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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 11h

not furniture and not a library but princeton university has a ton of prehistoric gargoyles

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Benji Paysnoe @benj-art-min.bsky.social · 2d

Refining my digital sculpting skills with a sauropod! Camarasaurus sp.

Thank you @tessasaurus.bsky.social for your help with integument possibilities!

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 2d

Galeamopus 🦕

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 9d

Exactly who I was referencing!!

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 12d

Dramatic Dryptosaurs 🦖

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 16d

blep

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Liam Elward Paleoart 🇵🇸 @paleobyliam.bsky.social · 18d

More rough sketches: this time some wee sauropodlets
#paleoart

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 18d

the fun part about making your own models is that you get to play around with them heheh

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DinoCon @dinoconuk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Check out this awesome video that Tom Fishenden captured for us of DinoCon 2025!

It was an absolute blast and we will see you all again in 2026! (updates still to come!)

To find more of Tom’s work, see the links in the comments.

DinoCon 2025

YouTube video by DinoCon UK

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MechMonster @mechmonster.bsky.social · Aug 24

Shoutout to certain dinocon ppl for getting me to appreciate (and perhaps become mildly obsessed with) sauropods. Like, what the hell. What cool, weirdass giant critters they were!

"Extreme engineering" on another level for real

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Alberta Claw @albertonykus.bsky.social · Aug 16

#DinoConUK @tessasaurus.bsky.social: On the skin of Diplodocus

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Jeanne Timmons @mostlymammoths.bsky.social · Aug 16

More on work on sauropod skin by @tessasaurus.bsky.social 🦕

arstechnica.com/science/2022...

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Zoe TunnHELL ➡️ NYCC (Friday only!) @zoewithasword.bsky.social · Aug 12

EVERYONE SHUT UP

TREMORS IS ON YOUTUBE FOR FREE

youtu.be/GHB9pqO5tCs?...

Tremors

YouTube video by YouTube Movies

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Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University @thefossilpark.bsky.social · Aug 12

Love was literally in the strata this past weekend! 💍🦕

One couple unearthed something extra special with a surprise proposal in the quarry, while an epic bachelorette party brought the celebration to the museum halls. EFM is so lucky to be part of moments that make both history and memories.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Aug 11

Not counting today, FOUR DAYS until #DinoConUK. Tickets will be on sale for one or two more days for what's guaranteed to be the UK's - almost certainly Europe's - largest dinosaur-themed event since the end of the Cretaceous. Info: www.dinocon.co.uk

University of Exeter from the air, DinoCon venue for 2025.

montage of vendors present at DinoCon 2025.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Aug 9

This time next week, #DinoConUK will be in full swing. Be sure to follow (and use) the # if you want to keep up with developments. We will encourage people to share news on social media throughout the event. See you there :)

University of Exeter venue seen from the air.

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Joanna Kobierska @joannakobierska.bsky.social · Aug 2

Cave lion turnaround

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · Jul 31

my hands hurt

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SaurianCYH @sauriancyh.bsky.social · Jul 30

Caihong (idk what those plants are don't come for me)
#paleoart #sciart

A round drawing surrounded by black. A Caihong stands on a branch in a lush forest, ready to jump into the air.

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · Jul 30

What are they talking about it?

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Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus @ppaleoartist.bsky.social · Jul 22

that thing they say about Teto fans is true btw, we're all mentally ill

i call this piece:
"Vile Ripe Plant Ovary Meets Her Doom to a Kaatedocus" - 2025

#teto #tetokasane #paleoart #dinoart #dinosaurart

a Kaatedocus holds Pearto in its mouth, she looks terrified

Kaatedocus is a diplodocid sauropod (large quadrupedal herbivorous reptiles with long necks and tails) that is quite similar to its more famous relative Diplodocus, however it's significantly smaller

Pearto is a character created from the fusion of the Utauloid Kasane Teto and a pear

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · Jul 23

Here it is! Please welcome the AMAZING Mirasaura grauvogeli, a NEW MARVELOUS Drepanosaur published in NATURE today!
This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures!

I was commissioned to bring it to life
#paleoart

Illustration showing a pair of Mirasaura perched on fern fronds. The green animals show their tall orange, brown and white crests while a small beetle flies over one of them

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · Jul 18

I saw!!!! Super exciting discovery

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Cary Woodruff @doublebeam.bsky.social · Jul 17

New paper day! Phil Bell led a great study on some *INSANELY COOL* titanosaur tracks our expedition found in Mongolia. The scales in particular are extra awesome - they're like little pyramids, and they *may* have helped with scratch digging and/or walking on sandy surfaces!

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