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‼️‼️Triassic Life just opened @smnstuttgart.bsky.social‼️‼️
For all #Triassic fans, lovers of strange reptiles and the Dawn of the Modern World, this is an absolute MUST!
It also couldn't be more timely with our recent publication @nature.com of the wonder reptile #Mirasaura, which is now on display!
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One of our guest panellists on 22nd August is Rick Stikkelorum who was highly involved in the reconstruction of the recently described #Mirasaura.
Join us on 22nd August at 2pm (UTC+2) by getting yourself a (free) ticket. Please visit eventfrog.de/special3drec... or DM me.
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new episode of squamatespod is out! Happy world lizard day!
http://squamatespod.com/archives/2072
by @blackmudpuppy , @serpenillus , @markscherz , and @HiralNaik
#reptiles
#lizards
#mirasaura
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#3DModeling #PaleoArt #DigitalReconstruction #VirtualExhibition #ScienceArt #Paleontology #AncientAustralia #Mirasaura #SciComm
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We’re kicking off at 2 PM (UTC+2) on 22nd August with a panel discussion with:
✨ Astrid O'Connor
✨ Rick Stikkelorum
✨ Nova Studios
✨ (Maybe!) @stephanspiekman.bsky.social
We’ll be talking high-quality printed skeletons, reconstructing #Mirasaura, and bringing ancient Australia back to life!
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Super late touched up #paleostream #flocking pieces from last week (7/26/25) featuring #palaeocampa #nektognathus #wudingloong & #mirasaura
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Third and most recent skeletal reconstruction, without scale or inset, of a reconstructed head after Mirasaura grauvogeli. Body is now longer and more drepanosaur-like.
Oh, but this wasn't enough.
A new paper by Spiekman et al. now propose Longisquama is a drepanosauromorph --or simiosaur, whatever -- and this comes it more peculiarites. It makes other things MAKE SENSE, too. Those RIBS.
#drepanosaurs #sciart #skeletal_reconstruction #longisquama #mirasaura
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Same skeleton, better rendered, with smaller gray insert showing the shapes, but not the correct SIZE, of the midline dermal "appendages." It's also correctly sprawling.
The second came shortly after the publication of Buchwitz and Voigt in 2012 who described all the impressions of these peculiar midline dermal appendages.
This one's a lot better, and it fixes some issues with the first.
#drepanosaurs #sciart #skeletal_reconstruction #longisquama #mirasaura
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Skeletal reconstruction of the small saurian Longisquama insignis, with a smaller version showing the size and extent of impressions of midline dermal "appendages," likened to "plumes."
It occurred to me to update my Longisquama skeletal reconstruction with recent findings of close relation to drepanosaurs.
The first one was dozens ans dozens of years ago, rendered from bad photographs. It's really bad.
#drepanosaurs #sciart #skeletal_reconstruction #longisquama #mirasaura
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![Life reconstruction in pastellish greens of Mirasaura grauvogeli, a longisquamid drepanosauromorph archosaur. Top left, dorsal view with midline scales shown in contrast, and the text: "Overlap in scales suggest either paramedian or staggered feather-like structures."
To the middle right, the text: "midline scales are the same basal width, but grow wider distally, overlapping their neighbors."
[Distally means towards the far end.]
A side-vew of the same animal with its head raised follows in the lower half of the image, facing right, squatting on its hips with is shoulders raised up along with its head. The feather-like midline scales are labeled, L for Left and R for Right, alternating.
The left ar bottom right reads: "instead of alternating paramedian scales, they may be staggered, left and right"
At bottommost right, my imprint. A watermark is present (faint, as it should be).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:dqvmeinobi5kf2xabxmmmncf/bafkreidef6gdq2nzibfyho2kxondxu3tapvkszeveyuk3pbxdx7e2b2epu)
Life reconstruction in pastellish greens of Mirasaura grauvogeli, a longisquamid drepanosauromorph archosaur. Top left, dorsal view with midline scales shown in contrast, and the text: "Overlap in scales suggest either paramedian or staggered feather-like structures." To the middle right, the text: "midline scales are the same basal width, but grow wider distally, overlapping their neighbors." [Distally means towards the far end.] A side-vew of the same animal with its head raised follows in the lower half of the image, facing right, squatting on its hips with is shoulders raised up along with its head. The feather-like midline scales are labeled, L for Left and R for Right, alternating. The left ar bottom right reads: "instead of alternating paramedian scales, they may be staggered, left and right" At bottommost right, my imprint. A watermark is present (faint, as it should be).
More on #Mirasaura grauvagoli, a small drepanosauromorphan from the Middle Trias of France, a close relative of #Longisquama, #Megalancosaurus.
Questions arise about the nature and arrangement of the midline scales, if they're midline or paramedian.
This is my suggestion, hardly a proof. #SciArt
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Newest #watercolor of the recently described Triassic reptile, #Mirasaura. I did this on a “scrap” piece of paper leftover from trimming a bigger piece and realized after it’s roughly life-sized to some of the specimens! #paleoart
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Urzeitechse mit Rückenkamm enthüllt Ursprung der Federn
247 Millionen Jahre altes Reptil besaß schon verblüffend federähnliche Hautfortsätze
scinexx.de/news/biowiss...
#Wissen #Paläontologie #Trias #Fossil #Reptil #Federn #Mirasaura #Stuttgart
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Results from the #paloestream from 26th July 2025.
Depicted are from top left to down right:
#Palaeocampa
#Nektognathus
#Wudingloong
#Mirasaura
Tags: #paleoart #prehistoric #prehistoriccreatures #paleozoic #prehistoricanimals #peternickolaus #paleopete #dinosaur
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The German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung calls #Mirasaura "The Dragon with the false feathers":
www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/miras...
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Mirasaura. Illustration. This small, newly discovered dinosaur has a crest on its back. It is climbing a small branch and is illuminated by the sun. It is greenish-yellow with a camouflage pattern. The surrounding area is overgrown with plants.
Honey, wake up! New dinosaur just dropped!
Saw it on the news this morning and used the oppertunity for a warm up painting today 🦕
Have a look at @stephanspiekman.bsky.social posts for more information about ✨Mirasaura✨
#paleoart #dinosaur #Mirasaura #news
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If you want to know more check out the video about #mirasaura with expert @stephanspiekman.bsky.social
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Check out our video for a wonderful illustration of #Mirasaura
@smnstuttgart.bsky.social
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‘In tegenstelling tot vacht of veren hadden de reptielenpluimen geen isolerende werking (..) tot nu toe werd het nut van complexe versieringen juist in dat licht verklaard.’ Gemma Venhuizen
@gemmavenhuizen.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #paleontologie #Mirasaura
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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#Mirasaura brought me home to #Ireland during this work, where I could show my 92-year-old grandad these exceptionally preserved fossils. To which he replied, "It's just wonderful to see something older than me and age so well"
He couldn't be more right. ☘️ #FossilPreservation @nature.com
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Analyses with @ucc.ie detected melanosomes within the crest's soft tissues. These resemble those in modern feathers more than those in reptilian skin or mammalian hair. This suggests the crest of #Mirasaura may have been pigmented and displayed visually 🌈 #FossilMelanosomes @she-paleo.bsky.social
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Using #synchrotron imaging, the skull revealed a bird-like cranium with a narrow, mostly toothless snout. #Mirasaura was likely suited to feasting on insects in the early Triassic forests soon after the P-T mass extinction🌴🪳
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#Mirasaura provides the first fossil evidence that such integumentary structures actually formed in early reptiles - distantly related to dinosaurs or birds. This pushes back the origin of these traits! #Evolution #FossilPreservation
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This impressive crest of #Mirasaura had densely overlapping individual appendages with feather-like contours. But our work shows these are unlike true feathers and indicate an independent evolutionary origin 🦎🪶
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🚨 So excited to finally share an incredible discovery from the #Triassic, Grès à Voltzia! Our international team, led by @stephanspiekman.bsky.social and published today in @nature.com, reveals a new reptile, #Mirasaura grauvogeli, donning an elaborate crest 🦎🔬✨
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Check out @stephanspiekman.bsky.social's thread to learn more about #Mirasaura!
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"De wereld was dus vrij leeg. Er ontwikkelden zich heel veel nieuwe dieren- en plantensoorten die de leeggekomen ruimte innamen. Vooral reptielen maakten daar enorm gebruik van.”
Stephan Spiekman
@nieuws.nos.nl @stephanspiekman.bsky.social #Mirasaura #paleontologie
nos.nl/artikel/2576...
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Using #synchrotron imaging, the skull revealed a bird-like cranium with a narrow, mostly toothless snout. #Mirasaura was likely suited to feasting on insects in the early Triassic forests soon after the P-T mass extinction🌴🪳
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#Mirasaura provides the first fossil evidence that such integumentary structures actually formed in early reptiles - distantly related to dinosaurs or birds. This pushes back the origin of these traits! #Evolution #FossilPreservation
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