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kronogarrett.bsky.social
The #Avali pits his powerful respiratory system against the life-sized #Temnodontosaurus' appetite for air. It's probably going to be a stalemate, there's not enough space for the big-eyed #marinereptile to finish growing.

feat. @aphinityavali.bsky.social

#inflatable #ichthyosaur #furryart #wip
A drawing of a normal-sized Avali blowing up a life-sized (and quite large) ichthyosaur toy in a slightly dated-looking room with orangish wall panels and warm yellow lighting.
January 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
junnethxv.bsky.social
Basilosaurus on a deep sea cam 🌊

#paleoart #marinereptile #illustration #art
January 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
dinolunatic.bsky.social
The true monsters of the depths of the Mesozoic, the possible plesiosaur of the abyssal zones: the Abyssosaurus.

#abyssosaurus #paleoart #cretaceous #plesiosaur #marinereptile
Two Abyssosaurus (one hidden in the darkness at the background and the other right in front) navigating the deep waters of the seas with their bright green eyes standing out in the darkness.
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
cenofreak88.bsky.social
#fossilfriday : Texas Nessie, a short necked plesiosaur found in Collin County, Texas. On display at the Heard Natural Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary, McKinney.

#heardmuseum #naturalscience #mckinneytx #plesiosaur #marinereptile #prehistorictexas #cretaceous
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
streetbiologist.bsky.social
Throwback Thursday.
Galapagos Marine Iguana. Galapagos Islands. Photo taken on 3 May 2011. #wildlife #marinereptile #reptile #iguana #galapagos
January 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
ppaleoartist.bsky.social
here's today's #Paleostream flocking sketches!!! this was also my 100th flocking 🎊🥳🎊

today we sketched Attenborosaurus (happy birthday Sir. David Attenborough!!!), Dakosaurus, Etjosuchus, and Dibango volans

#sciart #palaeoart #marinereptile #fishart
an Attenborosaurus swims along holding the half eaten corpse of a Turnersuchus by the surface of the water, it has a few circular lamprey bites and scars across its body Attenborosaurus is a plesiosaur named after Sir. David Attenborough, plesiosaurs are a group of fully marine reptiles that gave live birth and exploited a variety of niches when they were alive. while Attenborosaurus has a long neck, it's actually a pliosaurid, and therefore closer related to short-necked plesiosaurs like Liopleurodon instead of Elasmosaurus Turnersuchus is a basal member of a group of marine pseudosuchians called Thalattosuchia. it doesnt have as many adaptations for life at sea compared to its more derived members, however it still was very important in our understanding of thalattosuchian evolution an older Dakosaurus swims past the camera during the pitch black of night. it's being illuminated by an artifical light coming from behind the camera. its body is marked with various scars and lamprey bites it also has two parasitic copepods digging into its flesh, one on its tail and the other on its leg Dakosaurus is part of a group of marine pseudosuchians called Thalattosuchia, specifically the very derived family Metriorhynchidae, it had a shark-like tail fin at the end of its tail, short front legs, and long back legs. another curious adaptation of metriorhynchids was their lack of visible scales from a distance to reduce drag when swimming the dessicated corpse of an Etjosuchus is seen partially buried in cracked mud Etjosuchus is a pseudosuchian which may have been bipedal, but we dont know for sure as we dont have enough material of its legs the camera focuses on a Dibango volans floating above a seagrass meadow, it feeds on the abundant plankton Dibango volans is a genus of neotenic fish that lived in the shallow seagrass meadows of Eocene Monte Bolca, Italy. it most likely had a pipefish-like ecology, sucking up small prey one at a time while in the water column as indicated by its jaw bones
May 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
joeymaier.bsky.social
#Marinereptile #paleontology

Popular press coverage from Phys.org about adaptations in #fossil #ichthyosaurs to allow them to move through the water quietly

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July 18, 2025 at 4:46 AM
mariolanzas.bsky.social
ZARAFASAURA, from the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF8v... dedicated to Sauropterygians was found in Morocco, known for its pretty face 🙃
#zarafasaura #paleoart #plesiosaur #marinereptile #plesiopug
December 6, 2024 at 4:32 PM
mariolanzas.bsky.social
MORTURNERIA. from the new video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF8v...) I made about Sauropterygians. Morturneria lived in Antartica during the late Cretaceous, it might sound familiar for its apearance in #PrehistoricPlanet #morturneria #paleoart #sciart #marinereptile #sauropterygia #marinereptile
November 25, 2024 at 4:34 PM
joeymaier.bsky.social
🦑 #marinescience
🦴 #fossil
🌊🦖 #marinereptile

From the article
The 2m-long pliosaur skull has been confirmed as the most complete ever found The skull of a prehistoric sea monster found on the Jurassic Coast has made it into the world record books. The 2m-long (6ft) skull of a pliosaur, excavated from high above a beach in Dorset, was the subject of a BBC film presented by Sir David Attenborough. Guinness World Records confirmed it was the "most complete" of its type on the planet. It said it was about "95% complete by surface area", with "previously unobservable details" of the genus.
April 6, 2024 at 4:28 AM
cenofreak88.bsky.social
#fossilfriday as if you needed another reminder of why I prefer mammals. On the right we have the teeth of a mosasaur, a marine reptile from the late cretaceous. On the left, the tooth of an extinct sperm whale.

#mosasaur #spermwhale #miocene #cretaceous #marinereptile #marinemammals #paleontology
April 4, 2025 at 3:56 PM
paleonreel.bsky.social
Just finished up some Fakémon revamps earlier so imma just post these here, also HAPPY NEW YEAR PEOPLE!! :D

Rotendraco and Thalacorate are based on Thalassodraco, while Brayloarl is Tylosaurus.

#Art
#Fakemon
#Pokemon
#Dinosaur
#MarineReptile
January 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
joeymaier.bsky.social
🦑 #Marinescience
⛏️🦴 #paleontology
🌊🦖 #marinereptile

More coverage, this time from NPR, of Ichthyotitan
May 6, 2024 at 7:39 PM
daikaijuchaos.bsky.social
Couple more sketches. One for practice, another for worldbuilding.
A Grottoceratops lass and a bunch of marine reptiles. #monstergirl #doodles #sketch #artsky #marinereptile #alexscavesmod #minecraftmod
A sketch of a ceratopsian, dinosaur girl modeled after the Grottoceratops, from Alex's Caves Mod. Her general hairstyle and clothing resembles Shoebill's from Kemono Friends. A sketch of four, fictional marine reptiles. They are named as followed: a pliosaur called Mauromedon a currently unnamed mosasaur An ichthyosaur called Ichthyorcinus And a plesiosaur named Camptocephalus collaris
April 13, 2024 at 2:31 PM
carvente.bsky.social
No Dinosaur dinovember 22: Prognathodon #marinereptile #paleoart #sciart 🐡
November 22, 2024 at 5:31 PM
mariolanzas.bsky.social
HAUFFIOSAURUS, from the video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF8v...) dedicated to Sauropterygians. #hauffiosaurus #paleoart #marinereptile
January 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
handle.invalid
Plesiosaur fossils, seashells and plants - these are a few of my favourite things 🐚🦕
#art #dinosaur #marinereptile #illustration
August 20, 2024 at 3:25 PM
joeymaier.bsky.social
🦑 #marineresearch
☠️🦴 #fossil
🌊🦖 #marinereptile

A new mosasaurus species, Khinjaria acuta, was found in Morocco.
A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Maastrichtian of Morocco
The Upper Maastrichtian of Morocco has produced a remarkably diverse fauna of mosasaurids, the most diverse known for any time or place. As apex preda…
www.sciencedirect.com
March 11, 2024 at 9:33 AM
carvente.bsky.social
No Dinosaurs dinovember 28: Kronosaurus #paleoart #sciart #marinereptile 🐡
November 28, 2024 at 7:44 PM
skorpiontail.bsky.social
Prehistoric emergence fanart! Please go check it out on Yt! It's so peak ✨️ #Prehistoricemergence #Analoghorror #paleoart #Paleo #horror #Mosasaurus #Marinereptile
November 14, 2024 at 4:03 AM
mariolanzas.bsky.social
PALUDIDRACO. from the video (www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF8v...) dedicated to Sauropterygians. #paludidraco #triassic #marinereptile
January 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
cenofreak88.bsky.social
#fossilfriday a flipper of the Triassic ichthyosaur Shonisaurus. Shonisaurus was a giant among marine reptiles stretching up to 50 feet long. On display the Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas.

#fossil #paleontology #marinereptile #lasvegas #prehistoricnevada #nevada #statemuseum
January 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
biogamer.bsky.social
“What’s your favourite dinosaur?”

Me: Dinosaur?! Naaa my favourite Marine Reptile is
…. ichthyosaur!!!!

Drawing by me #marineReptile #prehistoric #fossils @tetzoo.bsky.social 🦖
ichthyosaur sketch
November 30, 2024 at 4:13 PM
joeymaier.bsky.social
🦑 #Marinescience
⛏️🦴 #paleontology
🌊🦖 #marinereptile
#Fossil

We've got a new ichthyosaur species, and it's a big one. They're calling this one Ichthyotitan severnensis

"The more complete surangular would have been >2 m long, from an individual with a body length estimated at
~25 m."
The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK
Giant ichthyosaurs with body length estimates exceeding 20 m were present in the latest Triassic of the UK. Here we report on the discovery of a second surangular from the lower jaw of a giant ichthyo...
journals.plos.org
April 18, 2024 at 12:18 PM
joeymaier.bsky.social
🦑 #Marinescience
⛏️🦴 #paleontology
🌊🦖 #marinereptile
#Fossil

This new ichthyosaur jaw is similar size to one found in 2018.

"The new find is comparable in size and morphology to a specimen from Lilstock, Somerset, described in 2018, but it is more complete and better preserved."
April 18, 2024 at 12:23 PM