Aurous Azhdarchid
@goldenpterosaur.bsky.social
(ARE-us az-DARK-id)
“Auro” • he/him • 22 • 🍉
• Autistic paleo cartoonist and wannabe pterosaurologist •
Links! ➡️ https://linktr.ee/aurousazhdarchid
“Auro” • he/him • 22 • 🍉
• Autistic paleo cartoonist and wannabe pterosaurologist •
Links! ➡️ https://linktr.ee/aurousazhdarchid
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Hello Bluesky!!
I’m Auro, a paleo cartoonist that mostly draws pterosaurs!
I hope you consider following me here, and maybe also check out my Ko-fi!
#paleocartoonist #paleocartoon #paleoartist #pterosaurs #dinosaurs #scicomm
I’m Auro, a paleo cartoonist that mostly draws pterosaurs!
I hope you consider following me here, and maybe also check out my Ko-fi!
#paleocartoonist #paleocartoon #paleoartist #pterosaurs #dinosaurs #scicomm
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Ember chapel
A pair of male Spinosaurus emerge from the water after a forest fire
Submitted for the Premio Italiano di Paleoarte (didn't win 🥲)
#gayleoart #paleoart #sciart
thread below🧵
A pair of male Spinosaurus emerge from the water after a forest fire
Submitted for the Premio Italiano di Paleoarte (didn't win 🥲)
#gayleoart #paleoart #sciart
thread below🧵
November 16, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Ember chapel
A pair of male Spinosaurus emerge from the water after a forest fire
Submitted for the Premio Italiano di Paleoarte (didn't win 🥲)
#gayleoart #paleoart #sciart
thread below🧵
A pair of male Spinosaurus emerge from the water after a forest fire
Submitted for the Premio Italiano di Paleoarte (didn't win 🥲)
#gayleoart #paleoart #sciart
thread below🧵
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The November Exhibit is online! 🖼️
We’ve got a bunch of new artwork for you to check out! Take your time exploring extinctfineart.com/view-gallery and discover all the different pieces and styles by palaeoartists from around the world 🌍🦖
Currently on display:
We’ve got a bunch of new artwork for you to check out! Take your time exploring extinctfineart.com/view-gallery and discover all the different pieces and styles by palaeoartists from around the world 🌍🦖
Currently on display:
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
The November Exhibit is online! 🖼️
We’ve got a bunch of new artwork for you to check out! Take your time exploring extinctfineart.com/view-gallery and discover all the different pieces and styles by palaeoartists from around the world 🌍🦖
Currently on display:
We’ve got a bunch of new artwork for you to check out! Take your time exploring extinctfineart.com/view-gallery and discover all the different pieces and styles by palaeoartists from around the world 🌍🦖
Currently on display:
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A very happy birthday to @cascoclauda.bsky.social :)
October 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A very happy birthday to @cascoclauda.bsky.social :)
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October 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Continuing my recent trend of #Yanliao beasties, here's an updated, more serious attempt at #Jeholopterus for #FossilFriday!!! The camouflaged colouration is based in #Ginkgo bark, which would have grown in contemporary forests.
#paleoart #paleontology #sciart #pterosaur #Jurassic #paleobotany
#paleoart #paleontology #sciart #pterosaur #Jurassic #paleobotany
October 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Continuing my recent trend of #Yanliao beasties, here's an updated, more serious attempt at #Jeholopterus for #FossilFriday!!! The camouflaged colouration is based in #Ginkgo bark, which would have grown in contemporary forests.
#paleoart #paleontology #sciart #pterosaur #Jurassic #paleobotany
#paleoart #paleontology #sciart #pterosaur #Jurassic #paleobotany
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October 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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This country is making me sad and scared but that’s a good excuse to try to do some more good. I’m raising money with this sticker to help support Brave Space Alliance, a black and trans run organization. Community spaces are so important in uncertain times. 100% of profits donated!
#bsnm #bugsky
#bsnm #bugsky
September 20, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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It is finished!
"Survive Out Of Spite" Prints & Stickers
Go out fighting on your own terms.All prints come bagged and boarded and shipped with love by my tyrannosaur labor force.Stickers are vinyl and durable enough for cars, water bottles, laptops, and mor...
www.emmalerae.com
September 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It is finished!
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🚨TWO NEW AZHDARCHIDS NAMED🚨
a very warm welcome to gobiazhdarcho and tsogtopteryx, both described best on cervical vertebrae found in the late cretaceous bayanshiree formation of mongolia
short thread 🧵
(art by zhao chuang)
a very warm welcome to gobiazhdarcho and tsogtopteryx, both described best on cervical vertebrae found in the late cretaceous bayanshiree formation of mongolia
short thread 🧵
(art by zhao chuang)
September 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🚨TWO NEW AZHDARCHIDS NAMED🚨
a very warm welcome to gobiazhdarcho and tsogtopteryx, both described best on cervical vertebrae found in the late cretaceous bayanshiree formation of mongolia
short thread 🧵
(art by zhao chuang)
a very warm welcome to gobiazhdarcho and tsogtopteryx, both described best on cervical vertebrae found in the late cretaceous bayanshiree formation of mongolia
short thread 🧵
(art by zhao chuang)
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September 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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By the way - our poster analyzing dinosaur documentaries from a couple years ago is now on ResearchGate!!! In case you wanna see our preliminary results suggesting what biases are leaned into
(PDF) Bias in documentary portrayals of paleontology and prehistoric life
PDF | Media portrayals are highly influential in shaping public perception of nature and science. Documentary programs are particularly important,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
www.researchgate.net
September 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
By the way - our poster analyzing dinosaur documentaries from a couple years ago is now on ResearchGate!!! In case you wanna see our preliminary results suggesting what biases are leaned into
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The next rotation starts right now and has new artwork from both previous and new exhibitors in. 🌟
Please check the gallery out on my site (extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/). If you'd like to know more about the new artwork, join us for our next online networking event tomorrow (5.9. @ 5pm UTC+2).
Please check the gallery out on my site (extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/). If you'd like to know more about the new artwork, join us for our next online networking event tomorrow (5.9. @ 5pm UTC+2).
September 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The next rotation starts right now and has new artwork from both previous and new exhibitors in. 🌟
Please check the gallery out on my site (extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/). If you'd like to know more about the new artwork, join us for our next online networking event tomorrow (5.9. @ 5pm UTC+2).
Please check the gallery out on my site (extinctfineart.com/view-gallery/). If you'd like to know more about the new artwork, join us for our next online networking event tomorrow (5.9. @ 5pm UTC+2).
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My #Patreon feed this month features three new #pterosaur #paleoart pieces: Pteranodon, Tupandactylus and Jeholopterus sp., alongside essays concerning what is known of, and what some have predicted about, their colour. Check this out at www.patreon.com/c/markwitton. #sciart #fossil #paleontology
August 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My #Patreon feed this month features three new #pterosaur #paleoart pieces: Pteranodon, Tupandactylus and Jeholopterus sp., alongside essays concerning what is known of, and what some have predicted about, their colour. Check this out at www.patreon.com/c/markwitton. #sciart #fossil #paleontology
Why tf was the REQUEST form nestled in the middle of the privacy policy?? Please don’t sell and share my personal information with anyone ever!
August 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Why tf was the REQUEST form nestled in the middle of the privacy policy?? Please don’t sell and share my personal information with anyone ever!
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More @dinoconuk.bsky.social prints. This is it now, I promise.
This is Tupandactylus imperator, one of the most spectacular of all #pterosaurs. Some data exists about the crest pigments and the nature of the feather-like fibres on the head. More on this at #Patreon in the near future. #paleoart
This is Tupandactylus imperator, one of the most spectacular of all #pterosaurs. Some data exists about the crest pigments and the nature of the feather-like fibres on the head. More on this at #Patreon in the near future. #paleoart
August 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
More @dinoconuk.bsky.social prints. This is it now, I promise.
This is Tupandactylus imperator, one of the most spectacular of all #pterosaurs. Some data exists about the crest pigments and the nature of the feather-like fibres on the head. More on this at #Patreon in the near future. #paleoart
This is Tupandactylus imperator, one of the most spectacular of all #pterosaurs. Some data exists about the crest pigments and the nature of the feather-like fibres on the head. More on this at #Patreon in the near future. #paleoart
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It's out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuHY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuHY...
August 11, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It's out!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuHY...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuHY...
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Open for business! Just contact me if interested!
August 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Open for business! Just contact me if interested!
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Next networking events! 👥
Every rotation of the gallery comes with new artwork from amazing palaeoartists and an online #networking event to get to know each other and stay connected.
Additionally, we will have focus sessions and discussions on specific topics with experienced artists.
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Every rotation of the gallery comes with new artwork from amazing palaeoartists and an online #networking event to get to know each other and stay connected.
Additionally, we will have focus sessions and discussions on specific topics with experienced artists.
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July 31, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Next networking events! 👥
Every rotation of the gallery comes with new artwork from amazing palaeoartists and an online #networking event to get to know each other and stay connected.
Additionally, we will have focus sessions and discussions on specific topics with experienced artists.
1/n
Every rotation of the gallery comes with new artwork from amazing palaeoartists and an online #networking event to get to know each other and stay connected.
Additionally, we will have focus sessions and discussions on specific topics with experienced artists.
1/n
NO FUCKIN WAY!!!! 🫨🫨🫨🫨
AMAZING NEWS!
apple tv has just announced a NEW pleistocene-focused series of #prehistoricplanet! streaming on november 26th
apple tv has just announced a NEW pleistocene-focused series of #prehistoricplanet! streaming on november 26th
July 29, 2025 at 5:13 PM
NO FUCKIN WAY!!!! 🫨🫨🫨🫨
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I told @cascoclauda.bsky.social if they got a distinction back on their grades this semester I'd paint them a hatzegopteryx. Congrats friendo! They suggested I share some of the WIPS so here's a sketch& color comp. Thanks to @skyemcdavid.com for crits! This is my 1st pterosaur I think? #paleoart
July 24, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I told @cascoclauda.bsky.social if they got a distinction back on their grades this semester I'd paint them a hatzegopteryx. Congrats friendo! They suggested I share some of the WIPS so here's a sketch& color comp. Thanks to @skyemcdavid.com for crits! This is my 1st pterosaur I think? #paleoart
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Thalassodromeus ~ sea runner 🌊🏃🏽♀️
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The pterosaur collection is complete!
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This guy is the conclusion of my first series of pterosaurs…and I think it’s my favourite design!
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The pterosaur collection is complete!
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This guy is the conclusion of my first series of pterosaurs…and I think it’s my favourite design!
July 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Thalassodromeus ~ sea runner 🌊🏃🏽♀️
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The pterosaur collection is complete!
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This guy is the conclusion of my first series of pterosaurs…and I think it’s my favourite design!
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The pterosaur collection is complete!
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This guy is the conclusion of my first series of pterosaurs…and I think it’s my favourite design!
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July 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Come check out the paleoart gallery!! 👀
I’ll also be at the online event, so make sure you have your seat booked!
I’ll also be at the online event, so make sure you have your seat booked!
The gallery is open again! 🖼️🎨
107 pieces are ready to be explored with a good amount of new artwork by extraordinary palaeoartists!
The next online networking will happen on 1st of August, get your (free) tickets on my website 🙂
#paleoart #palaeoart #onlinegallery #palaeontology #scicomm
107 pieces are ready to be explored with a good amount of new artwork by extraordinary palaeoartists!
The next online networking will happen on 1st of August, get your (free) tickets on my website 🙂
#paleoart #palaeoart #onlinegallery #palaeontology #scicomm
July 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Come check out the paleoart gallery!! 👀
I’ll also be at the online event, so make sure you have your seat booked!
I’ll also be at the online event, so make sure you have your seat booked!