FossilCrafter
@fossilcrafter.bsky.social
Tim Treiber (Ceratiten/Ammoniten Tim) :)
Geoscience Student and Paleo-Nerd from Germany
Quite fond of the middle Triassic Muschelkalk
Geoscience Student and Paleo-Nerd from Germany
Quite fond of the middle Triassic Muschelkalk
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A shake-up of the dinosaur family tree! Rhabdodontids are not ornithopods. They are ceratopsians.
There were horned dinosaurs in Europe! As shown by a new fossil of Ajkaceratops from Hungary!
Check out our new study, led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social ⤵️
There were horned dinosaurs in Europe! As shown by a new fossil of Ajkaceratops from Hungary!
Check out our new study, led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social ⤵️
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
A shake-up of the dinosaur family tree! Rhabdodontids are not ornithopods. They are ceratopsians.
There were horned dinosaurs in Europe! As shown by a new fossil of Ajkaceratops from Hungary!
Check out our new study, led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social ⤵️
There were horned dinosaurs in Europe! As shown by a new fossil of Ajkaceratops from Hungary!
Check out our new study, led by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social ⤵️
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Out in @nature.com today, we shake up the ornithischian family tree. Remember those weird Late Cretaceous iguanodontians, the rhabdodontids? Well they're weird because they aren't iguanodontians. They're ceratopsians. Well, at least some of them are... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A hidden diversity of ceratopsian dinosaurs in Late Cretaceous Europe - Nature
New results indicate that rhabdodontids and the previously described Ajkaceratops are actually distinctive European ceratopsians, a group better known from Asia and North America.
www.nature.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Out in @nature.com today, we shake up the ornithischian family tree. Remember those weird Late Cretaceous iguanodontians, the rhabdodontids? Well they're weird because they aren't iguanodontians. They're ceratopsians. Well, at least some of them are... www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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January 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
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New material of Ajkaceratops cements its identity as a ceratopsian, but adds a new wrinkle. It turns out that many european ornithischians previously classified as iguanodontians may actually be ceratopsians! New paper by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social et al., that I provided art for (link in reply).
January 7, 2026 at 5:44 PM
New material of Ajkaceratops cements its identity as a ceratopsian, but adds a new wrinkle. It turns out that many european ornithischians previously classified as iguanodontians may actually be ceratopsians! New paper by @tweetisaurus.bsky.social et al., that I provided art for (link in reply).
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Zoisite var. Tanzanite, watercolor on watercolor board. I feel this is possibly one of the best paintings I've ever done.
January 2, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Zoisite var. Tanzanite, watercolor on watercolor board. I feel this is possibly one of the best paintings I've ever done.
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Some people really do be like:
"nah, our modern day image of dinosaurs is boring and stupid"...
"nah, our modern day image of dinosaurs is boring and stupid"...
December 29, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Some people really do be like:
"nah, our modern day image of dinosaurs is boring and stupid"...
"nah, our modern day image of dinosaurs is boring and stupid"...
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Finally finished this reconstruction of Iguanodon. Really proud of the final results. Gave it really pronounced shoulder scales with the idea that they'd help with protecting from the thumb claws in intraspecific combat.
#paleoart #Iguanodon #ornithischian #dinosaur
#paleoart #Iguanodon #ornithischian #dinosaur
December 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Finally finished this reconstruction of Iguanodon. Really proud of the final results. Gave it really pronounced shoulder scales with the idea that they'd help with protecting from the thumb claws in intraspecific combat.
#paleoart #Iguanodon #ornithischian #dinosaur
#paleoart #Iguanodon #ornithischian #dinosaur
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to All, from a small festive Struthiosaurus and his snowy dinosaur friend 🎄
"Weihnachts-Struthi"
ca. 2.5 h / watercolour
23.12.2025
"Weihnachts-Struthi"
ca. 2.5 h / watercolour
23.12.2025
December 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Merry Christmas and happy holidays to All, from a small festive Struthiosaurus and his snowy dinosaur friend 🎄
"Weihnachts-Struthi"
ca. 2.5 h / watercolour
23.12.2025
"Weihnachts-Struthi"
ca. 2.5 h / watercolour
23.12.2025
Ovislav der Schreckliche, shepard of all those who are lost wandering, wishes a sorrowless #Halloween to any souls, that may deserve it 🎃
October 31, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Ovislav der Schreckliche, shepard of all those who are lost wandering, wishes a sorrowless #Halloween to any souls, that may deserve it 🎃
Portrait of my best friend.
#acrylicpainting
>50 h
01.08.2025 - 07.09.2025
Really moved out of my comfort zone with this piece, but I'm quite proud. Might have been my most difficult painting yet, since I had to get her face right, the detail and the lighting.
It was a pain, but a lot of fun.
#acrylicpainting
>50 h
01.08.2025 - 07.09.2025
Really moved out of my comfort zone with this piece, but I'm quite proud. Might have been my most difficult painting yet, since I had to get her face right, the detail and the lighting.
It was a pain, but a lot of fun.
September 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Portrait of my best friend.
#acrylicpainting
>50 h
01.08.2025 - 07.09.2025
Really moved out of my comfort zone with this piece, but I'm quite proud. Might have been my most difficult painting yet, since I had to get her face right, the detail and the lighting.
It was a pain, but a lot of fun.
#acrylicpainting
>50 h
01.08.2025 - 07.09.2025
Really moved out of my comfort zone with this piece, but I'm quite proud. Might have been my most difficult painting yet, since I had to get her face right, the detail and the lighting.
It was a pain, but a lot of fun.
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Great news! Plesionectes longicollum is a new genus and species of plesiosaur from Holzmaden, Germany.
www.sachspal.de/plesionectes...
This paleoart features two Plesionectes hunting near a colony of Seirocrinus.
Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
www.sachspal.de/plesionectes...
This paleoart features two Plesionectes hunting near a colony of Seirocrinus.
Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
August 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Great news! Plesionectes longicollum is a new genus and species of plesiosaur from Holzmaden, Germany.
www.sachspal.de/plesionectes...
This paleoart features two Plesionectes hunting near a colony of Seirocrinus.
Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
www.sachspal.de/plesionectes...
This paleoart features two Plesionectes hunting near a colony of Seirocrinus.
Digital painting by Peter Nickolaus, 2025.
Following my last post, a reconstruction of a #struthiosaurid had to follow.
So, here you have my take on Struthiosaurus sp. from Pui in the #HategBasin (of course entirely based on S. austriacus and S. transylvanicus).
Now I may never draw an ankylosaur again... osteoderms and scales are pain.
So, here you have my take on Struthiosaurus sp. from Pui in the #HategBasin (of course entirely based on S. austriacus and S. transylvanicus).
Now I may never draw an ankylosaur again... osteoderms and scales are pain.
August 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Following my last post, a reconstruction of a #struthiosaurid had to follow.
So, here you have my take on Struthiosaurus sp. from Pui in the #HategBasin (of course entirely based on S. austriacus and S. transylvanicus).
Now I may never draw an ankylosaur again... osteoderms and scales are pain.
So, here you have my take on Struthiosaurus sp. from Pui in the #HategBasin (of course entirely based on S. austriacus and S. transylvanicus).
Now I may never draw an ankylosaur again... osteoderms and scales are pain.
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T. Treiber et al. (2025)
New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (advance online publication)
doi: doi.org/10.1007/s125...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (advance online publication)
doi: doi.org/10.1007/s125...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
Ankylosaurs are a widespread but rare constituent of the latest Cretaceous dinosaur faunas of Europe. In the famous Upper Cretaceous continental deposits of the Haţeg Basin (Romania), ankylosaurs were...
doi.org
July 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
T. Treiber et al. (2025)
New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (advance online publication)
doi: doi.org/10.1007/s125...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record
Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments (advance online publication)
doi: doi.org/10.1007/s125...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I'm very pleased to announce that my first paper (as first author) has officialy been published two days ago :)
"New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record"
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record"
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record - Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments
Ankylosaurs are a widespread but rare constituent of the latest Cretaceous dinosaur faunas of Europe. In the famous Upper Cretaceous continental deposits of the Haţeg Basin (Romania), ankylosaurs were...
link.springer.com
July 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I'm very pleased to announce that my first paper (as first author) has officialy been published two days ago :)
"New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record"
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
"New report of Late Cretaceous struthiosaurids from the Haţeg Basin, with an overview of the Transylvanian ankylosaur fossil record"
Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#Allosaurus enjoying the first light of the sun on a Late Jurassic Morning.
Old #Paleoart piece from December 2020, done with acrylic paint.
Old #Paleoart piece from December 2020, done with acrylic paint.
May 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
#Allosaurus enjoying the first light of the sun on a Late Jurassic Morning.
Old #Paleoart piece from December 2020, done with acrylic paint.
Old #Paleoart piece from December 2020, done with acrylic paint.
Besides PaleoArt, I also go fossil-hunting from time to time, and one outcrop that I visit quite often is in the uppermost Muschelkalk, Middle Triassic.
Besides the brachiopod Coenothyris vulgaris and a single Ceratites cf. weyeri, there are barley any fossils there though.
I mainly went in the...
Besides the brachiopod Coenothyris vulgaris and a single Ceratites cf. weyeri, there are barley any fossils there though.
I mainly went in the...
April 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Besides PaleoArt, I also go fossil-hunting from time to time, and one outcrop that I visit quite often is in the uppermost Muschelkalk, Middle Triassic.
Besides the brachiopod Coenothyris vulgaris and a single Ceratites cf. weyeri, there are barley any fossils there though.
I mainly went in the...
Besides the brachiopod Coenothyris vulgaris and a single Ceratites cf. weyeri, there are barley any fossils there though.
I mainly went in the...
Honourable Mention in the 2nd VPC Paleoart Contest 🥳
Truly honoured and surprised by this amazing result.
My thanks and gratitude go out to the 5th VPC team.
Huge congratulations to the other winners and everyone who entered
Truly honoured and surprised by this amazing result.
My thanks and gratitude go out to the 5th VPC team.
Huge congratulations to the other winners and everyone who entered
March 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Honourable Mention in the 2nd VPC Paleoart Contest 🥳
Truly honoured and surprised by this amazing result.
My thanks and gratitude go out to the 5th VPC team.
Huge congratulations to the other winners and everyone who entered
Truly honoured and surprised by this amazing result.
My thanks and gratitude go out to the 5th VPC team.
Huge congratulations to the other winners and everyone who entered
Non-palaeo related piece for #valentinesday2025.
"Mondlicht"
ca. 21 h / Acryl
03.-12.08.2021
An old piece, but still one of my favourite paintings, especially because of the lighting, mood and the vegetation... definitely the vegetation, still love it!
"Mondlicht"
ca. 21 h / Acryl
03.-12.08.2021
An old piece, but still one of my favourite paintings, especially because of the lighting, mood and the vegetation... definitely the vegetation, still love it!
February 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Non-palaeo related piece for #valentinesday2025.
"Mondlicht"
ca. 21 h / Acryl
03.-12.08.2021
An old piece, but still one of my favourite paintings, especially because of the lighting, mood and the vegetation... definitely the vegetation, still love it!
"Mondlicht"
ca. 21 h / Acryl
03.-12.08.2021
An old piece, but still one of my favourite paintings, especially because of the lighting, mood and the vegetation... definitely the vegetation, still love it!
Xenoceratops foremostensis
Somehow the only time I ever drew a #ceratopsian properly. Have not touched onto the group since...
#paleoart
Somehow the only time I ever drew a #ceratopsian properly. Have not touched onto the group since...
#paleoart
January 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Xenoceratops foremostensis
Somehow the only time I ever drew a #ceratopsian properly. Have not touched onto the group since...
#paleoart
Somehow the only time I ever drew a #ceratopsian properly. Have not touched onto the group since...
#paleoart
December 24, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Small painting of the #belemnite Parapassaloteuthis zieteni for my own little collection.
The belemnite rostra were collected from the #toarcian #Posidoniashale of Dotternhausen, Germany.
The belemnite rostra were collected from the #toarcian #Posidoniashale of Dotternhausen, Germany.
December 8, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Small painting of the #belemnite Parapassaloteuthis zieteni for my own little collection.
The belemnite rostra were collected from the #toarcian #Posidoniashale of Dotternhausen, Germany.
The belemnite rostra were collected from the #toarcian #Posidoniashale of Dotternhausen, Germany.
May as well start out the same way here, as in the old place. Not the lifestyle concept I follow for Ceratites but one I find fun :)
"Ceratites nodosus" according to Siegfried Rein
- Simosaurus gaillardoti
- Ceratites weyeri
- Coenothyris vulgaris
ca. 12h/Acrylic
02.-07.09.2020
"Ceratites nodosus" according to Siegfried Rein
- Simosaurus gaillardoti
- Ceratites weyeri
- Coenothyris vulgaris
ca. 12h/Acrylic
02.-07.09.2020
November 16, 2024 at 10:06 PM
May as well start out the same way here, as in the old place. Not the lifestyle concept I follow for Ceratites but one I find fun :)
"Ceratites nodosus" according to Siegfried Rein
- Simosaurus gaillardoti
- Ceratites weyeri
- Coenothyris vulgaris
ca. 12h/Acrylic
02.-07.09.2020
"Ceratites nodosus" according to Siegfried Rein
- Simosaurus gaillardoti
- Ceratites weyeri
- Coenothyris vulgaris
ca. 12h/Acrylic
02.-07.09.2020