hello there welcome to our little trans-dimensional joyride folks im dr seeker your friendly controller and a heck of a palaeontologist if i do say so myself but let’s not talk about me let’s talk about you and how you can help me make history today with the time rover it’s like https://t.co/eu1fNjrvXu

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Pitch for a paleo show:
An anthology where each episode puts creature design & art direction in the hands of different palaeoartists with wildly different style.
Below: Luis Rey, Steve White, Brian Engh, Natalia Jagielska

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*palaeontology, 19th century mood board*

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Disappointing, when one searches for "paleontologist" in stock images, you largely get pictures of men in cowboy hats or colonial pith helmets, searching for theropods, in a desert.

(disclaimer, very small portion of palaeontologists actually do that)

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We are *extremely* excited to share first information on our 64th annual meeting in Aarhus next year 😍 Thanks for the invitation and - we can't wait!

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A bit of temporal mob backfill. This lovely chap is the Permian gorgonopsid Rubidgea. Coming soon.

Discord: https://t.co/ccLCnOYrgq
Mod: https://t.co/Y6NJDxbpgZ

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📝 Fairlingtonia from the Lower of Basin, Northwest and its radiation in 🇨🇳

♦️ Du et al, Journal of and
🔗 https://t.co/KdzepMhfgj

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Brontësaurus. My not at all serious attempt to bridge my literary audience with my palaeoart one. Perhaps my only piece to have gone mildly viral through being reposted uncredited apparently everywhere.
Prints available via Redbubble. Link in profile.

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- Horizons crossed and beyond
"#Palaeozoic and palaeo–#wildfires: An overview on advances in the 21st Century"
Read more https://t.co/oEyeQUYwVB
https://t.co/pFh4X1Le2k

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I love these 19th century palaeobotanical illustrations.
I started my path studying plant fossils looking at this one:
https://t.co/Hpb4MSbzBu

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More spooky and gory because why the heck not? Presenting Atopo-"Fog Horn"-dentatus, Tyranno-"Voorhees"-saurus, Zu-"who ya gonna call?"-ul, and Lemmy-"historic palaeoart was metal enough, no ghosts needed"-suchus.

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Richard Owen - Published in Vanity Fair, 1. March 1873

He was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils.

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-and elongated metatarsals (middle foot bones), it had long legs that were well-adapted for running! It would've used its speed to hunt small and nimble animals, as well as avoid most of its fellow Morrison Formation theropods, who likely saw it as prey! (2/2)

Art by Palaeotaku!

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Dino Fact!

Coelurus (Hollow Tail) is a coelurosaurian from Late Jurassic North America! Not much is known of it, as there's currently only 1 relatively-complete specimen! However, based on the known remains of its legs, notably its unusually thin- (1/2)

Art by Palaeotaku!

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