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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · Sep 6

Protowhales #sciart

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · Jul 10

If giant terrestrial archosaurs retained thick articular cartilage at large sizes, I wonder if this enhanced their locomotory performance compared to giant land mammals (that get thinner cartilage with ⬆️ size). An advantage of thick cartilage would be shock absorption.

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Mar 4

other views

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Mar 4

open your little mouth and say AAAA

A #Tyrannosaurus rex uses its colorful mouth as a form of display, a bizarre rictus protrudes from its jaws displaying strong blue colors, while the inside of its green mouth breaks the contrast of the blue.
#paleoart #art

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Feb 14

It's spring in the heart of Europe sometime in the Pleistocene, and a mother #Palaeoloxodon antiquus takes care of her baby after a winter, she began to exchange her winter coat for a thinner summer coat while her baby plays among the flowers always under her care.
#paleoart

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Feb 14

inspired mainly by live elephants

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Feb 14

It's spring in the heart of Europe sometime in the Pleistocene, and a mother #Palaeoloxodon antiquus takes care of her baby after a winter, she began to exchange her winter coat for a thinner summer coat while her baby plays among the flowers always under her care.
#paleoart

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Feb 4

face closer

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Feb 4

#Baurusuchus salgadoensis

A survivor of a megaraptoran attack when she was young, which cost her her right arm and part of her tail and left her with deep scars on her skin.

#paleoart

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Jan 21

Its fossil remains were previously attributed to Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, but a taxonomic review led to the establishment of a new genus. (2/2)

some plausible variations of the crest

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Jan 21

#Tameryraptor markgrafi is a recently described carcharodontosaurid from the Bahariya Formation in Egypt. It features a peculiar structure on its nasal bone, which may have supported a crest during its lifetime. (1/2)
#paleoart

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Jan 13

I actually made them thinking more about ostrich feathers, but now that you mention it, they really do look like waves.

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Jan 12

first drawing of the year
a #jormungandr wahallaensis stylized to resemble medieval bestiary illustrations.

#mosasaurus #art #paleoart

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 31

references

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 31

another #art that I had the idea to produce after reading and watching a bit of #Jurassicreimagined

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 31

goodbye 2024 and hello 2025
last art of the #NewYear .
an unexpected duo? a young #Ceratosaurus exchanges caresses with a large #Torvosaurus under a huge tree.
speculative behavior based on allopreening seen in extant #birds
#paleoart

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 27

as well as my previous #MorrisonFormation art, I drew heavily on the work of Brian Engh and his documentary #JurassicReimagined

some art focuses

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 27

a trio of #harpactognathus quickly devour an unfortunate #Ceratosaurus, while the owner of the carcass(( #allosaurus )) turns back his fangs when he sees his meal being stolen.

#paleoart #JurassicReimagined #art

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Literally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · Dec 16

( #paleoart comission )

Deinosuchus' main prey would've been giant turtles, followed by fish, but it wouldn't have passed the chance on ambushing a clueless dinosaur (Like this Tyrannosauroid)

the giant alligatoroid Deinosuchus ambushing a passing-by non-Tyrannosaurid Tyrannosauroid

70-something million years ago in Appalachia

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 16

I had this idea without commitment after reading a post by my dear Brian Engh where he suggests the existence of volcanoes in North America during the end of the Jurassic.
which gave me the idea of illustrating a dinosaur passing close to a

Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 16

Morrison's #volcanoes

A young #Allosaurus fragilis wanders in the middle of an active volcanic crater, he passes next to a river of lava that lights up the night, beneath them the #moon shines with all its beauty.

#paleoart #art

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Sara.draws.paleoart @saradrawspaleoart.bsky.social · Dec 14

Gnathovorax cabreirai

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · Dec 9

Vou aproveitar aqui pra falar dessa discussão um tanto cansativa envolvendo lábios em dinossauros... A questão dos lábios em teropodes já é bastante cansativa, e é mais ainda no Spinosaurus porque fazem muita comparação com os crocodilos quando se trata desse bicho.

Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · Dec 2

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 9

their bare skin has the function of display having lively and flashy cores, while their plumage protects them from the sun just like ostriches, emus, camels and a certain bipedal primate.

+ BONUS! with TURTLE REX!!!

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Luis mondkatze @luismondkatze.bsky.social · Dec 9

a #tyrannosaur from the southernmost population of Laramidia. I imagined such a population as being relatively more slender than their northern cousins.
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#paleoart #trex

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