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Martiniii

@martinisaurus.bsky.social

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A guy who never grew out of his dinosaur obsession, and talking about it constantly. 23, MD resident, SSBU Bayonetta main, LoL Eve, Nilah, Sera, Gwen, L(G)BT, Paleontology enthusiast. ASK ME ABOUT WHALES!!!

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Martiniii @martinisaurus.bsky.social · Feb 16

As today is world whale day, I've prepared something wonderful for you all! This is Squalodon, namely the species S. whitmorei, the largest member of the genus! It has a comparatively shorter and wider rostrum than S. calvertensis, and a larger body size too! (6-8m(?) max!)

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Prof Susie Maidment @tweetisaurus.bsky.social · 8d

After we published the new specimen of #Spicomellus a few weeks ago, we were contacted by George Blasing, who said he'd bought some on the commercial market, and wanted to return it to Morocco. It arrived last week. Thanks George for doing the right thing in the name of science!

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 2d

Alhalabi, W.A., Pinheiro, F.L., Jaoude, I.B. et al. Recovering lost time in Syria: a gigantic latest Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from the Palmyrides mountain chain. Sci Nat 112, 78 (2025). doi.org/10.1007/s001...

Recovering lost time in Syria: a gigantic latest Cretaceous azhdarchid pterosaur from the Palmyrides mountain chain - The Science of Nature

Azhdarchidae was a diverse group of toothless pterosaurs and one of the few lineages of flying reptiles to survive to the end of the Cretaceous. Despite including medium-sized forms, the group is nota...

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Liam Elward Paleoart 🇵🇸 @paleobyliam.bsky.social · 2d

A day late for #NationalFossilDay - here's me in 2019 with the iconic rearing Barosaurus skeletal mount at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC. How is this my only pic with a sauropod skeleton? Shameful

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Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 3d

Happy #nationalfossilday and #whalewednesday! This is Waharoa ruwhenua, a critical fossil for understanding the early evolution of baleen whales. Waharoa was discovered in 26 million year old limestone in New Zealand, and likely had both baleen AND vestigial teeth. 🧵1/

A whale skull in four different views (top, right, bottom, left). The skull is white and orange with reddish iron oxide staining, and the mandibles are preserved in situ; the rostrum is flat and narrow, and overall the skull is shaped like a surfboard.

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Fabio Alejandro Romero @fabioaleromero.bsky.social · 4d

Some work out recently made, cetotherium riabinini is a small baleen whale from the Late Miocene of the Eastern Paratethys sea (Ukraine), a almost complete individual show it had remarkable body proportions unlike modern elongated species in a minuscule size.

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 11d

Preview of my latest #paleoart piece: a baby bison flees the deadliest predator of Ice Age Europe. Harrowing, harrowing stuff.

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Ben Miller @extinctmonsters.bsky.social · 18d

At long last, Beth Zaiken’s spectacular He’ll Creek mural is permanently installed in the Sue gallery!

Corner display with a verdant mural of dinosaurs and other creatures in a swamp, over four cases with small fossils.

View of right side of mural, with resting T. rex in the center.

View of left side of the mural, with Pachycephalosaurus among some cypress

Big T. rex skeleton on platform, mural visible in the far distance

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Skye McDavid @skyemcdavid.com · 18d

I am no longer involved in The Sanctum or any projects involving Omar Lagarda González, aka The Darknix.

September 30, 2025
Letter of Disaffiliation

To whom it may concern,

I am ending all involvement with The Sanctum, an art project that has produced models and artwork of mesozoic vertebrates, and was in the planning stages of making a documentary about mesozoic vertebrates.

I have learned that the project’s leader Omar Lagarda González (aka Darknix) made inappropriate and unwanted sexual advances online to a person whom he knew to be 16 years old.

I will no longer be involved in any collaborative art, science communication, or research projects with Omar Lagarda González. Any further use of my name in relation to such projects is without my permission.

Skye McDavid

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Society of Vertebrate Paleontology @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social · Sep 14

Reminder to everyone attending the upcoming annual meeting that the posters are *vertical* this year. Please see the link below for dimensions and design recommendations.

vertpaleo.org/poster-prese....

Poster Presentation Guidelines – Society of Vertebrate Paleontology

vertpaleo.org

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · Jun 4

Coronodon
#sciart #paleoart

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · Aug 1

Seeking peace….

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · Aug 2

Llanocetus final rest

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · Aug 3

Otodontid and smaller sharks snacking on a large Llanocetus. #paleoart

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · Aug 18

Janjucetus dullardi, a fantastic, newly described mammalodontid mysticete from the oligocene of Australia!
#paleoart #sciart

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · Aug 23

Basilosaurus crunching Dorudon…
I have commission slots open if anyone is interested.
#paleoart #sciart

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · Aug 29

Pappocetus lugardi, probably the largest known protocetid.
#sciart #paleoart

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Transition from protocetine protocetids to giorgecetines (Pappocetus) to early basilosaurids (Platyosphys/Pachycetus).

I have slots for this type of commissions too.

#sciart #paleoart #evolution #whaleevolution #protocetus #pappocetua #basilosauridae