Literally Miguel 🇻🇪
@literallymiguel.bsky.social
18/yo Paleo-art nerd aiming to be a paleontologist, my blood is replaced by ink. I'm really a fan of pseudosuchians, playing the piano, FNaF, anything Fujimoto writes and draws, and many other things. Btw: GET ME OUT OF VENEZUELA
Pinned
Maybe i'll be someone's actual friend in 2026, happy new years to everyoneeee
Gigantoraptor #Paleoart
Coloration based in the Brown lory, specifically individuals with blue-ish tones, thanks to @claudia-sahm.bsky.social for suggesting that!
Coloration based in the Brown lory, specifically individuals with blue-ish tones, thanks to @claudia-sahm.bsky.social for suggesting that!
January 26, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Gigantoraptor #Paleoart
Coloration based in the Brown lory, specifically individuals with blue-ish tones, thanks to @claudia-sahm.bsky.social for suggesting that!
Coloration based in the Brown lory, specifically individuals with blue-ish tones, thanks to @claudia-sahm.bsky.social for suggesting that!
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Oops.. I accidentally deleted the post. reposting this practice :3
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Oops.. I accidentally deleted the post. reposting this practice :3
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Using high-resolution synchrotron μCT scans from the @esrf.fr, we were able to digitally segment each bone of the skulls (shown here in different colors), allowing their full anatomy to be studied in detail. (3/6)
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Using high-resolution synchrotron μCT scans from the @esrf.fr, we were able to digitally segment each bone of the skulls (shown here in different colors), allowing their full anatomy to be studied in detail. (3/6)
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Very excited to share Scyllacerta creanae, a new Permian stem-reptile from South Africa known from an aggregation of several individuals. This specimen provides unprecedented detail regarding the anatomy of the early reptile skull. 🦎
(1/🧵)
(1/🧵)
January 23, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Very excited to share Scyllacerta creanae, a new Permian stem-reptile from South Africa known from an aggregation of several individuals. This specimen provides unprecedented detail regarding the anatomy of the early reptile skull. 🦎
(1/🧵)
(1/🧵)
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breaking: xenorhinotherium patagonius files trademark infringement lawsuit against patagonia, claiming "we were here first"
January 24, 2026 at 1:53 PM
breaking: xenorhinotherium patagonius files trademark infringement lawsuit against patagonia, claiming "we were here first"
2 and a half #paleostream flocking sketches because i had to go lol (20 minutes each)
-Platycerabos (i hate this cow so i drew it dead and rotting while an alligator scavanges it)
-Mixosaurus, cannibalism
-"Are you even edible?" (hyperodapedon and Herrerasaurus)
-Platycerabos (i hate this cow so i drew it dead and rotting while an alligator scavanges it)
-Mixosaurus, cannibalism
-"Are you even edible?" (hyperodapedon and Herrerasaurus)
January 24, 2026 at 1:56 PM
2 and a half #paleostream flocking sketches because i had to go lol (20 minutes each)
-Platycerabos (i hate this cow so i drew it dead and rotting while an alligator scavanges it)
-Mixosaurus, cannibalism
-"Are you even edible?" (hyperodapedon and Herrerasaurus)
-Platycerabos (i hate this cow so i drew it dead and rotting while an alligator scavanges it)
-Mixosaurus, cannibalism
-"Are you even edible?" (hyperodapedon and Herrerasaurus)
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Pratap Gurung captured this shot of the FABULOUS 🌈 Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) or 'danphe,' the national bird of Nepal.
The amazing coloration is structural: photonic crystals act like a diffraction grating, turning sunlight into shimmering blues, reds, greens.
The amazing coloration is structural: photonic crystals act like a diffraction grating, turning sunlight into shimmering blues, reds, greens.
January 22, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Pratap Gurung captured this shot of the FABULOUS 🌈 Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus) or 'danphe,' the national bird of Nepal.
The amazing coloration is structural: photonic crystals act like a diffraction grating, turning sunlight into shimmering blues, reds, greens.
The amazing coloration is structural: photonic crystals act like a diffraction grating, turning sunlight into shimmering blues, reds, greens.
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Introducing a new Permian reptile: Scyllacerta creanae
With a tympanic fossa on the quadrate and no lower temporal bar, Scyllacerta challenges long-standing ideas about when-and-how hearing evolved in reptiles 🦎👂
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pala...
With a tympanic fossa on the quadrate and no lower temporal bar, Scyllacerta challenges long-standing ideas about when-and-how hearing evolved in reptiles 🦎👂
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pala...
January 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Introducing a new Permian reptile: Scyllacerta creanae
With a tympanic fossa on the quadrate and no lower temporal bar, Scyllacerta challenges long-standing ideas about when-and-how hearing evolved in reptiles 🦎👂
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pala...
With a tympanic fossa on the quadrate and no lower temporal bar, Scyllacerta challenges long-standing ideas about when-and-how hearing evolved in reptiles 🦎👂
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/pala...
Iraniplectus, a pufferfish relative with very interesting armor made from star-shaped scales
(#paleoart commission for GeckoMola on discord :P)
(#paleoart commission for GeckoMola on discord :P)
January 21, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Iraniplectus, a pufferfish relative with very interesting armor made from star-shaped scales
(#paleoart commission for GeckoMola on discord :P)
(#paleoart commission for GeckoMola on discord :P)
kitty with 4 fangs (teenager smilodon)
#paleoart commission for EDGE
clouded leopard colors suggested by @cascoclauda.bsky.social !
#paleoart commission for EDGE
clouded leopard colors suggested by @cascoclauda.bsky.social !
January 21, 2026 at 10:14 PM
kitty with 4 fangs (teenager smilodon)
#paleoart commission for EDGE
clouded leopard colors suggested by @cascoclauda.bsky.social !
#paleoart commission for EDGE
clouded leopard colors suggested by @cascoclauda.bsky.social !
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Two more amazing Triassic reptiles. In this case from the Late Triassic Keuper Group of Europe. The huge phytosaur Nicrosaurus kapfii and one of the earliest plesiosaurs, Rhaeticosaurus mertensi
Part of my book of Triassic Tetrapods (currently in preparation)
#paleoart #sciart #reptiles
Part of my book of Triassic Tetrapods (currently in preparation)
#paleoart #sciart #reptiles
January 20, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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Reposted by Literally Miguel 🇻🇪
FULL FOOTAGE:
www.instagram.com/p/DTpoNVFjOKE/
www.instagram.com/p/DTpoNVFjOKE/
Impossible Pictures / Loud Minds on Instagram: "Surviving Earth BTS - in the show we worked as hard on the small stuff as the large. If you want a baby Ischigualastia hatching or tiny cyamodus crawlin...
395 likes, 27 comments - picturesimpossible on January 18, 2026: "Surviving Earth BTS - in the show we worked as hard on the small stuff as the large. If you want a baby Ischigualastia hatching or tin...
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January 18, 2026 at 1:24 PM
FULL FOOTAGE:
www.instagram.com/p/DTpoNVFjOKE/
www.instagram.com/p/DTpoNVFjOKE/
the parangula formation is a pretty place
January 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
the parangula formation is a pretty place
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another sunday, another short story from me!
cascoclauda.substack.com/p/requiem
cascoclauda.substack.com/p/requiem
Requiem
Grief is the thing with feathers
cascoclauda.substack.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
another sunday, another short story from me!
cascoclauda.substack.com/p/requiem
cascoclauda.substack.com/p/requiem
Lolong, reliably the largest modern crocodilian ever measured by humans, and a tragic tale that shows what happens when rural populations mingle with the natural habitat of such mystical creatures they're not prepared for, RIP Lolong.
January 16, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Lolong, reliably the largest modern crocodilian ever measured by humans, and a tragic tale that shows what happens when rural populations mingle with the natural habitat of such mystical creatures they're not prepared for, RIP Lolong.
Awawa intensifies
January 16, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Awawa intensifies
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Slow to publicise this but our paper about bioerosive traces in a Late Miocene Bolivian glyptodontid is out, featuring fantastic art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 15, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Slow to publicise this but our paper about bioerosive traces in a Late Miocene Bolivian glyptodontid is out, featuring fantastic art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why is he about to beat me up for my lunch money
Sometimes I wake up to Jarvis staring at me from outside the bedroom door and I still laugh at how he looks from front view. Them bulldog shoulders
He looks way bigger than he actually is haha
He looks way bigger than he actually is haha
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Why is he about to beat me up for my lunch money
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Reposted by Literally Miguel 🇻🇪
#portfolioday I'm a multidisciplinary artist who prefers to depict animals extinct and imagined, in 2d and 3d. I'm a volunteer fossil preparator and hoarder of art mediums :) #paleoart #fantasyart #3d #mixedmedia
January 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
#portfolioday I'm a multidisciplinary artist who prefers to depict animals extinct and imagined, in 2d and 3d. I'm a volunteer fossil preparator and hoarder of art mediums :) #paleoart #fantasyart #3d #mixedmedia
Got encouraged to do one of these lol
#Portfolioday #paleoart
I love pretty scenery and accurately depicting animals in their enviroments!!! :P
#Portfolioday #paleoart
I love pretty scenery and accurately depicting animals in their enviroments!!! :P
January 13, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Got encouraged to do one of these lol
#Portfolioday #paleoart
I love pretty scenery and accurately depicting animals in their enviroments!!! :P
#Portfolioday #paleoart
I love pretty scenery and accurately depicting animals in their enviroments!!! :P