Skye McDavid
@skyemcdavid.com
scientific illustrator dabbling in paleontological research: pterosaurs, dinosaurs, other fossil reptiles, zoological nomenclature. French New Yorker. she/her.
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Skye McDavid
@skyemcdavid.com
· Nov 5
Of course the big paper on Azhdarchoid phylogeny comes out while I'm at a museum on a research visit (looking at Azhdarchoid cervicals, obviously) but now I'm back at the hotel so it's time to write a proper thread! 1/28
got proofs back from JVP and they managed to mess up the spelling of my name... again.
December 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
got proofs back from JVP and they managed to mess up the spelling of my name... again.
Hey @microsoft.com have you considered that when I search Clip Studio Paint that means I want to open the software that is on my computer and not open Edge to do a Bing Search for Clip Studio Paint thanks :)
December 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Hey @microsoft.com have you considered that when I search Clip Studio Paint that means I want to open the software that is on my computer and not open Edge to do a Bing Search for Clip Studio Paint thanks :)
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We, and the birds in the trees, and the rats in the cellar, and the snake in the grass; all of us are descended from incredibly friend shaped animals, such as Acanthostega
December 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
We, and the birds in the trees, and the rats in the cellar, and the snake in the grass; all of us are descended from incredibly friend shaped animals, such as Acanthostega
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'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
'Tis the season for some festive science songs.
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance
Ebenezer Scrooge was stingy and mean but he was absolutely justified in disliking Christmas, and he did not deserve to have his individuality peer pressured out of him by three ghosts.
December 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Ebenezer Scrooge was stingy and mean but he was absolutely justified in disliking Christmas, and he did not deserve to have his individuality peer pressured out of him by three ghosts.
The first pterosaur cervical to be found in Alabama! Watch this space for upcoming research on Alabama pterosaurs!
😲 Pterosaur discovery Alert‼️David Braswell found pterosaur vertebrae in ~82 million-year-old (Cretaceous) marls of Harrell Station Paleontological Site in Alabama at a trip I organized for the Alabama Paleo Society! These are now the first pterosaur vertebrae in UA's fossil collection. #FossilFriday
December 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The first pterosaur cervical to be found in Alabama! Watch this space for upcoming research on Alabama pterosaurs!
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A Pteranodon longiceps just messing around in the water. This sub-adult’s crest is not yet as large or as brightly coloured as those of more mature individuals.
#SciArt
#SciArt
December 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A Pteranodon longiceps just messing around in the water. This sub-adult’s crest is not yet as large or as brightly coloured as those of more mature individuals.
#SciArt
#SciArt
Is your cat doing phylogenetic analysis? Recognize the signs before it's too late!
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Is your cat doing phylogenetic analysis? Recognize the signs before it's too late!
"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"
"My cat sat on me, so I could not get up from the sofa"
"My cat sat on me, so I could not get up from the sofa"
December 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"Can you explain this gap in your resume?"
"My cat sat on me, so I could not get up from the sofa"
"My cat sat on me, so I could not get up from the sofa"
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The good news is that I've had another manuscript accepted.
The bad news is that it's another boring nomenclatural note that approximately 3 people will care about.
The good news is that it has a cool skeletal diagram infographic that @slvrhwk.bsky.social made!
The bad news is that it's another boring nomenclatural note that approximately 3 people will care about.
The good news is that it has a cool skeletal diagram infographic that @slvrhwk.bsky.social made!
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The good news is that I've had another manuscript accepted.
The bad news is that it's another boring nomenclatural note that approximately 3 people will care about.
The good news is that it has a cool skeletal diagram infographic that @slvrhwk.bsky.social made!
The bad news is that it's another boring nomenclatural note that approximately 3 people will care about.
The good news is that it has a cool skeletal diagram infographic that @slvrhwk.bsky.social made!
I'm still slightly annoyed that Trader Joe's discontinued the vegan meat lover's pizza.
December 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I'm still slightly annoyed that Trader Joe's discontinued the vegan meat lover's pizza.
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
Paper by @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social independently revalidates Nanotyrannus lancensis using different methodology from the recent Zanno & Napoli paper. But what I'm most excited about is the Coelophysis hyoid histology is finally out too! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Paper by @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social independently revalidates Nanotyrannus lancensis using different methodology from the recent Zanno & Napoli paper. But what I'm most excited about is the Coelophysis hyoid histology is finally out too! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
He wishes to follow in the footsteps of the great F. D. C. Willard
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
He wishes to follow in the footsteps of the great F. D. C. Willard
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Useful to Journalists,
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Collections growing at 150TBytes/day
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November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Useful for researchers too, especially for finding historical literature. If you can't donate money consider donating public domain content that you have access to.
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My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.
a turkey is standing in a grassy field with other birds .
Alt: a turkey running awkwardly in a grassy field with other birds
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November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
Manuscript submitted! @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
a man in a knight 's costume is running in a field with another man
Alt: King Arthur with his squire Patsy clapping coconuts together from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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November 24, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Manuscript submitted! @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
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Geologic Core Sample
xkcd.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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A group of Dorygnathus use a Seirocrinus raft as a hunting ground for fish, when a big Eurhinosaurus suddenly breaches the surface.
This scene takes place in Germany during the Early Jurassic, around 180 million years ago.
Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
This scene takes place in Germany during the Early Jurassic, around 180 million years ago.
Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A group of Dorygnathus use a Seirocrinus raft as a hunting ground for fish, when a big Eurhinosaurus suddenly breaches the surface.
This scene takes place in Germany during the Early Jurassic, around 180 million years ago.
Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
This scene takes place in Germany during the Early Jurassic, around 180 million years ago.
Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
"I have no problem with high resolution Blender renderings of big 3D models, but i draw the line at playing music."
- my computer, apparently
- my computer, apparently
November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"I have no problem with high resolution Blender renderings of big 3D models, but i draw the line at playing music."
- my computer, apparently
- my computer, apparently