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It's finally hitting the press, so I'd like to introduce Vectiraptor greeni! My first IOW dino paper!

Named after Mick Green who found the specimen in 2004, and as a thank you for his generosity and involvement in palaeontology over the years!

Link to the preprint below!

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2021-12-21

Hellooooo!
My name is Tegan, although I primarily go by Spirit online,

I'm a digital artist obsessed with dinosaurs, palaeontology, marine biology and anything that sparkles, shines or glitters! ✨
I'm from the UK and go by she/her pronouns! 💜

Toyhouse: https://t.co/1qiOf45uR3

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2021-12-21

Our latest is now available online! 'The of the Late Eocene – Early Oligocene Solent Group', by JJ Hooker. https://t.co/ruA1OQBERl

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2021-12-20

Couldn't sleep, so tried a different art style for a restoration. Not that uni work's over for the year I can spend a little more time doing art again!

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2021-12-20

Palaeoisopus problematicus is an extinct species of sea spider from the Devonian period. It measured 40cm in diameter.

(Credit Satoshi Kawasaki)

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2021-12-18



📝 New discovery of rare damage in the of reinforces the biogeographic of Eurasian

🔗 https://t.co/fmA5kV9dTB
♦️ Hazra et al. | of and

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2021-12-18

[#Palevol] Hoffmanigraptus n. gen., a new retiolitine (Graptolithina), an early member of the Plectograptus lineage from the Silurian of Baltica, Poland.⬇️

🔗 https://t.co/8lBVjGYDlm
🖋️ Anna KOZŁOWSKA

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2021-12-17

Never forget the legends that put so much effort to filling up early palaeo Wiki with loads of free art. However, it's nice to see more palaeoartists also contributing now. Among recent ones, , , , and .

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2021-12-16

Dmitry Bogdanov & Nobu Tamura appreciation post. For a while most palaeoart on Wikipedia was by these guys. The sheer amount of illustrations they created for hundreds of taxa is incredible. My main inspirations (along with ) for becoming a contributor myself!

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2021-12-16

Artist appreciation post: If you're wondering where I get inspiration for my doodling and cartoon style, lots of it comes from 's palaeo critter sketches. The way they're stylised is so damn cute and full of life! Always brightens my day to see these on my feed. 💚✨

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2021-12-15

The 3rd Canadian World Heritage Site of palaeontological significance at 's Willner Madge Gallery, is the Devonian Miguasha National Park in Quebec - recording the transition of life from water to land 🌊🇨🇦

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2021-12-11

6th December, todays palaeo Advent Calendar offering looks like she is enjoying her Christmas pudding.

The Museum has this wonderful right femur, belonging to a lightly built sauropod, something like a Diplodocus. This is it being moved in to our new research facility.

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2021-12-06

Check out our new paper just published in to know everything new on the first 🇮🇹 palaeontological site (Villaggio del Pescatore, near Trieste, North-eastern with multiple, exceptionally complete skeletons! 🧶 1/15 🔗: https://t.co/IBySkAeIkG

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2021-12-02

Retweet with a piece of palaeoart that was influential to you as a kid but you rarely see mentioned. When I was a Kid, the Tyrannosaurus from The Crocodiles Still Wait and Patrick's Dinosaurs really left an impact. Its just so striking to me in how it stands. https://t.co/vlgIpVvU87

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2021-12-01

Studies of prehistoric Anatolian mammals for an old, unrealised book project in 2009:

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2021-11-30

Wow, palaeontology in Galar might finally be getting a revision! I heard some new fossil material has been discovered that implies Dracozolt is a chimaera of two distinct Pokémon species (hypothetical reconstructions on the right). Can't wait for more to be published! https://t.co/mj0Owg6oKQ

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2021-11-29

Details - look out for some of the most spectacular artwork by well-known palaeo artists at the 's Willner Madge Gallery, 🌊🖌🎨

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2021-11-27

I have successfully slipped a mention of sharks into my palaeontology term project! MWAHAHAHAHAAA!! 😈 🦈

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2021-11-26