Christopher DiPiazza
@chrisdipiazza.bsky.social
Degree in Animal Science. Paleoartist, Zookeeper, Science Teacher, Birder. I work with dinosaur fossils in Maryland. (He/Him/His)
🦖Creator of Prehistoric Beast of the Week🦕
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🦖Creator of Prehistoric Beast of the Week🦕
http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/?m=1
Watching Charlie Brown for the first time since childhood. As a watercolor painter I adore how they allowed the paint to behave like paint in the background. Using blossoming (normally avoided) for the sky and grass.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Watching Charlie Brown for the first time since childhood. As a watercolor painter I adore how they allowed the paint to behave like paint in the background. Using blossoming (normally avoided) for the sky and grass.
My Gargoyle Gecko, Brooklyn, peeling the last of her old skin off her tail like a sock. Lots of animals that shed will eat the old skin. 🦎 #gargoylegecko #reptile #herp
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My Gargoyle Gecko, Brooklyn, peeling the last of her old skin off her tail like a sock. Lots of animals that shed will eat the old skin. 🦎 #gargoylegecko #reptile #herp
Homologous structure day.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Homologous structure day.
Latest Beast of the Week is Nanotyrannus because of course it is.
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Nanotyrannus: Beast of the Week
This week we will be learning about a dinosaur who's identity has been the subject of a lot of debate or decades. Check out Nanotyrannus !...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Latest Beast of the Week is Nanotyrannus because of course it is.
prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2025/11/nano...
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Nanotyrannus attacking a young Tyrannosaurus is super common in paleoart especially in the last few weeks. Won’t stop me from depicting it too. Enjoy the new #watercolor. #paleoart
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Nanotyrannus attacking a young Tyrannosaurus is super common in paleoart especially in the last few weeks. Won’t stop me from depicting it too. Enjoy the new #watercolor. #paleoart
Quote with your art with horns! 😈
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Quote with your art with horns! 😈
Shout out to Emperor’s New Groove for actually depicting a ruminant without top incisors.
November 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Shout out to Emperor’s New Groove for actually depicting a ruminant without top incisors.
if you see this, post your bird art!
November 11, 2025 at 11:22 PM
if you see this, post your bird art!
Latest Beast if the Week was Zuul for Halloween.
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Zuul: Beast of the Week
This week we will be learning about an amazing armored dinosaur with a delightfully spooky name. Check out Zuul crurivastator ! Zuul wa...
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November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Latest Beast if the Week was Zuul for Halloween.
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prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2025/10/zuul...
Next time someone asks why we should conserve wildlife if much of it “serves no benefit to humans” respond by suggesting we replace every golf course in the world with farms for the same reason.
November 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Next time someone asks why we should conserve wildlife if much of it “serves no benefit to humans” respond by suggesting we replace every golf course in the world with farms for the same reason.
The new Frankenstein movie on Netflix by Guillermo del Toro is VERY good. I think the best version of the story I’ve ever seen.
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The new Frankenstein movie on Netflix by Guillermo del Toro is VERY good. I think the best version of the story I’ve ever seen.
Love this mini of the pokelid at the Ammonite Museum I saw on my recent trip to Japan.
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Love this mini of the pokelid at the Ammonite Museum I saw on my recent trip to Japan.
Every Halloween Ive been painting a dinosaur or other prehistoric beast named after something spooky. This year is the overdue Zuul! #watercolor #paleoart #zuul
November 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Every Halloween Ive been painting a dinosaur or other prehistoric beast named after something spooky. This year is the overdue Zuul! #watercolor #paleoart #zuul
Got a friend for our Agathaumas (what I’m calling it) skeleton.
November 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Got a friend for our Agathaumas (what I’m calling it) skeleton.
My daughter demanded to be an earthworm for Halloween so naturally I was an American Robin. 🪶
November 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My daughter demanded to be an earthworm for Halloween so naturally I was an American Robin. 🪶
Staff costume theme was Disney. Gargoyles it is! #Gargoyles #Disney
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Staff costume theme was Disney. Gargoyles it is! #Gargoyles #Disney
“This is the biggest dinosaur discovery of the decade!”
Psh only if you like Tyrannosaurs…oh…yeah I guess maybe it is.
Psh only if you like Tyrannosaurs…oh…yeah I guess maybe it is.
October 30, 2025 at 11:26 PM
“This is the biggest dinosaur discovery of the decade!”
Psh only if you like Tyrannosaurs…oh…yeah I guess maybe it is.
Psh only if you like Tyrannosaurs…oh…yeah I guess maybe it is.
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Whiteboard PSL werewolf.
October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Whiteboard PSL werewolf.
Made little demon slayer spiders with my kid’s face for Halloween. 🕷️
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Made little demon slayer spiders with my kid’s face for Halloween. 🕷️
From the bonebed open house yesterday. Finds include rib fragment, small gonipholid croc tooth, and a BEAUTIFUL pholidosaur croc tooth found by visitors! 🐊
October 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
From the bonebed open house yesterday. Finds include rib fragment, small gonipholid croc tooth, and a BEAUTIFUL pholidosaur croc tooth found by visitors! 🐊
Every October I try to cover a creature with a spooky/mobster name for Halloween on my site, Prehistoric Beast of the Week. This years is very much overdue. In the meantime who can ID these ones from past years?
October 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Every October I try to cover a creature with a spooky/mobster name for Halloween on my site, Prehistoric Beast of the Week. This years is very much overdue. In the meantime who can ID these ones from past years?
She pounced at the swiveling security camera!
October 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
She pounced at the swiveling security camera!
Pointy Rhino ratsnake.
October 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Pointy Rhino ratsnake.
Fun Halloween media trope I enjoy: “Starring the spooky classic monsters! Vampire! Werewolf! Frankenstein! Ghost! Witch! But the second we run out of ideas we’re expanding to literally any and every fantasy creature and framing them as “spooky” monsters too.”
October 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Fun Halloween media trope I enjoy: “Starring the spooky classic monsters! Vampire! Werewolf! Frankenstein! Ghost! Witch! But the second we run out of ideas we’re expanding to literally any and every fantasy creature and framing them as “spooky” monsters too.”