Skye McDavid
@skyemcdavid.com
scientific illustrator dabbling in paleontological research: pterosaurs, dinosaurs, other fossil reptiles, zoological nomenclature. French New Yorker. she/her.
Links: https://www.skyemcdavid.com/links
Links: https://www.skyemcdavid.com/links
I did an art.... haven't done much art since Sun Country Airlines lost my Apple Pencil. Bought one of the cheap knockoffs and it's terrible, but I did do this. Still made by grumpy human that can eat cheese have emotions.
January 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
I did an art.... haven't done much art since Sun Country Airlines lost my Apple Pencil. Bought one of the cheap knockoffs and it's terrible, but I did do this. Still made by grumpy human that can eat cheese have emotions.
My predictions for 2026
January 1, 2026 at 10:26 PM
My predictions for 2026
The software I used and the illustrations I made
December 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The software I used and the illustrations I made
*this* is a link to a bing search... getting rid of a useful feature to replace it with something they can use to show us ads.
December 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
*this* is a link to a bing search... getting rid of a useful feature to replace it with something they can use to show us ads.
Same problem with the grid scale and the ones they handed out previous years. Good thing it was in my desk drawer and not my camera bag that I take on collections visits...
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Same problem with the grid scale and the ones they handed out previous years. Good thing it was in my desk drawer and not my camera bag that I take on collections visits...
Is your cat doing phylogenetic analysis? Recognize the signs before it's too late!
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Is your cat doing phylogenetic analysis? Recognize the signs before it's too late!
Merlin is helping with my manuscript
December 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Merlin is helping with my manuscript
Paper by @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social independently revalidates Nanotyrannus lancensis using different methodology from the recent Zanno & Napoli paper. But what I'm most excited about is the Coelophysis hyoid histology is finally out too! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Paper by @griffinlabpaleo.bsky.social independently revalidates Nanotyrannus lancensis using different methodology from the recent Zanno & Napoli paper. But what I'm most excited about is the Coelophysis hyoid histology is finally out too! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
He wishes to follow in the footsteps of the great F. D. C. Willard
December 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
He wishes to follow in the footsteps of the great F. D. C. Willard
I ran out of cheese last week so I had to make an emergency grocery store run
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I ran out of cheese last week so I had to make an emergency grocery store run
He is being very helpful with the 3d modeling.
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
He is being very helpful with the 3d modeling.
Thank you to everyone for making #2025SVP in Birmingham productive and fun! After spending the day on planes I'm finally home in NY. Now to actually write up the results of all the data collection I did in UK museums before the conference.....
November 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Thank you to everyone for making #2025SVP in Birmingham productive and fun! After spending the day on planes I'm finally home in NY. Now to actually write up the results of all the data collection I did in UK museums before the conference.....
Come see me today at B199
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Come see me today at B199
Sarcosaurus woodi, an early diverging averostran-line theropod from the Early Jurassic of Warwickshire, in the Warwickshire Museum offsite collections. #2025SVP
November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Sarcosaurus woodi, an early diverging averostran-line theropod from the Early Jurassic of Warwickshire, in the Warwickshire Museum offsite collections. #2025SVP
POV you are a lost holotype seeing the light of a ceiling fixture for the first time in a century
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
POV you are a lost holotype seeing the light of a ceiling fixture for the first time in a century
OK i'll bite (stolen from @cascoclauda.bsky.social). If anyone says *that* Paw Patrol character I will be very disappointed.
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
OK i'll bite (stolen from @cascoclauda.bsky.social). If anyone says *that* Paw Patrol character I will be very disappointed.
While going through ptero collections with @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social we have rediscovered the missing holotype of Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870 in the collections of the British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
While going through ptero collections with @zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social we have rediscovered the missing holotype of Ornithocheirus huxleyi Seeley, 1870 in the collections of the British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk
Ok, but consider trace fossils with body fossils in them
November 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Ok, but consider trace fossils with body fossils in them
English people have been telling me that Greggs sausage rolls are a must-have and emblematic of their national cuisine, so I tried one and it was one of the most medium things I've ever had.
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
English people have been telling me that Greggs sausage rolls are a must-have and emblematic of their national cuisine, so I tried one and it was one of the most medium things I've ever had.
Of course the big paper on Azhdarchoid phylogeny comes out while I'm at a museum on a research visit (looking at Azhdarchoid cervicals, obviously) but now I'm back at the hotel so it's time to write a proper thread! 1/28
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Of course the big paper on Azhdarchoid phylogeny comes out while I'm at a museum on a research visit (looking at Azhdarchoid cervicals, obviously) but now I'm back at the hotel so it's time to write a proper thread! 1/28