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Christopher DiPiazza

@chrisdipiazza.bsky.social

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Degree in Animal Science. Paleoartist, Zookeeper, Science Teacher, Birder. I work with dinosaur fossils in Maryland. (He/Him/His) 🦖Creator of Prehistoric Beast of the Week🦕 http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/?m=1

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 30m

Coyote on the trail camera under my back deck. I’ve never heard or seen any in the years I’ve been there. Just another reason not to let your cats roam outside and your dogs off leash while hiking. 🐺

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 5d

It’s October 3rd. So here’s some Mean Girls inspired cartoons about dinosaurs I’ve made.

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 6d

The Red Phalarope that was in the middle of DC this past week. One of the few sexually dimorphic birds where females are the ones who exhibit display colors. 🪶

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 15d

Speedpainted Zavecephale, the newly described pachycephslosaur from Mongolia. It was a juvenile when it died but its dome was fully formed. #paleoart #dinosaur #Zavacephale #watercolor

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 17d

It’s just a coffee dispenser. But give it a try.

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 17d

711 psl is a dark horse. Better than starshmucks imo.

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 18d

Made Pumpkin spice Dinosaur track cookies for the team at the dig site. Shout it to Safariltd for making dinosaur toys with detailed feet. 🎃🍪🦖🦕

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 20d

Watching an episode of Dino Dana with my daughter where the characters imagine themselves as dinosaurs. It’s scaring me.

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 21d

It’s based on this. LOL

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 21d

I usually don’t name art but this one of Pentaceratops chasing a pair of Sphaerotholus is called “Get off my lawn.” #paleoart #watercolor #sciart #dinosaur

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 22d

Spooky season is here!
🧡🎃QRP your Pumpkin Art!🎃🧡

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 23d

I think the skeletals were done by Jason Poole and yeah Yutyrannus is a decent model for the more fragmentary Dryptosayrus. It’s a more completely known similarly sized non-tyrannosaurid tyrannosauroid. It’s not a direct copy though.

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 24d

After several years of forgetting I FINALLY remembered to bring my own dinosaur stamp for the kids’ Dino park passports. I’ve had this thing since I was like 4. Payoff.

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 24d

I also always liked how they kept space for local state dinosaurs, like Dryptosayrus and Hadrosaurus.

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 24d

I appreciate their effort to include feathered dinosaur animatronics with REAL feathers attached. The elements were not kind to them sadly.

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 24d

Bittersweet final season at Field Station: Dinosaurs doing paleoart demos.

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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 27d

Signs I am the coolest teacher.

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 28d

Exactly.

Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 28d

Sad to learn that Mark Norell passed away. His work in paleontology had a HUGE influence on me growing up going to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. I consider myself lucky to have gotten to speak with him once at an AMNH holiday party.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · Sep 7

I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.