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triloboii.bsky.social
#cenozoicpaleo2025 Meet Gracilisgallus linxia!

#paleoart #sciart #turkey
Vector illustration of Gracilisgallus linxia, a tiny long legged ground bird from the late Miocene of Mongolia, displaying its long, patterned feathers and puffing out its throat and chest. It is greyish in color dotted with white and orangish spots. Text reads: Gracilisgallus linxia. Ting-Yu Yu and Zhi-Heng Li. "A new fossil of Galliformes with a close relationship to extant turkey and grouse from Linxia Basin." Vertebrata Palasiatica (2025): 1 Aug 7 2025
January 19, 2026 at 10:24 PM
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
Heads up for the #SciArt community. Yet ANOTHER parasitic Facebook account, with 125k followers, is stealing the work of real artists, myself included, feeding it into AI and posting without credit. Feel free to use this information in any way you choose.
Screenshot of a Facebook post by an account called “The Prehistoric World” featuring a stolen and badly edited version of one of my illustrations of a prehistoric pterosaur. A close up of the previous screen shot showing the awful AI editing, with a wingless depiction of a flying reptile. My original illustration of Pteranodon amidst crashing waves that was stolen by The Prehistoric World Facebook account.
January 13, 2026 at 8:23 AM
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joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Results from the #paleostream!
Only wishes tonight! 3 by others one for me :3
Mesonyx and Tritemnodon (for Vex), Mountain Anoa (for Desert leaper), spec evo animals for Din0boy1 and Manipulonyx, going after bees nesting in an egg but not the egg ;)
January 18, 2026 at 4:19 AM
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yas-mk.bsky.social
January 12, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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dynamoterror.bsky.social
A drawing of Allodelphis woodburnei, a marine Platanistoid (cousin of South-Asian River Dolphins) from miocene California. It and its close relatives had flexible necks and large fins, making them slow yet agile hunters of small prey. A commission from @shamublackfish.bsky.social
#paleoart #sciart
A colored-pencil illustration of the prehistoric dolphin Allodelphis woodburnei, a marine Platanistoid known from a very complete specimen from early Miocene deposits in California. It has very long, thin jaws, a small eye near the corner of its mouth, and a relatively flexible neck and large fins for a cetacean. I’ve given it a relatively small triangular dorsal fin. It is overall grey and pink in coloration, with the snout fading from quite pale towards the tip to more vibrant around the eye, extending in a pink stripe down the body that widens as it nears the tail. The edges of the stripe fade into the pale greyish tones of the rest of the body. Its mouth is slightly open, revealing numerous small, pointed teeth.
January 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
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aberrantologist.bsky.social
Doodles from Friday's flocking #paleostream featuring Tapejara, Ajkaceratops, Hoplitomeryx, and Protoceratops.
January 19, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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triloboii.bsky.social
#Cenozoicpaleo2025 Meet Turpanotherium qiui!

#paleoart #sciart #paraceratherium
Vector illustration of Turpanotherium qiui, an elephant sized paraceratheriid from the early Oligocene of China, looking over its shoulder towards the viewer with its long neck. It has its mouth slightly open, showing off one of its large, conical tusks. Text reads, Turpanotherium qiui. Xiaokang Lu and Tao Deng. "Life history of a new Paraceratheriid from the early Oligocene of Northwest China". Sci Rep 15, 28740 Aug 6 2025
January 18, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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triloboii.bsky.social
#Cenozoicrewind2025 Meet Civettictis vulpidens!

#sciart #paleoart
Vector illustration of Civettictis vulpidens, a large terrestrial civet from the early Pliocene of South Africa. The animal is facing away from the viewer, looking up at the sky. It is sandy brown in color, with a dark mask around its eyes and spots across its body that blend into stripes around its throat, legs and tail. Text reads: Civettictis vulpidens. Charles S. Churcher, Grant R. Hurlburt, Romala Govender, ans Alberto Valenciano. "Cranial and endocranial morphology of a new species of giant civet (Carnivora, Vivveridae) from the early Pliocene of Langebaanweg E Quarry, South Africa." Palaeontographia Abtelung A Band 329 Leiferung 3-6 (2025) p 151-199zx Feb 24 2025
January 4, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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triloboii.bsky.social
#Cenozoicpaleo2025 Meet Gracanicanetta happi!

#sciart #paleoart
Vector illustration of Gracanicanetta happi, a small diving duck from Middle Miocene Bosnia and Herzegovina. The duck is diving towards the viewer with a few strands of algae in its beak. It is light brown with a black head and back, with white markings on its eyes, collar and wings. It is kicking its bright orange feet to adjust its position in the water. Text reads: Gracanicanetta happi. Zbigniew M. Bochenski, Johannes Happ, Grzegorz Salwa and Teresa Tomek. "The first fossil bird from the Miocene swamps of Gračanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina: a novel and very unique duck." Palaeontologica Electronica 28, no. 1 (2025): 1-16. Mar 27 2025
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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triloboii.bsky.social
#cenozoicpaleo2025 Meet Orea leptia!

#sciart #paleoart
Vector illustration of Orea leptia, an early giraffe with extremely slender leg bones from the Miocene of Pakistan. The giraffe is running towards the viewer. It is mostly dark flat brown, with white stripes on its face, and subtle spotting on its underside creeping up its legs and stomach. Text reads: Orea leptia. Nikos Solounias and Maria Rios. "Orea leptia: discovery of a new genus and species with the slenderest metatarsal among ruminants (Giraffidae, Mammalia)." Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 23 (1) Jun 24 2025
January 11, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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triloboii.bsky.social
#Cenozoicpaleo2025 Meet Qilin tungurensis!

#sciart #paleoart #giraffe
Vector illustration of a pair of Qilin tungurensis, a middle Miocene giraffe, laying next to eachother. The male on the right is larger than the female, with tall, curved ossicones on its head, while the female lacks ossicones. They are both dark brown in color, with light grey around their faces. A spider web like pattern of white and grey on thier undersides forms the giraffe's characteristic spots. Text reads: Qilin tungurensis. Xiaoming Wang, Nikos Solounias, Su-kuan Hou, Lu Li and Yukimitsu Tomida. "A new giraffe ossicone from the Wolf Camp, Tunggur Formation, Inner Mongolia suggests a new genus in Bohlinini (Artiodactyla, Giraffidae)" PLoS One 20(8): e0328405 Aug 5 2025
January 16, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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palaeojules.bsky.social
Hiya, I have 4 more school fact file sheets for #FossilFriday:
#Tianyulong, #Darwinopterus, #Oregramma, and #Caytonia! These are really relaxing to do, and I plan on doing more plants next!
I hope you like them!
#paleontology #paleobotany #paleoart #sciart #scicomm #schoolwork #publiccommunication
A fact file of Tianyulong with a drawing oc it in the centre, surrounded by facts and labels, with a time scale on the right. A fact file of Darwinopterus with a drawing of it in the centre, surrounded by facts and labels, with a time scale on the right. A fact file of Oregramma with a drawing of it in the centre, surrounded by facts and labels, with a time scale on the right. A fact file of Caytonia with a drawing of a tree on the right, and the leaves and reproductive organs on the left, surrounded by facts and labels, with a time scale on the right.
January 16, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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ppaleoartist.bsky.social
a stroke of inspiration hit me and i decided to make a Protosphyraena fossil based on UMMP 10566 in blockbench to use as decoration in any future builds i make

#sciart #paleoart #blockbench #minecraft
a recreated boxy 3d model of a Protosphyraena is displayed among minecraft blocks Protosphyraena is an extinct predatory fish that appeared similar to modern day billfish, however, they had significantly larger teeth
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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yee-qi.bsky.social
1/16 #paleostream

Ajkaceratops and Hoplitomeryx

#paleoart #sciart #originalart #artistonbluesky
Ajkaceratops, a small ceratopsian with a small frill, rests behind some Sabia plants. Hoplitomeryx, a deerlike ruminant with five horns crowning its head and small fangs, looks at the giant "hedgehog" Deinogalerix.
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
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montanoceratops.bsky.social
made a little model and texture of Falcatus falcatus inspired off of the mating slab for my minecraft mod #paleoart
a pixel art of two sharks. The bottom one has a handle in his head that the other is gripping onto
January 17, 2026 at 11:41 PM
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joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Tapejara, Ajkaceratops, Hoplitomeryx and Protoceratops
January 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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clanaghan.bsky.social
“Keeping track of so many hatchlings can be exhausting for new parents, and so while many people do enlist the help of saurians as babysitters it’s more often the other way around.”

#parasaurolophus #dinosaur #paleoart
A mother parasaurolophus carrying large bags. A human babysitter escorts her three hatchlings around her
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
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January 10, 2026 at 12:53 AM
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paleobyliam.bsky.social
The #paleoart I am probably best known for on the Internet:
January 9, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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lowpolyrobot.bsky.social
Was looking at an old Hobby Japan upload and I love these dinosaur models mostly because they chose to put a tux and martini glass onto the T Rex
Advertisement for several dinosaur models, promo'd by a tux wearing t-rex on the left
January 9, 2026 at 10:06 PM
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bobnichollsart.bsky.social
NEW ARTWORK TO START 2026

Here's "Deep Blue Buffet," commissioned by The Etches Collection. Featured, from the Late #Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay, are #SeaRex #Hybodus #Hypsocormus #Metriorhynchus #Aspidorhynchus & #Allothrissops

#SciArt #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #Pliosaurs #Pliosaurus #JurassicWorld
January 8, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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dragonsofwales.bsky.social
Ceratosaurus nasicornis. A new illustration of this very distinctive Jurassic predator.
#SciArt
A digital portrait illustration of Ceratosaurus, a carnivorous Jurassic dinosaur, identifiable by the three horns on its head- one on the tip of its snout, and one above each eye.
January 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
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joannakobierska.bsky.social
Steppe lion enjoys the last days of summer.
But mornings are getting colder, winter is coming.
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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mosasaurologist.bsky.social
Happy #MosasaurMonday from Eustace, the holotype skull of Jormungandr walhallensis discovered in North Dakota by the NDGS.

We were tasked with taking this not-quite-complete skull (right) and digitally restoring it for display at the NDGS as well as a library just a few miles from the dig site 🧪
2 mosasaur noggins. In white on the right is the incomplete original, and on the left is our finished digital reconstruction in lavender
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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arctomet.bsky.social
Re‐evaluation of a soft crested Edmontosaurin, with implications for hadrosaurid life appearance and diversity - Sharpe - The Anatomical Record - Wiley Online Library anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Re‐evaluation of a soft crested Edmontosaurin, with implications for hadrosaurid life appearance and diversity
Hadrosaurid dinosaurs are generally regarded as “crested” or “non-crested” depending on the presence or absence of a bony cranial crest. At least one supposedly “non-crested” hadrosaur is known to ha...
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM