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A wandering #Azhdarchid #pterosaur. I finally got some toned mixed media paper; now I can employ some of the paint I have to play with.
I’ve finally become the PAINT paddock.
Rooting through old files yesterday I found azhdarchid artwork from the first two years of my PhD (2005-2006). The wading scenes reflect what @TetZoo and I figured azhdarchids did before originating 'terrestrial stalking'. The skim-feeding image was not in support of the idea.
Happy to see another addition to the 'terrestrial stalking #azhdarchid eats baby sauropod' meme, initiated by @MarkWitton. And check out these fantastic feathered #theropods... #pterosaurs #dinosaurs #paleoart
The landstriders from the Dark Crystal show extensive propatagium...is it possible they evolved from flying ancestor, similar to how speculative flightless pterosaurs could have evolved from azhdarchids?
Landstrider by Glaiceana from Deviantart
Azhdarchids by @MarkWitton
Perspective drawing featuring azhdarchid pterosaurs
#art #paleoart #perspective #pterosaurs
2700 people, hello! Here’s a new piece; Aerotitan sudamericanus, a medium-sized Azhdarchid pterosaur from South America. Wanted to try out different stuff with this one. The pterosaur is drawn only with a low opacity “pencil” brush.
#Paleoart #Paleontology #SciArt
This is a big deal because, in > 200 years of research, we've never had any hints about how non-pterodactyloids walked. All trackways known to date belong to pterodactyloids: short-tailed, long-armed pterosaurs of Late Jurassic and Cretaceous age. (Walking azhdarchids pictured)
I designed ENTIRELY too many creatures of Kaimere to fit them all in a single post, but here’s a bunch of them. Cheers and Happy New Year!
#talesofkaimere #kaimere #creature #dinosaur #pterosaurptuesday #azhdarhid #daeodon #sauropod #brontosaurus #trex #triceratops #velociraptor
For #FossilFriday, here's some #paleoart of the newly-named azhdarchid Cryodrakon made several years before the specimen was named. The two older images here are from 2009 (a whole decade ago!) and the newer, prettier version is from 2016.
Some paleoart of Lacusovagus, an Azhdarchoid pterosaur described in 2008 by @MarkWitton. It lived in the Crato Formation. Follow @LikesPterosaurs if you like pterosaurs, they make some amazing skeletals.
#Paleoart #Palaeontology #SciArt
Not Pokemon related, but a drawing of an Azharchid hybrid for one of my dinosaur servers! Named Azhdarrosteus or “Dragon’s Beak”. Super proud of em! 😁 #JurassicWorld #pterasaur
Volgadraco is a Late Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from Russia's Volga River valley. https://t.co/Ltq4YQpwiR
Elanodactylus has some unique skeletal features among pterosaurs and evolved long neck vertebrae convergent with another group, the azhdarchids. https://t.co/PyfxWV07cv
Sketches for #paleostream: Maraapunisaurus, Ambopteryx, Haasiophis (vs Azhdarchid) and Giganotosaurus
@GaryATX787 @Extinct_AnimaIs It's leaping foward or launching, usually it would walk on all fours like here (art by Mark Witton). Azhdarchids generally had long hindlimbs fitting their lifestyle.
Alanqa is one of only two azhdarchid pterosaurs from North Africa. https://t.co/7w3FzElZkw