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First tweet!
A pair of juvenile Cetiosaurus find protection with an admirably tolerant adult.
Made in Clip studio, with reference to the skeletal by @/DanPalaeon1
( I'm not a professional paleoartist - expect inaccuracies!)

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2022-05-15

Cetiosaurus

the most complete sauropod known form its region, at an estimated size of 16 meters, its relatively primitive for its family

ALT: the original type species, when originally discovered it was thought to be bones that belonged to a whale or large crocodile

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2021-08-30

Cetiosaurus.
A painting from my upcoming book “Project:Tepui”. An intentionally out-dated reconstruction of this sauropod dinosaur, in keeping with the book’s retro-aesthetic. (I’m adding that disclaimer to pre-empt the palaeo-police. Because I’m tired.)

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2021-08-30

When the bones of Cetiosaurus were first discovered, they were thought to have belonged to an extremely large aquatic animal. Upon closer investigation, it turned out that Cetiosaurus was not a marine reptile and actually a terrestrial sauropod. Art by

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2020-12-19

A discussion about tail dragging sauropods reminded me of this painting of "Rutellum" from 2016. Rutellum was a pre-Linnaean dinosaur named after a tooth that is now lost. I basically just drew Cetiosaurus, so when I remake this eventually, I'll make it Cetiosaurus proper.

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2020-10-24

Cetiosaurus was a herbivorous sauropod that lived in Europe and Africa over 160 million years ago. Its name means ‘whale lizard’, due to the original remains being mistaken for a giant sea creature, initially thought to be an enormous crocodile!

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2019-06-26