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Giant Dinosaurs and Pterosaurs May Have Evolved From This Four-Inch-Tall Reptile https://t.co/ql0up3JB21

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2020-07-09

Hello new followers, my name's Darren. I write books about and other animals (recent books include Dinosaurs: How They Lived & Evolved, Hunting Monsters, Evolution in Minutes). I work in TV-land. I also publish technical research on dinosaurs, and more.

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2020-07-08

A tiny ancient relative of dinosaurs and pterosaurs discovered https://t.co/JDMJvxlPRQ

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2020-07-08

These designs are based on a combination of various seabirds and pterosaurs - red-footed boobies, magnificent frigatebirds, Ornithocheirus, and Nyctosaurus - with a pirate motif all around. Maraupen is also based on the Ropen, a pterosaur-like cryptid from Papua New Guinea.

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2020-05-25

St George fights a pterodactyl.

(The illustration is by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who designed the , & did genuinely seem to have believed that legends of dragons derived from ancient human encounters with pterosaurs.)

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2020-04-23

I'm late for but better late than never, right? Here's some of Cimoliopterus, one of the last of the toothed pterosaurs. The genus seems to have been widespread, occurring in both Britain and the United States.

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2020-04-04

I never see any furry drawing pterosaurs so I'm just gonna do it myself

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2020-03-28

Happy to see another addition to the 'terrestrial stalking eats baby sauropod' meme, initiated by . And check out these fantastic feathered

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2020-03-27

Moving on: the book includes a huge number of excellent and often beautiful depictions of (and Here are just a few: The Cartoon Guide to the Dinosaurs - TCGD from here - includes HUNDREDS of illustrations...

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2020-03-27

The landstriders from the Dark Crystal show extensive propatagium...is it possible they evolved from flying ancestor, similar to how speculative flightless pterosaurs could have evolved from azhdarchids?

Landstrider by Glaiceana from Deviantart
Azhdarchids by

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2020-03-28

Check out the article from Baylor covering our recent paper on Kem Kem Pterosaurs!
https://t.co/fNFcV2PCfl

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2020-03-25

Totally forgot to post the sketches from the Flocking Together on Friday! Torvosaurus, Asteriornis, Quetzalcoatlus and Temnodontosaurus.

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2020-03-23

Perspective drawing featuring azhdarchid pterosaurs

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2020-03-08

quick sketch of some pterosaurs

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2020-03-02

through out the years. Exemplified by the genus Tapejara. Besides taking a little more time per sketch I have a increasingly better understanding of the digital tools and of lighting and shading

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2020-02-28

It might be the worst movie in the Jurassic Park series, but I'm now convinced it has the best dinosaur designs.

Also, baby pterosaurs are adorable and the movie did them dirty.

Notes on my choices for Spinosaurus in the replies:

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2020-02-26

I realized I have never reconstructed Pterodaustro guinazul, so I decided to do this quick sketch of this famous, filter feeding pterosaur for

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2020-02-25

Caviramus - one of numerous, stunning Late Triassic basal pterosaurs.

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2020-02-19

Warmup sketch. Hypothetical evolution of from a lagerpetid/scleromochlus-like ornithodiran, taking an arboreal route. Hopefully one day we will be able to find some of these intermediate taxa! Late for

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2020-02-13

"The weirdest things people have thought about by Timur Sivgin in Manospondylus blog

▶️ https://t.co/BB38azkr1i

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2020-02-10