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Jeremy Wiles @wilespaleo.bsky.social · 3h

🦏 Animal #803 🐹
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
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Metazooa

Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

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Ninja Sex Party @nspband.bsky.social · 10h

Our NEW ALBUM is available on signed and unsigned CD and vinyl! AND there are cassettes!! And they all have our NEW COVERS on them!! WOW. 💘

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Reuters @reuters.com · 10h

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling reut.rs/471tkNZ

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she "cannot support" a memo that the White House sent to nine elite U.S. universities last week detailing policies they should follow to get preferential consideration for federal funding.

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Jeremy Wiles @wilespaleo.bsky.social · 10h

a cartoon girl is sitting next to a dinosaur and saying `` take chances , make mistakes , and get messy ''

ALT: a cartoon girl is sitting next to a dinosaur and saying `` take chances , make mistakes , and get messy ''

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Allie @rally.luckyraven.cc · 11h

Failure is a great teacher, don't be afraid of it. You gotta try things, give it your best shot; after it breaks down, reflect on the choices you made and what you could have done different to change the outcome. You only get this insight through trial and error. Make errors! Fuck it up! Get huge.

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 11h

#Paleoctober2025 day 10 paleoart sketch of the Miocene caiman Mourasuchus.

The broad, flat, elongated snouted caiman at the bottom of a murky river or pond with large toad tadpoles swimming around it.

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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 11h

Thinking about some lesser known Steve Kirk dinosaur artwork today. His work shaped my childhood perception of prehistoric life more than any other artist and I have an endless appreciation for his ability to decorate his animals in eye-catchingly beautiful patterns that look painted from life.

The dome-nosed head of Giraffatitan, a huge sauropod dinosaur, looms into frame. The scaly, lightly wrinkled skin is splotched with a blend of greens, grey, and yellows in a pattern reminiscent of crocodylians.

A group of vibrantly patterned "hypsilophodonts" forage amid the misty fern-coated floor of a Jurassic prairie. A herd of massive Diplodocus, sporting crests of iguana-like spines, pass in the middle distance. Far off, a brachiosaurid browses from towering conifers.

A sandy-toned, subtly striped Allosaurus with blue crests charges through a dusty clearing, jaws agape and hands flexing.

Portraits of Corythosaurus, Lambeosaurus, and Parasaurolophus, shown with earthy green, brown, and reddish tones in complex mottled patterns. Their keratin-sheathed crests are richly detailed, as are their scaly hides.

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Pupparuni! 🐕 🗺️ @pupparuni.bsky.social · 11h

Moooorrre Silksong for a bit and then Repo later~♥

🐾 twitch.tv/pupparuni 🐾

#vtuber #vsky

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 13h

who's that pokemon? it's stilpnia vitriolina aka the scrub tanager 🎉 sighted and sketched by @literallymiguel.bsky.social

two scrub tanagers on some plants. the most beautiful art you'll ever see

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Palea 🦖 @palearaptor.bsky.social · 12h

Nobody told me this game was so 💅🫦✨👠

#jurassicpark #dinosaur #vtuber

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Luther Wells @ultraluther.bsky.social · 17h

Utahraptor
My favorite Dromaeosaur

#paleoart #dinosaur #sciart #art

A pencil drawing of a Utahraptor resting on a log in a forest.

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 16h

Bienotherium

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Stieven @stievenvdp.bsky.social · 15h

pterodoodles

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Julianne Zelda Kiely 🌿Commissions open🌿 @palaeojules.bsky.social · 15h

A very happy #FossilFriday to everyone except this poor Darwinopterus, which has unfortunately succumbed to whatever ailed it. This is actually a redrawing of a Dead Darwinopterus which I drew years ago, only with updated anatomy. #paleoart #paleontology #pterosaurs #jurassic #sciart

A freshly dead darwinopterus corpse with a cream and brown body, and a blue headrest and tail. It's wings are folded partially and it's hard and tail are pulled up back. This position is based on the idea of it falling through the waters of a lake, or settled at the bottom with some of it's buoyancy keeping parts of it afloat.

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Stumble Quest @stumblequest.com · 15h

✨NEW EPISODE DAY!✨
✨Episode 189: Jargarita Aftermath✨

The crew rescues their friend from overpriced cocktails. #ActualPlay #DnDPodcast

⚔️Recent Episode: www.stumblequest.com
🔮Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/stumblequest

Stumble Quest

We're Stumble Quest, a D&D play podcast presented by the Killustrators! Follow our misguided adventures as an agnostic Paladin, a Good-aligned Necromancer, a Thri Kreen Druid & a kleptomaniac Cat!

www.stumblequest.com

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Jeremy Wiles @wilespaleo.bsky.social · 15h

It’s 5 o’clock somewhere!

Stumble Quest @stumblequest.com · 15h

✨NEW EPISODE DAY!✨
✨Episode 189: Jargarita Aftermath✨

The crew rescues their friend from overpriced cocktails. #ActualPlay #DnDPodcast

⚔️Recent Episode: www.stumblequest.com
🔮Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/stumblequest

Stumble Quest

We're Stumble Quest, a D&D play podcast presented by the Killustrators! Follow our misguided adventures as an agnostic Paladin, a Good-aligned Necromancer, a Thri Kreen Druid & a kleptomaniac Cat!

www.stumblequest.com

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 15h

Another day, another chance to talk about my very-long-running D&D (3.5e) podcast! We've been playing this game for like 7 or 8 years now.

Stumble Quest @stumblequest.com · 15h

✨NEW EPISODE DAY!✨
✨Episode 189: Jargarita Aftermath✨

The crew rescues their friend from overpriced cocktails. #ActualPlay #DnDPodcast

⚔️Recent Episode: www.stumblequest.com
🔮Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/stumblequest

Stumble Quest

We're Stumble Quest, a D&D play podcast presented by the Killustrators! Follow our misguided adventures as an agnostic Paladin, a Good-aligned Necromancer, a Thri Kreen Druid & a kleptomaniac Cat!

www.stumblequest.com

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TopSpin the Spooky @topspinthefuzzy.bsky.social · 1d

If you thought that Silver voice mod was neato then tell @waferkat.bsky.social they did a great job. And also, a big thank you to @lorenzohall.com for getting that rolling for me.

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Jeremy Wiles @wilespaleo.bsky.social · 1d

🦬 Animal #802 🦅
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
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🔥 44 | Avg. Guesses: 5.7

metazooa.com
#metazooa

Metazooa

Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

metazooa.com

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Vitor Silva @vitor-silva.bsky.social · 1d

Patagonian Plains - Collón Curá Formation

New artwork for Tales from the Phanerozoic, a project by João Macêdo. Check out the Eocene chapter here, with the backstory of the scene and detailed information about its environment and creatures: sites.google.com/view/talesfr...

#SciArt #Paleoart

Patagonia, Argentina, during the Middle Miocene. A warm environment with open areas, few trees, and low vegetation.

After the Age of Dinosaurs, the top of the food chain is once again occupied by a large terrestrial theropod: Kelenken, the largest of the "terror birds" (Phorusrhacidae). This nickname is no exaggeration: with a ~70 cm skull, sharp beak, standing over 2 meters tall, powerful claws, and legs suggesting high speed and agility for its size, it truly inspired fear in any potential prey. Two individuals appear, each separately surrounding a group of Theosodon, a macrauquenid that could reach 2 meters in length and ~1 meter at the shoulders. These camel-like mammals likely had a complex nasal structure resembling a trunk, but unable to grasp food (not a true proboscis, but a "prorhiscis", similar to moose, saigas, and sea lions). The herd feeds among Nothofagus trees, using the woods to try to evade the fast predatory birds. On the nearest tree, a mother Neotamandua hangs with her baby clinging to her back.

In the lower right corner, small animals fight over a burrow. Two Protypotherium try to take over the hole dug by a horned armadillo, Peltephilus. It scares off several Panstrongylus bugs living inside, forcing them out. Focused on their dispute, they don’t see a predator creeping from behind: Patagosmilus, a saber-toothed marsupial. The notoungulates will flee in time while the armadillo will be attacked, but will escape after the first bite thanks to its armor. Another Patagosmilus appears on the other side, harassing the giant porcupine Neosteiromys.

In the right corner, a group of Astrapotherium cools off in the water. These large mammals (~4 meters long) stand out with their tusks (larger in males) and a trunk likely used to gather food. Behind them, Podocarpaceae trees grow near the shore.

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Natalia Jagielska @nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 1d

I absolutely love the fact they've Pokemon-ised the museum staff, for the upcoming Pokémon partnership with the Field Museum. Museums, take note.

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nogain98 @rlatkdwls.bsky.social · 1d

Allosaurus animation 2

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Mike Keesey @tmkeesey.bsky.social · 1d

The first page of PALEOCENE #6 is complete! This post shows the entire process of making a comic book page. www.patreon.com/posts/140787... #paleoart #comics #sciart

Paleocene #6, Page 1 COMPLETE | Mike Keesey

Get more from Mike Keesey on Patreon

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · 1d

New tetrapod remains help constrain the age of a peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology: Vol 0, No 0 - Get Access www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New tetrapod remains help constrain the age of a peculiar assemblage, including early dinosaurs and pterosaur precursors, from the Upper Triassic of southern Brazil

The Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone (AZ) is a key global marker of the Carnian stage in the Late Triassic. In the Candelária Sequence of Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), it splits into the lower Hyperodap...

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Emily Stepp @emilyart.bsky.social · 3d

#Paleoctober2025 day 6 paleoart sketch of the giant Late Triassic ichthyosaur Ichthyotitan.

#Paleoctober #Paleoart #ichthyosaur #Ichthyotitan

Painterly hour long digital sketch of the massive ichthyosaur in cool ocean waters with much smaller ammonites swimming past.

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