BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Some extinct things that liked to be wet, for the University of Glasgow, back in 2007.

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

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

My cover artwork for issue 81 of Prehistoric Times, from 2007, featuring Ceratosaurus, in which I was interviewed.

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

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2007, Roar Publishing planned a book about evolution. I created some artworks for it but the book was shelved. Here is my draft drawing for the Ordovician spread that never happened...

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

jake4480, to science
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The 5 to 10 millimeter long official first ancestor of scorpions, spiders, and horseshoe crabs from hundreds of millions of years ago was just described, named Setapedites abundantis, and is undergoing further study https://phys.org/news/2024-05-discovery-ancestors-scorpions-spiders-horseshoe.html

#science #history #arthropods #paleontology #scorpions #spiders #HorseshoeCrabs #evolution #biology #fossil #fossils

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

One more day of my illustrations from DINOSAUR, published by Roar in 2007. The second of three double-page spreads is Ornithomimus Vs Albertosaurus...

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

I'm post some of my illustrations from DINOSAUR, published by Roar in 2007. Last for today is a collection...

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

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Today I'm post some of my illustrations from DINOSAUR, published by Roar in 2007. Third is Stegosaurus...

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

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Today I'm post some of my illustrations from DINOSAUR, published by Roar in 2007. Second is Apatosaurus...

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

alexanderhay, to news
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It's , so time for a PteroNews Dump.

"...A unique species of flying reptile, or , that lived 168-166 million years ago has been discovered on the Isle of ...

"...Scientists were surprised to find a pterosaur from this period - they were thought to mostly live in China.

"...The creature - called Ceoptera - is the second pterosaur found on Skye..."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68207021

alexanderhay,
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"New insights into pterosaur cranial anatomy: X-ray imaging reveals palatal structure and evolutionary trends..."

"...Our analyses revealed the presence of sutures between palatal bones in and , which resulted in different interpretations of the relation between palatine, ectopterygoid, and pterygoid, leading to a new identification of the palatal openings...."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-024-06132-6

alexanderhay,
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"More Than 1,000 ... Gifted to ’s National Museum Following Fire...

"...Among the fossils gifted to the institution [is] the imperator...

"...Many of the specimens seem ripe for producing new discoveries... Two pterosaur skulls are expected to represent new species..."

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-than-1000-fossils-including-rare-dinosaurs-gifted-to-brazils-national-museum-following-fire-180984346/

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2024/05/08/brazil-national-museum-fossil-donation-dinosaurs

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Today I'll post some of my illustrations from DINOSAUR, published by Roar in 2007. I will start with Triceratops...

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

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The cover of the 2007 book DINOSAUR, published by Roar, wasn't the original concept. Here is the original art, there would have been a plastic hologram eyeball (not shown here).

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

punkpaleo, to science
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Happy , check out this skull from a juvenile Gryposaurus! These hadrosaurs called North America their home roughly 75 million years ago, and this particular individual would have enjoyed the lush jungle that makes up the Kaiparowits Formation. (1/2)

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2005 I was one of multiple artists who created hundreds of illustrations for Dougal Dixon's THE WORLD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DINOSAURS & PREHISTORIC CREATURES, published by Anness and Lorenz Book.

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

BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Part 4 of my Newfoundland Cambrian diorama build, from 2005. Building something this big and complicated then shipping it across the Atlantic was a daunting challenge – but it worked!

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BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Part 3 of my Newfoundland Cambrian diorama build, from 2005. There were lots of strange and beautiful species to understand.

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

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BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Part 2 of my Newfoundland Cambrian diorama build, from 2005. There were lots of strange and beautiful species to understand.

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

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BobNicholls, to art
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Part 1 of my Newfoundland Cambrian diorama build, from 2005. Building something this big and complicated then shipping it across the Atlantic was a daunting challenge.

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alcootatooter, to random
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"Shirley" the Diprotodon has sat in plaster jackets our lab since it opened over five years ago. So good to finally get the project moving.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-09/shirley-nt-diprotodon-prehistoric-fossil-dated/103801716


vilain, to random French
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Hey connoisseurs ! I have this rock (tuffeau stone, from turonian age) with strange marks in my garden, were they made by humans (I think they were) or can it be a fossil ?

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WhyNotZoidberg, to evolution
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvOq373njO4

If I was making up a YouTube headline for this it would be "Everything wants to be a crocodile"

Thomas, to random
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God fucking DAMMIT. Every day with this shit!

albertcardona,
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@Thomas

"How smart was T. rex? Testing claims of exceptional cognition in dinosaurs and the application of neuron count estimates in palaeontological research", Caspar et al. 2024 https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25459

A critique of Herculano-Houzel's 2023 paper https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cne.25453 were she estimated the number of neurons from dinosaur cranial endocasts and found them comparable to that of macaques.

#dinosaurs #TRex #paleontology #neuroscience

ScienceDesk, to science
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Largest-ever marine reptile found with help from an 11-year-old girl.

NPR reports on an amazing discovery in southwest England: https://flip.it/wPiFoq

AnnaAnthro, (edited ) to random
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There is a UHaul moving van parked outside with the oddest extinct camel stickers on it.

Did you know that camels were originally North American then crossed westward into Siberia to populate the rest of the world?

Well UHaul does!

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