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trigonotarbida.bsky.social
Gen
@trigonotarbida.bsky.social
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Palaeoart & various other biology art. Palaeontology student (4th year) and into a range of hiking and nature stuff (though I particularly like strange arachnids and crustaceans).

open for commissions: gencoelacanth@gmail.com
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Gen @trigonotarbida.bsky.social · Jan 14
New #portfolioday post, I'm a palaeontology student (about to start 4th year) and do various detailed illustrations of animals (both extinct and living), landscapes, and technical illustration. Contact for commissions is gencoelacanth@gmail.com
digital illustration of a Urodacus yaschenkoi species complex scorpion standing on sand in early morning light Graphite illustration of rock formations in a cave Digital illustration of a Phreatoicopsis raffae isopod on damp moss Digital illustration of two Eusthenopteron fish swimming through algae and charophytes
trigonotarbida.bsky.social
February 18, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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villesinkkonen.bsky.social
Drawing the rhinos and associated fauna of the ashfall beds. I would love to recreate this in 3d but I think to do it justice I would need more info and data than currently is available to me
November 26, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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trigonotarbida.bsky.social
Graphite powder attempt 1 a cyphophthalmid arachnid, which is actually a type of harvestman.
graphite drawing of a a cyphophthalmid arachnid, a small round segmented animal with short legs on moss
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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doedryadart.bsky.social
Leaf study, 9x12" oil painting of a birch sapling. I love the range of colors in a simple leaf.

#oilpainting #art
Painting of a birch sapling with a background of loose brushstrokes. The leaves are brightly lit with cool direct light, with some being backlit showing a vibrant green. Closeup of the painting showing brush strokes.
February 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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lazaroillustration.bsky.social
Head detail - Centurio senex painting #sciart #art #bats
Head detail of an illustration of a wrinkle-faced bat
February 17, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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nataliajagielska.bsky.social
Showing cool women in palaeoart

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Ammonites assorted Pastel coloured Triassic marine reptiles Jawlesh fish
February 5, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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palaeonavix.bsky.social
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February 4, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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digs.bsky.social
The second #kakapo chick of the #kakapo2026 breeding season hatched this morning: Hine Taumai-A1-2026 on Ako's nest on Te Kākahu. We transferred the egg from Anchor two nights ago. This is Ako's first-ever chick, which is just a few hours old in this video. #conservation #birds #parrots
February 17, 2026 at 8:27 AM
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midiaou.bsky.social
Haolong dongi, the “Porcupine” Iguanodont. At about 2.5 meters long, not much would stand out about this Hadrosauroid had we just their skeletal remains, but thanks to the preservational nature of the Yixian Formation, we’ve come to uncover amazing details about the anatomy of this animal #sciart 🧵>
February 17, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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katataba.bsky.social
my piece for the #turbophone2026! (learned a lot of disturbing facts about seabirds in the process)

we had 24 hours to draw from the previous participant's picture, check out the wonderful and unexpected transformations in all the teams! ascalaphid.com/telephone/tu...
February 14, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Because of Valentine's Day we had today a Flower Flocking #paleostream, covering different kinds of fossil angiosperms!
Florissantia, Lovellea, Leguminocarpum and Sagaria!
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 AM
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brushwhisperer.bsky.social
Forest floor full of layered leaves.. .
Eastern Comma emerging . .
Along with early spring ephemerals. .
Life thrives together. .
In harmony. .
In interdependence. .
Watercolor in progress ©️Heeyoung Kim 2026

#botanicalart #naturalhistoryart #natureart
A watercolor painting depicting forest floor full of layered leaves and mushrooms. A butterfly, Eastern Comma emerging from them along with early spring ephemerals. Enjoy! 😊
February 15, 2026 at 6:57 PM
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kodasea.bsky.social
Pareidolia
February 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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ppaleoartist.bsky.social
this week's #Paleostream was a Valentine's Day special where we drew fossil angiosperms! this week we drew Florissantia (i drew F. quilchenensis), Lovellea, Leguminocarpum olmensis, and Sagaria #paleobotany #palaeobotany #paleoart #botany #sciart
small red vaguely bell-shaped flowers with translucent fused sepals of the species Florissantia quilchenensis face downwards towards the camera, the branch they're growing from is seen to the right while the leaves of the branch are behind the flowers. behind in the background is a blurry branch showing more flowers and leaves Florissantia quilchenensis is a species of Eocene, Canadian malvacean (mallow family) bisexual reproductive organ who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here I have reconstructed it as a tree similar to other plants in the subfamily Sterculioideae, of which it is nested in. it had an androgynophore with five petals fused into a corolla in alternation with the calyx, the style was longer than the stamens, there were five stamens that bifricated at their tips into two anthers giving it a total of ten anthers per flower, as mentioned previously the sepals of this plant were fused into the distinctive bell-shaped cup at night after a brief shower of rain, an artificial light illuminates the branches of a tree showing very small pink flowers of the genus Lovellea, small blobs of water cling to the waxy cutiles of the leaves, another two blurry branches (though, without flowers) can be seen in the background Lovellea is a kind of small and basal laurale reproductive organ who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. Here i have reconstructed it after a more basal condition with a singular flower to each leaf growing from the axillary bud. the flower was shaped like a radially symmetrical pear with an opening at the top in which small pollinators could crawl in for pollination, the ovaries surrounded by a thick layer of overlapping tepals a kritosaurin hadrosaur has plucked a branch off of a legume tree that's growing fruit of the species Leguminocarpum olmensis, the branches themselves are partially in fruit and partially in flower still kritosaurin hadrosaurs are a group of "duck billed" dinosaurs from Mexico with tall robust nasals but no nasal crests like those found in saurolophines Leguminocarpum olmensis is a species of Late Cretaceous, Mexican fabacean (bean family) fruit of uncertain taxonomic affinities to other fabaceans, and who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here i have reconstructed it as a cercidoidean with racemose infloresence and alternate distichous bilobed leaves tri-paired three follicles in the genus Sagaria are seen growing on a plant with two pink flowers below them, each internode grows from a three-lobed leaf's axillary bud. trichomes coat the entire plant, catching drops of water, a soft orange light glows behind the plant Sagaria is a genus of Albian, Italian ranunculacean (buttercup family) fruit who's growth-form and whole-plant appearance is unknown. here i have reconstructed its flowers as closer to buttercups with six overlapping petals forming a cup-like shape and many anthers in its centre. follicles are a kind of fruit that splits down a central seam when ripe to release its seeds
February 15, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
And here there result of the Naracoorte #paleostream!
This classic Australian megafauna assemblage is a well preserved treasure trove in South Australia that gives us a glimpse at a fauna just before the arrival of humans. Subsequently a large portion of the...
February 16, 2026 at 5:16 AM
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trigonotarbida.bsky.social
Cyphophthalmi meeting...
5 Cyphophthalmi harvestmen together on moss
January 12, 2025 at 7:13 AM
trigonotarbida.bsky.social
Graphite powder attempt 1 a cyphophthalmid arachnid, which is actually a type of harvestman.
graphite drawing of a a cyphophthalmid arachnid, a small round segmented animal with short legs on moss
February 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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patrlynch1.bsky.social
Red-Breasted and White-Breasted Nuthatches (Sitta sp.). From A Field Guide to Long Island Sound, Yale Univ. Press, a.co/d/ffZ6GFP
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #ducks #LongIslandSound #birds #BirdArt
Illustration of two common Eastern North American nuthatch species in a characteristic head-down pose on a tree trunk.
February 14, 2026 at 3:44 PM
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birdmofu.bsky.social
Bennu
February 1, 2026 at 11:08 AM
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tstld.bsky.social
Little Magpie

Pastel and ink on toned paper

#art #birds #nature #sciart
Drawing of a magpie made with pastel and ink on toned paper.
February 14, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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This #paleoart shows 3 views of the Devonian brachiopod fossil Paraspirifer bownockeri; one is reconstructed w/ some epifauna and boreholes. These are fun to find; they're an impressive size (for brachiopods). I had an excellent specimen to use as a reference for this painting.
#FossilFriday #sciart
Detailed color illustration showing 3 different views of the same specimen. Two at the bottom are the unreconstructed fossil from different angles. The reconstruction at the top shows the brachiopod in life position, with 9 visible boreholes and the common epibionts Cornulites and a bryozoan. The shell has pinkish and whitish horizontal stripes and the valves are slightly agape, with cirri lining the opening.
February 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
trigonotarbida.bsky.social
Trying charcoal powder
Photo of an in progress drawing of a Cyphophthalmi harvestman on moss
February 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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annevandenbroekart.bsky.social
House Sparrows.
Originally I painted these little guys for my "moving house" postcard.
#SciArt #birds #birdart #gardenbirds
Two House Sparrows. One flying and one sitting watching the other.
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
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dustinvanwechel.com
Here’s one from a wayzzz back, “Slow Drift,” oil on linen, 30”x24”.
A white trumpeter swan drifts across the glass surface of a pond peppered with lilly pads. Stacks of submerged deadfall lie undisturbed.
February 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
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amypteride.bsky.social
What time is it? It’s #Cheliceratime & #Fossilfriday!
Our first scorpion in Cheliceratime, and one of the oldest while still being weirdly modern for its age!
All the basic infos are here but if you want to learn more, there’s more below!⬇️

#scorpion #silurian #paleoart #sciart #bugsky #invert
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This ancient scorpion is kinda unique regarding its age, exhibiting a surprisingly modern leg’s anatomy than other silurian scorpions. It hints to a more complicated history of scorpions’ transition from water to land that could have begun way earlier than we thought. Size : maybe 10-ish cm of body length in general Time period : Late Silurian Paleoart speculativometer : Few missing details The animal drawn is a brown scorpion with little yellow lines on its sides
February 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM