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Joschua Knüppe
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German paleoartist, he/him, doing extinct critters of all sorts and some spec evo too
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nataliajagielska.bsky.social
Can I drag your attention to the artworks by contemporary Czech palaeoartist, Vladimir Rimbala. His works are a perfect mix of modern science and retro composition (🧵)
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 AM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Results from the #paleostream!
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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seismic-shrimp.bsky.social
Now that SVP is over, I can finally post the commission that I did for @mosasaurologist.bsky.social 's poster on a certain very cool taxon! #paleoart #sciart
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Here the result of the Seaham Formation #paleostream, maybe the most relaxing formation stream we will ever have! This Carboniferous tundra wasn't chosen because of it's fossils, but because of its setting.
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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peternickolaus.bsky.social
My cabbages!

An aurochs has broken into a vegetable garden. While curious kids and domesticated cattle watch, a courageous farmer attempts to chase it away.

This scene takes place in Poland around 1400 AD.

Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
November 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Seaham formation stream! A Carboniferous tundra awaits!
#Paleostream! www.twitch.tv/paleostream
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#Paleostream!
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November 15, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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dh-paleoart.bsky.social
Luckily made it in time for pterosaur times on #paleostream ...with all the joys and woes of their bizarre anatomy
Do you think this Pterodactylus is contemplating why it's built like that?
May end up rendering this one properly, I like the idea a lot but the time got me lol
November 15, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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bornulhu.bsky.social
Participated in tonight's #paleostream
We drew Vampyronassa, Allodesmus, Papiliomaris and Pterodactylus
November 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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velociraptor2005.bsky.social
#PaleoStream
Flocking Together

Vampyronassa/Allodesmus
Papiliomaris/Pterodactylus
November 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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dynamoterror.bsky.social
Tonight’s flocking #Paleostream doodles: Vampyronassa being stalked by Dollocaris, Allodesmus just vibing, Papiliomaris (life size), and Pterodactylus doing a little cannibalism. #paleoart #sciart #prehistory
Four black-and-white pencil sketches of prehistoric animals on a piece of paper, arranged in a zig-zag horizontal row. On the far left is the vampire squid Vampyronassa, with a slightly faded Dollocaris crustacean looming behind it with spiked arms outstretched. To the right of that is the large seal Allodesmus, swimming vertically and staring directly at the viewer. To the right and below the Allodesmus is a small, life-size drawing of the strange arthropod Papiliomaris in ventral view. On the furthest right is a bust of Pterodactylus, looking slightly angled at the viewer, with the tips of its jaws clamped around the head of a still-alive hatchling of its own species.
November 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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ultraluther.bsky.social
Flocking!
Vampyronassa, Allodesmus, Papiliomaris, and Pterodactylus.
#paleoart #sciart #paleostream
A digital painting of a Vampyronassa A digital drawing of an Allodesmus A digital drawing of a Papiliomaris A digital drawing of some Pterodactylus, not to be confused with Pterodactyl, which isn’t a real animal.
November 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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mesozoicmind.bsky.social
#Paleostream
Vampyronassa in the dark. Alldesmus and seal pictures. Papiliomaris. Pterodactylus.
November 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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ppaleoartist.bsky.social
here's today's #Paleostream sketches!!!

today we sketched Vampyronassa (i drew mine eating a Siriella), Allodesmus (i drew mine playing with a slender mola), Papiliomaris, and Pterodactylus

#paleoart #sciart #alttext
a Vampyronassa has caught a lone Siriella and uses its arms to bring the helpless crustacean to its beak, both animals are illuminated by a light coming from the camera Vampyronassa is an extinct relative of living vampire squids, however, it was an active predator unlike its living planktivorous relatives. to aid in hunting it had two longer arms with cirri situated only at the end with a single row of suckers between, the rest of the arms had cirri all the way down with a single row of suckers down the length of each arm Siriella is a still living genus of crustacean that looks similar to krill, species of Siriella existed in La Voulte-sur-Rhône, the lagerstätte where Vampyronassa is found in a female Allodesmus has caught an adult slender mola (Ranzania laevis) and proceeds to play with the helpless fish Allodesmus is an extinct pinniped (the group that contains seals, sealions, walruses etc.) with an uncertain relation to the other groups, they possessed some sexual dimorphism with males having larger canines to fight other males the slender mola (Ranzania laevis) is a still living species of sunfish that are more gracile than their larger relatives as their name suggests a Papiliomaris uses a raptorial feeding appendage to hold onto a filament from a large macroalgae to stabalise itself in the water column as organic particles rush around it, it holds its antennae up into the water to sense for danger and prey alike Papiliomaris is an enigmatic animal who's relationship to other invertebrates was only recently discussed, in previous years it was known as the 'butterfly animal' or the 'Waukesha butterfly animal' due to its butterfly-like appearance from a dorsal view. it possessed large eyes, a bivalved carapace six pairs of limbs with cetae all along their length, and a large abdomen with many spines along the edge, the identity of its first appendages were deamed antennae by the authors of the paper that described the animal, however, many interpret them as raptorial feeding appendages due to their morphology, further study is needed to determine the exact nature of this unique animal's anatomy a Pterodactylus flies close to the shoreline as a large wave comes crashing in Pterodactylus is one of the most well known pterosaurs (flying reptiles that used bat-like skin membranes to fly), often mistakingly called 'a pterodactyl'. they possessed a long rigid neck with a long beak filled with teeth, as well as soft tissue crests on their head most likely used for some form of social signalling
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Vampyronassa, Allodesmus, Papiliomaris and Pterodactylus.
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social
If you’re at #2025SVP, I’ll be available to chat about this work this afternoon! Our poster on it is at the very end of the balcony (left of the stage) in Hall 3.
Me (in jacket, beanie, and scarf) posing in front of a poster with a large phylogenetic tree on it
November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
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coastalpaleo.bsky.social
#fossilfriday This year at #2025svp I presented on these adorable little mandibles I discovered with @tetrameryx.bsky.social during some spring break fieldwork in Santa Cruz, CA - Pithanotaria, dwarf fur seal, 6-7 my, Purisima Formation
Me standing next to my research poster, which is blue and has many photos of pinniped mandibles Photograph of a pair of mandibles of an extinct fur seal. The mandibles are brown, sandwiched together and preserve a few teeth
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Endless forms most beautiful...
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
How Fridays on #paleostream feel like...
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
"What is a somphospondylian if not a miserable pile of laminae?"
#oocpaleostream
November 12, 2025 at 9:26 PM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Ich muss kein Wirtschaftsweiser sein um den Pferdemist aus dem Wirtschaftministerium als solchen zu erkennen...
leovongripsholm.bsky.social Leo von Gripsholm @leovongripsholm.bsky.social · 7d
da hier natürlich nicht die subventionen für die fossilindustrie gemeint sind schlage ich stattdessen vor reiche abzubauen
"Die Lage ist ernst" Reiche will Subventionen abbauen - "auch unter Schmerzen"
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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vincent-notitalian.bsky.social
Have had this Graphic Novel for a few weeks now and i can only recommend it. The beautyful illusstrations by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social and Information given about the animals and environment just make it worth the cost.
November 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Results from the #paleostream! Three pieces here, another one below for people who don't wanna see hadrosaur sexual behavior.
Ankylosaurus, Makrodactlyus and Joaquiraptor
November 10, 2025 at 5:20 AM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
Streaming and shit, starting with Ankylosaurus!
#Paleostream! www.twitch.tv/paleostream
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#Paleostream!
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November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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montanoceratops.bsky.social
The stratigraphy of the Judith is sadly very messy and needs a lot of dedicated love and Research in order to figure out large scale correlates between it and Dinosaur Park, Oldman, and Foremost. This map I made shows how messy the stratigraphy can be.
A map of Montana, Alberta, and Saskatchewan with various colored sections for different geologic rock layers
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
And here we go, result from the Judith River Formation #paleostream! This late Cretaceous formation might be full of charismatic megafauna but it is currently understudied and a total mess when it comes to stratigraphy. In this scene I wanted to focus on two aspects...
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM