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I have appeared!
I do drawings of prehistoric critters,
Mostly dinosaurs, but other things too!
He/they
Commissions are open!
Other places to find me: https://linktr.ee/dino_drawings
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joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Tonight's #paleostream aired under the topic: "The things Apple denied us. Featuring creatures that could have appeared in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge but didn't make it.
Deinotherium, Maokopia, Hadropithecus and Paranthropus the toolmaker.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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ppaleoartist.bsky.social
this week's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!! i had two busy days in a row after Saturday so these are a tiiiny bit late, but yeah flocking is back!!!

this week we sketched Nanotyrannus (i sketched N. lethaeus), Pteranodon, Phosphorosaurus, and Helicoprion (i drew a juvenile)

#paleoart #alttext
a Nanotyrannus lethaeus rolls around in a shallow pool of water, foliage can be seen in the background Nanotyrannus is a species of dinosaur once thought to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, however, it recently was concretely proven to be distinct from Tyrannosaurus, as well as being quite far removed from it on the tyrannosaur tree being a member that diverged much earlier. Nanotyrannus lethaeus is a species that can be differentiated from Nanotyrannus lancensis in a variety of ways, however, in this piece the most notable way is its more slender skull as oppose to the more boxy skull of N. lancensis a female Pteranodon flies above the sea, repositioning a belemnite in its jaws. the panicked belemnite squirts a jet of ink in an attempt to escape. it has a pathology on its back that shows it's escaped predation in the past, but this attempt will be futile Pteranodon is a large sea-faring pterosaur known for its long crest and long peak, it is the most well known behind Pterodactylus. there is a massive debate about which specimens actually belong to the genus, however, it is accepted that the smaller crested mature specimens most likely represent females belemnites are a group of extinct cephalopods with hard internal guards that helped in buoyancy and structure of the body, they're homologous structures to the pens of squid a Phosphorosaurus investigates an underwater camera at night in very cloudy water. the light of the camera illuminates a cloud of particles in between it and the small mosasaur, obscuring its body sans the lighter colouration on its face, neck, flippers, and belly. its eye reflects the light back into the camera Phosphorosaurus is a halisaurine mosasaur (small slender marine reptiles that looked vaguely like reptilian seals). Phosphorosaurus had particularly large orbits and forward facing eyes, leading many to speculate that it was nocturnal from above the surface of the water at night, a camera illuminates a school of aulacoceridan belemnoids swim away from a juvenile Helicoprion. the juvenile has caught caught one, using its buzzsaw-like whorl of teeth to slice through the cephalopod's guard, the cephalopod squirts a jet of ink in a futile attempt to escape, however, it's already too late for it Helicoprion is a cartelagionous fish that is often mistaken for a shark, but is actually closer related to chimaeras. it's most well known for its whorl of teeth that puzzled Palaeontologists for decades, we now understand that the whorl sat on the lower jaw and was used in a saw-like motion to cut cephalopod prey against the teeth on its palatoquadrate (upper jaw) aulacoceridan belemnoids are a group of extinct cephalopods with hard internal guards that helped in buoyancy and structure of the body, they're homologous structures to the pens of squid
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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serpenillus.bsky.social
IT’s HERE! The trailer from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age!

I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet

youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
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November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
JUST PUBLISHED!!!! A major azhdarchoid phylogeny paper coauthored with @skyemcdavid.com - the fruit of years of work - is now out in @journalsystpal.bsky.social! New clades, reconstruction of size evolution, and more. Full thread to come soon!

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Enter the dragons: the phylogeny of Azhdarchoidea (Pterosauria: Pterodactyloidea) and the evolution of giant size in pterosaurs
Azhdarchidae is a clade of pterosaurs which includes the largest-ever flying animals. The evolutionary history of this clade and its closest relatives remains incompletely understood and highly deb...
www.tandfonline.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
dino-drawings.bsky.social
Scratching that itch!
Nanotyrannus is valid once again!
I’m sure that most who will see this already know, so I’ll just leave you with this drawing here.
A blue Nanotyrannus, with orange belly and light green keratin on its face scratches an itch on its hand, while standing among some small ferns in front of a grey orange background.
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
Reposting this mostly to remind myself to keep going, despite *gestures at everything*.
November 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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ppaleoartist.bsky.social
been slowly chipping away at this since October 29th 2024 and now it's finally done

i present: Nanotyrannus lancensis

#BackInHell #paleoart #paleontology #dinosaur #dinosaurart #scicomm #sciart #alttext
a Nanotyrannus lancensis stands infront of a black background, a warm yellow light illuminates the animal from the top right of the scene, though the source of the light is out of frame. Nanotyrannus is a species of dinosaur once thought to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, however, it recently was concretely proven to be distinct from Tyrannosaurus, as well as being quite far removed from it on the tyrannosaur tree being a member that diverged much earlier
November 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Results from the Nanotyrannus #Paleostream!
First two are N. lancensis, 3 and 4 are N. lethaeus.
You might notice some paleoart homages here ;)
#BackInHell
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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cascoclauda.bsky.social
i'm still giggling with delight that my silly will be appearing in #prehistoricplanet ice age and they truly look so silly!!
a not-very-hi-res still of thylacoleo the 'marsupial lion' (actually a wombat relative) as it will appear in the third season of 'prehistoric planet'
October 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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kakapojay.bsky.social
I've watched this so many times now, I love everything about it!!
October 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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himmapaan.bsky.social
Tyrannosaurus rex was named 120 years ago today on 4th October, 1905.

I would do things a little differently now, but this drawing is from 2020.
Graphite and brown pencil drawing of the head of a Tyrannosaurus rex, mouth agape, in profile, facing left. The drawing is characterised by intricate linework and texture.
October 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
Named 120 years ago today.
Tyrannosaurs rex.
One of my recent illustrations of a large tyrannosaur, with grey body and orange head and throat.
October 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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sauriancyh.bsky.social
October 4th 2025 is the 120th anniversary of the naming of Tyrannosaurus rex, thought I'd use this occasion do a quick drawing.
#paleoart #sciart
Side profile of a T. rex against a bright orange and green background. The rex is yellowish-brown with blue keratin covering the eyebrow and nasal region.
October 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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ppaleoartist.bsky.social
i felt like drawing a placoderm last month, so i drew Gorgonichthys. it's been sitting in my wips pile for ages now, not tooo happy with this but that's the nature of art i guess :]

#placoderm #fishart #sciart
a Gorgonichthys has caught and bitten a Cladoselache, blood and flesh escapes from the open wound, including out of the Gorgonichthys' spiracle and gill slit. one Kentuchia takes a bite from the carcass while two others swim around the Gorgonichthys. two iceburgs float along in the backround, dropstones can be seen falling out of the one closest to the camera Gorgonichthys is a large placoderm (jawed armoured fish) with a boxy head which lived in the same formation as Dunkleosteus. Cladoselache is a cartilaginous fish that appeared like a shark with a flat boxy head, males had a curved spine on their primary dorsal fin, while females lacked them. Kentuchia is an early rayfinned fish that had very forward placed eyes, giving it a very silly appearance
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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nataliajagielska.bsky.social
And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.

Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
September 27, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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cascoclauda.bsky.social
a warm welcome to joaquinraptor casali, a megaraptorid from maastrichtian patagonia 🦖 several features of the animal's anatomy suggest that megaraptorans retained robust arms and gracile skulls even at large body sizes, contrasting other massive theropods
(art by andrew mcafee)
art depicting joaquinraptor holding a crocodylomorph arm in its mouth a diagram from the paper describing joaquinraptor showing the known elements of its skeleton
September 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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palaeojules.bsky.social
Happy #BiVisibilityday everyone!!!
#lgbt #lgbtq #lgbtqia+ #bisexual #bi
A cartoon sinosauropteryx holding a ginkgonstick with a bi flag attached to it. The background is also coloured like the bi flag.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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ppaleoartist.bsky.social
Microraptorian sketch i made in class the other day
sketch of a microraptorian dinosaur
September 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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ndhill.bsky.social
I’m excited to show some of the work I’ve been doing for Creative Beast Studio. Painted in Procreate. #procreate #paleoart #digitalart #dinosaur #dinosaurs
September 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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palaeojules.bsky.social
Happy #FossilFriday! Here's a little goober I haven't shared here yet: a Tianyulong jumping of a broken branch of Yimaia capituliformis (a relative of ginkgo). This is based on an unpublished specimen which did the rounds online a few years ago. #paleoart #paleobotany #paleontology #dinosaur
a small brown dinosaur with a very fluffy round body and a long skinny tail with a tuft at the end jumping off a broken off ginkgo branch, splinters of wood fly through the air behind it.
September 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
dino-drawings.bsky.social
Moonlight and old spirits
A wandering ancient ghost of a theropod wanders through a moonlit plains.
September 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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himarudolf.bsky.social
Southern Sun
A coalition of Giganotosaurus carolinii patrolling on the nearby hill with a squadron of azhdarchids flying overhead seeking shelter from incoming storm.
September 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
Screenshot of text, written by me, which reads: “A message to any early-career creatives, wondering if things have always been this tough: No. No they haven’t. I’ve been doing this for 30 yrs, through recessions, financial crashes, pandemics and wars. It has *NEVER* been this tough, not even close. But please, PLEASE keep going if you can. Your work has never been more needed or more important.”
September 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Please welcome Cariocecus bocagei! A new, basal hadrosauroid from the early Cret. of Portugal! This guy is known from a pretty nice skull, which makes it one of the best ornithopod fossils from Iberia so far! I loved during this little portrait for main author Filippo Bertozzo...
September 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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himarudolf.bsky.social
Hatchling vs lightning, here’s illustration I made for the paper “Fatal accidents in neonatal pterosaurs and selective sampling in the Solnhofen fossil assemblage” by Smyth et al., 2025. Paper below👇
September 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM