"The Netherlands plans to transfer more than 28,000 fossils from the Dubois collection to Indonesia, following a request by Indonesian authorities." omg

For #FossilFriday a posterior view of the braincase of the Early Cretaceous fish-eating spinosaurid dinosaur Baryonyx walkeri. In the collections of @nhm-london.bsky.social. First discovered in Barremian aged Smokejacks brick pit Surrey by collector William Walker in 1983. Time flies!

Having a great time in the dinosaur collections of the National Museum of Nature & Science in Tsukuba, Japan, just outside Tokyo. Many wonderful fossils like this beautiful skull of Thescelosaurus NSM PV 24661.

Out This Week: Meozoic Art Volume II ... a review article at @downthetubes.bsky.social downthetubes.net/out-this-wee... My bio info is very out of date but great coverage :) #MesozoicArtII

Ibiricu, L.M., Lamanna, M.C., Alvarez, B.N. et al. Latest Cretaceous megaraptorid theropod dinosaur sheds light on megaraptoran evolution and palaeobiology. Nat Commun 16, 8298 (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s414...

a warm welcome to joaquinraptor casali, a megaraptorid from maastrichtian patagonia 🦖 several features of the animal's anatomy suggest that megaraptorans retained robust arms and gracile skulls even at large body sizes, contrasting other massive theropods (art by andrew mcafee)

Natural bristles from a brush glued onto snout, trimmed and painted for a subtle fuzzy display…I think it’s done! I‘ll add some final thoughts on my new Cyonosaurus sculpture in a follow up thread next-

I strongly second this! 👏🏾 When talking about science communication, I also always stress that *all* forms and forums of communication matter 🔄 Whether it’s a big, factually correct but details-lite TV show or movie…or just chatting to granny or your mates in a pub 🗣️

This summer I had the pleasure of collaborating w/ researchers Naiomi Cookson & Arjan Mann (Field Museum) to reconstruct a flesh-model bust of Cyonosaurus. After getting to meet the holotype, I started roughing out the skull armature. More of the process to follow! #paleoart

物見高く福島県博まで ほぼ独占状態でした ただ、常設展示の自然史系は一室なので、ほかの観光と合わせ技の方がいいのかな

Chinzorig, T., Takasaki, R., Yoshida, J. et al. A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

🚨 THIS IS NOT A DRILL 🚨 We’ve just seen this, by creator “Menapian” - a 4,998-piece set of the Great Exhibition (1851) Crystal Palace - complete with a bonus Megalosaurus and Ichthyosaur… beta.ideas.lego.com/product-idea...

Please welcome Cariocecus bocagei! A new, basal hadrosauroid from the early Cret. of Portugal! This guy is known from a pretty nice skull, which makes it one of the best ornithopod fossils from Iberia so far! I loved during this little portrait for main author Filippo Bertozzo...

My 3d printed Lokiceratops rangiformis skull that I sculpted in Blender is finally done and painted. Printed at 1/5th scale. #SciArt #Paleoart

The specimen, SHN.832, was found in 2016 by Pedro Marrecas of the Sociedade de Historia Natural in Praia do Area do Mastro, south of Lisbon. Pedro noticed a series of lined teeth in a boulder, likely felt from the cliff 1/x

Here is some non-satire for you: Trans rights forever.

Andrewsarchus mongoliensis skull diagram. #sciart #paleoart

Here's my skeletal of Medusaceratops lokii, a Albertaceratopsini Centrosaurine from the Judith River formation of Montana. This taxon is known from a large bonebed containing many specimens. thanks to both @lordtrilobite.bsky.social and @andyfarke.bsky.social for helping the restoration! scalebar 1m

A thread of every Edmontosaurus skeleton on my phone, just because #FossilFriday

We lost Mark Norell today. Dinosaur hunter extraordinaire. The coolest dude alive. My PhD supervisor. Wherever you are, raise a glass of your favorite lager or single malt, as it is what Mark would want.

Behold, my new artwork of Irritator for #IrritatorBelongsToBR. I really liked this result and enjoyed making it while following many artists' works, paleo sources and inspirations. Part 1/2. #FossilFriday

I helped out with the behaviour side of this. All hypothetical of course, but based on some sound ideas about how combat often goes in big carnivores. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgoT...

While defending the luddite argument in Discord, I stumbled into this IMO succinct explanation for opposing generative AI: At every step in the process, it impoverishes us.

Hey Firefox users.

Tonight's #paleostream had only one goal: paint a Spicomellus in 2 hours so you don't have to listen to my runny nose for too long.

If I lose followers over this, why the fuck were you following me lmao Get bent

Just to fill the space and test posting here.

Maidment, S.C.R., Ouarhache, D., Ech-charay, K. et al. Extreme armour in the world’s oldest ankylosaur. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Introducing a crazy new look for Spicomellus, based on new osteoderms unlike anything we've ever seen before. I was brought in to produce a life reconstruction based on the new material, published today in Nature by Maidment et al:

Hi all, me, @richardjbutler.bsky.social and the amazing UK-US-Moroccan team are delighted to announce that.. we have a new specimen of Spicomellus AND IT'S WAY WEIRDER AND WAY COOLER THAN WE EVER IMAGINED!!

Results from the #paleostream! Tyrannosculda ( a wish by @ultraluther.bsky.social ), Pulaosaurus, Shangyang and Istiorachis.

20 million years ago, Moropus inhabited the forests of North America

Happy #FossilFriday! While you may have seen this cast of Tylosaurus elsewhere, this specific one is special: it is the *first* cast of the fossil that was made. Currently on display in the lobby of the History Museum at the Castle. Exciting things coming to the Castle soon - stay tuned!

New #paleoart for #FossilFriday: someone spilt a load of Neave Parker all over this painting of Styracosaurus. Whoops. (I should really draw some ceratopsids found this century, but the Styracosaurus silhouette remains awesome, 112 years post-discovery. Note the non-speculated frill asymmetry.)

Say hello to Istiorachis macaruthurae, a new sail-backed iguanodontian from the Lower Cretaceous rocks of the Isle of Wight, discovered by @valdosaurus.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Still got so many WIP skull projects that I should really finish... :C #Blender #sciart #paleoart

Getting there sculpting the skull of Ankylosaurus magniventris. #Blender #sciart #paleoart

Since algorithms across various social media platforms are making it harder to see what you enjoy, here's a thread of #paleoart I think is underrated or a tad overlooked. Kicking things off with Sam Milkovits' azhdarchid portrait

It's out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuHY...

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!

Last update, and Winnie is getting much more complete! Still more skull elements to prep but it's just about all there. More pathologies showing up including a really messed up left splenial

Queen of the Steppe (yes it's a 3d render)

Splinter and shatter

Okay, this is cool!! Longisquama gets a better preserved sister!! www.nature.com/articles/s41...

David James Armsby has done it again! Dinosauria is, in my opinion, the pinnacle of what paleo-media can be. I can't wait for the next one! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OH57...

Work in progress skull sculpture of Ankylosaurus magniventris. #Blender #sciart #paleoart