For new of Doggerland (a landmass in what's now the North Sea) with some of its characteristic Pleistocene fauna: a (modern) walrus, mammoths, spotted hyenas, cave lions, swans and great auks. Painted for 's 'Ancient Seas' exhibition.

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Almost forgot here's some of azhdarchid pterosaurs wandering over a riverbank, seen from above. Their pacing matches that of the azhdarchid ichnofossil, Haenamichnus, one of the only pterosaur tracks with an ID beyond 'pterosaur indet'.

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For a rarely seen comparison between giant azhdarchid pterosaurs and a large male giraffe (yes, they can get this big!). Pterosaurs are Arambourgiania (left) and Hatzegopteryx - slender and robust takes on the giant azhdarchid bauplan. is the scale bar.

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A series of plesiosaur for Jurassic marine species Attenborosaurus and Plesiosaurus, and the coastal/freshwater adapted Leptocleidus. It's very cool to think some plesiosaurs would be visible in rivers, lakes and estuaries.

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For Amazing specimen of two Seymouria (Permian amphibians) from the Bromacker quarry in Germany. I recently had the opportunity to visit the collections where these guys were stored, and they are just one example of many cool fossils that were found at the quarry.

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New blog post for Can we predict the horn shapes of fossil animals? Perhaps, with enough data, we have more insight on horn sheath shape than we realised. Stars Triceratops, because it's a post about horns. Also features new

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For it's my fav section thru the lower jaw of Captorhinus aguti. An early reptile with multiple rows of teeth!

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For the Life Aquatic, edition. Portions of new paintings of fossil whales, fishes and inverts (agnathan is WIP).

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For of Tusoteuthis, a giant coeloid from the Late Cretaceous, meeting Troodon on a beach.

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of Triassic reptiles, nature's most sensible animals. Hypuronector, Tanystropheus, Sharovipteryx & Cartorhynchus.

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For new blog post: the life appearance of plesiosaurs, discussed. https://t.co/E9mK4yY3JA

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my older that happens to portray both "fleshy" and "lizardlike" lips on two compared dinos

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