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results of this week's #Paleostream flocking!!!

this week we sketched Camelops, Daemonosaurus, Panderodus, and Eustreptospondylus

#sciart #paleoart
a Camelops walks past a fairly newly formed tarpit nestled amongst thick vegetation Camelops is an extinct kind of camel that lived during the last ice age, unlike modern camels it had quite a slender snout and was slightly taller, it's unknown if it had a hump or not, however, we know that if it did have a hump it would only have one rather than two thanks to the shape of its back a Daemonosaurus slowly walks along the shallow muddy banks of a lake in the morning, it's slow movements are calculated as to not alert any nearby phytosaurs Daemonosaurus is a Triassic dinosaur who's position in the dinosaur family tree is still debated, some consider it a basal theropod, while others consider it a non-theropod saurischian related to dinosaurs like Hererrasaurus. it's a small dinosaur with a short face and large teeth, although, it's only known from a single skull, some neck material, and a few ribs three Panderodus kick up fine sediment by the shoreline of the ocean at night, they're illuminated from above by a light offscreen and outside of the water Panderodus is an unusual type of conodont (extinct jawless fish related to lampreys) which is flat like a stingray unlike other conodonts which are more eel-like. it's most well known for it's large conodont elements (mineralised tooth-like structures) which are simple and very proportionally large, some species of Panderodus have grooves on their conodont elements, which some scientists have proposed were for delivering venom, this would make conodonts the earliest venomous vertebrates a Eustreptospondylus swims along the surface of the water during the afternoon, most likely travelling to a nearby island. the camera is at the surface of the water with a small portion above showing the animal's head, while most of the camera is under the water where the body is. bubbles escape from the dinosaur's feathers as a wave submerges its body with only its head left above the water. the animal is swimming using a mix of its tail, legs, and arms. Eustreptospondylus is a theropod dinosaur known from Jurassic England when it was a series of scattered islands. Eustreptospondylus is only known from one juvenile specimen, the juvenile is around a meter tall at the hip. none of Eustreptospondylus' closest relatives preserve a nasal bone, so one scientists suspects that they could have had nasal crests akin to dinosaurs like Ceratosaurus or Guanlong, this isn't known for sure but i have followed this interpretation in my reconstruction of the animal.
December 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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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
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this week's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!! i had two busy days in a row after Saturday so these are a tiiiny bit late, but yeah flocking is back!!!

this week we sketched Nanotyrannus (i sketched N. lethaeus), Pteranodon, Phosphorosaurus, and Helicoprion (i drew a juvenile)

#paleoart #alttext
a Nanotyrannus lethaeus rolls around in a shallow pool of water, foliage can be seen in the background Nanotyrannus is a species of dinosaur once thought to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, however, it recently was concretely proven to be distinct from Tyrannosaurus, as well as being quite far removed from it on the tyrannosaur tree being a member that diverged much earlier. Nanotyrannus lethaeus is a species that can be differentiated from Nanotyrannus lancensis in a variety of ways, however, in this piece the most notable way is its more slender skull as oppose to the more boxy skull of N. lancensis a female Pteranodon flies above the sea, repositioning a belemnite in its jaws. the panicked belemnite squirts a jet of ink in an attempt to escape. it has a pathology on its back that shows it's escaped predation in the past, but this attempt will be futile Pteranodon is a large sea-faring pterosaur known for its long crest and long peak, it is the most well known behind Pterodactylus. there is a massive debate about which specimens actually belong to the genus, however, it is accepted that the smaller crested mature specimens most likely represent females belemnites are a group of extinct cephalopods with hard internal guards that helped in buoyancy and structure of the body, they're homologous structures to the pens of squid a Phosphorosaurus investigates an underwater camera at night in very cloudy water. the light of the camera illuminates a cloud of particles in between it and the small mosasaur, obscuring its body sans the lighter colouration on its face, neck, flippers, and belly. its eye reflects the light back into the camera Phosphorosaurus is a halisaurine mosasaur (small slender marine reptiles that looked vaguely like reptilian seals). Phosphorosaurus had particularly large orbits and forward facing eyes, leading many to speculate that it was nocturnal from above the surface of the water at night, a camera illuminates a school of aulacoceridan belemnoids swim away from a juvenile Helicoprion. the juvenile has caught caught one, using its buzzsaw-like whorl of teeth to slice through the cephalopod's guard, the cephalopod squirts a jet of ink in a futile attempt to escape, however, it's already too late for it Helicoprion is a cartelagionous fish that is often mistaken for a shark, but is actually closer related to chimaeras. it's most well known for its whorl of teeth that puzzled Palaeontologists for decades, we now understand that the whorl sat on the lower jaw and was used in a saw-like motion to cut cephalopod prey against the teeth on its palatoquadrate (upper jaw) aulacoceridan belemnoids are a group of extinct cephalopods with hard internal guards that helped in buoyancy and structure of the body, they're homologous structures to the pens of squid
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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been slowly chipping away at this since October 29th 2024 and now it's finally done

i present: Nanotyrannus lancensis

#BackInHell #paleoart #paleontology #dinosaur #dinosaurart #scicomm #sciart #alttext
a Nanotyrannus lancensis stands infront of a black background, a warm yellow light illuminates the animal from the top right of the scene, though the source of the light is out of frame. Nanotyrannus is a species of dinosaur once thought to be a juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex, however, it recently was concretely proven to be distinct from Tyrannosaurus, as well as being quite far removed from it on the tyrannosaur tree being a member that diverged much earlier
November 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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this art was made for Age of Hope, a fundraising event organised by @/Regalius12 on YouTube for Respite Care of San Antonio. it's part of an art giveaway that's happening soon!!! tune in to Regalius' YouTube stream while he's still live

you can donate here: gofund.me/8ed4f8a70

#paleoart #charity
this piece depicts a nesting colony of male Oksoko on an alluvial fan during the glaring heat of the day. it's speculated that nesting dinosaurs with large clutch to body size ratios (like oviraptorosaurs) were polygamous and may have communally raised eggs in colonies like the one depicted. taking a page out of the oviraptorosaurs' book; it's important that we take care of everyone in our society, including people with special needs. respite care of san antonio is important for its local community, especially since kids with special needs are high risk for a lower quality of life, donations that go to the charity will help them give these kids and their families good opportunities to increase their quality of life Oksoko is a small oviraptorosaur (bird-like theropods with flat crests on their faces) with a very big body and small two fingered arms like a T. rex, here ive depicted them with speculative display structures on their heads
October 18, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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havent listened to the new music yet but ill use any excuse i can to sketch Sua 🫶🫶🫶 happy 3 years to Alien Stage!!!

#ALNST #SuaALNST
Sua from alien stage stands in a grey background facing the viewer, she's using her left hand to pull the front of her dress down while her right hand pulls the back down, she's looking to her left
October 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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how ive been wearing my hair recently
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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really? from what i can see in Dunkleosteus it's just a single opening, is this 3d model missing elements? (link to 3d model: sketchfab.com/3d-models/cm...)
October 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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i felt like drawing a placoderm last month, so i drew Gorgonichthys. it's been sitting in my wips pile for ages now, not tooo happy with this but that's the nature of art i guess :]

#placoderm #fishart #sciart
a Gorgonichthys has caught and bitten a Cladoselache, blood and flesh escapes from the open wound, including out of the Gorgonichthys' spiracle and gill slit. one Kentuchia takes a bite from the carcass while two others swim around the Gorgonichthys. two iceburgs float along in the backround, dropstones can be seen falling out of the one closest to the camera Gorgonichthys is a large placoderm (jawed armoured fish) with a boxy head which lived in the same formation as Dunkleosteus. Cladoselache is a cartilaginous fish that appeared like a shark with a flat boxy head, males had a curved spine on their primary dorsal fin, while females lacked them. Kentuchia is an early rayfinned fish that had very forward placed eyes, giving it a very silly appearance
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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"Defluo"

I've been meaning to get into painting more realistic humans, and i also felt like drawing a Neanderthal, so here we are

#sciart #paleoart #paleohuman #neanderthal #painting #digitalpainting #alttext
a Neanderthal woman faces toward the right of the canvas with a melancholic expression, tears running down her eyes. a large fresh cut can be seen on her left brow, paired with a large bruise on her left cheek and eye. from the left side of the canvas comes a warm but dull yellow light, while the right is illuminated by a warm but dull orange light. behind her to the canvas' left are four spears, one with a bone tool attached to it, some are fading. to the canvas' right are variously shaped shell tools that are also fading. behind all of this are various colours of Neanderthal handprint art in various shades of orange, almost appearing like a fire around her. both behind and infront of her are white abstract streaks that almost appear to be engulfing both her and the rest of the canvas
September 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Microraptorian sketch i made in class the other day
sketch of a microraptorian dinosaur
September 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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more stylised paleoart concepts! this time it's Bananogmius, thanks to @3lfig.bsky.social for suggesting this taxon

#fishart #stylisedart #paleoart #sketch #conceptart
a stylised Bananogmius, it leers to the left of the image Bananogmius is a fish that's part of an extinct group of fish which had large conspicuous dorsal fins that ran all the way down their backs its teeth suggest it ate hard shelled organisms like molluscs but we also have fossils of them swallowing smaller bait fish headfirst
September 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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stylised Protosphyraena concepts, honestly quite happy with these and will probably make more with different taxa

#paleoart #sketch #stylised #conceptart #fishart
two stylised Protosphyraena, the one on the left is looking up at the one on the right Protosphyraena is an extinct kind of predatory fish with a short bill similar to swordfish but with buck-teeth and thin elongate pelvic fins that originate from underneath the pectoral fins
September 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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the angel herself

#ALNST #에이스테 #Sua
Sua from Alien Stage in her outfit seen in episode 1. she's leaning away from the camera in a stylised spotlight with faded hyacinths behind her, the light forms a blurry halo above her head
September 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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result of this week's special 2 hour #Paleostream flocking!

for this flocking we spent 2 hours on just Spicomellus, however, i spent an additional 6 hours on my piece

#paleoart #sciart #scicomm #dinosaur
on a sunny and slightly windy day in Jurassic Morocco, a Spicomellus grazes on the abundant macroalgae by the shoreline. the warm sun and calm water trigger a mass hatching event of thalattosuchians who scramble into the seawater around the Spicomellus, two Scheenstia look on at the oncoming swarm. the Spicomellus is unfazed and continues grazing Spicomellus is a surprisingly derived (unexpected) ankylosaur (large herbivorous armoured dinosaurs) known primarily from osteoderms, these ostoederms are special and unlike any other ankylosaur osteoderms as they fuse to the ribs during ontogeny, there's also evidence it had a tail weapon based on its tail vertebrae, but no such weapon has been identified yet. it would've had incredibly large spikes all over its body Scheenstia is a genus of durophagous fish distantly related to alligator gars. it was very tall and thin in profile thalattosuchians are a group of fully marine crocodile relatives with fish-like tails and tiny forelimbs
August 31, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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Here's today's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!!

today we sketched Carcharodontosaurus, Austroraptor (mine is eating a juvenile Kawanectes), Dreadnoughtus, and Razanandrongobe (mine is eating an Andrianavoay)

#sketches #paleoart #paleontology
a Carcharodontosaurus walks past a drying river bed during the morning. dust kicked up from the wind and its footsteps obscures the vegetation in the background. Carcharodontosaurus is a large carcharodontosaur (bipedal meat eating dinosaurs with slicing teeth) that's named for its vaguely shark-like teeth. it's known from skull and leg material with its skull being somewhat thin width-wise but very tall with large rugosities on its snout that may have supported large keratin structures. it potentially had very pillar-like legs based on its relative Acrocanthosaurus an Austroraptor has successfully dispatched a juvenile Kawanectes in the salty water between the tidal flats. the blood from a large gash in the plesiosaur's back oozes into the water Austroraptor is an unenlagiid (slender and most likely piscivorous distant relatives of birds that look like dromaeosaurs) that was around 6 metres long in length and somewhat robust for a unenlagiid, a recent paper found unenlagiids to be within Avialae which makes them closer to birds then dromaeosaurs and troodontids. it appeared like a very large stork with teeth, no beak, small wings, and a long tail. Kawanectes is a small elasmosaurid (fully marine reptiles with long necks that swam using four flippers) that is known from same formation as Austroraptor (Allen Fm.) and is distinct in having a small adult body size of 3 metres long compared to its closest relatives who are much longer among other traits. it appeared like a snake with exposed interlocking teeth, no visible scales, and four flippers the camera looks up at a Dreadnoughtus, its head and the tip of its tail are off screen, along with all four of its feet. the camera gets a close up of the large scales on the right arm of the animal which appear similar to tortoise arm scales, as well as a few other different scale shapes on its body Dreadnoughtus is a titanosaurian sauropod (typically large quadrupedal herbivores with long necks that were far larger then any land animals today) that is known from a very well preserved body but not so much head or tail with its torso being very round in the stomach section. derived titanosaurs like Dreadnoughtus had highly reduced digits with some even losing them entirely and walking using their metacarpals. it would've appeared like an appartment block-sized reptilian giraffe a Razanandrongobe has caught an Andrianavoay amongst the tidal flats of its home. the force of the bite has burst the body wall and the corpse spills entrails as the Razanandrongobe gallops into a more secure area to eat. Razanandrongobe is a large ziphosuchian pseudosuchian (terrestrial relatives of crocodiles with typically thin cutting teeth) that is only known from a bit of skull material. it would've appeared like a large alligator with a tall skull, turtle-like nose, and shark-like cutting teeth Andrianavoay is a small machimosaurine thalattosuchian (very marine adapted relatives of crocodiles with thin gharial-like snouts) that lived in the same formation as Razanandrongobe (Isalo III Fm.). it would've appeared vaguely like a small gharial but there's no evidence for a ghara being present on the snout
August 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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here's this week's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!!

this week we sketched Arizonasaurus, Ozimek, Cyonosaurus, and Henodus

#paleoart #triassic #palaeoart #sciart #paleobotany
an Arizonasaurus rests by the coastline on a barren red sand beach, its sail is in speculative breeding season colours with orange, red, blue, and yellow colouration. Arizonasaurus is a terrestrial distant relative of crocodilians that may have walked bipedally but that's still debated. it possessed a large sail on its back that could've been used for display an Ozimek rests in the shade on the internode of a Pterophyllum whole plant Ozimek is an extinct gliding reptile that had a long neck and tail with thin long limbs indicating that it most likely had a large gliding squirrel-like patagium between its limbs, alluding to an arboreal gliding lifestyle Pterophyllum is a form genus of leaf that looked vaguely like cyad leaves. it's associated with the wind pollinated male bennettitale pollen cone form genus Welsbergia, it looked somewhat like a flower but with conspicuous microsporangia (pollen producing organs) all along its microsporangiophores ("petals") a Cyonosaurus moves its snout very close to the camera, it has an Esterella ginkgo leaf on its snout, the back half of its body is partially shaded by something, it's unclear if that's a cloud or the tree the Esterella leaf came from. other Esterella leaves can be seen scattered around the Cyonosaurus Cyonosaurus is a small gorgonopsid synapid (carnivorous "mammal-like reptiles" with rectangular heads and saber teeth) that was originally thought to be from the early Triassic, but was later found to be from the late Permian. Esterella is a ginkgo leaf form genus that appeared like a small bare tree with no flat areas, rather, being composed of branching rounded "stem"-like "internodes" a Henodus sifts through shallow water by a lake shore for food, its body is only partially obscured by the fine sediment it's kicking up in is foraging Henodus is an extinct freshwater armoured reptile that is sometimes proposed to be distantly related to turtles due to its similarly formed shell. it appeared like a turtle with a very wide and concave on the top shell with a ridge running down the middle. its face was also quite "squashed" with eyes at the very tip
August 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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here's this week's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!!

this week we sketched Simbakubwa, Postschizotherium, Brygmophyseter, and Venetoraptor

#science #sciart #paleoart
a Simbakubwa with a slightly damaged ear patrols the smokey aftermath of a forestfire, areas are still ablaze and thick smoke still coats the area Simbakubwa is a very large hyenadont (large mammals that are related to both cats and dogs) that lived in Africa, it had a very robust jaw and stood taller then a lion a Postschizotherium rolls around in some mud. it sticks it tongue out of its mouth in satisfaction as it uses its back leg to scratch an itch on its arm Postschizotherium is a large extinct relative of hyraxes that had a large tapir-like trunk and small tusks, they also possessed eyes situated very far away from their skulls giving them a very derpy look a Byrgmophyseter attempts to wind a Hokkaidornis, however the bird manages to rocket out of the water and dodge the whale's attack Byrgmophyseter is an extinct whale with large teeth, it was around the size of an orca but most likely had a more obvious melon Hokkaidornis is a basal penguin that looked more like a long and large cormorant, however was not able to fly like most cormorants a Venetoraptor jumps to catch a dragonfly mid air, it kicks its feet out and waves its arms to keep balance Venetoraptor is a reptile that is closely related to pterosaurs and based on hip material from relatives would've most likely used hopping as its main form of fast locomotion, Venetoraptor also possesses a hooked beak
August 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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here's this week's #Paleostream flocking drawings!!!

this week we drew Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, and Mirasaura

#science #scicomm #sciart #paleoart #paleontology
in a Carboniferous pond, a Palaeocampa is illuminated by an artificial light coming from the camera. the freshwater lobopodian hugs close to the scale tree twig its standing on and starts slowly thrashing around the upper half of its body to warn the camera that its spines deliver an aldehyde-based venom, the image is framed between the lobes of a Lonchopteris rugosa fern Palaeocampa is an aysheaiid lobopodian (invertebrates with multiple sets of soft legs, animals like velvetworms are lobopodians) known from brackish and freshwater deposits in the Carboniferous of the USA and France. it superficially resembles a hairy caterpillar due to the multiple bundles of spines set in neat rows above each pair of legs, however its anatomy clearly indicates its a lobopodian. this animal confirms the presence of lobopodians in freshwater environments which had not previously been confirmed until its redescription a Nektognathus chases a small school of small Isoxys, it's caught one and swallowed it. the Nektognathus uses its lateral jaws and basal plate to crush the swallowed Isoxys. other crushed up Isoxys can be seen in its stomach through its semi-transparent body. Nektognathus is a very well preserved nectocaridid (group of extinct predators that swam simiarly to squid with long antennae and camera-type eyes that are related to arrow worms (Chaetognatha)). it was around 4mm long and preserves lightly sclerotized jaw elements (hardened bits used for chewing) that are only found in gnathiferans with its closest living relatives being arrow worms. Nectocaridids were once thought to be relatives of squid due to their similar appearences, but the presence of these jaw elements confirms their placement within Gnathifera Isoxys is an extinct bivalved arthropod (arthropod with two shells that surround its body) that had an elongate and thin body. its commonly found in stomach contents a Wudingloong climbs up the top of a hill during the dead of night, a waning crescent moon is framed behind it, its neck curves completing the missing portion of the crescent. Wudingloong is an early jurassic sauropodomorph (dinosaurs that are part of the group which eventually became sauropods, many were bipedal but some were quadrupedal) found in Yunnan Province, China and is the first dinosaur described from its relatively recently found fossil formation, the Yubacun Formation. it would've looked like a medium-sized long-necked theropod with more columnar feet and bigger arms a Mirasaura climbs on an upsidedown fern leaf with spori. two of its feather-like integumentary structures have been pulled out leaving a scar, most likely from an unsuccessful attack from a different predator, some of the other structures around them have been bent Mirasaura is a basal drepanosauromorph (a fully extinct group of reptiles that are typically known for their large hand claws, singular claw on their tail, and bird-like skulls, however Mirasaura lacks the large hand and tail claws) that has a crest of long overlapping integumentary structures (structures that grow out of the skin like hair, scales, feathers, etc.) that are feather-like but not feathers at all. Mirasaura was only around 10cm long and appeared like a small skink with a long (probably) prehensile tail, and bird-like skull with forward facing eyes that lacked teeth in the front portion of the mouth but had them in the back
July 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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cooking is so fun tbh
two pieces of salmon - one with crispy skin and one without - covered in a homemade warm tartar sauce and lines of green sriracha sauce for flare and taste
July 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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mmmm yummy L.U.N.C.H.

#scicomm #sciart #science #animation
very rough animation of me eating a Palaeocampa that i take out of my pocket
July 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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that thing they say about Teto fans is true btw, we're all mentally ill

i call this piece:
"Vile Ripe Plant Ovary Meets Her Doom to a Kaatedocus" - 2025

#teto #tetokasane #paleoart #dinoart #dinosaurart
a Kaatedocus holds Pearto in its mouth, she looks terrified Kaatedocus is a diplodocid sauropod (large quadrupedal herbivorous reptiles with long necks and tails) that is quite similar to its more famous relative Diplodocus, however it's significantly smaller Pearto is a character created from the fusion of the Utauloid Kasane Teto and a pear
July 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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after a brief hiatus cause Josch was at EAVP, #Paleostream flocking is back!

this week we sketched Argentinosaurus, Wulong (mine is hunting a juvenile Sinopterus), Dorudon (mine is eating an Eopelecanus), and Temnodontosaurus

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during a foggy morning, two adult Argentinosaurus travel through the thick clouds, one is only barely visible and both have the upper portion of their necks and lower portion of their bodies obscured. they tower over the trees closer to the camera, a carcharodontosaur looks up at the towering giants. Argentinosaurus is a kind of sauropod dinosaur (typically long necked and usually large quadrupedal reptiles), it's one of a handful of species that are debated to be the largest dinosaur in both size and weight however due to fragmentary material the debate still rages on an adult Wulong is hunting on the wing, it's about to use its right leg to kick a juvenile Sinopterus out of the air. Wulong is a kind of microraptorine dromaeosaurid (bird-like theropod dinosaurs who were capable of gliding and in some instances powered flight). it's only known from a juvenile specimen but we have preserved feathers from it that show the individual had iridescent feathers on the forelimbs and hindlimbs, with grey feathers on the rest of the body. Here i speculate that the colouration was a juvenile colouration and that the adults would be visually distinct Sinopterus is a kind of tapejarid pterosaur (flying reptiles that were frugivorous and had large conspicuous crests) known from the same formation as Wulong, ive based this reconstruction on the dubious pterosaur Nemicolopterus that many - includng myself - consider a juvenile tapejarid a Dorudon swims by the camera with the corpse of an Eopelecanus in its mouth, however most of the Eopelecanus' body is obscured. the Dorudon's body is covered in scars Dorudon is a kind of basilosaurid whale (ancient whales that still had small backflippers) which was predatory and looked not too disimilar to modern cetaceans (other then its visible hindlimbs) Eopelecanus is the oldest recorded pelican, despite the fact that it's only known from a single tibiotarsus (a bird foot bone), we know that pelicans have been very conservative in their morphology throughout their evolution so it's within reason to reconstruct it broadly similarly to modern pelicans a Temnodontosaurus surfaces for a breath, its body is covered in scars from previous battles and lamprey bite marks Temnodontosaurus is a kind of large predatory ichthyosaur (ichthyosaurs are a large group of whale-like marine reptiles that lacked scales, were warm-blooded, gave birth to live young, and had thick layers of blubber among other adaptations to live entirely in the water). studies of its head anatomy show it would've had great vision and a great sense of smell, while stomach contents show it fed on mainly cephalopods like squid, but also fed on other ichthyosaurs like the contemporary Stenopterygius of which we have 3 juveniles preserved inside stomach contents. a recent study of its fins showed that it had novel spike structures on the trailing edge of its flippers and creases on the surface that reduced the noise produced when swimming like those on owl wing feathers aiding the theory that it was an ambush predator.
July 20, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Mizi is walking through a vast and barren desert. Sua's ghost trails behind her
July 19, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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