I can't stop looking at this thing. I bashed together a side view of the skull of Zavacephale rinpoche Tsogtbataar et al. 2025. This comes to us via Nature (a tabloid, and paywalled, ugh) -- www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This should be discussed more extensively. I once had a researcher complain about my reconstruction of a pterosaur on account of the previous argument that, because the uropatagium in Sordes is weird (tail turned to the side) that uropatagia attach to hips, not tails, and the tail is loose.

The best thing about this post, apart from the film itself, is the alt text explaining what a phone booth was. A+

Guys, gimme time to come back home and I’ll make a series of explanatory post for our NEW DINOSAUR 😍😍

The free speech activist who built a list of professors he worked to get fired for their speech must be celebrated for his support of free speech, and anyone who quotes his speech accurately in context will be fired and/or face state punishment by the champions of free speech, do I have that right?

Please don't forget, and don't let anyone else forget, they did this openly.

With mud sadness, I hear of the recent passing of Rinchen Barsbold (or Barsbold Rinchen, as it were), the first in the wave of Mongolian paleontologists to secure the future of Mongolian specimens to their own country. Anatomist, describer, namer. GIN 100/02 (or MGP-D 100/42) shown.

Kostensuchus, the croc of the Patagonian wind, was a real-life Odogaron. The #Peirosauridae are not that distant from the #Baurusuchidae and #Sebecidae, highly-terrestrial notosuchian #crocs. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

#SCiArt #drepanosaurs The pectoral and pelvic girdles of Megalancosaurus suggest aquatic behavior, in that they are similar to sauropterygians like elasmosaurs. The bodies are long and tubular, very wide -- possibly wider than shown. The tail, unseen, is flattened, but very stiff.

#FossilFriday #SciArt A quick and dirty example of the different forelimb morphologies in Drepanosauromorpha. A: Hypuronector limnaios B: Megalancosaurus preonensis C: Drepanosaurus unguicaudatus 🧵 below

The Written Stone The enigma of Longisquama insignis derives from its quixotic representation in the annals of paleontology. At first a strange lizard-like creature reminiscent of the rib-gliding reptile Draco volans, then inexplicably a proto-bird of some sorts, crowned in wings. Without skeletal…

It occurred to me to update my Longisquama skeletal reconstruction with recent findings of close relation to drepanosaurs. The first one was dozens ans dozens of years ago, rendered from bad photographs. It's really bad. #drepanosaurs #sciart #skeletal_reconstruction #longisquama #mirasaura

I really like how we started with Triceratops in the late 1800s-early 1900s with a lipless, mouthy fella from Chas Knight, the Yale Torosaurus, sculpted by Michael Anderson in the late 1990s at the same time Jurassic Park was putting a sock-mouth on ceratopsians, and now back to lips. Love it!

Evolutionary Arms Race

Not to detract from a more well-known cousin, but once Oviraptor philoceratops was the most famous of the trio Osborn named 100+ years ago. This is looking at the "less well known" Egg Thief.

More on #Mirasaura grauvagoli, a small drepanosauromorphan from the Middle Trias of France, a close relative of #Longisquama, #Megalancosaurus. Questions arise about the nature and arrangement of the midline scales, if they're midline or paramedian. This is my suggestion, hardly a proof. #SciArt

Pseudhesperosuchus jachaleri skeletal! truly, 240p video of a cryptid gnome sighting at 3 am worthy

Sometimes, you *need* to believe that someone out there is truly, genuinely good; because it can be really hard to see close to home. That the idea of genuine goodness is a bar you can reach for, without power; and the more who reach for it, the more goodness exists. #Superman

Artfight revenge on Moin, with additional characters owned by Palaeophis and Veamers. I'm getting a little crazy with these MH scenes. If I told y'all I couldn't draw backgrounds before this would you believe me? #MHart #MonsterHunter #Artfight #Teamcrystals

#Sciart digital illustration imitating ink on paper at extremely high contrast. Theropod hatchling. BUT WHICH ONE? No, it's not Spinosaurus.

I won't talk about #Spinosaurus on my own for a while, to let this breathe. This deserves it. This is good ... hypothesizing, world-building, reverse projection of trends, what have you. Not that I don't have things to say, but for now, no notes.

Just like real angels.

Perhaps someone can help in, regarding literature and muscial terms, as to whether "interlogue" as opposed to "interlude" is appropriate for narrative writing. Bold are common uses, italics less common. Some dictionaries don't even have "interlogue," but it does exist.

A propos a certain discussion--- Tiny arms are not always an example of "vestigialization." These limbs can remain not only functional, but developed unique features, remaining a region of the body prone to evolutionary adaptation. That this happened in herbivorous taxa is under-explored. #sciart

What in Satan's holy name is this? FUCK AI.

Gang, I promise that I can think that the Texas officials were horribly criminally negligent AND that people on the left gloating over kids drowning is reprehensible. I have MAD multitasking skills like that. You don’t have to pick just one!

Schoolism Course - Felines - Terryl Whitlach & @bobbychiu.bsky.social Sabertooth Cat - Smilodon fatalis - Full Body Musculature #sabertoothcat #smilodon #smilodonfatalis #cat #feline #animal #animalart #paleoart #paleotology #art #digitalart #wildlife #clipstudiopaint #sciart #sciviz #scicomm

I suppose posting my WIPs is a useful thing. Part of a concept design (unshown) about exposed fangs of a heterodontosaur-like pachycephalosaur, Goyocephale. (No, I don't think these fangs were exposed, it's ART). #dinosaur #pachycephalosaur #sciart #paleoart

Sketch: Spinosaur ontogeny, predicting a yearling juvenile that would not look much like an adult, with triangular head; a two- to three-year subadult that would take on typical "megalosaur" proportions with a longer, boxier head; and a giant adult in brighter colors. #sciart #spinosaurs

I swear I've been up to no good (as an artist). Working on this for a few weeks off and on, came off as a silly sketch then turned a bit serious. #spinosaur #dinosaur #pterosaur #croc #turtle #sciart #paleoart It could be Egypt OR Morocco! The point is the composition.

"Help me?" A stupid idea just occurred to me, interrupting me writing *serious dialogue*. Anyways. #pterosaur #sciart #stupid #silly #comics #comic

I had this dumbass idea in mind for like a year and today I finally let the demons take over

Anecdotally, the word "bear" is a reference to a word, "brun," that means brown, because the people so feared it, they would not speak its true name. However true this is, a fierce, large carnivore resembling a giant sloth-like animal "berably" passes. #fantasy #worldbuilding #bears ?

Pride month gives me a good excuse to repost the pride dinosaurs I did... five years ago? Has it been five years?! #lesbian #LGBTIQ+ #PrideMonth #dinosaurs

Fun Fact: Ducks are often seen standing still in the rain. Most think it’s because their waterproof feathers keep them dry and that staying still helps conserve energy, but we have our own theory🦆🌧️🐥 #naturalhabitok #naturalhabitat #naturalhabitatshorts

Aerostatic expansive external pneumatic tissues in hadrosaurs (and some other #dinosaurs) are not a novel theory of today's paleoartists. It goes back almost 50 years to the late 70s-early 80s. However, it was exclusive to hadrosaurine/saurolophine #hadrosaurs. #Lambeosaurus #Maiasaura #SciArt

Watching people interact on here, I see how we collectively have ended up in the nightmare we’re in. We have smart educated people refusing to empathize with people who have less education, time, money, & general resources, expecting them to perform at a high level to move forward/fix problems.

Hey everyone! I’m open for commissions! If you’re interested send me an email at [email protected] #commission #art #dinosaur #paleoart

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I have a website now! Please do give it a visit if you're interested in seeing my work, both in paleoart and TV! kakapojay.com

Beatrice loves receiving packages. #caturday

Book concept: People start finding books in a Little Free Library that were never written or published in this world. Some are exactly what the "borrower" needs. Some are a delight. But some are dangerous. And the Little Free Library just might have a sinister agenda...

"Masked security forces captured an opposition leader in the coastal province of New Jersey as regime officials continue their months-long crack-down against pro-democracy elements in the embattled United States. The arrest comes as the regime issued calls for summary detentions without trial."

All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies #art ✧ #watershipdown ✧ #transrights ✧ #rabbit

When nuns go to heaven, do they get penguin flippers for wings?

#Terrestrisuchus is a "terrestrial" crocodilomorphan #croc with elongated distal limb segments that are closely bound and not splayed as in extant crocs, producing elongate, stilt-like legs. Shown here galloping. One of my favorite all time #paleoart #sciart pieces.