An extinct condor from the open & semi-open ecosystems of eastern Brazil in the Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene - part of a diversified guild of scavenging #birds that suffered severe #extinction when South America's rich #megafauna was decimated by Homo sapiens www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

⭑ PALEOFAUNA ⭑ of ⭑ NEW ⭑ CALEDONIA⭑ 🧵 #paleoart

Moa Remains

Scenes from the #SVP2025 #2025SVP #paleoart workshop. We had terrific talks from @cpdinosaurs.bsky.social, @tetzoo.bsky.social, @palaeojules.bsky.social and @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, as well as fantastic discussion from attendees. Thanks to everyone who contributed, I hope you all enjoyed it!

Results from the #paleostream! Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu

The first of a paleoart series I'm calling "Perspectives," which aims to highlight the evolution of life on Earth with a variety of different creatures and styles. This one is "Pale First Dot," depicting good ol' LUCA, the last universal common ancestor. #sciart #paleoart #paleontology

I’m at the annual paleontology conference. Here’s how people today have described their work: “I basically study swamp monsters” “I’m a dinosaur orthodontist” “Dead bird bird watcher” #2025SVP

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.

T. rex was formally named 120 years ago today. Hell yeah king happy birthday! #art

#SciArtSeptember 1: Islet Somewhere in the waves of Barents Sea, a rocky islet acts as a perch for seabirds. Puffins, guillemots, razorbills and skuas are still here, though threatened by heating oceans and spreading disease. With them sits a lonely ghost of a great auk that once roamed these seas.

Young Dinornis at the Beach 🏖️

Bird abilities I wish I had. Buy my new book here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...

Joanna has made incredible paleoart before, but this is just jawdropping It looks as alive as a photograph of a lion in the Serengeti today, only fluffier and better suited to the harsh mammoth steppe If you don't follow her work yet, do it now

I just learned about Dear Fauna, a STOP MOTION, FELT animation about pleistocene. It releases in just a couple days. Let's show it some love!

It's true, #PrehistoricPlanet Ice Age is coming to #AppleTV for November 2025. These images show how good our animals are, but... believe me, this barely scratches the surface!! It has been a massive thrill and privilege to help bring this series together... you're in for an incredible treat.

I had an absolute blast talking with David and Will about the wacky and wild world of shrews, have a listen!

Through Time And Clades is over, and with it my paleoart series. I'm grateful to have been a part of it with @albertonykus.bsky.social and @killdeercheer.bsky.social , even if for one episode My paleoart musings will go on in one way or another, somewhere else www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8MR...

Hyaenodon, an @pelican-man.bsky.social original now framed and hung with a @blueasterstudio.bsky.social original.

There is no tomorrow for Moa kind. In this result of yesterdays #paleostream we explore the Holocene of New Zealand, a world we largely lost not even 1000 years ago.

You can just feel the moisture of the air and hear the rustling of leaves and the sounds of countless insects. Rarely you see fossil environments as alive as this! Truly the work of a master

“MOAMANIA 2”, ft. 1. N. Island Giant Moa 2. Coastal Moa 3. Eastern Moa 4. Little Bush Moa 5. Crested Moa 6. S. Island Giant Moa 7. Heavy-footed Moa 8. Mantell’s Moa 9. Upland Moa #paleoart #art #digitalart #Pleistocene

Upland Moa

Bird nesting in the Cretaceous! This is the illustration I did for a new paper by Lauren Wilson and colleagues that is published TODAY in Science The new paper describes an assemblage of fossils that includes both chicks and adults from multiple species of Late Cretaceous birds! #paleoart #birds

We were interviewed about our work on the mind of a horse science comic. Give it a listen :)

Heavy Footed Moa

Giant cephalopods were another childhood fascination of mine. Who wouldn't be entranced by statements like "The squid has never been seen alive in its natural habitat..."? I always hoped I'd get to see someday. Now we're getting those glimpses, and it's wonderful.

Some #papercraft art from last month that I made as a gift for my bestie after they came home from working in Japan! It's a pair of rock ptarmigans (Lagopus muta), which are the official bird of Nagano Prefecture. They're a beautiful bird that also makes fantastic noises (look them up)

Our science comic is now officially award winning! :)

Okayyy artist introduction time! Hey, my name's Tas and I'm an Australian palaeontology student and palaeoartist. I've been captivated by prehistory almost my whole life and trying to draw it for just as long! I mostly do digital, pencil and papercraft work but anything else is fun too!

"Who put the pee in Postosuchus?" ~ @pelican-man.bsky.social "Otherwise it would just be Ostosuchus." ~ me

Some carnivorous mammals of the Late Eocene Badlands, or White River Formation. Such curious beasties These guys are pretty cartoonish to start with, they look like they'd be in a constant race to one-up each other trying to catch their quarry

A colleague of mine once described paleontology in a fun way: Tyrannosaurus rex is there as the bouncer of the palaeontology club door. Inside, there's all sorts of creatures, but most people just stand at the door and stare at the huge bouncer, and it's all they'll ever see.

Smilodon, an old star of paleomedia and paleoart of many sorts, is more than happy to tell stories of his work to anyone who can (or vaguely appears to) listen. And to be fair to him, he has seen many things happen during his tenure

Kleptoparasitism. Geosternternbergia, Nyctosaurus and Enchodus. Inspired by the book Oceans of Kansas by Micheal J Everhart and the brown pelicans, magnificent frigate birds and delicious mahi-mahi tacos at my trip to Puerto Vallarta. #paleoart #pterosaurs

New pub: beautiful new ~35 myo skull of a flightless plotopterid bird (possibly Klallamornis) described from Washington state. Acid prepared! And big - 28 cm long! Same rock unit as some of the oldest known baleen whales on earth. Discovered by Jim Goedert. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Crystal Palace Iguanodon and Megalosaurus are getting very tired of the constant ridicule. They served as some of the first public displays of deep time and dinosaur paleoart and survived decades of degradation and vandalism. For this?

Bean geese flocks are on the move! They, like other birds, need peaceful, protected #wetlands to feed and rest. #migration #spring #IBA #ImportantBirdAreas

Birds from the Las Flores Formation (Miocene of Argentina), including a new shelduck Zqueheanas hebe, palaelodid (stem-flamingo) Palaelodus haroldocontii, and grebe Hunucornis huayanen: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Agnolín et al.)

Phylogenetic relationships of the dodo and other large, recently extinct pigeons based on morphological analyses: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶🧪 (📷Parish, Eyton, Meyer)

New Miocene diving duck Gracanicanetta happi, known from a nearly complete skeleton: palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025... 🪶🧪 (📷Bocheński et al.)

Terror Bird xkcd.com/3069

New paleopodcast just dropped and it looks like a good one! listening it now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8mY...

If you are at all interested in paleoart, it's history or how it's made, please check out this series I've been putting together with @albertonykus.bsky.social and @killdeercheer.bsky.social! It is a tad long, so I'd recommend a snack if you're watching the whole thing. Perhaps a nice sandwich

In Aotearoa some time in the 1200s, some Maori kids have just made a new friend! She's quite big and looks intimidating, but once you get on her good side she's quite nice, and happy that the children are spending moa time with her

I've drawn quite a few Coelophysis over the years, huh. It's a very fun little guy, and the long form and big eyes allow for great gestures and expressions. Love these elongate skrunkly fellows! The super skrunkly blue-eyed one was made as gift art for @skyemcdavid.com

A rather cheeky Velociraptor is on the prowl, and she looks ready for some mischief

The giant marabou stork Leptoptilos robustus looks down at a Homo floresiensis with massive disappointment. There was a hunt for dwarf Stegodon today, but the marabou got no scraps. Disappointing indeed...

Here the result of the St. Bathans fauna stream! This one took us into the early Miocene of New Zealand, the Moa's ark, as some call it. After many formation streams with very few birds this one has probably way too many! #paleostream #paleoart #sciart

New information on the anatomy of Iberomesornis: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷Castro-Terol et al.)

New Miocene gull-like birds Australarus bakeri (pictured) and Miolarus rectirostrum: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🪶🧪 (📷De Pietri et al.)