Literally Miguel 🇻🇪
@literallymiguel.bsky.social
18/yo Paleo-art nerd aiming to be a paleontologist, my blood is replaced by ink. I'm really a fan of pseudosuchians, playing the piano, FNaF, anything Fujimoto writes and draws, and many other things. Btw: GET ME OUT OF VENEZUELA
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Evers - Evolution of turtle body plan
Turtles have a highly modified body plan with robust a kinetic skulls and rigid protective shells
Turtles are ecologically diverse but morphological conservative
the morphological conservatism in turtle shells is seen as far back as the triassic
Turtles have a highly modified body plan with robust a kinetic skulls and rigid protective shells
Turtles are ecologically diverse but morphological conservative
the morphological conservatism in turtle shells is seen as far back as the triassic
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Evers - Evolution of turtle body plan
Turtles have a highly modified body plan with robust a kinetic skulls and rigid protective shells
Turtles are ecologically diverse but morphological conservative
the morphological conservatism in turtle shells is seen as far back as the triassic
Turtles have a highly modified body plan with robust a kinetic skulls and rigid protective shells
Turtles are ecologically diverse but morphological conservative
the morphological conservatism in turtle shells is seen as far back as the triassic
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New descriptions include Bellairsia, Bregnathair, and Krusatodon
3 complete articulated skeletons of amphibians preserved together
new oldest Albaneroptetonid skull
new choristoderes found
lots of new mammaliaformes: new tritylodontid and new triconodontid; new specimen of Palaeoxonodon
3 complete articulated skeletons of amphibians preserved together
new oldest Albaneroptetonid skull
new choristoderes found
lots of new mammaliaformes: new tritylodontid and new triconodontid; new specimen of Palaeoxonodon
November 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New descriptions include Bellairsia, Bregnathair, and Krusatodon
3 complete articulated skeletons of amphibians preserved together
new oldest Albaneroptetonid skull
new choristoderes found
lots of new mammaliaformes: new tritylodontid and new triconodontid; new specimen of Palaeoxonodon
3 complete articulated skeletons of amphibians preserved together
new oldest Albaneroptetonid skull
new choristoderes found
lots of new mammaliaformes: new tritylodontid and new triconodontid; new specimen of Palaeoxonodon
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🚨NEW NOTHOSAUR🚨
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
November 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
🚨NEW NOTHOSAUR🚨
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
a warm welcome to lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, a long-necked nothosaur described by shang et al. from a new early middle triassic locality in southwestern china!
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
(art by kelai li)
Deinosuchus riograndensis, a robust, and very menacing 9+ meters long eusuchian from the cretaceous, with proportionately giant jaws compared to its body, it was very at home in water, including seas
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Deinosuchus riograndensis, a robust, and very menacing 9+ meters long eusuchian from the cretaceous, with proportionately giant jaws compared to its body, it was very at home in water, including seas
There. Was. A. Carboniferous. Tetrapodomorph. With. The. Head. Of. A. Rauisuchian.
happy #fossilfriday! this is whatcheeria, a carnivorous tetrapod from the early carboniferous. although its limbs were stout and robust, they were ill-suited for life on land, and likely spent most of their time in the water
(art by joschua knuppe)
(art by joschua knuppe)
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
There. Was. A. Carboniferous. Tetrapodomorph. With. The. Head. Of. A. Rauisuchian.
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Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
November 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Alright, now that I'm not on the road - full thread on our new azhdarchoid phylogeny paper and what it means for pterosaurs big (like this one) and small! 1/23
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thank you to the amazing @literallymiguel.bsky.social for this wonderful art for my fantasy worldbuilding project, the dragonbinder chronicles! this is the protagonist, aurora, with her familiar, gwen 🐉
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
thank you to the amazing @literallymiguel.bsky.social for this wonderful art for my fantasy worldbuilding project, the dragonbinder chronicles! this is the protagonist, aurora, with her familiar, gwen 🐉
After reading the new Nannotyrannus paper, this is my attempt of a guide for its conclusions
October 30, 2025 at 9:14 PM
After reading the new Nannotyrannus paper, this is my attempt of a guide for its conclusions
Terminonaris, a very complete northamerican sister taxon to Sarcosuchus, and the most derived croc-relative to posses scleral rings
October 21, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Terminonaris, a very complete northamerican sister taxon to Sarcosuchus, and the most derived croc-relative to posses scleral rings
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the sloth conservation foundation is a non-profit organisation based in costa rica that focuses on protecting wild sloths in the country, which are threatened by wildlife tourism, animal trafficking, and habitat loss
www.slothconservation.org
www.slothconservation.org
The Sloth Conservation Foundation
The Sloth Conservation Foundation protects wild sloths in Costa Rica through research, education, and habitat preservation. Learn how you can help save sloths and support their future today.
www.slothconservation.org
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
the sloth conservation foundation is a non-profit organisation based in costa rica that focuses on protecting wild sloths in the country, which are threatened by wildlife tourism, animal trafficking, and habitat loss
www.slothconservation.org
www.slothconservation.org
Alamosaurus
October 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Alamosaurus
Dromicosuchus, Hypselorhachis, and Hesperosuchus diagrams made throughout the months (hesperosuchus might only be represented by its holotype, more about this on the complete overhaul i wrote of its wikipedia page!)
October 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Dromicosuchus, Hypselorhachis, and Hesperosuchus diagrams made throughout the months (hesperosuchus might only be represented by its holotype, more about this on the complete overhaul i wrote of its wikipedia page!)
Confractosuchus and the unsupervized infant child it swallowed before dying
October 17, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Confractosuchus and the unsupervized infant child it swallowed before dying
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this is an excellent video on sarcosuchus:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuMi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuMi...
Sarcosuchus: The Prehistoric Super Croc
YouTube video by CHimerasuchus
www.youtube.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
this is an excellent video on sarcosuchus:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuMi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuMi...
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🚨NEW TRIASSIC THEROPOD NAMED🚨
a warm welcome to anteavis crurilongus, a basal theropod that was found in the late triassic ischigualasto formation of argentina! the paper by martinez et al. can be found here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(art by jorge blanco)
a warm welcome to anteavis crurilongus, a basal theropod that was found in the late triassic ischigualasto formation of argentina! the paper by martinez et al. can be found here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(art by jorge blanco)
October 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🚨NEW TRIASSIC THEROPOD NAMED🚨
a warm welcome to anteavis crurilongus, a basal theropod that was found in the late triassic ischigualasto formation of argentina! the paper by martinez et al. can be found here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(art by jorge blanco)
a warm welcome to anteavis crurilongus, a basal theropod that was found in the late triassic ischigualasto formation of argentina! the paper by martinez et al. can be found here
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(art by jorge blanco)
Saw these guys eating my platanos (during a 6-hour power outage) and claude identified them from a shitty artistic rendition lol
who's that pokemon? it's stilpnia vitriolina aka the scrub tanager 🎉 sighted and sketched by @literallymiguel.bsky.social
October 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Saw these guys eating my platanos (during a 6-hour power outage) and claude identified them from a shitty artistic rendition lol
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happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is ichthyotitan, a gigantic ichthyosaur from the late triassic. estimated at over 20 metres in length, ichthyotitan may have been the largest marine reptile to ever live
(art by caxela)
(art by caxela)
October 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is ichthyotitan, a gigantic ichthyosaur from the late triassic. estimated at over 20 metres in length, ichthyotitan may have been the largest marine reptile to ever live
(art by caxela)
(art by caxela)
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hello gorgeous 😍 a warm welcome to xiphodracon goldencapensis, a new ichthyosaur described from the uk's famous jurassic coast by @deanrlomax.bsky.social, massare and maxwell! the holotype is absolutely stunning, congrats to the team 🥳
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
October 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
hello gorgeous 😍 a warm welcome to xiphodracon goldencapensis, a new ichthyosaur described from the uk's famous jurassic coast by @deanrlomax.bsky.social, massare and maxwell! the holotype is absolutely stunning, congrats to the team 🥳
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Mahajangasuchus crunch
October 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Mahajangasuchus crunch
Modern euphractine armadillos sometimes hunt vertebrates as big or even bigger than them, this is taken to an extreme in Macroeuphractus
(TW: Paleoart gore)
(TW: Paleoart gore)
October 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Modern euphractine armadillos sometimes hunt vertebrates as big or even bigger than them, this is taken to an extreme in Macroeuphractus
(TW: Paleoart gore)
(TW: Paleoart gore)
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of course, as i’ve mentioned previously, opportunistic carnivory is widespread among herbivorous mammals; fellow ground sloth mylodon, for instance, was found to likely be omnivorous in a 2021 study
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Isotope data from amino acids indicate Darwin’s ground sloth was not an herbivore - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Isotope data from amino acids indicate Darwin’s ground sloth was not an herbivore
www.nature.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:54 AM
of course, as i’ve mentioned previously, opportunistic carnivory is widespread among herbivorous mammals; fellow ground sloth mylodon, for instance, was found to likely be omnivorous in a 2021 study
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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happy 120th birthday to tyrannosaurus rex, aka manospondylus, aka dynamosaurus 🦖 t. rex is the most-studied dinosaur in the history of palaeontology, but there are still some things we don't know about the creature in spite of this
(art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social)
(art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social)
October 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
happy 120th birthday to tyrannosaurus rex, aka manospondylus, aka dynamosaurus 🦖 t. rex is the most-studied dinosaur in the history of palaeontology, but there are still some things we don't know about the creature in spite of this
(art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social)
(art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social)