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Mastodon home of Dr. Mark Witton, palaeoartist and palaeontologist. More info: www.markwitton.co.uk; view and support my work at https://www.patreon.com/markwitton.

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markwitton, to random
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Sort-of new to the internet #paleoart for #FossilFriday: the complete version of the Egyptian sauropod Paralititan having a robust conversation with Spinosaurus. This was produced for the @PalaeoGames DnD book - check it out at https://palaeogames.com/. #sciart #dinosaurs

markwitton, to random
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More new #paleoart posted to #Patreon: Triceratops and Tyrannosaurus, prevented from fighting by not being on the same canvas: new takes on old images, updated for the mysterious Book 6. High res versions of these (and more!) at https://www.patreon.com/posts/book-6-final-3-t-103358984. #sciart #dinosaurs

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markwitton,
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@gay_ornithischians Yep!

markwitton, to random
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Final materials for Book 6 SUBMITTED. Off they go, into the wilds of designing, layout and proofing, ready to mature into a real book by early 2025.

#paleoart #dinosaurs #sciart

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More new at : a subadult Canadian Tyrannosaurus hauls Leptoceratops from a burrow under a Cretaceous blood moon. To the north are vast alluvial plains. Lots of info about this image, and the hi-res version, at https://www.patreon.com/posts/103286193.

markwitton, to random
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New at ! Here's an image that I'm sure won't cause any upset at all among tyrannosaur fans: giant azhdarchid pterosaurs drive T. rex away from a juvenile Triceratops carcass. High-res version, WIPs and discussion here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/103222863

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@futurebird @mike I've personally lost a lot of lunch to fearless chickens. You can see my anguish channelled into the distressed face of the tyrannosaur.

markwitton, to random
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I've never thought to mash these skeletals up before, but this is what it looks like when you pitch the giant azhdarchid Quetzalcoatlus northropi against the predicted dimensions of a hatchling Tyrannosaurus. More evidence that the Mesozoic hated baby dinosaurs.
#sciart #dinosaurs

markwitton, to random
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Quite by accident, I appear to have amassed silhouettes of multiple predatory Archosauriformes in one place. What does it all mean, I wonder?

If you can guess what they all are, award yourself an extra biscuit at tea break this morning.

#paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs

markwitton,
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@gay_ornithischians No, but they could be if I got my act together.

markwitton, to DnD
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New to the web #paleoart at #Patreon: St. George takes on a mighty drago.... er, Tyrannosaurus. This is one of the images produced for the @PalaeoGames #dinosaurs in #DND book - check it out (with heaps of other new art) at https://palaeogames.com/.

Patreon link: https://www.patreon.com/posts/st-george-and-101021787?cid=133853143

markwitton, to random
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A #paleoart Temnodontosaurus suplex for #FossilFriday. Temnodontosaurus are very familiar ichthyosaurs to many of us and this might overshadow how remarkable they were. Among the last of the large/giant ichthyosaurs, they were top predators in early Jurassic seas. #sciart #fossil

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New #paleoart at #Patreon: a look at the art I created for the newly described pterosaur Ceoptera evansae: https://www.patreon.com/posts/99327359.

I had a lot of fun working on these pieces - lots of discussion between myself, Liz Martin-Silverstone and Paul Barrett to get Ceoptera nailed down as well as we could from the digitally prepared fossils. Be sure to check out the open-access Ceoptera description as well: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2298741

#sciart

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john, to random
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The #spamapocalypse is real! Mastodon needs some sort of shared spamlist option. I mean, we can ban all these accounts at Sauropods.win, but, wow, it would be so much better if they were gone once the first trusted server banned them.

markwitton,
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@mike @john I'm being inundated with it, unfortunately. I've reported and blocked dozens of posts like this since yesterday. There's a few more every hour.

markwitton,
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@mike @john Maybe? I wouldn't know where to start with blocking sustained spamming. This is a new experience for me on a social media site. I assume a lot of spam protection is usually built in, but doesn't the Fediverse structure complicate that?

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@john @mike Ok. I'm cautiously optimistic that a solution has been found against this attack at least, as I've not received anything in the last hour or so... but we'll see.

markwitton,
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@AdamStuartSmith @mike @john @Gizz47 isn't either. I guess I'm just lucky. Also - my cautious optimism of a moment ago was premature, the posts are still happening.

markwitton,
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@AdamStuartSmith @mike @john @Gizz47 To add one further detail, none of the spam being sent to me is from Sauropods.win. I have no idea how important or useful that info is.

markwitton,
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@john @AdamStuartSmith @mike @Gizz47 So you're getting my reports? I've been reporting and blocking every message, but I can stop and just block them if it's overwhelming your inbox.

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@john @AdamStuartSmith @mike @Gizz47 OK, will do. Apologies for any further messages about spam! Hopefully Mastodon finds a way to solve this at a more fundamental level soon. It's the sort of thing that will get very old, very fast, and is only going to lessen the user base further.

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@john @AdamStuartSmith @mike @Gizz47 I wonder if it's all related to this: https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/21/discord-took-no-action-against-server-that-coordinated-costly-mastodon-spam-attacks

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@john @AdamStuartSmith @mike @Gizz47 Interesting. Until yesterday, I'd not seen a single piece of spam here.

markwitton,
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@john @AdamStuartSmith @mike @Gizz47 As my latest move, I'm filtering "ctkpaarr.org" from my feed.

markwitton, to random
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Today is the 200th anniversary of a Geological Society meeting where two amazing events occurred. The first named dinosaur, Megalosaurus, was described while, simultaneously, the first complete skeleton of Plesiosaurus was revealed to the world. What a day for vertebrate palaeo!

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markwitton, to random
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A #paleoart tribute to those extinct dinosaurs that only knew one way to secure a Valentine's date: biting, clubbing and fighting one another. It seems that many aggressive/defensive features and injuries in dinosaurs were related to intraspecific bouts, not predatory acts. #sciart #ValentinesDay

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