@flaviastrani.bsky.social
A researcher (Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoecology) who also paint sometimes
"My Name Is Nobody" dwarf elephant 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑥𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖 from Pleistocene Sicily, which fossils possibly inspired the myth of the cyclops such as Polyphemus.
July 27, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"My Name Is Nobody" dwarf elephant 𝑃𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑥𝑜𝑑𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑖 from Pleistocene Sicily, which fossils possibly inspired the myth of the cyclops such as Polyphemus.
Adult secretary birds look like the first and last thing you see in a HR office
July 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Adult secretary birds look like the first and last thing you see in a HR office
Caverna Generosa is a renowned Late Pleistocene cave of the Italian Alps which yielded 9 Mousterian stone tools and houndreds of fossils of ice age mammals, in particular of cave bears (for this reason the cave is also known as "Grotta dell'Orso" literally "Bear's Cave").
February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Caverna Generosa is a renowned Late Pleistocene cave of the Italian Alps which yielded 9 Mousterian stone tools and houndreds of fossils of ice age mammals, in particular of cave bears (for this reason the cave is also known as "Grotta dell'Orso" literally "Bear's Cave").
Straight from the source even. That guy, who promptly deleted the post, is his representative in Italy who is also in touch with our government made by members of the "ex-fascist" party. It's exactly what it looked like.
January 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Straight from the source even. That guy, who promptly deleted the post, is his representative in Italy who is also in touch with our government made by members of the "ex-fascist" party. It's exactly what it looked like.
An introduction for the people that started follow this account! I am a senior researcher and a Marie Curie fellow specialized in Vertebrate Paleontology. I study mostly Quaternary mammals (below I am working with a sample to try to extract fossil DNA) and I also paint from time to time!
November 30, 2024 at 7:20 PM
An introduction for the people that started follow this account! I am a senior researcher and a Marie Curie fellow specialized in Vertebrate Paleontology. I study mostly Quaternary mammals (below I am working with a sample to try to extract fossil DNA) and I also paint from time to time!
Sarkastodon mongoliensis (a big oxyaenid from the Eocene) based on the remains described by Granger (1938)
November 30, 2024 at 10:29 AM
Sarkastodon mongoliensis (a big oxyaenid from the Eocene) based on the remains described by Granger (1938)
Cave lion (Panthera spelaea) quick painting.
November 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
Cave lion (Panthera spelaea) quick painting.
At the #INQUARoma2023 meeting with Daniel DeMiguel (senior researcher @ARAID_ES) in front of my Palaeoloxodon antiquus artwork I've realized for the "Rome Before Rome" exhibition at the Department of Earth Sciences of Sapienza University @SapienzaRoma @InquaRoma2023 @unizar
November 18, 2024 at 5:40 PM
At the #INQUARoma2023 meeting with Daniel DeMiguel (senior researcher @ARAID_ES) in front of my Palaeoloxodon antiquus artwork I've realized for the "Rome Before Rome" exhibition at the Department of Earth Sciences of Sapienza University @SapienzaRoma @InquaRoma2023 @unizar
Pseudodama lyra, a Pliocene-Pleistocene deer whose name is inspired by its elegant lyre-shaped antlers
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Pseudodama lyra, a Pliocene-Pleistocene deer whose name is inspired by its elegant lyre-shaped antlers
Hoplitomeryx (a "prongdeer" from the Italian Miocene and Early-Pliocene) unfinished painting
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Hoplitomeryx (a "prongdeer" from the Italian Miocene and Early-Pliocene) unfinished painting
From the Cretaceous to the Pleistocene...
#ArtStationGlowUp
#ArtStationGlowUp
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
From the Cretaceous to the Pleistocene...
#ArtStationGlowUp
#ArtStationGlowUp
The artwork I made to promote the paper on Aragonictis araid, a Miocene mustelid found in the Aragon region and described by colleagues and friends from @unizar, is on the cover of the latest issue of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology!
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
The artwork I made to promote the paper on Aragonictis araid, a Miocene mustelid found in the Aragon region and described by colleagues and friends from @unizar, is on the cover of the latest issue of Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology!
Found the initial sketches of my fossil wolf illustration. My drawing and painting process is really messy but having a solid idea of the composition from the very beginning, immensely simplify the work later on.
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Found the initial sketches of my fossil wolf illustration. My drawing and painting process is really messy but having a solid idea of the composition from the very beginning, immensely simplify the work later on.
I'm not always 100% satisfied with the results of my work, but I'm really pleased with how the illustration I created to promote our work of the fossil wolf from Rome looks like on @SapienzaRoma website!
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
I'm not always 100% satisfied with the results of my work, but I'm really pleased with how the illustration I created to promote our work of the fossil wolf from Rome looks like on @SapienzaRoma website!
Our latest work on the discovery of the fossil belonging to the first wolf (Canis lupus) of Europe is online on Scientific Reports and so it is the illustration I worked on for the press release!
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Our latest work on the discovery of the fossil belonging to the first wolf (Canis lupus) of Europe is online on Scientific Reports and so it is the illustration I worked on for the press release!
Finally had the oportunity to see in person @MAntonPaleoart paleoart exhibition at @museonat!
November 18, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Finally had the oportunity to see in person @MAntonPaleoart paleoart exhibition at @museonat!
It's good to be back! Missed Zaragoza so much in the last two years!
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
It's good to be back! Missed Zaragoza so much in the last two years!
Revamped an old illustration of some Middle Pleistocene herbivores based mostly on the fossils unearthed from the site of Fontana Ranuccio (Central Italy) dated around 0.4 Ma
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Revamped an old illustration of some Middle Pleistocene herbivores based mostly on the fossils unearthed from the site of Fontana Ranuccio (Central Italy) dated around 0.4 Ma
It is online our latest work on the fossil bear remains from the Middle Pleistocene locality of Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, Italy) where we review material of Ursus deningeri and of some specimens we couldn't ascribe to this species with certainty
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
It is online our latest work on the fossil bear remains from the Middle Pleistocene locality of Fontana Ranuccio (Anagni, Italy) where we review material of Ursus deningeri and of some specimens we couldn't ascribe to this species with certainty
Updated reconstruction of Procervulus dichotomus based on what I've learned under the supervision of Prof. Beatriz Azanza @unizar and with the help of Dr. Gertrud E. Rössner curator at the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB-BSPG)
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Updated reconstruction of Procervulus dichotomus based on what I've learned under the supervision of Prof. Beatriz Azanza @unizar and with the help of Dr. Gertrud E. Rössner curator at the Bavarian State Collection of Palaeontology and Geology (SNSB-BSPG)
A Micromeryx, a tiny fossil musk-deer, I painted to promote the article on European Miocene palaeoenvironments by Daniel DeMiguel and co-authors recently published on BMC Biology. #paleoart
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
A Micromeryx, a tiny fossil musk-deer, I painted to promote the article on European Miocene palaeoenvironments by Daniel DeMiguel and co-authors recently published on BMC Biology. #paleoart
A fossil "vampire deer" (Procervulus) skeletal drawing I've been working on for fun. Nothing fancy or terribly rigorous as some parts are based on modern muntjacs anatomy adapted to match information I've discussed with researchers in Spain.
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
A fossil "vampire deer" (Procervulus) skeletal drawing I've been working on for fun. Nothing fancy or terribly rigorous as some parts are based on modern muntjacs anatomy adapted to match information I've discussed with researchers in Spain.
Last Saturday I went with my father to the natural reserve of La Camosciara and we met a sleepy big friend
November 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Last Saturday I went with my father to the natural reserve of La Camosciara and we met a sleepy big friend