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New #PieceOfTheMonth. Archeopteryx is a transitional fossil that has traits of modern #birds (body covered with feathers and hollow bones) and #dinosaurs (teeth and long bony tail). Plate by Alegría Álvarez Barrés, ca.1990, Archive MNCN. #Archives #Paleontology #SciArt #Museums
🦎 A history of British fossil reptiles /.
London: Cassell & company limited, 1849-1884.
https://t.co/uAfmDGylrk
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/qahNtoOLTQ
I am not a professional illustrator of extinct animals. When I was very small, I wanted to be a “scientist” and would use my Mum’s microscope to draw and catalogue what I saw in it. These days, I like to draw over fossils for a lark. These were for my Kid. #paleoart #illustration
i no longer thought of sun, moon, and stars, trees, houses, and towns, nor of any of those terrestrial superfluities which are necessaries of men who live upon the earth's surface. being fossils, we looked upon all those things as mere jokes.
The discovery of the MLD 18 #hominin mandible in 1953 followed the sorting and movement of more than 5000 tons of miners' dump material. The fossil comes from one of the older adult individuals known for Australopithecus africanus. #paleoanthropology
@pastelnoivern oo a fossil fighters fan!! uraptor from the third game would look good, or tarbo or acro from the first!
@supertoastymutt Fossil is a adorable little lad, I love his sense of style and he looks pretty rad. Do you think he can be friends with this dude perhaps?
#fossilfighters So I found out that the red panda is considered a living fossil...
The next step was obvious: I finally made a vivosaur. #248 - Luru (Pristinailurus)
Also here’s Rhia who has one of her own, named Lotus 😍
#LagerstatteoftheWeek Juveniles of the ancient shark-relative, Bandringa, are found in the Mazon Creek concretions. The lack of adults and dominance of youngsters and egg cases suggest the area served as a nursery.
https://t.co/nBCnjya325
#fossils
Now try these Dino Pookies -Bon Appétit! #dinosaur #fossil https://t.co/LImfhycnrI
Someone said #SciArtTweetStorm? Well howdy, I like drawing animals. Since it's also #FossilFriday enjoy these reconstructed dead things.
Hey, I totally forgot I was posting these old postcard drawings! Also, apologies for repeatedly abandoning this account. Anyway, here's Augustynolophus (state fossil of CA), with halfway decent colouring and anatomy for a change!
While #manatees are the only group of sirenians that invaded freshwater habitats, in odontocetes it has happened multiple times. In the Pebas Mega-Wetland System we find platanistoids and iniids. Map from @PeruvianWhale et al (2020) https://t.co/EcTyazFCIC
#FossilFriday 4/8
Here’s a couple WIP shots of Majungasaurus for #FossilFriday #paleoart
One of my favorite murderbirds, Titanis wallleri.
#fossilfriday #paleoart #digitalart
The Scottish Silurian eurypterid Slimonia for #FossilFriday!
This specimen is a molt and shows the head shield which has been displaced from the appendages underneath. They include the chelicera (marked in green), pedipalp (blue), walking legs (orange) and paddle (red)!