Didn't know it was coming out today, but here's a new paper for redescription (first full description) of the amphibamiform Nanobamus in Journal of Paleontology!

Paper: https://t.co/5wCW4vGN7j

Blog: https://t.co/NCmDKi5KC6

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to American paleontologist, parasitologist, and anatomist Joseph Leidy, born in 1823! Among many other works, Leidy authored Fresh-water rhizopods of North America (1879), which had many beautiful and detailed plates, like the ones featured here

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Motivational Monday: Jurassic Edition.

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1. Lo prometido es deuda y como dije la semana pasada, vamos a hablar de las dichosas ilustraciones de Kosemen y el artículo que saltó la semana pasada a la palestra sobre el tema de las reconstrucciones de dinosauros.

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Of my recent illustrations, I'm the proudest of these 3. One of my favorite kickass women of yore is Mary Anning: an English fossil hunter who contributed tons to paleontology in her time.

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The holotype of the primitive hadrosaurid (Eotrachodon orientalis) from the Santonian of Montgomery Co., AL.

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Wilhelmina is big on imagination, short on friends. While pretending to be a paleontologist, she comes up with a bold new strategy. When a new girl arrives in class she gives it a shot.

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ultimate paleontologist

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✨12/31 Sinosauropteryx✨This critter was no bigger than a cat, but was one of the most important Paleontological discoveries ever. The fossil of this creature preserved fluffy filamentous feathers that were so well fossilized, scientists could tell what color they were!

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For I'm a vertebrate paleontologist and illustrator! I work mostly for museums and universities, and I'm currently based at the Department of Earth Sciences of the University of Zaragoza.

ArtStation: https://t.co/yFyr4UEv5J

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Khepri Chahuán Ultimate Paleontologist

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An amateur paleontologist found this controversial pterosaur in a locality called Bob's Vacation Site in 1991. Its genus name means "chicken" in the Blackfoot language, a nod to its original but mistaken identity as a bird. https://t.co/WS3rtAM0j0

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Anyways, thanks for listening! This was an incredible learning experience and I hope you all like it! I can't wait to start my next piece (expect more scenes moving forward) but right now the burnout is real 🥵😪😴

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Elevated Levels of Oxygen Gave Rise to North American Dinosaurs
https://t.co/55z6amiWRS

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Renowned paleontologist Sir Richard Owen named Coloborhynchus back in 1874. https://t.co/uq6i8sofdC

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Most members of its family hail from Asia, but paleontologists found Domeykodactylus in Chile. https://t.co/qIENsDhmEC

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A few renders of my Allosaurus bust in blender 2.8. Been working on this guy off and on for a while now and its really helped me learn a ton about retopology and texturing. history

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Here's a throwback for some of Late Cretaceous Mongolia. They're a few years old and of questionable accuracy, but I was rather proud at the time of the color patterns evoking an arid habitat
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August 14, 1856, died Victorian theologian & geologist William Buckland, he described the 1st dinosaur as Megalosaurus in 1824 based on a fragmentary preserved jaw 🦖Artwork by Paleontologists and their Prehistoric Pets site https://t.co/vYucXthAtw

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