Michael Tripoli
@triloboii.bsky.social
Illustrator and Graphic Designer |
He/They | Natural History, Scicomm and Creature Design
#paleoart
He/They | Natural History, Scicomm and Creature Design
#paleoart
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Michael Tripoli
@triloboii.bsky.social
· Sep 20
Hey everyone, I'm Mike and I'm a graphic designer and illustrator interested in paleoart! Follow for obscure Paleogene ungulates and ~vibes~
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November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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Steppe lion enjoys the last days of summer.
But mornings are getting colder, winter is coming.
But mornings are getting colder, winter is coming.
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Steppe lion enjoys the last days of summer.
But mornings are getting colder, winter is coming.
But mornings are getting colder, winter is coming.
A foggy morning in late Cretaceous Montana. The carcass of a large softshell turtle becomes a battleground for Hell Creek's two most ferocious apex predators...
I'm a little late to nano hype but I've got to fill my quota for one non-avian dinosaur per year
#paleoart #sciart #backinhell
I'm a little late to nano hype but I've got to fill my quota for one non-avian dinosaur per year
#paleoart #sciart #backinhell
November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A foggy morning in late Cretaceous Montana. The carcass of a large softshell turtle becomes a battleground for Hell Creek's two most ferocious apex predators...
I'm a little late to nano hype but I've got to fill my quota for one non-avian dinosaur per year
#paleoart #sciart #backinhell
I'm a little late to nano hype but I've got to fill my quota for one non-avian dinosaur per year
#paleoart #sciart #backinhell
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Colored sketch of the newly-validated Nanotyrannus lancensis, though it’s not having a good time. This baby has found itself grappled by a particularly ambitious Didelphodon, after wandering a little too far from home. #backinhell #paleoart #sciart #cretaceous
November 10, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Colored sketch of the newly-validated Nanotyrannus lancensis, though it’s not having a good time. This baby has found itself grappled by a particularly ambitious Didelphodon, after wandering a little too far from home. #backinhell #paleoart #sciart #cretaceous
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I've been working on a fully animated video about #Nanotyrannus since the paper dropped. I wanted to share a scene of a #Tyrannosaurus rex & N. lethaeus walking alongside each other, mainly for visual comparison. (Walk cycle animation rig made by @tylerstoneart.bsky.social in #aftereffects)
November 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I've been working on a fully animated video about #Nanotyrannus since the paper dropped. I wanted to share a scene of a #Tyrannosaurus rex & N. lethaeus walking alongside each other, mainly for visual comparison. (Walk cycle animation rig made by @tylerstoneart.bsky.social in #aftereffects)
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Be weary of the beardogs! These swift pack hunters are not to be taken lightly. New update (backers only) posted to our Kickstarter! Link in thread
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Be weary of the beardogs! These swift pack hunters are not to be taken lightly. New update (backers only) posted to our Kickstarter! Link in thread
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Mammoth spotted in South Poland!
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Mammoth spotted in South Poland!
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
Actually, a to-scale model by Studio Kamyk for the Jegiellonian University Nature Education Centre, Krakow. 😍
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Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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a greater rhea daddy and his chicks hang out with a 1+ ton Glossotherium robustum about 17 KYA in Pleistocene Argentina 🇦🇷!
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#paleoart #iceage #sloth #megafauna #birds #art #procreate
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#paleoart #iceage #sloth #megafauna #birds #art #procreate
November 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
a greater rhea daddy and his chicks hang out with a 1+ ton Glossotherium robustum about 17 KYA in Pleistocene Argentina 🇦🇷!
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#paleoart #iceage #sloth #megafauna #birds #art #procreate
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#paleoart #iceage #sloth #megafauna #birds #art #procreate
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On the coast of Pliocene California, a Homotherium pounces upon a newborn Herpetocetus morrowi. These are Cetotheres, small baleen whales that thrived during the Miocene/Pliocene. For the sabertooth, such a tiny calf so close to shore is a rare treat. #paleoart #sciart #pliocene #california
November 4, 2025 at 7:51 PM
On the coast of Pliocene California, a Homotherium pounces upon a newborn Herpetocetus morrowi. These are Cetotheres, small baleen whales that thrived during the Miocene/Pliocene. For the sabertooth, such a tiny calf so close to shore is a rare treat. #paleoart #sciart #pliocene #california
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The reality of being a freelancer is that you end up working a lot of evenings and nights, something #mammals have been doing since the Mesozoic. Here's new #paleoart of two #Jurassic gliding Mammaliaformes, Arboroharamiya, starting their day as the sun sets 160 million years ago. #sciart #fossil
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 PM
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"Rhinoceroses have been around for over 40 million years and have been found on all continents except South America and Antarctica. This recently discovered Arctic rhino lived about 23 million years ago, during the Early Miocene."
🌄🦴🦏 #Rhinoceros #Canada #Paleontology #Prehistory #Biology
🌄🦴🦏 #Rhinoceros #Canada #Paleontology #Prehistory #Biology
Rhinos once lived in Canada
A newly discovered species of Arctic rhino lived 23 million years ago.
www.popsci.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Rhinoceroses have been around for over 40 million years and have been found on all continents except South America and Antarctica. This recently discovered Arctic rhino lived about 23 million years ago, during the Early Miocene."
🌄🦴🦏 #Rhinoceros #Canada #Paleontology #Prehistory #Biology
🌄🦴🦏 #Rhinoceros #Canada #Paleontology #Prehistory #Biology
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Some work out recently made, cetotherium riabinini is a small baleen whale from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys sea (Ukraine), a almost complete individual show it had remarkable body proportions unlike modern elongated species in a minuscule size.
October 14, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Some work out recently made, cetotherium riabinini is a small baleen whale from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys sea (Ukraine), a almost complete individual show it had remarkable body proportions unlike modern elongated species in a minuscule size.
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Second installment of #gomphtober2025 skeleton of gomphotherium from Mt. Diablo, California. Was on display at UC Berkeley, don't know if it still is.
#fossilfriday #prehistoriccalifornia #gomphotherium #cenozoic #miocene #elephant #fossil
#fossilfriday #prehistoriccalifornia #gomphotherium #cenozoic #miocene #elephant #fossil
October 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Second installment of #gomphtober2025 skeleton of gomphotherium from Mt. Diablo, California. Was on display at UC Berkeley, don't know if it still is.
#fossilfriday #prehistoriccalifornia #gomphotherium #cenozoic #miocene #elephant #fossil
#fossilfriday #prehistoriccalifornia #gomphotherium #cenozoic #miocene #elephant #fossil
October 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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To cool off we leave the tropics and enter the Temperate Pluvial Forests to the south of Lemuria. Between ancient trees we come across a fantastic sight, as a mixed herd of noasaurids and large multituberculates come to the shore of a small stream to drink.
October 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
To cool off we leave the tropics and enter the Temperate Pluvial Forests to the south of Lemuria. Between ancient trees we come across a fantastic sight, as a mixed herd of noasaurids and large multituberculates come to the shore of a small stream to drink.
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Manouria morla. A new tortoise from Early Miocene Czechia. Link to paper below
October 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Manouria morla. A new tortoise from Early Miocene Czechia. Link to paper below
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Qilin tungurensis- A newly identified new genus of giraffe from the Miocene of Inner Mongolia, China.
September 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Qilin tungurensis- A newly identified new genus of giraffe from the Miocene of Inner Mongolia, China.
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Better late than never! The tropical rainforest is our most diverse as well as one of the most challenging environments of Lemuria. A complex tangle of flora and fauna that got more than 500 submissions! i am still not 100% happy with this but at some point you have to let go...
September 29, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Better late than never! The tropical rainforest is our most diverse as well as one of the most challenging environments of Lemuria. A complex tangle of flora and fauna that got more than 500 submissions! i am still not 100% happy with this but at some point you have to let go...
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The domestic Mabanwo bapu (commonly known by its English mondegreens “lobapu” and “lofafu”) is a breed of fowl-sized Alektoriid. Commonly kept for meat and eggs, it represents an ancient Columbimorph lineage endemic to Salotum, where it is seen everywhere from backyard gardens to industrial farms.
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The domestic Mabanwo bapu (commonly known by its English mondegreens “lobapu” and “lofafu”) is a breed of fowl-sized Alektoriid. Commonly kept for meat and eggs, it represents an ancient Columbimorph lineage endemic to Salotum, where it is seen everywhere from backyard gardens to industrial farms.