animals scaled together with some bonuses from previous years and other projects (Please ignore the fact its almost May...) #paleoart #sciart #fossilfriday

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Cretaceous Djadochta Formation of Mongolia. The scale bar is 10 cm

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Eocene Itaborai Formation of Brazil. The scale bar is 1 meter

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Oligocene Brule Formation of the western USA. The scale bar is 1 meter

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Miocene Riversleigh Fossil Site of Australia. The scale bar is 1 meter

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Gentle Dawn Two 𝘌𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢 Tyler & Bannikov, 1992 enjoyed the calm Tethys Sea. #MégArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

We Never Measured the Hallways

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Karim Zanaty @extinctfineart.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Save the date! On Feb 8 at 7 PM (GMT+1), you can meet the artists of the paleoart exhibition online! We’ll discuss the artwork and the inspiration behind it. I'm excited to talk to all the amazing people I haven't had the chance to meet in person yet! Send me a DM or comment if you'd like to join!

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This past weekend was Dinofest 2025 (Underwater Worlds) at the Natural History Museum of Utah and I hear it was a total success! I had the pleasure to be commissioned to do the banner art, which depicts the pliosaur Brachauchenius about to catch a hypothetical baby Nothronychus #paleoart #dinosaurs

Illustration depicting Brachauchenius swimming under a baby Nothronychus clinging to a mat of floating vegetation that has been washed offshore after a storm

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Latest paleo sketches 🖋️

𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘮† (Pavlova, 1922)

𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘺𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘪† Lambert 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭., 2010

𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘨𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘴† (Quenstedt, 1856)

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Southern Minnesota Museum of Natural History @smmnh.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Abundant Eocene fossils of plants and animals are found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. This fossil Pseudosalix Hanleyi, with stems, leaves and flowers preserved, is harder to find than a T-rex tooth!

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Steve White @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Hybodont sharks and ichthyosaurs chasing belemnites. Piece for new book.

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Ediacaran question mark #MégArt #paleoart #scientificillustration www.deviantart.com/mifverse/art...

A motile animal from Ediacaran Period with diameter around 30–82 mm and question mark-shaped ridge.

Timeline:
Supereon: Precambrian
Eon: Proterozoic
Era: Neoproterozoic
Period/System: Ediacaran
Range: 565 Ma

Stratigraphy:
Subgroup: Pound Subgroup
Formation: Rawnsley Quartzite
Member: Ediacara Member
Region: South Australia
Country: Australia

Classification:
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Amorphea
Clade: Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked): Holozoa
(unranked): Filozoa
(unranked): Choanozoa
Kingdom: Animalia/Metazoa
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Genus: †Quaestio
Species: †Quaestio simpsonorum

Reference:
Evans, S. D., Hughes, I. V., Hughes, E. B., Dzaugis, P. W., Dzaugis, M. P., Gehling, J. G., García-Bellido, D. C., & Droser, M. L. (2024). A new motile animal with implications for the evolution of axial polarity from the Ediacaran of South Australia. Evolution & Development, 26, e12491. doi:10.1111/ede.12491

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

IT'S FINISHED! The Art of #InverteFest December 2024 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 76 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book! Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1p-EC...

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like a jellyfish, anemone, beetle, and so on.

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MIF @mifverse.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Habroptila wallacii Gray, 1861 Made for Birdnesia 2024 challenge in February. #MégArt #SciArt

A large flightless rail endemic to the island of Halmahera in Northern Maluku, Indonesia.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

New to the internet #paleoart: "Ubirajara jubatus", the strangely filamented Brazilian compsognathid famous for its history as an illegally exported fossil. Here, it's signalling to us with colourful mouthparts and a fetching bower of twigs and pinecones. Drawn for @palaeogames.bsky.social.

A small bipedal dinosaur hunches over a dead branch against an arid, parched landscape. The dinosaur has yellow-orange quills over its back, face and tail, with paler legs and facial ruff. The snout is blue and the interior of the mouth yellow. Stiffened quills project upward from the shoulders. A collection of twigs and pinecones at the base of the image represents a bowerbird-like display structure.

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

On the fifth day of #Crustmas, my true love gave to me Five particularly stabby crabby Cenomanocarcinus

crab illustration seen from above. at first glance it's a bit like today's swimming crabs - wide carapace, normal proportions, but its slender claws are heavily serrated, some of the spikes are longer than the claw's thickness.

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Rebecca Dart @rebdart.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

This post is for the birds 🐦 The dinosaurs that live amongst us.

Kelenken is a large predatory bird from Miocene Argentina. This one has a red beak and brown body. It is narrowly avoiding falling rocks thrown into the sky by the volcano in the background.

Small round ground dwelling fowl are nesting in the large bleached skull of a T. rex. There are palm trees in the background with a yellow sky.

Pelagornis is a large sea bird from the Oligocene with a 20 foot wingspan. This one has a dark back and wings and a white belly. It is flying over a gray ocean with two water spout tornadoes in the background.

Dromornis was an enormous prehistoric bird native to Australia. This one has a large pink head and dark brown body. It is standing next to a grass tree with a large white flower spike that is covered in yellow butterflies.

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Charles Nye 🎨🦕 @thepaintpaddock.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

An illustration of Mesoplodon traversii, or the spade-toothed whale. There are no confirmed live sightings of this species; everything we know about them comes from dead individuals.

An illustration of a spade-toothed whale, a type of beaked whale. It’s colored gray, white, and black with a small dorsal fin. The whale is surrounded by three orange squids. The illustration is made to look like a photo taken in the deep sea.

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