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Aurous Azhdarchid
@goldenpterosaur.bsky.social
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(ARE-us az-DARK-id)
“Auro” • he/him • 22 • 🍉

• Autistic paleo cartoonist and wannabe pterosaurologist •

Links! ➡️ https://linktr.ee/aurousazhdarchid
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goldenpterosaur.bsky.social
Aurous Azhdarchid @goldenpterosaur.bsky.social · Nov 20
Hello Bluesky!!

I’m Auro, a paleo cartoonist that mostly draws pterosaurs!

I hope you consider following me here, and maybe also check out my Ko-fi!

#paleocartoonist #paleocartoon #paleoartist #pterosaurs #dinosaurs #scicomm
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berensreverie.bsky.social
Crash Landings

#paleoart #berensart2026
a wide herizontal image showing a group of 3 young hatzegopteryz chasing an adult zalmoxes on the beach. The zalmoxes seems to be getting away, as the 3 hunters stumble and about to crash-land into each others.
January 26, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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nathandehaut.bsky.social
Sunsets, clouds and pterosaurs

Tupandactulys, Arambourgiana & Darwinopterus
Illustration of pterosaurs from yhe Jurassic and Cretaceous flying in the sunset. These flying reptiles are related to dinosaurs. Paleoart
January 27, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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gogomrdodo.bsky.social
🖕🧊
#fuckice
January 28, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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macronecteshalli.bsky.social
Dsung Intersex Crest

I believe that the original sketch (made a few years ago) was brought on by my anger at the invisibility of intersex people in the public eye, along with how their parents often treat them.

I had no idea what to do for the background tbh

#dsungaripterus #Pterosaur #paleoart
January 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
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palaeosinensis.com
A Smilodon for the ice age. Protect your neighbors. #pleistocene #sabertooth #megafauna #iceage
The image shows a blue Smilodon (a kind of extinct big cat with long canine teeth) roaring to the viewer on a red and orange background. It is framed by the words "CHIN UP" and "FANGS OUT". The style is like a vintage screenprint though the artwork is digital.
January 18, 2026 at 2:45 AM
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cascoclauda.bsky.social
thank you @goldenpterosaur.bsky.social for the late birthday present! here is cryodrakon, coloured like a white-crowned hornbill
a shaded but not coloured illustration of the azhdarchid pterosaur cryodrakon a coloured illustration of cryodrakon another coloured illustration of cryodrakon, with a pale blue background
January 19, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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tappingsnurtle.bsky.social
Tapejara wellnhoferi

#sciart #tapejara #paleostream #pterosaurs #paleontology
A pair of Tapejara wellnhoferi sitting in a mossy tree.
January 19, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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anavoltzart.bsky.social
Like the raptor says
An ink drawing of a velociraptor. The velociraptor has a speech balloon coming out of it which says "Fuck ICE"
January 8, 2026 at 3:30 AM
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nataliajagielska.bsky.social
Protocera
January 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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emmalerae.bsky.social
January 7, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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freakyraptor.bsky.social
Novo pterossauro com cerdas no bico descoberto no Brasil e por enquanto, o único do tipo! Seja bem-vindo de volta #Bakiribu!

#arte #desenho #paleoarte #paleoart #pterosaur #pterossauro #art #prehistoric
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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nataliajagielska.bsky.social
Doodles for Hong Kong (Tupandactylus) (for @chaoticmen.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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sauriancyh.bsky.social
Ember chapel
A pair of male Spinosaurus emerge from the water after a forest fire
Submitted for the Premio Italiano di Paleoarte (didn't win 🥲)
#gayleoart #paleoart #sciart
thread below🧵
In the morning, two male Spinosaurus emerge from the water into a burnt mangrove forest of Weichselia reticulata, small crabs crawl around their feet, while Anhanguerid pterosaurs investigate from the sky far away. The sun is a soft red against a greyish blue sky due to the smoke from a forest fire, smoke can still be seen arising from the distant landscape.
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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extinctfineart.bsky.social
The November Exhibit is online! 🖼️

We’ve got a bunch of new artwork for you to check out! Take your time exploring extinctfineart.com/view-gallery and discover all the different pieces and styles by palaeoartists from around the world 🌍🦖

Currently on display:
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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wargonopsid.bsky.social
A very happy birthday to @cascoclauda.bsky.social :)
A hatzegopteryx casually hefts a baby titanosaur high into the air with its mighty, shearlike beak on an impressionist background of foliage and sky
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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sauriancyh.bsky.social
Rhamphorhynchus
again. what a good animal.
#paleoart #sciart
A Rhamphorhynchus standing on the beach on a sunny day.
October 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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palaeojules.bsky.social
Continuing my recent trend of #Yanliao beasties, here's an updated, more serious attempt at #Jeholopterus for #FossilFriday!!! The camouflaged colouration is based in #Ginkgo bark, which would have grown in contemporary forests.
#paleoart #paleontology #sciart #pterosaur #Jurassic #paleobotany
A mottled grey and brown fluffy pterosaur seen in overheaad view, with its left twing and leg outstretched as if in flight, and it's right wing and leg tucked up as if at rest. The patterning in its body and wings looks like Ginkgo bark and its incredibly fluffy.
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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gogomrdodo.bsky.social
😨💀

#paleoart #sciart #Quetzalcoatlus #pterosaur #comic #comics #Halloween #scary
When the sun sets... the reapers come (Little thing for Halloween) *Featuring: Jay and Terrance the Nanuqsaurus
October 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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sauriancyh.bsky.social
Rhamphorhynchus

Was intended to be just a sketch but I spent 2 or 3 too many weeks on it.
#paleoart #sciart
Ventral view of a Rhamphorhynchus flying under a bright blue sky, wings fully open, while looking down towards the pov. Ventral view of a Rhamphorhynchus flying under a bright blue sky, wings fully open, while looking down towards the pov, zoomed in to the animal's head, torso and hindlimbs.
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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samimarkart.bsky.social
This country is making me sad and scared but that’s a good excuse to try to do some more good. I’m raising money with this sticker to help support Brave Space Alliance, a black and trans run organization. Community spaces are so important in uncertain times. 100% of profits donated!
#bsnm #bugsky
Hand holding a sticker with a pink, blue and white butterfly with circular text reading “protect trans lives”
September 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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emmalerae.bsky.social
It is finished!
"Survive Out Of Spite" Prints & Stickers
Go out fighting on your own terms.All prints come bagged and boarded and shipped with love by my tyrannosaur labor force.Stickers are vinyl and durable enough for cars, water bottles, laptops, and mor...
www.emmalerae.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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cascoclauda.bsky.social
🚨TWO NEW AZHDARCHIDS NAMED🚨
a very warm welcome to gobiazhdarcho and tsogtopteryx, both described best on cervical vertebrae found in the late cretaceous bayanshiree formation of mongolia
short thread 🧵
(art by zhao chuang)
art depicting gobiazhdarcho and tsogtopteryx alongside the other fauna of the bayanshiree formation
September 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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bosssaurus.bsky.social
"I took this photo while wildfires were raging in rural Romania."

#paleoart #pterosaur
September 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
By the way - our poster analyzing dinosaur documentaries from a couple years ago is now on ResearchGate!!! In case you wanna see our preliminary results suggesting what biases are leaned into
(PDF) Bias in documentary portrayals of paleontology and prehistoric life
PDF | Media portrayals are highly influential in shaping public perception of nature and science. Documentary programs are particularly important,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
September 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM