Tess Gallagher
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Paleontologist that specializes in Diplodocus skin. Currently working at Edelman Fossil Museum
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Sophie M.
23 days ago
Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: John Sibbick’s Tyrannosaurus and Edmontosaurus, Bernard Long’s Tanystropheus,
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’s Allosaurus, and Brian Engh’s Megalonyx!
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Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉)
30 days ago
I stopped using term "palaeoartist" to describe myself because it annoyed some white guys in the community who insisted palaeoart cannot be stylized I won two palaeoart prizes in a row, awarded by the oldest palaeontological society in the world🏅 ✨Don't listen to gatekeepers✨
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Cheryl🦖
about 1 month ago
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Nova Stein
about 1 month ago
In the blistering heat of the dry season, a desperate ceratosaurus goes for prey it is unlikely to survive.
#SciArt
#Paleoart
#Dinosaur
#Blender
#Art
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I applied for both a grant and PhD program, and got zero emails from EITHER of them. Not rejection or acceptance emails, just nothing. Wtf is going on.
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Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉)
about 1 month ago
Harrowing knowing someone has been found guilty, with evidence, of serial harassment and professional misconduct to own students (of minority status). And faced no consequences, just a raise, new position abroad, and a Nature paper. Academia and palaeontology are a hotbed of lawless misconduct.
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Taylor McCoy
about 2 months ago
Sauropod and whale paleontologists battling to see which giants would win. I’m rooting for
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but I’m dinosaur biased, sorry Piero
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Nova Stein
about 2 months ago
Behold Allosaurus, the great drifferent lizard for Morrison Uncovered! By far the most common large predator of the Morrison, this dominant theropod was only challenged in size by the rare torvosaurus.
#SciArt
#Paleoart
#Dinosaur
#Lowpoly
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Day 1 of dino road trip: Carnegie 🦕
about 2 months ago
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Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus
about 2 months ago
what is this? some sort of... 'time of the titans'? (individual animals in the thread below) a tribute to the late Ben Bartlett
#WalkingWithBenBartlett
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Karim Zanaty
about 2 months ago
Women in Palaeo - Part 2 On Feb 11th, we talked about the current state of women in palaeontology. This session is now online, featuring
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fab.ricious 🔜 @ DinoCon 2026!
about 2 months ago
Call for help: If anyone has prior experience for vending at conventions in the UK as a non-UK-resident or citizen, could you please reach out? I am currently trying to brave the UK government webpages to figure out how to legally stay within what's sensible for me as a business to vend at DinoCon!
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Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉)
about 2 months ago
Usually when talking about misogyny in palaeontology, it's women that speak about own experience, guys stay silent. Reverse is needed. So, cis guys in palaeo. What do you do when you see (numerous and obvious) breaches of professional conduct from your colleagues, in field, conferences or private?
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Christopher DiPiazza
2 months ago
Our new 3D printed Abydosaurus skull for the mini museum. We recently realized Abydosaurus is EXTREMELY close to our local Astrodon and is therefore the best analog right now. 🦕
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Sarah "Neila" Elkins
2 months ago
I knew using ChatGPT was bad for ones brain but this is REALLY FREAKIN' BAD. Wow. Added alt text:
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DinoCon
2 months ago
Tom Fletcher will be hosting a talk at
#DinoConUK
2026 about his experiences in moving from academia to film making. Tom's research focussed on fossil shark hydrodynamics. Tom now works at Silverback Films, a natural history filmmaking company in Bristol.
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Joschua Knüppe
2 months ago
Ok, lets have a look at this: Over the last few days a new paper in Science has led to MANY discussions in the paleo community and it appears to have breached containment into the wider world, judging by headlines and google results.
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Alex Ries
2 months ago
Been wild to see that horrid word come roaring back. Just stop using it; its trashy. Has no place in Leftist circles.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUbu...
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Can We Stop Saying the R-Word (Again)?
YouTube video by Steve Shives
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUbu85s7vOI
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Dr George RA Hancock 🦋🦎
2 months ago
New paper out now! Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades
academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades
By mimicking the warning colours of animals that ward off birds, we can produce wind turbine patterns to which birds are averse, reducing the likelihood of
https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/doi/10.1093/beheco/arag039/8659357
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What the fuck do you mean the earliest possible evidence of feathers in dinosaurs comes from the east coast
2 months ago
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Julio the Artist
2 months ago
negotiation
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chira 🎋
2 months ago
"there are good uses for gAI--" I don't care. the damage already done is so significant and obscene that I need the tech banned outright and use cases to be proved/vetted before implementation like we do with UBI, which is to say never but it'll be because gAI doesn't actually work while UBI does
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Mark Witton
2 months ago
A juvenile Diplodocus is slipping out post-bedtime for a late
#FossilFriday
post. Like other Mesozoic dinosaurs, young diplodocids were proportioned differently than adults, bearing shorter necks, faces and tails. The mottled skin pattern is based on (very tentative) palaeocolour data.
#paleoart
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DinoCon
2 months ago
Dean Lomax will be hosting a talk on his book, The Secret Lives of Dinosaurs, at
#DinoConUK
2026. Dean is an acclaimed palaeontologist, author, a leading authority on ichthyosaurs, and TV presenter affiliated with the University of Manchester and the University of Bristol.
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Ville Sinkkonen
2 months ago
Homotherium beloved
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Elevation Science Institute for Natural History Exploration
2 months ago
What's a paleontology topic you wish people talked about more?
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Claude ✡️🦖🦕
2 months ago
guess who's going home at last 🎉
#IrritatorBelongstoBR
#DecoloniseScience
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Vergo, and I do mean, Lophus
2 months ago
#tadc
now showtime flavored. belly rubs for the great chaos god.
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RJ Palmer
2 months ago
I met Sue the T. rex in real life 🥹
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Karim Zanaty
3 months ago
The permanent exhibit got its bimonthly update with lots of new artwork! 🖼️ With an online event today (April 17th) at 4pm UTC with Show&Tell + online presentation by Blandine Hautier and Ronja Sonnenschein Gallery:
extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/
Event infos:
extinctfineart.com/online-events/
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New comm sheet. DM if interested!
3 months ago
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Commission for
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3 months ago
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Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉)
3 months ago
Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences & the University of Warsaw invite participats for paleontological excavations, in July-August. Accommodation and meals are provided. The digs uncover Triassic vertebrates in Polish Silesia. Details in thread 🧵
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Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus
3 months ago
here's what we sketched during this week's
#Paleostream
flocking: Brachiosaurus, Centrosaurus, Rauisuchus, and Muttaburrasaurus
#AusPalaeo
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Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉)
3 months ago
Cold spring in Liaoning. Two anchiornithids fighting. Tianyulong unbothered.
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Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕
3 months ago
Searing.
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Dinosaurs in the Hood
But this can’t be a black movie. This can’t be a black movie. This movie can’t be a metaphor for black people & extinction. This movie can’t be about…
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/57585/dinosaurs-in-the-hood
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Jay
3 months ago
Hahaha I was wondering when folks would pick up on this! This is my favourite critter from the series, and I got to write and direct a short film about how we brought it to life! Very excited for people to see the series later this year.
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Natalia Jagielska (娜塔莉)
3 months ago
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diplotomodon.bsky.social𓅽
3 months ago
The Academy of Natural Sciences was founded in 1812 — over 200 years ago — and it's been underfunded ever since. At a time like this when NSF budgets are being slashed and the museum is receiving little institutional support from Drexel, we deeply appreciate you spreading the word:
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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University needs your support!
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
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Alex J
3 months ago
Studying pinniped anatomy (using Titanotaria)
#sciart
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Alex J
3 months ago
Study of Homo erectus, based in approximation off of some of the Dmanisi skulls.
#sciart
#paleoart
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fab.ricious 🔜 @ DinoCon 2026!
3 months ago
Prancy horse dragon thing (next sticker)
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It's not everyday you get to shake a dinosaur's hand
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Oh, hello Dakota 👋
3 months ago
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Packing for my trip to North Dakota!
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Rebecca | Palaeoplushies
3 months ago
I've got this big pal finished! They're a half-size, pose-able Protoceratops! They have a plastic armature throughout their body allowing a range of poses, surrounded by polyester stuffing which means they're still squishy! For sale over on my website:
www.palaeoplushies.com/shop/12-pose...
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Rebecca | Palaeoplushies
3 months ago
They're very fun and expressive to pose!
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Dr George RA Hancock 🦋🦎
3 months ago
Showing off my poster for ASAB - Spring
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3 months ago
Jaw dropping fossil integument news: this new Iguanodontian was rather improbably covered in porcupine-like spines and this Permian trace fossil captures the earliest known cloaca
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