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It’s also worth saying that their eyes – while big in absolute size (based on the size of the eye socket and the sclerotic rings preserved in fossils) – are easy to over-emphasise in illustrations... (model by Brian Cooley; photo D. Naish; skull image Martínez et al. 2016)
@DamiDraws_vt Hi I'm Basil! I'm an autistic artist and author under 1k followers! I mainly do fantasy art of all kinds, but I'm trying to branch out.
I also do palaeontology as a hobby, and occasionally post pics of my fossils!
image 3 features my friend @ninawolverina's character Asa!
April 6, 1821, the description of the very first ichthyosaurs and plesiosaurs by William Conybeare published. Both fossils were found by palaeontologist Mary Anning 🪨🔨
https://t.co/g2mhuFy9Wx
This kind of blew up.
Anyway, check out my SoundCloud: @FHSU_Paleo
(Disclaimer: not really mine nor really a SoundCloud but it's a really neat account with more great fossils and excellent #FossilFriday posts!)
Dino Fact!
Crittendenceratops (Fort Crittenden Formation Horned Face) is a ceratopsian from Late Cretaceous Arizona! Its name, as one could imagine, is in honor of the Fort Crittenden Formation, where its first fossils were discovered! It's- (1/2)
Art by @/JoschuaKnuppe!
just like gary was researching omanyte and kabuto fossils in chronicles i wish he would’ve researched hisuian pkmn. him owning a hisuian zorua or typhlosion would be a dream come true.
On the second voyage of HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin collected thousands of plants, animals, rocks and fossils, including 13 species of fossil mammals. Four of these were species of ground sloth. Find out more about Darwin's ground sloths https://t.co/F1K1TueNRj
Some doodles I made a year ago. Trilobite, Tiktaalik, Anomalocaris, and Amonite
#paleontology #fossils #trilobite #Doodles #digitalart #illustration #amonite #mollusc #crabs #shrimp
Thank you @nepeteaa for the new icon, it's so cute and the fossils turned out amazing!
Dearc sgiathanach science: Jagielska et al 2022, @WryCritic. Giant Jurassic pterosaur indicates early evolution of large size in pterosaurs & hints at ecology.
#FossilFriday #pterosaur #pterosaurs #paleontology #palaeontology #fossils #Dearcsgiathanach
👀: https://t.co/KOQfG5nu3F
Hey @CofCNatHistory, how do you like our first foray into #FossilFriday?
Published in 1857, "Fossils of South Carolina" documents and describes samples found all across the state and housed at the College of Charleston's "Cabinet of Natural History."
You Can See Pokémon Fossils at Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science https://t.co/D8h4FsH5A9
To walk w knowledge of physical evidence of dinosaur walking same spot: exciting, stimulating to imagination & humbling!
#FossilFriday #spinosaurid #dinosaur #fossils #paleontology #palaeontology #Portugal #Iberospinusnatarioi
📸 @omateus & @DarioEstraviz: https://t.co/RCmpaeDGXA
You Can See Pokémon Fossils At Tokyo's National Museum Of Nature And Science
You Can See Pokémon Fossils at Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science Right now, if you go to Tokyo’s National Museum of Nature and Science, you’ll get to see . . . Pokémon fossils? Yep, you re
@FliteSkye This is Cinnamon Quartz! He likes cooking, gaming, exploring caves, and collecting Gemstones, minerals, and fossils! :3
Riuri - ammonite
" Ammonites are excellent index fossils, and linking the rock layer in which a particular species or genus is found to specific geologic time periods is often possible. Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals. "
March 14, 1835, Charles #Darwin sets off on an expedition into the Andes, where he collects #fossils and sketches #geology ✏️
https://t.co/wr8eIOhGP5