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

Tyrannosaurus rex helps herself to the carcass of a subadult Edmontosaurus - the well fought meal of the Nanotyrannus lancensis pair that she bullied off. A new mesopredator in the Hell Creek does mean plenty of food to steal, even if you aren't an obligate scavenger. #sciart #paleoart

The giant ground sloth Glossotherium rests as a flock of Yellow-headed Caracara keep him tick free.

The diminutive Thikarisuchus xenodentes (1/2 scale) wanders the forest floor at night. I'm glad the Blackleaf has another taxa and I'm so grateful to have helped in the process. There's more research from yours truly on this guy down the pipeline, so stay tuned! #sciart #crocodile #paleoart #clayart

Happy #FossilFriday! Meet #Thikarisuchus xenodentes (#MOR11969)! The skull of this small #Cretaceous #crocodyliform fits in the palm of your hand. Thikarisuchus was named this week in a Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology paper by #MontanaStateUniversity alumnus Harrison Allen and colleagues.

The diminutive Thikarisuchus xenodentes (1/2 scale) wanders the forest floor at night. I'm glad the Blackleaf has another taxa and I'm so grateful to have helped in the process. There's more research from yours truly on this guy down the pipeline, so stay tuned! #sciart #crocodile #paleoart #clayart

Our #marchofthemammals2025 wrap up post! Probably the smallest average size so far, which makes Palaeoloxodon look especially impressive! As always thanks to @shunosaurus.bsky.social for organizing this! I've got one more little follow-up for this years formation theme, so stay tuned!

And that marks an end to #marchofthemammals2025 ! Thank you to everyone who participated, and I hope to see you in 2026! Attached are the giveaway winners as well, including a Bluesky Rep!

Our last animal for #marchofthemammals2025, the very tall Palaeoloxodon recki! #sciart #paleoart

Last set of quick sketches for #marchofthemammals 2025 #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 31: Palaeoloxodon recki Palaeoloxodon has some fun carrying around a stick. And that wraps up March of the Mammals 2025! Stay tuned tomorrow for my wrap up posts and giveaway winner announcement!

#marchofthemammals2025 day 26, a mother Dinopithecus ingens and her baby, going for a ride #sciart #paleoart

#marchofthemammals Day 30: Dinopithecus ingens Dinopithecus chows down on a handful of sourplums. Figured it would be fun to give the giant baboon red fangs without falling into the macropredatory trope.

Beatragus antiquus for day 24 of #marchofthemammals2025, an ancient species of hirola antelope #sciart #paleoart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 29: Beatragus antiquus Beatragus antiquus stands with his oxpecker friend.

#marchofthemammals2025 day 24: Kolpochoerus limnetes! A big pig 🐖 #sciart #paleoart #fossilfriday

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 28: Kolpochoerus limnetes Kolpochoerus gets up from a good wallow.

A very angry Ancylotherium hennigi for day 23 of #marchofthemammals2025 #sciart #paleoart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 27: Ancylotherium henningi Ancylotherium keeps her distance from Dinofelis. They probably wouldn't attack something so large, but better safe than sorry.

On to our last week of #marchofthemammals2025, the savannas of Early Pleistocene Ethiopia! Here's Dinofelis petteri chilling on a tree branch #sciart #paleoart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 26: Dinofelis petteri Dinofelis scratches up against a dead tree. Welcome to the Shungura Formation! Over the final week of March we'll reconstruct some of the extinct megafauna our ancestors once met.

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 25: Rest Day Trilophosuchus rests as Menura tyawanoides shows off his plumage high up. And with that we are done with the Riversleigh formation! Join us as we travel to the Shungura Formation of Ethiopia tomorrow!

Rounding out the Riversleigh crew is the tapir sized diprotodontid Neohelos stirtoni for day 21 of #marchofthemammals2025! #sciart #paleoart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 24: Neohelos stirtoni Neohelos takes a walk

Jumping around with #marchofthemammals sketches when I have time to do one so here’s a smattering from the last formation #sciart #paleoart

Ganguroo bilamina for day 20 of #marchofthemammals2025! #sciart #paleoart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 23: Ganguroo bilamina Ganguroo flees Muribacinus while their friend rests on a low branch.

#marchofthemammals2025 day 19, Muriabacinus gadiyuli, a tiny thylacinid! #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 22: Muribacinus gadiyuli Look out Crash!

The powerfully named Crash bandicoot for day 18 of #Marchofthemammals2025 #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 21: Crash bandicoot. Millions of years before its primary adversary had evolved, Crash was the undisputed ruler of the Miocene rainforests.

The arboreal diprotodontid Nimbadon lavarackorum for day 17 of #marchofthemammals2025. A real wierdo! #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 20: Nimbadon lavarackorum Nimbadon walks across the canopy. Honestly, this sheep sized psuedo-koala was one of the hardest animals for me to wrap my head around.

Beginning our trip to the lush forests of the middle Miocene Riversleigh Fossil Site with Obdurodon dicksoni for day 16 of #marchofthemammals2025 #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 19: Obdurodon dicksoni The prehistoric platypus hauls itself onto land to rest. After a long day, this semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal is ready for some inaction.

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 18: Rest Day Wrapping up the Brule Formation, Stylemys ambles across the landscape. Join me tomorrow as we travel to Australia for all kinds of funky possums!

Rounding out our trip to the Brule Formation is the fearsome Hyaenodon horridus #marchofthemammals2025! #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 17: Hyaenodon horridus Look out Leptauchenia!!

#marchofthemammals2025 day 14, Hyracodon nebraskensis #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 16: Hyracodon nebraskensis Hyracodon stands guard over the Leptauchenia herd. What a good pal!

Day 13 of #marchofthemammals2025, Xenocranium pileorivale. A tiny moleish animal related to pangolins! #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 15: Xenocranium pileorivale The mole-adjacent pangolin relatives Xenocranium emerge from the dirt.

March of the Mammals 2025 Day 2 - Kryptobataar dashzevegi

March of the Mammals 2025 Day 1: Zalambdalestes lechei

#marchofthemammals2025 day 12, the tiny oreodont Leptauchenia decora!

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 14: Leptauchenia decora With almost binocular vision and eyes far up on the skull, these Oreodonts would probably find a good home in a Star Wars establishing shot.

#marchofthemammals2025 day 11, a prancing Protoceras celer

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 13: Protoceras celer Protoceras keeps his distance from Daphoenus

Day 10 of #marchofthemammals2025, our first resident of the Oligocene Great Plains, Daphoenus vetus (and a very unlucky Leptomeryx) #paleoart #sciart

#marchofthemammals2025 Day 12: Daphoenus vetus Two Daphoenus walk through a recovering burnt forest. Welcome to the Brule Formation! Now we'll really start to see mammals reach large sizes!