Riley Black 🏳️⚧️ 🦕
@restingdinoface.bsky.social
Bronto-queen, big cat, best-selling and award-winning author of The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, When the Earth Was Green, and Tyrant Lizard Queen (2026). 🔞 she/they/it. Skreeonk. https://linktr.ee/restingdinoface
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Cretaceous seas were inhabited by several Mosasaurus species, not all of them giants.
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Cretaceous seas were inhabited by several Mosasaurus species, not all of them giants.
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
This is one of the medium-sized Mosasaurus, M. missouriensis, an exceptional specimen found in Alberta. Lizardfish bones were in its gut contents. The prey had been bitten into swallowable chunks. 🧪
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Paleontologists used to think that dino skin impressions required rapid burial, soon after death, to be preserved.
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Paleontologists used to think that dino skin impressions required rapid burial, soon after death, to be preserved.
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
Goo morning, monsters.
Luciferase.
Luciferin.
No, the deep is not dark.
Light is not received here,
but is gifted,
made,
cold and stunning as distant Rigel.
Squishy and pallid at the surface,
lithe and brilliant here,
lives of tooth and tentacle thrive under pressure.
Snug.
Eager.
Hungry.
Luciferase.
Luciferin.
No, the deep is not dark.
Light is not received here,
but is gifted,
made,
cold and stunning as distant Rigel.
Squishy and pallid at the surface,
lithe and brilliant here,
lives of tooth and tentacle thrive under pressure.
Snug.
Eager.
Hungry.
February 10, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Goo morning, monsters.
Luciferase.
Luciferin.
No, the deep is not dark.
Light is not received here,
but is gifted,
made,
cold and stunning as distant Rigel.
Squishy and pallid at the surface,
lithe and brilliant here,
lives of tooth and tentacle thrive under pressure.
Snug.
Eager.
Hungry.
Luciferase.
Luciferin.
No, the deep is not dark.
Light is not received here,
but is gifted,
made,
cold and stunning as distant Rigel.
Squishy and pallid at the surface,
lithe and brilliant here,
lives of tooth and tentacle thrive under pressure.
Snug.
Eager.
Hungry.
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Dinosaur
swim
tracks.
These scratches were made by the clawed feet of dinosaurs similar to the little carnivore Coelophysis, around 200 million years ago, as the reptiles paddled in a lake’s shallows.
Most dinosaur swim tracks described so far were made by carnivores. 🧪
swim
tracks.
These scratches were made by the clawed feet of dinosaurs similar to the little carnivore Coelophysis, around 200 million years ago, as the reptiles paddled in a lake’s shallows.
Most dinosaur swim tracks described so far were made by carnivores. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Dinosaur
swim
tracks.
These scratches were made by the clawed feet of dinosaurs similar to the little carnivore Coelophysis, around 200 million years ago, as the reptiles paddled in a lake’s shallows.
Most dinosaur swim tracks described so far were made by carnivores. 🧪
swim
tracks.
These scratches were made by the clawed feet of dinosaurs similar to the little carnivore Coelophysis, around 200 million years ago, as the reptiles paddled in a lake’s shallows.
Most dinosaur swim tracks described so far were made by carnivores. 🧪
These dinos are making me crisis.
February 10, 2026 at 4:11 AM
These dinos are making me crisis.
Age verification?
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
Age verification?
I played the first Call of Duty at launch
I played the first Call of Duty at launch
Age verification?
I was adamant we recorded the movie premier of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command on our vhs player because I didn't understand the concept of re-runs.
I was adamant we recorded the movie premier of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command on our vhs player because I didn't understand the concept of re-runs.
February 10, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Age verification?
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
Here’s a chronological list of the song lyrics I put up as my AIM away message.
Paleontologists used to think that dino skin impressions required rapid burial, soon after death, to be preserved.
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Paleontologists used to think that dino skin impressions required rapid burial, soon after death, to be preserved.
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
But now we know there’s not a single pathway to exceptional preservation, and desiccation often plays a role. Look at this chunk of hadrosaur tail, so dried the skin shrunk to bone. 🧪
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Play time is important.
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Play time is important.
Good to know, but I hate the entire controversy over trans women in sports because it treats the possibility that we might often as a problem.
Another Study Confirms Trans Women Have No Advantage in Sports. I Hope We Can Move Beyond Conversations About "Fairness"
The argument that trans-exclusion keeps athletics “honest and fair” is just another boogeyman thrown up to make trans erasure from public life easier and quicker.
www.autostraddle.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Good to know, but I hate the entire controversy over trans women in sports because it treats the possibility that we might often as a problem.
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Reposted with alt text for people with screen readers - this is a welcome departure from how certain large organizations are handling revelations that high-profile members associated with and accepted money from Epstein and his organization, _AFTER 2008_ when he was convicted for soliciting a minor.
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Reposted with alt text for people with screen readers - this is a welcome departure from how certain large organizations are handling revelations that high-profile members associated with and accepted money from Epstein and his organization, _AFTER 2008_ when he was convicted for soliciting a minor.
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worm-in-a-rock god
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
worm-in-a-rock god
Every time I see MrBeast there is a part of my brain that yells “That is a predator, mob it until it leaves.”
February 9, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Every time I see MrBeast there is a part of my brain that yells “That is a predator, mob it until it leaves.”
It’s only right that my first YouTube channel subscriber is my girlfriend.
February 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
It’s only right that my first YouTube channel subscriber is my girlfriend.
Oh good, drafts. A tar pit of my half-formed thoughts.
February 9, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Oh good, drafts. A tar pit of my half-formed thoughts.
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Late #Cretaceous Winton Formation, #Australia. A huge Australotitan cooperensis ploughs ahead, paying no heed to bothersome #pterosaurs (Ferrodraco lentoni) or a puny Australovenator wintonensis. A group of Diamantinasaurus matildae observe the commotion from a distance. #dinosaur #paleoart #sciart
February 9, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Late #Cretaceous Winton Formation, #Australia. A huge Australotitan cooperensis ploughs ahead, paying no heed to bothersome #pterosaurs (Ferrodraco lentoni) or a puny Australovenator wintonensis. A group of Diamantinasaurus matildae observe the commotion from a distance. #dinosaur #paleoart #sciart
I know I’m twice as good but fuck does it get exhausting having to be twice as good just to survive.
February 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM
I know I’m twice as good but fuck does it get exhausting having to be twice as good just to survive.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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Like and repost if you want more goth punk bimbo heathcliff.
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Like and repost if you want more goth punk bimbo heathcliff.
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Play time is important.
February 9, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Play time is important.
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this week on #Paleostream we sketched Guidraco, Dinosaurus, Eretmorhipis, and Protoichthyosaurus
i did finish last week's sketches but im too lazy to post them :P
#sciart #paleontology
i did finish last week's sketches but im too lazy to post them :P
#sciart #paleontology
February 9, 2026 at 5:26 PM
this week on #Paleostream we sketched Guidraco, Dinosaurus, Eretmorhipis, and Protoichthyosaurus
i did finish last week's sketches but im too lazy to post them :P
#sciart #paleontology
i did finish last week's sketches but im too lazy to post them :P
#sciart #paleontology