Two observations: -I've always struggled with the idea of a hominid with comparable predatory skills to ours undergoing such drastic miniaturization, so this makes A LOT of sense to me - I think we're taking for granted Komodo dragons hunting proboscideans, because that's SO COOL

A new mamenchisaurid sauropod from the Lower Phu Kradung Formation, Upper Jurassic of northeastern Thailand nature.com/articles/s41... Uragasaurus kalasinensis gen. et sp. nov. Art: Jæsica ßababi

We can finally ask ourselves the real big questions: who would win in a fight between a T. rex and a house cat?

Here are the concept designs that I did of the pliosaur Brachauchenius and the indeterminate nodosaur for last week’s episode of Surviving Earth #paleoart #sciart #SurvivingEarth

To celebrate the announcement of my #specevo #dinosaur book this #FossilFriday, here's my giant Olymposaurus, a modern-day abelisaur. The proportions were predicted using real abelisaur scaling regimes: that short, upturned face, enormous thigh etc. are expected features of a 13 m abelisaur. #sciart

A young Besanosaurus forages in unfamiliar territory - and finds it is not welcome. #sciart #paleoart

Oh, to be enjoying the warm waters of the WIS. #SciArt #artbyjulio

Loxodonta adaurora

Homotherium studies

Urokodia sheds light on the origin of chelicerae and book gills of Chelicerata www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Major announcement posted at #Patreon yesterday: I'm producing a big #specevo #dinosaur book devoted to a "no K/Pg impact" scenario over the next 18 months. I'll be sharing updates on the project at Patreon throughout development, so sign up if you want previews! www.patreon.com/markwitton #sciart

And here it is! The finalized art piece I commissioned my friend Riamus, which we call "Deadliest Duo". Many thanks to him, but also thanks to Tyler Greenfield, Cetology Hub, and Evoincarnate (on Twitter) for acting as consultants for animal body shape. What exactly is this? Thread below 🧵

Seen my first youtube suggestion about Nanaimoteuthis that wasn't sensationalist clickbait and it felt refreshing. It might be one for every 100 "T-REX EATING KRAKEN", but it's something.

I have been very busy working in many new projects. One of them is a commission that deals with Pleistocene fauna, so I have been sketching and revisiting some old concept sketches of many animals from that time period #paleoart #sciart #pleistocene

Last night was the premiere of the first episode of Surviving Earth! I want to share with you snippets of the concept art I did for Inostrancevia #SurvivingEarth

Continuing with the first episode of Surviving Earth (which premiered last Thursday on NBC/Friday on Peacock) here is another look at one of the animals for which I created the concept design. Meet the super cute Elph borealis, a small Late Permian dicynodont

The second episode of Surviving Earth premieres tonight on NBC! But before that I want to share with you more concept designs I did for various animals from last week’s episode. If you know me you can imagine how excited I was to design Triassic species for this show! #paleoart #sciart #conceptart

Episode 2 of Surviving Earth premiered last night on NBC and is now available on Peacock! This episode deals with the consequences of the Carnian Pluvial event! Here I can show you the concept art of Panphagia and the baby Ischigualastia (the latter you’ve already seen) #paleoart #sciart #conceptart

One of my favorite concept designs to do for Surviving Earth was Zupaysaurus. I was entrusted with designing both the adult and juveniles. It was special for me to see this design come to life #SurvivingEarth #paleoart #sciart

Tonight there will be another NEW episode of Surviving Earth, but before that let me show you the concept design of one of the cranky Hyperodapedon from last week’s episode. I love rhynchosaurs, so it was a dream come true when I was asked to create this creature design #paleoart #sciart

For last week’s episode of Surviving Earth, I was entrusted with doing the concept design for Saurornitholestes. Here you can see my concept design and how amazingly it was translated into a 3d model by the talented artists at MilkVFX #paleoart #sciart #SurvivingEarth

Reminder that, although the opposite is much more common and well documented, shark attacks on orcas do in fact happen. And this is John Coe, one of the largest orcas ever recorded, and of a macropredatory type too.

I’m excited to be able to share this news with you all. I’ve been commissioned by University of Nebraska State Museum to illustrate a book telling the story of Archie - the famous (and largest) Columbian mammoth. (1/4)

Tall, spear-beaked archosaurs with a massive wingspan are scary, even when relatively frail #PrehistoricPlanet

Major new paper for #paleoart by Terras et al. on extra-oral tissues (lips, cheeks etc.) in Triassic archosauromorphs. They conclude what a lot of us have been saying for a while now: lipped mouths should be the starting point for restoring fossil reptiles. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New #DAWNDINOS paper! Another "here's everything relevant about a cool Triassic/early Jurassic archosauriform's locomotion that we can figure out so far, with a 3D model of it"-- this time focused on the big nasty "rauisuchian" Postosuchus. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Incredibly funny coincidence how a @/skeletoncrewpaleo.bsky.social video exactly about this subject just came out on my YouTube feed, I feel vindicated

Noooooo not Haines still ascribing to the "terror birds went extinct because of the great faunal interchange"... We still haven't had a single (good) docufiction where phorusrhacids are treated properly. Still hyped for this series.

Yesterday I started on #paleostream a new series: #PocketPrehistry, in which I draw extinct animals in life size on postcard formats, meaning the animals can't be much longer than 15 cm max! Here the first 3 results Scalacurvichthys, Arcticodactylus, Iberomesornis with Eoalulavis, Kreischeria...

Pretty excited by Wu et al.'s study (only out as a preprint) on potential iridescence in the tapejarid Sinopterus. Looks reasonable based on their data. If tajeparids are ecomorphological analogues of extant birds like hornbills (which I think they were), this is consistent with what we might guess.

Abyssal giantism continues to be one of the most misrepresented and misunderstood phenomena. Reminds me of the misconception of everything being bigger in the past. Not everything gets bigger in the abyss, and not everything big living there is an abyssal giant.

Skeletal reconstructions of Ferenceratops shqiperorum (top; composite) and Ajkaceratops kozmai (bottom; composite). Scale bars: 1m.

Adapis parisiensis

Everything IS bigger in Texas... Introducing TYLOSAURUS REX–“TEX”. A monster animal, a monster paper, & a monster project that I am *so* excited to finally share with everyone after ~5 yrs. Huge thanks to my coauthors, Mike & Ron, & to Alderon Games for bringing our lad to life!! #FossilFriday

Result from the Florissant Formation #paleostream! While it doesn't look like this this has been one of the most intensely researched pieces of the whole series, but more on that later. On this a late summer evening a Megacerops steps onto a clearing to take a sip from a...

Brachiosuchus skeletal it was a giant, long-snouted Dyrosaurid with the largest known arms of any crocodylomorph, likely serving for underwater manouverability, it almost looks like a spec-evo creature!

What I like about this artwork is that it doesn't fall into the "cetaceanization" of recent years, it feels properly reptilian without looking retro. Also love the ridges, they often feel like they were ripped right off a leatherback and slapped onto the wrong body, but here they look integrated.

Outstanding work

Howdy everyone! Join us this THURSDAY, MAY 21 at 830 PM EST as we stream Path of Titans to take their newest Tylosaurus model out for a spin! Be there or be square...!

3000 IQ naming here, also incredibly cool

It has been *15 years* since the "Speed Demon Carnotaurus" paper, and despite the valid skepticism from many professionals, it's still basically uncontested as a paleomeme. To the point it has become a more prevalent factoid than, you know, the actual anatomy. It's even more popular than the horns!

🚨 New croc paper alert! Another study led by Ana Laura Paiva (PhD student I co-supervise with Max Langer) is out today in Palaeontology! We revisit a classic question with new tools: how big were notosuchians, really? 🐊📏 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Art: @mirantakouvari.bsky.social

An actual artificial egg would've been one of the greatest scientific advancements ever and universally celebrated as such, yet Colossal's reputation is so tainted we can't trust anything they say. Truly saddening how they've monopolized one of the most interesting research fields.

New DNA evidence shows dingoes are almost 90% pure – and fall into eight distinct groups 🧬 🐕 Write up based on our new research doi.org/10.1111/con4... in @consletters.bsky.social #popgen #consgen

Sethapanichsakul, T., Khansubha, SO., Manitkoon, S. et al. The first sauropod dinosaur from the Lower Cretaceous Khok Kruat Formation of Thailand enriches the diversity of somphospondylan titanosauriforms in southeast Asia. Sci Rep 16, 12467 (2026). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Pterosaurs were colourful? Tapejarids having magenta iridescent colorationation? Chinese team uncovers complex pycnofibres with pigments in Sinopterus dongi. Source: biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.05.06.723168v1.full.pdf+html

New #paleoart of the Welsh theropod Dracoraptor hanigani, restored with appropriately neotheropodan features. UK marine sediments have a glut of small Jurassic theropods, with Dracoraptor one of the best-known. #sciart Like this image? You can own a copy! www.markwitton.co.uk/product-page...

Animation Process / Result of ¨Antediluvian¨ (full animated short here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsz...) ♣️ this is a little peek to the making of. there's more of it in the explanatory video too ♣️ #animation #drawnanimation #2Danimation #paleontology #victorian #dinosaurs

Some extinct AVES #aves #birds #paleoart #terrorbird #dinornis #dinosaurs

Plesiosaur VS Ichthyosaur scene from 'ANTEDILUVIAN' ( www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsz... ) . Based on one of the most iconic themes of early XIX century paleoart, popularized by Jules Verne 🌖 Art available for prints and more at mariolanzas.redbubble #antediluvian #animation #vintagedinosaurs #paleoart