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Today is and so I’ll take this time to remind you that paleontology is a humbling field that showcases the most beautiful and amazing creatures that no one has ever seen

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2019-05-21

Q. What’s the best birthday present you could get Mary on her 220th birthday? A. Recognition for her work that wasn’t acknowledged in her lifetime! Pledge your support today https://t.co/Pu1zWHdEpY

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2019-05-21

May 21, 1799, of Mary “the Princess of Carpenter daughter, she founded a fossil business in Lyme Regis, Dorset, making important discoveries like complete fossils of Ichthyosaurus 🐬 & Plesiosaurus 🐉 https://t.co/xuWRaNkOh3
✍ by

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2019-05-21

And may I present to you...

Fossils, Clocks and the Origin of Angiosperms.

My latest blog post, which takes a look at a new paper, and it's overall implications for the origin of the flowering plants!

https://t.co/CdJwVg8a5e

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2019-05-19

For the recently named Suskityrannus hazelae! This small tyrannosaur was found in New Mexico. A reconstructed skeleton has been on display for years, but is now joined by this beautiful (fuzzy!) life restoration by Benji Paysnoe. 🦖

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2019-05-18

throwback to when I misidentified a bone and it led to an... interesting reconstruction. Read more about how these hips did lie: https://t.co/CXagCLIC9N

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2019-05-18


A Pliocenic canid from the East.
Pencil drawing based on scull, jaw specimen found in Monticino di Brisighella

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2019-05-15

Delighted to be amongst the ARC Renewal Centre Finalists with my work ‘Stargazing’ - Childhood Ontology Series, pastel on paper
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One of a series of works exploring ideas of childhood.
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2019-05-12

Caihong, as viewed through the eyes of another dinosaur. In Ultra Violet.

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2019-05-09

BLIMP SHRIMP BLIMP SHRIMP
Aegirocassis was the largest Anomalocarid known to exist, and it had many blimp-like qualities. This drawing I made is meant to evoke images of the Hindenburg. Grey scale Anomalocarids are great.

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2019-05-09

When I 1st figured out how to increase the resolution in Photoshop, I had a field day w/ a super-detailed portrait of Meiolania that I gave a tortoise-like aspect. Then a couple months later it came out that they were probably semi-aquatic 🙃🙃🙃

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2019-05-05

I've not done much accuracy and realism are what interests me, but this 2014 T-shirt design for the (palaeontology conference) was great fun.

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2019-05-03

Hello 600 twitter followers :)
I updated my Ichthyosaurus, mostly adding definition to the environment and waves. “Hey y’all, prepare yourself, for the rubberband man”

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2019-04-27