Extinct Plants Paleoart
@ppaleoart.bsky.social
A resource for #plant #paleoart
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Database maintained on GitHub:
https://github.com/PaleoNate/extinct_plants
Profile image by Ida Kalsta
Database maintained on GitHub:
https://github.com/PaleoNate/extinct_plants
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December 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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OPEN CALL FOR ART! Claim a color in "Full Spectrum" — A joyful celebration of COLORS. Color choices must be in by Jan 1, and some colors are almost full!
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#callforart #juriedshow #botanicalart
You have most of 2026 to finish your piece.
Check it out at: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084FA8...
#callforart #juriedshow #botanicalart
December 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM
OPEN CALL FOR ART! Claim a color in "Full Spectrum" — A joyful celebration of COLORS. Color choices must be in by Jan 1, and some colors are almost full!
You have most of 2026 to finish your piece.
Check it out at: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084FA8...
#callforart #juriedshow #botanicalart
You have most of 2026 to finish your piece.
Check it out at: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084FA8...
#callforart #juriedshow #botanicalart
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Result from the Talara tar seeps #paleostream! Like the La Brea tar pits this was Pleistocene death trap, however these fossils come from Peru so everything has a south american flavor. This piece is set at the beginning of the rainy season, with new green beginning to sprout...
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Result from the Talara tar seeps #paleostream! Like the La Brea tar pits this was Pleistocene death trap, however these fossils come from Peru so everything has a south american flavor. This piece is set at the beginning of the rainy season, with new green beginning to sprout...
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Check this blog post on our research on root sprouting in Permian trees here: plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com/2025/12/17/a... And check also the other posts, this is a great blog for people interested in #botany in general and plant life belowground in particular! 🌱🌳 #paleobotany #fossil #scicomm
Antarctic fossils show new evidence of rootsprouting in extinct trees
New research by Anne-Laure Decombeix at AMAP Lab in Montpellier, France, and Rudolph Serbet at the University of Kansas, USA. The image above shows the surface of a polished block of fossil peat fr…
plantlifebelowground.wordpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:24 AM
An excellent article on plant paleoart, its history, its importance in fighting plant blindness, and how we can further the field as a whole! Congrats to @pepecarrion.bsky.social and coauthors!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Plants in the shadows: Bridging the gap in paleoecology and paleoart
Paleoart, long considered peripheral to paleoscience, has become a powerful medium for visualizing extinct life and landscapes. Yet its historical tra…
www.sciencedirect.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
An excellent article on plant paleoart, its history, its importance in fighting plant blindness, and how we can further the field as a whole! Congrats to @pepecarrion.bsky.social and coauthors!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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More Kaiparowits #paleoart for #artadventcalendar day 2: this travel poster featuring a pair o' Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, perched enantornithean, and big ol' turtle. 🐡🎨
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
More Kaiparowits #paleoart for #artadventcalendar day 2: this travel poster featuring a pair o' Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, perched enantornithean, and big ol' turtle. 🐡🎨
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Studies of some horsetail fossils from the Yorkshire flora of Jurassic UK to start off a brand new sketchbook.
#paleoart #paleobotany #botany #sciart
#paleoart #paleobotany #botany #sciart
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Studies of some horsetail fossils from the Yorkshire flora of Jurassic UK to start off a brand new sketchbook.
#paleoart #paleobotany #botany #sciart
#paleoart #paleobotany #botany #sciart
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Matonia pectinata is a beautifully-shaped fern, and the family it belongs to can be traced back to the Late Triassic. When researching I often make reference sheets like this of the most useful figures, photos & illustrations I can find. Most pics from iNaturalist or Flickr. #paleobotany #botany
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Matonia pectinata is a beautifully-shaped fern, and the family it belongs to can be traced back to the Late Triassic. When researching I often make reference sheets like this of the most useful figures, photos & illustrations I can find. Most pics from iNaturalist or Flickr. #paleobotany #botany
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Pencil study directly based on the figure above, to practice the complex shapes of this fern. With plants, especially ferns, I find you have to start with very simple, geometric shapes & slowly build up complexity
#paleobotany #paleoart
#paleobotany #paleoart
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Pencil study directly based on the figure above, to practice the complex shapes of this fern. With plants, especially ferns, I find you have to start with very simple, geometric shapes & slowly build up complexity
#paleobotany #paleoart
#paleobotany #paleoart
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What is super cool is Clathropteris has been found in monotypic thickets where they got pretty dang big! Suuuper cool implications for how one can illustrate Jurassic period undergrowth.
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
What is super cool is Clathropteris has been found in monotypic thickets where they got pretty dang big! Suuuper cool implications for how one can illustrate Jurassic period undergrowth.
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More paleobotanical studies - this time the Mesozoic dipteridacean fern Hausmannia. Another example of how ferns during this time exhibited a diversity of forms that can spice up #paleoart
#paleobotany #sciart
#paleobotany #sciart
December 2, 2025 at 5:15 AM
More paleobotanical studies - this time the Mesozoic dipteridacean fern Hausmannia. Another example of how ferns during this time exhibited a diversity of forms that can spice up #paleoart
#paleobotany #sciart
#paleobotany #sciart
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Continuing my exploration of Jurassic paleobotany, this time with ferns of the family Dipteridaceae. Fossil taxa like Clathropteris have a really interesting shape that for me is pretty difficult to get right.
#paleobotany
#paleobotany
December 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Continuing my exploration of Jurassic paleobotany, this time with ferns of the family Dipteridaceae. Fossil taxa like Clathropteris have a really interesting shape that for me is pretty difficult to get right.
#paleobotany
#paleobotany
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Respectfully submitted for your approval #sundaystunday yet another posting of WIP oil painting “Illusion of Still Water” 24 x 36 aka “The Beast”🙄😝 #art #tradionalart #artyear #artshare #blueskyart #botanicalart
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Respectfully submitted for your approval #sundaystunday yet another posting of WIP oil painting “Illusion of Still Water” 24 x 36 aka “The Beast”🙄😝 #art #tradionalart #artyear #artshare #blueskyart #botanicalart
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Yesterday’s flocking #paleostream sketches, in shadowy forms: Lepidodendron, Baryonyx, Champsosaurus, and Genyornis. No I don’t have a favorite. #paleoart #pleistocene #cretaceous #paleozoic
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Yesterday’s flocking #paleostream sketches, in shadowy forms: Lepidodendron, Baryonyx, Champsosaurus, and Genyornis. No I don’t have a favorite. #paleoart #pleistocene #cretaceous #paleozoic
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The size charts this time were a collaborative effort between @montanoceratops.bsky.social,
@seismic-shrimp.bsky.social @sassypn.bsky.social
and me. As you can see there the local insect fauna had some bangers. When you want large insect interacting with dinosaurs/pterosaurs: this is your place!
@seismic-shrimp.bsky.social @sassypn.bsky.social
and me. As you can see there the local insect fauna had some bangers. When you want large insect interacting with dinosaurs/pterosaurs: this is your place!
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
The size charts this time were a collaborative effort between @montanoceratops.bsky.social,
@seismic-shrimp.bsky.social @sassypn.bsky.social
and me. As you can see there the local insect fauna had some bangers. When you want large insect interacting with dinosaurs/pterosaurs: this is your place!
@seismic-shrimp.bsky.social @sassypn.bsky.social
and me. As you can see there the local insect fauna had some bangers. When you want large insect interacting with dinosaurs/pterosaurs: this is your place!
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typical Solnhofen fauna form a long corridor through southern Germany but localities in France show similar preservation. The Atlmühltal Formation has iconic taxa like Archaeopteryx and Pterodactylus and was therefore the first of these formations we covered.
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
typical Solnhofen fauna form a long corridor through southern Germany but localities in France show similar preservation. The Atlmühltal Formation has iconic taxa like Archaeopteryx and Pterodactylus and was therefore the first of these formations we covered.
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and bennettitaleans are the most common plants. The beaches were probably blinding white, consisting of sand that formed from broken down corals and sponges, as these islands were often not much more than reefs peaking above the waves. Formations/localities that housed the...
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
and bennettitaleans are the most common plants. The beaches were probably blinding white, consisting of sand that formed from broken down corals and sponges, as these islands were often not much more than reefs peaking above the waves. Formations/localities that housed the...
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Popular images of the Solnhofen islands show them as tropical paradises, often with cliffs and tall trees. The opposite appears to be the case. The islands were probably small, arid, flat and had vegetation that can be better described as shrubbery. Small conifers...
(Europa Island for reference)
(Europa Island for reference)
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Popular images of the Solnhofen islands show them as tropical paradises, often with cliffs and tall trees. The opposite appears to be the case. The islands were probably small, arid, flat and had vegetation that can be better described as shrubbery. Small conifers...
(Europa Island for reference)
(Europa Island for reference)
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All of these creatures being preserved in marine sediments. For one it makes it possible to show all the cool pterosaurs and other stem birds from here. On the other hand, more importantly, it offers the possibility to show the environment many of these animals occupied.
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
All of these creatures being preserved in marine sediments. For one it makes it possible to show all the cool pterosaurs and other stem birds from here. On the other hand, more importantly, it offers the possibility to show the environment many of these animals occupied.
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And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 AM
And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...
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back on #paleostream flocking
this time we got lepidodendron, baryonyx, champsosaurus and genyornis, still testing the vector style
#paleoart
this time we got lepidodendron, baryonyx, champsosaurus and genyornis, still testing the vector style
#paleoart
November 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
back on #paleostream flocking
this time we got lepidodendron, baryonyx, champsosaurus and genyornis, still testing the vector style
#paleoart
this time we got lepidodendron, baryonyx, champsosaurus and genyornis, still testing the vector style
#paleoart
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November 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Flocking!
Lepidodendron (the trees), Baryonyx, Champsosaurus, Genyornis
#paleoart #sciart #paleostream
Lepidodendron (the trees), Baryonyx, Champsosaurus, Genyornis
#paleoart #sciart #paleostream
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Flocking!
Lepidodendron (the trees), Baryonyx, Champsosaurus, Genyornis
#paleoart #sciart #paleostream
Lepidodendron (the trees), Baryonyx, Champsosaurus, Genyornis
#paleoart #sciart #paleostream