My wide-ranging interview with @davehone.bsky.social on #dinosaurs and #pterosaurs 🧪

It was great to chat with Dave, and the video is getting some amazingly positive comments

Here's a whole hour of me talking about #dinosaurs and #pterosaurs with @newscientist.com.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9zd...

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PBS Eons: Did Ancient Storms Kill These Pterosaurs? #fossils #pterosaurs #germany #jurassic #solnhofen

esconi.org/2026/03/pbs-eons-did-anc...

"The Congo Pterosaur expedition was at an impasse. A local tribal elder was not keen to have us blundering around and scattering his herds. Of all the gifts we offered, the Maccoboy did the trick."

#steampunk #fantasy #fiction #tobacco #snuff #Africa #Congo #pterosaurs #dinosaurs #victorian #1800s

That’s not all that’s dropping… 👀 Something big is in the air!

New video drops Sunday, March 1st

#PaleoSky #Paleontology #Pterosaurs

Reconstructed (model) skeleton of the Brazilian tapejarid Tupandactylus imperator, formerly on show at the Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro (tragically ruined by fire in 2018), shows the deep rostrum, pointed jaw tips and remarkable bony crests (on the snout, rear of the skull, and lower jaw) typical of this azhdarchoid pterosaur group. Image: Darren Naish.

There will come a time when I’ll stop talking about the impact of, and publicity associated with, the Witton & Naish 2008 ‘terrestrial stalking’ paper, but that time is not today. Here are screengrabs showing a few of the treatments the story was given by the great British press. Cor blimey, wot a whopper, Gary Lineker’s woke pet donkey stole my garden shed, and so on.

Skeletal reconstructions of the giant azhdarchids (A) Hatzegopteryx and (C) Arambourgiania to scale, showing the markedly different body shapes of these animals. (B) shows how broad the back of the skull and neck was in Hatzegopteryx. Contrast this with D-E: the small Quezalcoatlus species, with its 4.6 m wingspan and long, slender neck. Scale bar = 1 m. Credit: Naish & Witton 2017, images by Mark Witton.

If all of this works out, this is going to be pretty epic year for azhdarchoid #pterosaurs. Such an exciting time to be working on these fantastic animals.

An artwork of quetzalcoatlus in a coat

quetzalCOATlus.
#art #quetzalcoatlus #pterosaurs #funny #pun #dinosaur

NEW ARTWORK for #FossilFriday
Here's "The Twisted Feast," commissioned by The Etches Collection. It features a bunch of fossil species from the museum and the Late Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay.

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #MarineReptiles #JurassicWorld #Ichthyosaurs #Pterosaurs #Crocodiles #Plesiosaurs

A new avenue of creature design reaching over to the giant flying reptiles the #pterosaurs this one being my first stab at a #nyctosaurus
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I need to do a ton of research here as the information is sparse and lots is inaccurate. Just acquired the @mark_witton Pterosaurs to help

A selected of crested pterodactyloid pterosaurs. A. Ornithocheirid ornithocheiroid Ornithocheirus. B. Tapejarid azhdarchoid Tapejara. C. Thalassodromid azhdarchoid Tupuxuara. D. Dsungaripterid Dsungaripterus. E. Pteranodontid ornithocheiroid Pteranodon. F. Nyctosaurid ornithocheiroid Nyctosaurus. Diagrams by Dave Hone.

Non-bird #dinosaurs and #pterosaurs are well known for the diversity of their extravagant structures, which include crests, casques, horns, dorsal sails, spikes and spines. If these structures are interpreted as sexual display structures, it might follow that they display sexual dimorphism... cont

That sexual selection is one of the primary drivers in evolution is well established. Studies of Mesozoic #dinosaurs and #pterosaurs, however, have been dominated by the view that the variation, extravagance and diversity seen in these animals is not due to the pressures of sexual selection, but...

ReptiMax Hatzegopteryx figure, standing on table, with ReptiMax art behind.

ReptiMax Hatzegopteryx figure in flying pose, wings outspread, being held up in the air.

ReptiMax Hatzegopteryx figure, close-up of head and neck.

ReptiMax Hatzegopteryx figure, view of outstretched left wing.

Now up at the TetZooTowers_collection TikTok, a look at the big, fantastic ReptiMax Hatzegopteryx figure! Go to... vm.tiktok.com/ZNRyPtHG1/ #pterosaurs #azhdarchids #animalfigures

Scene from the Late Cretaceous Winton Formation in Australia. A huge Australotitan cooperensis ploughs ahead, two pterosaurs (Ferrodraco lentoni) flee the scene and a theropod (Australovenator wintonensis) is backing away. A group of Diamantinasaurus matildae observe the commotion from a distance.

Late #Cretaceous Winton Formation, #Australia. A huge Australotitan cooperensis ploughs ahead, paying no heed to bothersome #pterosaurs (Ferrodraco lentoni) or a puny Australovenator wintonensis. A group of Diamantinasaurus matildae observe the commotion from a distance. #dinosaur #paleoart #sciart

Los detallados animales extintos del ilustrador belga Peter Van den Ende:

▶️ koprolitos.blogspot.com/2026/02/los-...
#dinosaurs #pterosaurs #illustration

Pterosaur Fight from ¨ANTEDILUVIAN¨ 🦇 (available here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsz... ) 🦇 This scene is based on the 1902 painting by F. John, on the right for comparison 🦇 #retrosaurs #paleoart #animation #vintagedinosaurs #pterosaurs

another fabulous episode of Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs by the incomparable Natee ( @Himmapaan ), Gemma, and Marc, and featuring returning guest Chris DiPiazza :

#dinosaurs
#pterosaurs
#mastodonsaurus
#rudiodon
#paleoArt

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW!

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

Azhdarchid Progress, a Personal View — Tetrapod Zoology I’m a big fan of the fact that hypotheses and discoveries are sometimes built piecemeal…

#Azhdarchid research in the 2020s is very active, with great new studies appearing on phylogeny, anatomy, flight mechanics and new specimens and taxa. Much is in the works too. Here's a 2024 article on where we're at, a personal view... tetzoo.com/blog/2024/10... #pterosaurs

Terrestrial stalking azhdarchids, the paper Observant readers might have noticed the several recent references to �big news in a big journal� coming soon, or on �how a Tet Zoo article evolved into a peer-reviewed technical publication�. Yes, no...

#Pterosaurs are fascinating, and I particularly like the long-necked, toothless, long-jawed #azhdarchids. Palaeontologists had been haphazard in their views on what these animals were like in life, so a big event was the 2008 'terrestrial stalking' paradigm shift... web.archive.org/web/20180816...

A pair of Tapejara wellnhoferi sitting in a mossy tree.

Tapejara wellnhoferi

#sciart #tapejara #paleostream #pterosaurs #paleontology

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW!

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

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Nick & Pete

#pterosaurs #paleontology #fossils

🌀Coatlus (Fossil Fighters)🌀

Practicing drawing more accurate paleoart through scientifically-accurate vivosaur requests over on Instagram.

One of my favorite animals of all time ^^

#fossilfighters #quetzalcoatlus #pterosaurs #paleoart #azhdarchid

Figure - Neuroanatomical evolutionary pathways in pterosauromorphs and dinosauromorphs.

Neuroanatomical convergence between pterosaurs and non-avian paravians in the evolution of flight | Current Biology | doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... | #pterosaurs #dinosaurs #ornithology 🪶

Scientists Solve 150-Million-Year-Old Mystery of Solnhofen’s Baby Pterosaurs Scientists at the University of Leicester have uncovered two remarkable new fossils, tiny prehistoric pterosaurs with broken wings. University of Leicester paleontologists have uncovered the long-hidden...

Scientists Solve 150-Million-Year-Old Mystery of Solnhofen’s Baby Pterosaurs #Science #Biology #Paleontology #Pterosaurs #Evolution

THE SECRET LIVES OF DINOSAURS, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social and illustrated by @bobnichollsart.bsky.social, is OUT NOW!

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Pterosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology

Ancient Pterosaurs Took Flight With Surprisingly Small Brains, Study Finds A new study using advanced fossil imaging reveals that ancient pterosaurs may have mastered flight almost instantly when they first appeared, without the large brains that supported flight in birds. A...

Ancient Pterosaurs Took Flight With Surprisingly Small Brains, Study Finds #Science #Biology #Zoology #Pterosaurs #Paleontology #Evolution

Here's a fun page from the Dinosaur Train LGB "Triceratops for Lunch" (out of print). Drawn and painted digitally. #littlegoldenbooks #dinosaurtrain #pterosaurs #illustrationart #humanart

A 233-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals How #Pterosaurs Learned to Fly.
#Fossils of Ixalerpeton offered the clearest window yet into the earliest stages of pterosaur brain evolution.
www.discovermagazine.com/a-233-millio... #globalmuseum

A 233-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals How Pterosaurs Learned to Fly Learn how early reptiles began building the visual and brain skills needed for flight long before takeoff.

A 233-Million-Year-Old Fossil Reveals How Pterosaurs Learned to Fly #Science #Biology #Paleontology #Pterosaurs #FossilDiscovery #Evolution