Cambrian on my mind #sciart

Ontogenetic evidence of socially learned call sequences in Western Australian magpies Abstract. Combinatoriality is the capacity to combine discrete vocal elements into larger structures. Previously thought unique to human language, combinat

Young magpies learn to combine calls into "sentences" much like human toddlers: through listening to family and friends!

Now available to read at @royalsocietypublishing.org
@mandyridley.bsky.social @stephanielking.bsky.social @ceb-uwa.bsky.social

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CRUROTARSI🐊 these are only a few examples of how diverse the lineage Crocodiles come from used to be 🐊 #crurotarsi #pseudosuchia #paleoart #purussaurus #deinosuchus #postosuchus #plesiosuchus #arizonasaurus #phytosauria

I once wrote Dr. Sues asking if he'd be open to examining a cast of an (alleged) Dakotaraptor claw I'd acquired, and without hesitation he invited me to his office at the Smithsonian. He was that rad kind of scientist eager to share his knowledge with strangers for nothing in return. Rest in peace.

Reconstruction of Spinosaurus mirabilis walking

Reconstruction of Spinosaurus mirabilis, S. aegyptiacus, Ichthyovenator, Irritator and Baryonyx all walking next to the sillouette of a ca. 1.8 m tall human

You all know I had to do it. Here is my reconstruction of the newly described Spinosaurus mirabilis, including its magnificent scimitar-shaped head crest

#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs #spinosaurus

Haolong dongi with bit of color #sciart

Life reconstruction of Haolong in dark forest environment, by Fabio Manucci.

Montage showing scales and spikes of Haolong, with anatomical position marked on life reconstruction of whole animal. From Huang et al. 'Cellular-level preservation of cutaneous spikes in an Early Cretaceous'. iguanodontian dinosaur

Really taken with Haolong dongi, out today from Jiandong Huang, Pascal Godefroit and team. Just submitted news article on it. An iguanodontian with abundant hollow spikes across the neck and body, projecting from among conventional basement scales, and with rows of plate-like scales along the tail.

Microraptor. Nine years old and still one of my favourite paintings I have ever made. #sciart

Researchers discover new tyrannosaur species in ‘duelling dinosaurs’ fossil Analysis of Montana fossils shows the battling predator was a fully grown Nanotyrannus, not a young T rex

Nanotyrannus is real.

For years I’ve considered many mid-sized gracile tyrannosaurs to be juvenile T. rex.

But I was wrong. This stunning new skeleton of a mature long-armed small tyrannosaur is clearly a different species.

Isn’t science fun?!

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The figure used in my News & Views commentary. I generated the CT-based rendering of the holotype skull of Nanotyrannus lancensis (CMNH 7541), based on a recent scan. The lower image was done by the Nature art department.

Here's the free link to the print version that I'm permitted to share: https://rdcu.be/eNv94. You can't download it but you can screen-capture its two pages if you really need a copy.

Our casts of (bottom) the holotype of Nanotyrannus lancensis (CMNH 7541), (middle) the newly named holotype of N. lethaeus (BMRP 2002.4.1), and (top) T. rex (AMNH 5027). We published on CMNH 7541 in 2010 (http://bit.ly/3X5nCGm).

Today's bombshell in @nature.com by Lindsay Zanno & James Napoli @jgn-paleo.bsky.social (bit.ly/4qBE6ng) shows that putative juvvy T. rex fossils actually are Nanotyrannus. I reviewed the manuscript, so Nature invited me to write the News & Views commentary. Free link: rdcu.be/eNv94 🦖

Check out this animated short, it features a 🥁feathered dinosaur🥁

I wanna see your takes on all these types of weirdos so bad

Vetulicolian studies. Cambrian weirdos #sciart

nice shoutout in this cutscene to the massive "she puts on her jacket" 3d-animation flex from the announcement trailer for Intergalactic: the Heretic Prophet ( psst @clairecarre.bsky.social )

Various therizinosaurs on a blank background and at scale. From left to right: Fukuivenator, Falcarius, Beipiaosaurus, Alxasaurus and Therizinosaurus

Therizinosaurs are, without a doubt, some of the most interesting groups of theropod dinosaurs

Here you have a selection of a few species that I reconstructed for the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan for their 25th Anniversary Special Exhibition

#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs

happy uh (checks calendar) hug and kiss a dinosaur day

Pyroraptor stare

This is the right answer particularly bc of the credits song he supplied where he repeatedly states that his hat is like a shark's fin

Introducing a crazy new look for Spicomellus, based on new osteoderms unlike anything we've ever seen before. I was brought in to produce a life reconstruction based on the new material, published today in Nature by Maidment et al:

In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.

I'd bet on Cyberpunk 2077 and Skyrim being most familiar

tired: give me liberty or give me death
inspired: I threw the sandwich

That was like a fromsoft level windup on that attack, bless

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times Findings speak to the dramatic impact ants and termites can have on mammalian evolution

Crab-like creatures are famed for having evolved five times in evolutionary history. But anteaters have evolved at least 12 times--in half the evolutionary span. Cool story by @jakebuehler.bsky.social for @science.org

Limestone, on left a bird line dinosaur on right a long snouted pterosaur

A slab preserving both Anchiornis and an darwinopteran pterosaur, from the 遇见博物馆 Exhibition 🐥

Sketch of the dromaesaurid Shri rapax with the fossil

New dromaeosaurid, Shri rapax. What an amazing fossil!

Alright. In my next project I'm going to have separate point & vector types, as they should be. We have this at work in our C++ engine and I can't go back. This guards against things like accidentally adding together two Vector3's that represent points. #GameDev #MadeWithUnity

At some point you’ve gotta lean into this branding. It’s making this site seem rad as hell.

Subnautica 2 - "Take a Deep Breath" (Gameplay Reveal Teaser) YouTube video by Subnautica

Our team has spent years pouring ourselves into this.

Some of the creatures I designed are among the best of my career, if I may say so. I have even been able to work a little with the lore team. I cant wait to share it.

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