Ildar Gismatullin
@ildarotyrannus.bsky.social
Paleoartist who draws with traditional (mainly pens) and digital media (Photoshop, Krita, Paint etc.).
Yawning Prognathodon overtoni for friends's Birthday. Prognathodon is a genus with a complex taxonomy. Some of its species have been reclassified as separate genera, while others are the opposite, such as this one, previously known as Brachysaurana. Done in Paint Tool Sai 2.0.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Yawning Prognathodon overtoni for friends's Birthday. Prognathodon is a genus with a complex taxonomy. Some of its species have been reclassified as separate genera, while others are the opposite, such as this one, previously known as Brachysaurana. Done in Paint Tool Sai 2.0.
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New skull material of the early therizinosaurian dinosaur Falcarius: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪 (📷 @freewillie643.bsky.social & Zanno)
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
New skull material of the early therizinosaurian dinosaur Falcarius: anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... 🧪 (📷 @freewillie643.bsky.social & Zanno)
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Just in time for spooky season: DINOSAUR "MUMMIES!"
Unlike Egyptian mummies, these don't have squishy bits preserved, but the rock around these carcasses had clay capturing texture of scales, a midline crest w/ keratin spikes, &, brand new, feet w/ hooves! 🧪⚒️🦕🦖
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unlike Egyptian mummies, these don't have squishy bits preserved, but the rock around these carcasses had clay capturing texture of scales, a midline crest w/ keratin spikes, &, brand new, feet w/ hooves! 🧪⚒️🦕🦖
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 23, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Just in time for spooky season: DINOSAUR "MUMMIES!"
Unlike Egyptian mummies, these don't have squishy bits preserved, but the rock around these carcasses had clay capturing texture of scales, a midline crest w/ keratin spikes, &, brand new, feet w/ hooves! 🧪⚒️🦕🦖
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Unlike Egyptian mummies, these don't have squishy bits preserved, but the rock around these carcasses had clay capturing texture of scales, a midline crest w/ keratin spikes, &, brand new, feet w/ hooves! 🧪⚒️🦕🦖
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Dire wolf/wolves by Mark Hallett.
Had no idea the pack hunt drawing at the bottom right was a thing, so this was a pleasant surprise.
Had no idea the pack hunt drawing at the bottom right was a thing, so this was a pleasant surprise.
October 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Dire wolf/wolves by Mark Hallett.
Had no idea the pack hunt drawing at the bottom right was a thing, so this was a pleasant surprise.
Had no idea the pack hunt drawing at the bottom right was a thing, so this was a pleasant surprise.
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Papiliomaris kluessendorfae, first reported in 1985 as the Waukesha "Butterfly Animal", was recently described as a strange bivalved arthropod with three pairs of large, feathery appendages. Some reports indicate it could reach up to 20cm wide.
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Papiliomaris kluessendorfae, first reported in 1985 as the Waukesha "Butterfly Animal", was recently described as a strange bivalved arthropod with three pairs of large, feathery appendages. Some reports indicate it could reach up to 20cm wide.
Portrait of Tameryraptor markgrafi, a carcharodontosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Bahariya Formation (Egypt). Its remains have long been attributed to Carcharodontosaurus, but it is distinguished by the presence of a small horn on its nose and symmetrical teeth.
#paleoart #dinosaur
#paleoart #dinosaur
October 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
An adult Ceratosaurus nasicornis caught juvenile Torvosaurus tanneri. These theropods, like an Allosaurus, were found in the famous Morrison Formation, but their remains are much less common. Despite some differences in food sources, they competed and killed each other from time to time.
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October 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
An adult Ceratosaurus nasicornis caught juvenile Torvosaurus tanneri. These theropods, like an Allosaurus, were found in the famous Morrison Formation, but their remains are much less common. Despite some differences in food sources, they competed and killed each other from time to time.
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The first #leech body #fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years
peerj.com/articles/199...
@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida
peerj.com/articles/199...
@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida
October 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The first #leech body #fossil predates estimated hirudinidan origins by 200 million years
peerj.com/articles/199...
@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida
peerj.com/articles/199...
@peerj.bsky.social #Annelida
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A happy day 2 of #Croctober (lets see how long I can keep this going)
Crocs are well known for their parenting, but did you know that we even have fossils of them on their nest?
This specimen comes from Germany and clearly shows a Diplocynodon mother that died on her nest
Crocs are well known for their parenting, but did you know that we even have fossils of them on their nest?
This specimen comes from Germany and clearly shows a Diplocynodon mother that died on her nest
October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A happy day 2 of #Croctober (lets see how long I can keep this going)
Crocs are well known for their parenting, but did you know that we even have fossils of them on their nest?
This specimen comes from Germany and clearly shows a Diplocynodon mother that died on her nest
Crocs are well known for their parenting, but did you know that we even have fossils of them on their nest?
This specimen comes from Germany and clearly shows a Diplocynodon mother that died on her nest
Portrait of dinosauromorph Pisanosaurus mertii from the Late Triassic of Argentina. It was either basal ornithishian (as classified initially) or silesaurid. In any case this animal was herbivore or omnivore a little more than a meter long. Neck filaments are speculative.
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September 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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News @ Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken (UMO) in Bayreuth: new ichthyosaur, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, named today after UMO's prime excavation site, the Jurassic clay pit Mistelgau. @olorotitan.bsky.social beautifully reconstructed the to-be fossil on a belemnite battleground typical for the locality.
September 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
News @ Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken (UMO) in Bayreuth: new ichthyosaur, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, named today after UMO's prime excavation site, the Jurassic clay pit Mistelgau. @olorotitan.bsky.social beautifully reconstructed the to-be fossil on a belemnite battleground typical for the locality.
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The big tableau of early Permian synapsids in the next gallery unified a bunch of mounted skeletons that had previously been in separate cases. A nearby lab area covered the concept of extinction ("the fate of all species") in general terms.
September 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The big tableau of early Permian synapsids in the next gallery unified a bunch of mounted skeletons that had previously been in separate cases. A nearby lab area covered the concept of extinction ("the fate of all species") in general terms.
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Croc fans simply can't catch a break, after Kostensuchus in late August and Paarthurnax just a week ago we got ANOTHER fossil croc published
Meet Thikarisuchus, a very small neosuchian from the Cenomanian of Montana
Meet Thikarisuchus, a very small neosuchian from the Cenomanian of Montana
September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Croc fans simply can't catch a break, after Kostensuchus in late August and Paarthurnax just a week ago we got ANOTHER fossil croc published
Meet Thikarisuchus, a very small neosuchian from the Cenomanian of Montana
Meet Thikarisuchus, a very small neosuchian from the Cenomanian of Montana
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A megaraptoran skeleton! From the end of the Cretaceous!
Excited about the announcement of Joaquinraptor, the top predator down south when tyrannosaurs ruled the north. The Schwarzengger to T. rex's DeVito (at least in the arms category). My thoughts:
www.livescience.com/animals/dino...
Excited about the announcement of Joaquinraptor, the top predator down south when tyrannosaurs ruled the north. The Schwarzengger to T. rex's DeVito (at least in the arms category). My thoughts:
www.livescience.com/animals/dino...
Gigantic dinosaur with 'claws like hedge trimmers' found with croc leg still in its jaws in Argentina
Speedy megaraptor Joaquinraptor casali had big arms and claws like hedge trimmers that would have made T. rex's forelimbs look puny.
www.livescience.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A megaraptoran skeleton! From the end of the Cretaceous!
Excited about the announcement of Joaquinraptor, the top predator down south when tyrannosaurs ruled the north. The Schwarzengger to T. rex's DeVito (at least in the arms category). My thoughts:
www.livescience.com/animals/dino...
Excited about the announcement of Joaquinraptor, the top predator down south when tyrannosaurs ruled the north. The Schwarzengger to T. rex's DeVito (at least in the arms category). My thoughts:
www.livescience.com/animals/dino...
Duonychus tsogtbaatari, a therizinosaurid from the Late Cretaceous of Bayanshiree Formation (Mongolia). It's known by partial postcranial skeleton including dorsal vertebrae and both forelimbs. Duonychus has only two manual digits, with big and curved claws.
#paleoart #dinosaur
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September 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Prognathodon currii swimming near small Enchodus pack. Art was inspired by some Pseudorca photoes.
#paleoart #mosasaur #prognathodon #mesozoic
#paleoart #mosasaur #prognathodon #mesozoic
September 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Prognathodon currii swimming near small Enchodus pack. Art was inspired by some Pseudorca photoes.
#paleoart #mosasaur #prognathodon #mesozoic
#paleoart #mosasaur #prognathodon #mesozoic
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#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️
September 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
#ZAVACEPHALE IS FINALLY OUT! 🥳 Our first definitive Early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur! (~15 my older than the previous oldest pachycephalosaurs) And the first hand material for the clade! I can't tell y'all how much of a pleasure it was to review this paper! ☺️
Portrait of Riparovenator milnerae, a baryonychine spinosaurid from Early Cretaceous of Isle of Wight. Remains of this theropod previously were assigned to Baryonyx. In this work I painted color on a black base - an unusual experience! Done in Adobe Photoshop.
#paleoart #dinosaur
#paleoart #dinosaur
September 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Colored portrait sketch of Troodon formosus, a troodontid theropod from the Late Cretaceous of USA and Canada. It was initially described by tooth as a lizard and then referred to pachycephalosaurids. Later it became clear that Troodon was a bird-like theropod.
#paleoart #dinosaur
#paleoart #dinosaur
September 8, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Today I downloaded Gimp and did some work in it. It was a lot of fun using the different tools! The result was this portrait of a random megaraptoran. Megaraptora is a clade of possible coelurosaurs (or even tyrannosauroideans) with forelimbs adapted for capture of prey.
#paleoart
#paleoart
September 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today I downloaded Gimp and did some work in it. It was a lot of fun using the different tools! The result was this portrait of a random megaraptoran. Megaraptora is a clade of possible coelurosaurs (or even tyrannosauroideans) with forelimbs adapted for capture of prey.
#paleoart
#paleoart
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Croc fans are eating good today, we just got a new and exceptionally well preserved robust peirosaurid from Patagonia: Kostensuchus atrox
We have most of the skeleton, which suggests a total length of perhaps up to 3.5 meters
We have most of the skeleton, which suggests a total length of perhaps up to 3.5 meters
August 27, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Croc fans are eating good today, we just got a new and exceptionally well preserved robust peirosaurid from Patagonia: Kostensuchus atrox
We have most of the skeleton, which suggests a total length of perhaps up to 3.5 meters
We have most of the skeleton, which suggests a total length of perhaps up to 3.5 meters
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Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
August 27, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!
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August 5, 2025 at 12:23 AM