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Caxela
@caxela.bsky.social
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Artist with an interest in natural history and paleontology 🌿🦕
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 20d
Majungasaurus
A digital high-contrast portrait of the abelisaurid Majungasaurus
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 21d
yutyrannus
A digital lineart drawing of a Yutyrannus, a large feathered tyrannosauroid.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Aug 28
A Thylacoleo and Her Joey
A Thylacoleo carnifex rests with her young joey in a cave, the joey lying with its head on its mother's arm. Some light shines on the cave floor through an opening somewhere. Thylacoleo was a carnivorous marsupial (sometimes known as the marsupial lion) that once lived in Australia.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Aug 9
Young Dinornis at the Beach 🏖️
Two juvenile giant moa (Dinornis robustus) run energetically along a beach, creating some splashes as they go. Small waves roll in behind them.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Jul 4
Reptiles of old
A trio of extinct reptiles wearing 19th century European style clothing stand next to one another in a line. From left to right the animals are Pterodactylus antiquus, Iguanodon bernissartensis, and Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus. These Mesozoic reptiles were discovered in the early years of paleontology.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Jul 1
A Once Green Antarctica
The sauropodomorph Glacialisaurus (known from very fragmentary remains) strolls through a dense assemblage of flora at the edge of a forest. The plants are meant to represent Otozamites and Clathropteris. The scene takes place in Early Jurassic Antarctica.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Jun 7
Plesiosaurus
A pod of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus swims near the surface of the ocean. A young individual can be seen nestled within the group.
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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · Jun 6
Carboniferous
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · May 30
Upland Moa
An upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) walks across a mixture of rocks and tussocks in a high-altitude setting. Towering mountains are seen in the background, their snowy caps fading into the sky. A small rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) sits on a rock near the moa.
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Literally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · May 11
Persecution

Camptosaurus and Ceratosaurus

(paleoart comm!)
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · May 11
And with labels
The same image as before, but in black and white and with labels. The labels read: Guanlong, Cryolophosaurus, Spinosaurus, Ceratosaurus, Allosaurus, Corythoraptor, Monolophosaurus, Dilophosaurus, Majungasaurus, and Carnotaurus.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · May 11
Theropod crests and horns 🦖
A collection of stylized theropod dinosaur portraits. Each one has some form of crest or horn.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · May 3
Koreaceratops
A very speculative depiction of a Koreaceratops hwaseongensis laying under some shade. Koreaceratops is an early ceratopsian dinosaur known from the partial remains of its tail, hip, and hindlimbs. The front half of the animal is unknown.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Apr 19
Heavy Footed Moa
A heavy footed moa (Pachyornis elephantopus) father sits with a recently-hatched chick, the two of them looking at one another. The ground is covered with plant matter and bits of eggshell fragments.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Feb 28
Antarctic theropods 🐧
Digital illustration of an emperor penguin and Cryolophosaurus ellioti facing each other. Little bits of terrain are shown beneath each animal: the penguin stands on snow while the Cryolophosaurus is surrounded by some ferns (indicating the much warmer climate of Antarctica during the Early Jurassic).
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Feb 24
Persistent Light
A Lystrosaurus peeks out of its burrow in the middle of a barren landscape. The silhouettes of a few trees can be seen in the far distance, in front of the glow of ongoing wildfires. The sun can be seen shining through the dark, smoky sky. The foreground is illuminated by the sun. The scene takes place during the Permian-Triassic extinction event.
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Heitor Miguel @paleomiguel.bsky.social · Feb 7
Pampaphoneus biccai - Anteosaur from Brazil's Rio do Rasto Formation.

#permian #brazil #paleoart
A brazilian anteosaur, Pampaphoneus, swimming just bellow shallow waters.
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Jan 30
Sometimes when drawing the animals for these group pieces I have a bit of a character or personality in mind that finds its way into their appearance. I'm glad that they stand out!
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Jan 29
Year of the Snake 🐍
A variety of extinct snakes are arranged on a plain background. The snakes depicted are 1. Pterosphenus 2. Archaeophis 3. Eupodophis 4. Sanajeh 5. Wonambi 6. Najash 7. Titanoboa
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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · Jan 16
Devonion fishies Elpistostege (close relative of the famous Tiktaalik) and couple of bothriolepis swimming by. Needs updating but still thinking this is one of my better paintings I have done
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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · Jan 14
AND HERE IT IS! It was really hard to not tell everyone because I knew for more than 2 years now. Please welcome Tameryraptor, a new name for Stromers carcharodontosaurid. Based on Stromers descriptions, drawings and newly found photographs the authors conclude...

#paleoart #sciart #scicomm
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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · Jan 10
Tower of Ferns

First piece of the year! Featuring Tempskya and Ferrodraco
A pterosaur (Ferrodraco) lands atop of the extinct tree fern Tempskya with its wings still momentarily outstretched. The background is dim and cloudy while the two main subjects are illuminated by sunlight. The scene takes place in Cretaceous Australia, where fossils of both of these taxa have been found.
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Mortimer @webvein.bsky.social · Jan 10
No one:
Still no one:

Me: What if leaf tailed gecko, but the leaf is carnivorous?

#specevo #specbio #sciart #lizard #uroplatus #leaftailedgecko
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Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus @ppaleoartist.bsky.social · Jan 8
first art of 2025 is a fish! starting off strong

a female Oncorhynchus rastrosus, the spike-toothed salmon. it's commonly misrepresented as a massive sockeye salmon with tusks slapped on, but we know that they didnt undergo any drastic levels of sexually dimorphic remodelling

#sciart #fishart
A female Oncorhynchus rastrosus swims infront of the camera in cloudy water full of plankton O. rastrosus is a massive extinct salmon that reached around 2.5m in size, it's also called the spike-toothed salmon due to the two teeth on its top jaw jutting out to the sides, these were present on all individuals. it was a planktivore like its extant relatives O. keta and O. nerka
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Daspletoraptor @daspletoraptoran.bsky.social · Jan 5
Saivodus sp. pencil drawing is finally finished

#shark #paleoart #traditionalart #sciart
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