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David Soriano| Dilo
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(He/Him) Intern from the Alf Museum of Paleontology, Amateur Paleoartist, undergrad in Geology, and whale watching Naturalist. Also knows a thing or two about mosasaurs. |views my own https://linktr.ee/davidsaur_76
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · Oct 22
Hi there, my name is David (aka Shamu_blackfish from twitter or davidsaur_ from instagram) and I too am an artist who draws dinosaurs, marine reptiles, cetaceans, and other things that interest me.

Let’s start sailing, m8.

#art #dinosaur #sciart #paleoart
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Thalassotitan atrox with a juvenile Zarafasaura in its jaws Allosaurus adult and juvenile Marambionectes molinai, seen in the restoration of its Wikipedia article Tylosaurus proriger, my personal favorite so far.
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · 6d
Posting a graphite sketch I made of Tyrannosaurus rex for a final art assignment since this icon was described on this day 120 years ago. Happy 120 big guy!

#paleoart #sciart #trex
Pencil sketch of Tyrannosaurus rex (T.rex) breaking through a wall.
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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · 6d
October 4th 2025 is the 120th anniversary of the naming of Tyrannosaurus rex, thought I'd use this occasion do a quick drawing.
#paleoart #sciart
Side profile of a T. rex against a bright orange and green background. The rex is yellowish-brown with blue keratin covering the eyebrow and nasal region.
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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 7d
happy #fossilfriday! this is abyssosaurus, a deep-sea plesiosaur from early cretaceous russia. like many other vertebrates that live in the bathypelagic zone, this animal retained juvenile traits well into its adulthood, a condition called paedomorphis
(art by carlostsapiens)
a group of abyssosaurus shrouded in darkness, their large eyes glowing with eerie light
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Ian Baylatry @thepeanutpal.bsky.social · 8d
Skull of Platecarpus
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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 8d
Grendelius alekseevi #Ichthyursday week 12
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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 8d
Happy Croctober everyone! We just finished the prototype Deinosuchus schwimmeri, named in honor of David Schwimmer (not not THAT one)

Holy crap this croc is BIG!
30 linear feet of crocodile goodness, with a dinky tyrannosaur in the background
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J.W. Kirby @jaywkirby.bsky.social · Aug 8
Mososaurus I did back in 2021 with Copic markers
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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 14d
And that's how you integrate digital elements into an exhibition. Part of the temporary "China's Dinosaur World" at the Shanghai Natural History Museum, China. Closing this November.

Video source: Shanghai Let's Meet
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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 14d
It seems like just the other day I was putting the proto6of this croc noggin together
Sandboxes are great for supporting 3d printed giant croc noggins while the epoxy sets! Curator for scale
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La Brea Tar Pits & Museum @tarpits.org · 14d
🐘 Meet Hayden, the Wilshire Boulevard Metro Mammoth! Found during Metro construction, learn how this Ice Age giant reminds us how cool Los Angeles really is: bit.ly/MetroMammoth...
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Heidi Neunhoffer ✨COMMISSIONS OPEN OCTOBER 13 ✨ @neunhofferart.bsky.social · 15d
Pokemon Red :>
Digital illustration of Charmander playing Pokemon Red on the Gameboy
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · 17d
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · 17d
A sketch of the newly described early pachycephalosaur, Zavacephale rinpoche. Careful little guy, there might be choristoderes in the water!

#paleoart #sciart #art
Zavacephale, an early Cretaceous pachycephalosaur, walking nearby a body of water, while on the lookout for danger. Nearby are some horsetail plants.
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radish cellar @jrtsk.bsky.social · 17d
Prognathodon currii swimming near small Enchodus pack. Art was inspired by some Pseudorca photoes.

#paleoart #mosasaur #prognathodon #mesozoic
Prognathodon currii is a mosasaur species. Here, it swims near pack of aulopiform fish from genus Enchodus. dithered version.
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TheDinosaurMann @thedinosaurmann.bsky.social · 25d
We're doing a weekly dino drawing for september in my #paleoart server. Here's my contribution to the second round; #Gryposaurus

#TheDinosaurMann
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Heitor Miguel @paleomiguel.bsky.social · 21d
Monstrocrinus incognatus, a Middle #Devonian #crinoid from #Brazil, Europe and (ambiguously) Algeria. Their characteristic spines are hypothesised to have server anti-predation, hydrodynamics and ✨Aesthetic✨purposes...

...I may or may not have made one of those up.
#Sciart #Paleoart
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scary tall bart @tallbart.com · 23d
Joe, Brian, Peter, and Quagmire all thinking “I can’t wait for society to collapse so MY ideology can rise from the ashes!”
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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 23d
Chinzorig, T., Takasaki, R., Yoshida, J. et al. A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia. Nature (2025). doi.org/10.1038/s415...
A domed pachycephalosaur from the early Cretaceous of Mongolia - Nature
The pachycephalosaurian Zavacephale rinpoche, from the Early Cretaceous of Mongolia, provides crucial insights into the early evolution of dome-headed dinosaurs, including the development of the front...
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · 26d
Decided to go Gambling and by gambling, I mean whale watching at Long Beach. And boy, I hit the jackpot.
Common dolphins nearby Humpback whale dorsal fin Humpback whale taking a breath Humpback whale tail
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Montana Rosslyn (Comms Open) @montanoceratops.bsky.social · 27d
Here's my skeletal of Medusaceratops lokii, a Albertaceratopsini Centrosaurine from the Judith River formation of Montana. This taxon is known from a large bonebed containing many specimens. thanks to both @lordtrilobite.bsky.social and @andyfarke.bsky.social for helping the restoration! scalebar 1m
A black and white line drawing showing the skull bones of a horned dinosaur
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · 28d
Unktaheela specta sketch

#art #sciart #paleoart
Unktaheela specta, a polycotylid plesiosaur described back in December of 2023. Some proportions may be subjected to change since I will be submitting this reconstruction for Wikipedia.
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Monarobot @monarobot.bsky.social · Sep 10
Dino skull
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · Sep 9
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David Soriano| Dilo @shamublackfish.bsky.social · Sep 9
A Meal Fit for a King

#paleoart #sciart #art
Basilosaurus isis with the beheaded head of a Moeritherium, with a couple of curious sharks feasting on its carcass from the surface. Basilosaurus and Moeritherium up close. Tail shot of basilosaurus, with a couple of sharks, primarily juvenile otodus, hanging around the carcass of the mammal.
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