John Meszaros
@dilophosaurusbard.bsky.social
Writer and artist of things prehistoric, aquatic and sometimes mythological. Cranky bio-wizard (he/him/they/them) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
my art: https://johnmeszarosart.com
State Cryptids blog: http://statecryptids.blogspot.com
my art: https://johnmeszarosart.com
State Cryptids blog: http://statecryptids.blogspot.com
Got so busy with work stuff in October that I didn’t have time to do any Halloween-related drawings. So I’m doing them now.
Here’s an Anatomically Implausible Skeleton of the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt, Clavelina ossipandae, from the waters around Okinawa.
Here’s an Anatomically Implausible Skeleton of the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt, Clavelina ossipandae, from the waters around Okinawa.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Got so busy with work stuff in October that I didn’t have time to do any Halloween-related drawings. So I’m doing them now.
Here’s an Anatomically Implausible Skeleton of the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt, Clavelina ossipandae, from the waters around Okinawa.
Here’s an Anatomically Implausible Skeleton of the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt, Clavelina ossipandae, from the waters around Okinawa.
The name was approved by Powhatan tribal elders, and a naming ceremony was held on November 12th, 2019 at NASA Headquarters. Reverend Nick Miles, Tecumseh Red Cloud of the Pamunkey Tribe performed a traditional Algonquian chant at the ceremony.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The name was approved by Powhatan tribal elders, and a naming ceremony was held on November 12th, 2019 at NASA Headquarters. Reverend Nick Miles, Tecumseh Red Cloud of the Pamunkey Tribe performed a traditional Algonquian chant at the ceremony.
Some astronomy for Native American Heritage month
ARROKOTH
In 2014 NASA’s New Horizons mission photographed an unusual object in the Kuiper Belt. Called a contact binary, the object was formed by two icy planetesimals that collided and stuck together.
ARROKOTH
In 2014 NASA’s New Horizons mission photographed an unusual object in the Kuiper Belt. Called a contact binary, the object was formed by two icy planetesimals that collided and stuck together.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Some astronomy for Native American Heritage month
ARROKOTH
In 2014 NASA’s New Horizons mission photographed an unusual object in the Kuiper Belt. Called a contact binary, the object was formed by two icy planetesimals that collided and stuck together.
ARROKOTH
In 2014 NASA’s New Horizons mission photographed an unusual object in the Kuiper Belt. Called a contact binary, the object was formed by two icy planetesimals that collided and stuck together.
Just wanted to share this little display I made for my museum’s Halloween festivities. I thought it was kinda cool.
October 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just wanted to share this little display I made for my museum’s Halloween festivities. I thought it was kinda cool.
Creepy puppet guys!
October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Creepy puppet guys!
Made a creepy paper bag puppet craft for my trolley museum!
October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Made a creepy paper bag puppet craft for my trolley museum!
Photos from a program I taught at my library job about Slime and how animals and plants use mucus and mucilage for defense, movement, hunting, filter-feeding and other fun stuff.
We also made slime from school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution, but I didn’t get any photos of that.
We also made slime from school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution, but I didn’t get any photos of that.
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Photos from a program I taught at my library job about Slime and how animals and plants use mucus and mucilage for defense, movement, hunting, filter-feeding and other fun stuff.
We also made slime from school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution, but I didn’t get any photos of that.
We also made slime from school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution, but I didn’t get any photos of that.
Refreshing the stickers on my car
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Refreshing the stickers on my car
Happy Labor Daybor!
September 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy Labor Daybor!
A cool wooden Anchisaurus skeleton at the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop in Hamden, Connecticut.
August 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A cool wooden Anchisaurus skeleton at the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop in Hamden, Connecticut.
And some Space Jockey musical instruments.
July 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
And some Space Jockey musical instruments.
Some Space Jockey designs for an Alien RPG campaign I’m developing
July 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Some Space Jockey designs for an Alien RPG campaign I’m developing
For your afternoon enjoyment- a street pipe in New Haven, Connecticut painted like a crocodile.
July 26, 2025 at 12:44 AM
For your afternoon enjoyment- a street pipe in New Haven, Connecticut painted like a crocodile.
Felt cute. Might delete later.
July 13, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Felt cute. Might delete later.
Wanted to post more Pride anglerfish for June, but COVID knocked me out for 2 weeks.
But Pride doesn’t end with June, so more anglers are a-comin’ .
Today it’s Himantolophus, the Footballfish, in Pansexual Pride colors.
But Pride doesn’t end with June, so more anglers are a-comin’ .
Today it’s Himantolophus, the Footballfish, in Pansexual Pride colors.
July 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Wanted to post more Pride anglerfish for June, but COVID knocked me out for 2 weeks.
But Pride doesn’t end with June, so more anglers are a-comin’ .
Today it’s Himantolophus, the Footballfish, in Pansexual Pride colors.
But Pride doesn’t end with June, so more anglers are a-comin’ .
Today it’s Himantolophus, the Footballfish, in Pansexual Pride colors.
Another Pride angler! This is the Needlebeard Angler, Neoceratias.
Needlebeards completely lack the glowing lure of other anglers. Additionally, their jaws are covered with long teeth outside the mouths. It’s not known what they eat, but their teeth may act as a cage to catch gelatinous prey.
Needlebeards completely lack the glowing lure of other anglers. Additionally, their jaws are covered with long teeth outside the mouths. It’s not known what they eat, but their teeth may act as a cage to catch gelatinous prey.
June 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Another Pride angler! This is the Needlebeard Angler, Neoceratias.
Needlebeards completely lack the glowing lure of other anglers. Additionally, their jaws are covered with long teeth outside the mouths. It’s not known what they eat, but their teeth may act as a cage to catch gelatinous prey.
Needlebeards completely lack the glowing lure of other anglers. Additionally, their jaws are covered with long teeth outside the mouths. It’s not known what they eat, but their teeth may act as a cage to catch gelatinous prey.
Another Pride anglerfish! Here’s the Wolftrap Angler, Thsumatichthys, with Trans Pride colors.
Wolftraps, also called Wonderfish, have their glowing lures located on the roof of their mouths. They also have wide upper “lips” that can flip down to form a cage around prey lured into their mouth.
Wolftraps, also called Wonderfish, have their glowing lures located on the roof of their mouths. They also have wide upper “lips” that can flip down to form a cage around prey lured into their mouth.
June 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Another Pride anglerfish! Here’s the Wolftrap Angler, Thsumatichthys, with Trans Pride colors.
Wolftraps, also called Wonderfish, have their glowing lures located on the roof of their mouths. They also have wide upper “lips” that can flip down to form a cage around prey lured into their mouth.
Wolftraps, also called Wonderfish, have their glowing lures located on the roof of their mouths. They also have wide upper “lips” that can flip down to form a cage around prey lured into their mouth.
Finally getting around to doing some Pride flag creatures. And only halfway through the month!
This year I’m creating Pride flag anglerfish, starting off with the most well-known species, Melanocetus johnsonii.
This year I’m creating Pride flag anglerfish, starting off with the most well-known species, Melanocetus johnsonii.
June 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Finally getting around to doing some Pride flag creatures. And only halfway through the month!
This year I’m creating Pride flag anglerfish, starting off with the most well-known species, Melanocetus johnsonii.
This year I’m creating Pride flag anglerfish, starting off with the most well-known species, Melanocetus johnsonii.
Painted some more prehistoric creature plywood cut-outs for Dinosaur Weekend at my trolley museum!
Left to right:
Carnufex, Tenontosaurus, and Atopodentatus.
Left to right:
Carnufex, Tenontosaurus, and Atopodentatus.
June 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Painted some more prehistoric creature plywood cut-outs for Dinosaur Weekend at my trolley museum!
Left to right:
Carnufex, Tenontosaurus, and Atopodentatus.
Left to right:
Carnufex, Tenontosaurus, and Atopodentatus.
Painted some plywood dinosaur eggs for Dinosaur Weekend at my museum!
June 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Painted some plywood dinosaur eggs for Dinosaur Weekend at my museum!
I wrote a new book! This one is a collaboration with fellow artist Stanton Fink. We made a field guide to the prehistoric ghosts, library spirits, and other oddities of the Garden of Lost Ages.
www.amazon.com/Guide-Fauna-...
www.amazon.com/Guide-Fauna-...
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I wrote a new book! This one is a collaboration with fellow artist Stanton Fink. We made a field guide to the prehistoric ghosts, library spirits, and other oddities of the Garden of Lost Ages.
www.amazon.com/Guide-Fauna-...
www.amazon.com/Guide-Fauna-...
More Ice Elephants living in icy surface of Enceladus. These critters are collectively nicknamed “hobs” because they live in the tunnels of large ice elephants and help with cleanup, parasite control, and other “household maintenance”. L to R: domovoi, gnome, kobold.
May 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
More Ice Elephants living in icy surface of Enceladus. These critters are collectively nicknamed “hobs” because they live in the tunnels of large ice elephants and help with cleanup, parasite control, and other “household maintenance”. L to R: domovoi, gnome, kobold.
A bioluminescent “sea clown” from the subterranean oceans of the dwarf planet Pluto (yes, that’s a real thing). I drew this way back in January but only recently rediscovered it.
May 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
A bioluminescent “sea clown” from the subterranean oceans of the dwarf planet Pluto (yes, that’s a real thing). I drew this way back in January but only recently rediscovered it.