Tom Parker
@tomozaurus.bsky.social
Scientific researcher, author and illustrator focused on Palaeontology and Palaeobotany.
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Tom Parker
@tomozaurus.bsky.social
· Jul 1
Its my birthday today, and good news!
You can celebrate by reading my fully illustrated new article on the prehistoric animals of Jurassic World Dominion, what we know of their life appearance & behavior, and how that compares to the film:
jurassicparkterror.com/jurassic-par...
You can celebrate by reading my fully illustrated new article on the prehistoric animals of Jurassic World Dominion, what we know of their life appearance & behavior, and how that compares to the film:
jurassicparkterror.com/jurassic-par...
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Earliest Cenozoic ammonoids:
Machalski, M., Olszewska-Nejbert, D., Landman, N.H. et al. Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark. Sci Rep 15, 45802 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Machalski, M., Olszewska-Nejbert, D., Landman, N.H. et al. Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark. Sci Rep 15, 45802 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark - Scientific Reports
We provide a reassessment of the hypothesis of ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene (Maastrichtian–Danian) boundary, based on new data from the lower Danian Cerithium Limestone Member at ...
doi.org
January 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Earliest Cenozoic ammonoids:
Machalski, M., Olszewska-Nejbert, D., Landman, N.H. et al. Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark. Sci Rep 15, 45802 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Machalski, M., Olszewska-Nejbert, D., Landman, N.H. et al. Ammonite survival across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark. Sci Rep 15, 45802 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Why did they even make Minya so busted? Like they didn't have to do that. Godzilla Junior isn't busted
December 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Why did they even make Minya so busted? Like they didn't have to do that. Godzilla Junior isn't busted
Check out this piece by Jason Broughham from 2013 btw, he was cooking. He even describes it as having Ptilophyllum leaves.
December 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Check out this piece by Jason Broughham from 2013 btw, he was cooking. He even describes it as having Ptilophyllum leaves.
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Guillermo del Toro: "I've taken some liberties in adapting the Mary Shelly novel, I hope everyone understands."
Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Guillermo del Toro: "I've taken some liberties in adapting the Mary Shelly novel, I hope everyone understands."
Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
Ishiro Honda: "Frankenstein the deathless will fight a burrowing dinosaur with a glowing horn and radiation breath, signifying mankind will never understand the monsters we create."
Sketch studies of the new whole-plant bennettitale described last week, Ohaniella.
December 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sketch studies of the new whole-plant bennettitale described last week, Ohaniella.
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Yoooo the teaser for a game I did creature designs for came out. Stay to the end to see my beautiful baby boy youtu.be/iUY6bFjivWU
Terrible Lizards - Official Announcement Teaser Trailer
YouTube video by WDR Studios
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Yoooo the teaser for a game I did creature designs for came out. Stay to the end to see my beautiful baby boy youtu.be/iUY6bFjivWU
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A dear friend of mine has had an awful event happen right before the holidays - their home caught fire and they've lost so much. They and their pets are safe, but it's really been a massive blow to them. Anything helps - even just spreading the word. gofund.me/c7f1ff97f
Donate to Help Rebuild After a Devastating Fire, organized by Matthew Wright-Conti
On what should have been a normal day, an abandoned church near Madison, Za… Matthew Wright-Conti needs your support for Help Rebuild After a Devastating Fire
gofund.me
December 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
A dear friend of mine has had an awful event happen right before the holidays - their home caught fire and they've lost so much. They and their pets are safe, but it's really been a massive blow to them. Anything helps - even just spreading the word. gofund.me/c7f1ff97f
Ngl I was expecting the new Tomb Raider dinosaurs to look worse considering the discourse on twitter. They are fine. Easily an improvement over previous entries in the series.
December 13, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Ngl I was expecting the new Tomb Raider dinosaurs to look worse considering the discourse on twitter. They are fine. Easily an improvement over previous entries in the series.
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Corporations don't give you free stuff for naming your child after them anymore. Netflix would be a beautiful name for a baby girl but they don't respond to my emails.
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Corporations don't give you free stuff for naming your child after them anymore. Netflix would be a beautiful name for a baby girl but they don't respond to my emails.
I've been listening to The Hobbit audiobook and there is a line that directly implies that football exists in Middle Earth.
December 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I've been listening to The Hobbit audiobook and there is a line that directly implies that football exists in Middle Earth.
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#Paleobotany #Devonian #Fern
Last week, I attended the EMBO workshop in Vienna on early land plants and terrestrialisation.
There, I presented my research on rhacophytalean evolution, focusing on a reappraisal of the genus Cephalopteris from the latest Famennian of Bjørnøya. 🌿🌿
Last week, I attended the EMBO workshop in Vienna on early land plants and terrestrialisation.
There, I presented my research on rhacophytalean evolution, focusing on a reappraisal of the genus Cephalopteris from the latest Famennian of Bjørnøya. 🌿🌿
December 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
#Paleobotany #Devonian #Fern
Last week, I attended the EMBO workshop in Vienna on early land plants and terrestrialisation.
There, I presented my research on rhacophytalean evolution, focusing on a reappraisal of the genus Cephalopteris from the latest Famennian of Bjørnøya. 🌿🌿
Last week, I attended the EMBO workshop in Vienna on early land plants and terrestrialisation.
There, I presented my research on rhacophytalean evolution, focusing on a reappraisal of the genus Cephalopteris from the latest Famennian of Bjørnøya. 🌿🌿
I haven't had much time or energy to do illustrations for myself lately, but yesterday I finally got the drive and managed to do two. This is Edmontosaurus annectens, incorporating the new soft-tissue data, as well as some inspiration from the re-described Red Willow Edmontosaurin.
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
I haven't had much time or energy to do illustrations for myself lately, but yesterday I finally got the drive and managed to do two. This is Edmontosaurus annectens, incorporating the new soft-tissue data, as well as some inspiration from the re-described Red Willow Edmontosaurin.
Nanotyrannus lancensis (pencil lines, 2025)
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Nanotyrannus lancensis (pencil lines, 2025)
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Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
I am losing my mind at the tiny babies oh my god
October 24, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I am losing my mind at the tiny babies oh my god
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MAGA man eats pavement after shouting slurs at No Kings protesters
October 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
MAGA man eats pavement after shouting slurs at No Kings protesters
Got aged like 50 thousand years today when my co-worker told me she STARTED year 7 in 2019. She's 19 now and graduated last year. Wtf do you mean 2019 wasn't like 2 years ago? I had to do the maths in my head like 3 times over.
a close up of thanos from the movie avengers : endgame standing in front of a cloudy sky .
ALT: a close up of thanos from the movie avengers : endgame standing in front of a cloudy sky .
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October 14, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Got aged like 50 thousand years today when my co-worker told me she STARTED year 7 in 2019. She's 19 now and graduated last year. Wtf do you mean 2019 wasn't like 2 years ago? I had to do the maths in my head like 3 times over.
I wanted to do something for this little guy (Zavacephale), especially because there are good plant fossils from the same formation he is found in, but this is all I had the energy for.
September 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I wanted to do something for this little guy (Zavacephale), especially because there are good plant fossils from the same formation he is found in, but this is all I had the energy for.
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if charlie kirk didn't get shot the right wing would be equally and as consequentially as mad about a tv commercial or restaurant logo or something else, they're gonna do what they're gonna do regardless
September 10, 2025 at 10:34 PM
if charlie kirk didn't get shot the right wing would be equally and as consequentially as mad about a tv commercial or restaurant logo or something else, they're gonna do what they're gonna do regardless
Lmao rest in piss bozo
September 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Lmao rest in piss bozo
New dromaeosaurid, Shri rapax. What an amazing fossil!
July 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New dromaeosaurid, Shri rapax. What an amazing fossil!
I've seen lots of suggestions for what real prehistoric animal could have replaced the "mutadon" in Jurassic World Rebirth. Having seen the film now, I couldn't stop thinking what if it was a ground-dwelling predatory pterosaur, like has been suggested for Thalassodromeus.
July 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I've seen lots of suggestions for what real prehistoric animal could have replaced the "mutadon" in Jurassic World Rebirth. Having seen the film now, I couldn't stop thinking what if it was a ground-dwelling predatory pterosaur, like has been suggested for Thalassodromeus.
Its my birthday today, and good news!
You can celebrate by reading my fully illustrated new article on the prehistoric animals of Jurassic World Dominion, what we know of their life appearance & behavior, and how that compares to the film:
jurassicparkterror.com/jurassic-par...
You can celebrate by reading my fully illustrated new article on the prehistoric animals of Jurassic World Dominion, what we know of their life appearance & behavior, and how that compares to the film:
jurassicparkterror.com/jurassic-par...
July 1, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Its my birthday today, and good news!
You can celebrate by reading my fully illustrated new article on the prehistoric animals of Jurassic World Dominion, what we know of their life appearance & behavior, and how that compares to the film:
jurassicparkterror.com/jurassic-par...
You can celebrate by reading my fully illustrated new article on the prehistoric animals of Jurassic World Dominion, what we know of their life appearance & behavior, and how that compares to the film:
jurassicparkterror.com/jurassic-par...
Reposted by Tom Parker
SURPRISE! Breeding is coming Update 15! 🥚🦖
Tune into this month's Dev Diary to learn more about fertility, courtship and the nesting system coming to Prehistoric Kingdom in August.
➡️Latest Dev Diary: bit.ly/4kmk8IW
📝Patreon: bit.ly/4hnK9GM
Tune into this month's Dev Diary to learn more about fertility, courtship and the nesting system coming to Prehistoric Kingdom in August.
➡️Latest Dev Diary: bit.ly/4kmk8IW
📝Patreon: bit.ly/4hnK9GM
June 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
SURPRISE! Breeding is coming Update 15! 🥚🦖
Tune into this month's Dev Diary to learn more about fertility, courtship and the nesting system coming to Prehistoric Kingdom in August.
➡️Latest Dev Diary: bit.ly/4kmk8IW
📝Patreon: bit.ly/4hnK9GM
Tune into this month's Dev Diary to learn more about fertility, courtship and the nesting system coming to Prehistoric Kingdom in August.
➡️Latest Dev Diary: bit.ly/4kmk8IW
📝Patreon: bit.ly/4hnK9GM