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Himalayasaurus tibetensisโ€  Dong, 1972

Himalayasaurus tibetensisโ€  Dong, 1972

Himalayasaurus tibetensisโ€  Dong, 1972

#MรฉgArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

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Sketch showing a pair of undetermined microraptorine dinosaurs perched on a branch with some snow falling down

Sketch showing a pair of undetermined microraptorine dinosaurs perched on a branch with some snow falling down

I want to wish everyone Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays with this quick sketch of two Microraptorine dinosaurs in the snow โ„๏ธ. I hope everybody is having a great day and enjoying the presents! ๐ŸŽ ๐ŸŽ„ ๐ŸŽ…

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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A woolly rhinoceros or Coelodonta antiquitatisโ€ , chilled during the cold summer at the European plains.

A woolly rhinoceros or Coelodonta antiquitatisโ€ , chilled during the cold summer at the European plains.

The Field of Serenity

A woolly rhinoceros or Coelodonta antiquitatisโ€ , chilled during the cold summer at the European plains.

#MรฉgArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

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๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ

โ€ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ Jagielska ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ., 2022, a large Jurassic rhamphorhynchine pterosaur, low passed under the total solar eclipse.

Reference: Liron Gertsman โ€“ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
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๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ โ€ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ Jagielska ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ., 2022, a large Jurassic rhamphorhynchine pterosaur, low passed under the total solar eclipse. Reference: Liron Gertsman โ€“ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ https://www.birdpoty.com/2025-winners #MรฉgArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ

โ€ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ Jagielska ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ., 2022, a large Jurassic rhamphorhynchine pterosaur, low passed under the total solar eclipse.

Reference: Liron Gertsman โ€“ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ
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Burning Sands

โ”ˆโ”‰โ”ˆโ”‰โ”ˆโ”‰โ”ˆโ”‰โ—ˆโ—‰โ—ˆโ”ˆโ”‰โ”ˆโ”‰โ”ˆโ”‰โ”ˆโ”‰

Although the sun on that world was dim, its light was enough to heat the entire dunes. The Dreamer would have a hard time exploring this region without adequate protection gears, as well as water bottles.

#MรฉgArt #Limbo #TresholdofShadows

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Juvenile school shark Galeorhinus cuvieri and the weird ray-finned fish, Dibango hiding in a sea grass meadow. Early Eocene Bolca site, Italy.

Another piece for the forthcoming shark book, this was inspired by a John Dory I saw during a dive I did years ago off the Dorset coast in south England.

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โ€ Falcatakely forsterae

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An โ€ ๐˜œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด Kear, Schroeder & Lee, 2006 was looking for a way through the ice sheet.

An โ€ ๐˜œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด Kear, Schroeder & Lee, 2006 was looking for a way through the ice sheet.

Cold Waters

An โ€ ๐˜œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด Kear, Schroeder & Lee, 2006 was looking for a way through the ice sheet.

#MรฉgArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

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These young male โ€ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช Lawson, 1975, were migrating to their once-breeding nest, where courtship eventually happened thus resuming the circle of life.

These young male โ€ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช Lawson, 1975, were migrating to their once-breeding nest, where courtship eventually happened thus resuming the circle of life.

Lord of the Skies

These young male โ€ ๐˜˜๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ป๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช Lawson, 1975, were migrating to their once-breeding nest, where courtship eventually happened thus resuming the circle of life.

#MรฉgArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

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Scale chart of selected animals known from the Cretaceous Djadochta Formation of Mongolia. The scale bar is 10 cm

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Cretaceous Djadochta Formation of Mongolia. The scale bar is 10 cm

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Eocene Itaborai Formation of Brazil. The scale bar is 1 meter

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Eocene Itaborai Formation of Brazil. The scale bar is 1 meter

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Oligocene Brule Formation of the western USA. The scale bar is 1 meter

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Oligocene Brule Formation of the western USA. The scale bar is 1 meter

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Miocene Riversleigh Fossil Site of Australia. The scale bar is 1 meter

Scale chart of selected animals known from the Miocene Riversleigh Fossil Site of Australia. The scale bar is 1 meter

To send off the Formation Frenzy theme for this year's #marchofthemammals2025, here's all this years animals scaled together with some bonuses from previous years and other projects

(Please ignore the fact its almost May...)

#paleoart #sciart #fossilfriday

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Two ๐˜Œ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข Tyler & Bannikov, 1992 enjoyed the calm Tethys Sea.

Two ๐˜Œ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข Tyler & Bannikov, 1992 enjoyed the calm Tethys Sea.

Gentle Dawn

Two ๐˜Œ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข Tyler & Bannikov, 1992 enjoyed the calm Tethys Sea.

#MรฉgArt #paleoart #sciart #scientificillustration #paleoillustration #digitalillustration

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We Never Measured the Hallways

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Save the date!

On Feb 8 at 7 PM (GMT+1), you can meet the artists of the paleoart exhibition online!
Weโ€™ll discuss the artwork and the inspiration behind it.
I'm excited to talk to all the amazing people I haven't had the chance to meet in person yet!

Send me a DM or comment if you'd like to join!

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Illustration depicting Brachauchenius swimming under a baby Nothronychus clinging to a mat of floating vegetation that has been washed offshore after a storm

Illustration depicting Brachauchenius swimming under a baby Nothronychus clinging to a mat of floating vegetation that has been washed offshore after a storm

Banner in the museum

Banner in the museum

Banner in the museum

Banner in the museum

This past weekend was Dinofest 2025 (Underwater Worlds) at the Natural History Museum of Utah and I hear it was a total success! I had the pleasure to be commissioned to do the banner art, which depicts the pliosaur Brachauchenius about to catch a hypothetical baby Nothronychus

#paleoart #dinosaurs

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๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎโ€  (Pavlova, 1922)

๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎโ€  (Pavlova, 1922)

๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ชโ€  Lambert ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ., 2010

๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ชโ€  Lambert ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ., 2010

๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ดโ€  (Quenstedt, 1856)

๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ดโ€  (Quenstedt, 1856)

๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜น ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ดโ€  Hamilton, 1973

๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜น ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ดโ€  Hamilton, 1973

Latest paleo sketches ๐Ÿ–‹๏ธ

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Abundant Eocene fossils of plants and animals are found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. This fossil Pseudosalix Hanleyi, with stems, leaves and flowers preserved, is harder to find than a T-rex tooth!

Abundant Eocene fossils of plants and animals are found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. This fossil Pseudosalix Hanleyi, with stems, leaves and flowers preserved, is harder to find than a T-rex tooth!

Abundant Eocene fossils of plants and animals are found in the Green River Formation of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah. This fossil Pseudosalix Hanleyi, with stems, leaves and flowers preserved, is harder to find than a T-rex tooth!

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Hybodont sharks and ichthyosaurs chasing belemnites.

Piece for new book.

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A motile animal from Ediacaran Period with diameter around 30โ€“82 mm and question mark-shaped ridge.

Timeline:
Supereon: Precambrian
Eon: Proterozoic
Era: Neoproterozoic
Period/System: Ediacaran
Range: 565 Ma

Stratigraphy:
Subgroup: Pound Subgroup
Formation: Rawnsley Quartzite
Member: Ediacara Member
Region: South Australia
Country: Australia

Classification:
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Amorphea
Clade: Obazoa
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked): Holozoa
(unranked): Filozoa
(unranked): Choanozoa
Kingdom: Animalia/Metazoa
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Genus: โ€ Quaestio 
Species: โ€ Quaestio simpsonorum

Reference:
Evans, S. D., Hughes, I. V., Hughes, E. B., Dzaugis, P. W., Dzaugis, M. P., Gehling, J. G., Garcรญa-Bellido, D. C., & Droser, M. L. (2024). A new motile animal with implications for the evolution of axial polarity from the Ediacaran of South Australia. Evolution & Development, 26, e12491. doi:10.1111/ede.12491

A motile animal from Ediacaran Period with diameter around 30โ€“82 mm and question mark-shaped ridge. Timeline: Supereon: Precambrian Eon: Proterozoic Era: Neoproterozoic Period/System: Ediacaran Range: 565 Ma Stratigraphy: Subgroup: Pound Subgroup Formation: Rawnsley Quartzite Member: Ediacara Member Region: South Australia Country: Australia Classification: Domain: Eukaryota Clade: Amorphea Clade: Obazoa (unranked): Opisthokonta (unranked): Holozoa (unranked): Filozoa (unranked): Choanozoa Kingdom: Animalia/Metazoa Subkingdom: Eumetazoa Genus: โ€ Quaestio Species: โ€ Quaestio simpsonorum Reference: Evans, S. D., Hughes, I. V., Hughes, E. B., Dzaugis, P. W., Dzaugis, M. P., Gehling, J. G., Garcรญa-Bellido, D. C., & Droser, M. L. (2024). A new motile animal with implications for the evolution of axial polarity from the Ediacaran of South Australia. Evolution & Development, 26, e12491. doi:10.1111/ede.12491

Ediacaran question mark

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a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like a jellyfish, anemone, beetle, and so on.

a promo image showing various pages from the book, each page showcasing different animals like a jellyfish, anemone, beetle, and so on.

IT'S FINISHED!
The Art of #InverteFest December 2024 Edition
A digital art book showcasing the work of 76 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna.

Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book!

Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1p-EC...

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A large flightless rail endemic to the island of Halmahera in Northern Maluku, Indonesia.

A large flightless rail endemic to the island of Halmahera in Northern Maluku, Indonesia.

Habroptila wallacii Gray, 1861

Made for Birdnesia 2024 challenge in February.

#MรฉgArt #SciArt

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After the light faded, the stem-octopod, โ€ Enchoteuthis melanae, slid through the shadow of Western Interior Seaway.

After the light faded, the stem-octopod, โ€ Enchoteuthis melanae, slid through the shadow of Western Interior Seaway.

Wonder in the Dark

#MรฉgArt #Paleoart #SciArt

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A small bipedal dinosaur hunches over a dead branch against an arid, parched landscape. The dinosaur has yellow-orange quills over its back, face and tail, with paler legs and facial ruff. The snout is blue and the interior of the mouth yellow. Stiffened quills project upward from the shoulders. A collection of twigs and pinecones at the base of the image represents a bowerbird-like display structure.

A small bipedal dinosaur hunches over a dead branch against an arid, parched landscape. The dinosaur has yellow-orange quills over its back, face and tail, with paler legs and facial ruff. The snout is blue and the interior of the mouth yellow. Stiffened quills project upward from the shoulders. A collection of twigs and pinecones at the base of the image represents a bowerbird-like display structure.

New to the internet #paleoart: "Ubirajara jubatus", the strangely filamented Brazilian compsognathid famous for its history as an illegally exported fossil. Here, it's signalling to us with colourful mouthparts and a fetching bower of twigs and pinecones. Drawn for @palaeogames.bsky.social.

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crab illustration seen from above. at first glance it's a bit like today's swimming crabs - wide carapace, normal proportions, but its slender claws are heavily serrated, some of the spikes are longer than the claw's thickness.

crab illustration seen from above. at first glance it's a bit like today's swimming crabs - wide carapace, normal proportions, but its slender claws are heavily serrated, some of the spikes are longer than the claw's thickness.

On the fifth day of #Crustmas, my true love gave to me
Five particularly stabby crabby Cenomanocarcinus

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Kelenken is a large predatory bird from Miocene Argentina. This one has a red beak and brown body. It is narrowly avoiding falling rocks thrown into the sky by the volcano in the background.

Kelenken is a large predatory bird from Miocene Argentina. This one has a red beak and brown body. It is narrowly avoiding falling rocks thrown into the sky by the volcano in the background.

Small round ground dwelling fowl are nesting in the large bleached skull of a T. rex. There are palm trees in the background with a yellow sky.

Small round ground dwelling fowl are nesting in the large bleached skull of a T. rex. There are palm trees in the background with a yellow sky.

Pelagornis is a large sea bird from the Oligocene with a 20 foot wingspan. This one has a dark back and wings and a white belly. It is flying over a gray ocean with two water spout tornadoes in the background.

Pelagornis is a large sea bird from the Oligocene with a 20 foot wingspan. This one has a dark back and wings and a white belly. It is flying over a gray ocean with two water spout tornadoes in the background.

Dromornis was an enormous prehistoric bird native to Australia. This one has a large pink head and dark brown body. It is standing next to a grass tree with a large white flower spike that is covered in yellow butterflies.

Dromornis was an enormous prehistoric bird native to Australia. This one has a large pink head and dark brown body. It is standing next to a grass tree with a large white flower spike that is covered in yellow butterflies.

This post is for the birds ๐Ÿฆ The dinosaurs that live amongst us.

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A pair of โ€ Nyctosaurus gracilis patrolled their airspace deep in the hinterland at dusk.

A pair of โ€ Nyctosaurus gracilis patrolled their airspace deep in the hinterland at dusk.

Twilight Watchers

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An illustration of a spade-toothed whale, a type of beaked whale. Itโ€™s colored gray, white, and black with a small dorsal fin. The whale is surrounded by three orange squids. The illustration is made to look like a photo taken in the deep sea.

An illustration of a spade-toothed whale, a type of beaked whale. Itโ€™s colored gray, white, and black with a small dorsal fin. The whale is surrounded by three orange squids. The illustration is made to look like a photo taken in the deep sea.

An illustration of Mesoplodon traversii, or the spade-toothed whale. There are no confirmed live sightings of this species; everything we know about them comes from dead individuals.

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