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Caxela

@caxela.bsky.social

Artist with an interest in the wonderful variety of creatures that have lived on this planet 🌿🦕

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 4d ago

Psittacosaurus sp.

Digital Drawing. A life reconstruction of the dinosaur Psittacosaurus is partially overlayed on top of a depiction of the famous and well-preserved fossil specimen SMF R 4970 (both show an underside view). The life reconstruction has looser brushwork.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 4w ago

Little Hyphalosaurus

Digital Drawing. A very young reptile (Hyphalosaurus, from the Early Cretaceous) is curled around a small point of light, appearing against a dark background with faint warm hues. This Hyphalosaurus is two-headed, a depiction that is based on a fossil specimen of this genus that appears to display such condition.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · last mo.

Panthalassa

Out in the ancient Panthalassic Ocean, two Triassic ichthyosaurs have risen above dark and foaming waves, one having leapt completely out of the water. The horizon and sky are obscured.
These ichthyosaurs aren't meant to be any particular genus; they're sort of just unnamed early ichthyosaurs, though they were largely based on mixosaurids.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Cetacea

Digital Drawing. An early whale (Pakicetus) stands at the water's edge, bending down for a drink. Behind it is a wall of tall grasses/reeds. The entire scene is shown within the shape of a blue whale. Despite the vast gulf in form and time between the two animals, they are of the same group: Cetacea.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Forest Giant

Digital Drawing. The bright, ghost-like figure of a giant moa walks through the dim forest interior, framed by trees to the left and right. The ground is covered in ferns, and a layer of moss has grown on the trees. A few branches hang at the top of the frame.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Vaquita

Digital Drawing. A vaquita (Phocoena sinus) swims against a dark background, partially crossing over a red line that runs horizontally. Red brushstrokes rise from below. Several bubbles have emerged from the vaquita's blowhole.

Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Cambrian on my mind #sciart

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Ancient Antarctic Summer

Digital Drawing. A group of three small dinosaurs (Morrosaurus) have stopped to drink from a river. Across from them stands the edge of a lush, dense forest.

Ian Baylatry @thepeanutpal.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Pachyrhinosaurus

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Thylacine

Digital Drawing. In the centre, a thylacine/tasmanian tiger is depicted mid-run. Behind it are the silhouettes of thylacine bodies lined up in rows against a red background.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Moa

Digital Drawing. A depiction of all 9 species of moa. They look as if they are floating in the air, moving towards a glowing point in the bottom left corner. In the background are some twisty-ish trees, all leaning to the left. There is a dark border around the whole piece. At the bottom are the skulls of all 9 species (they're probably not exactly to scale with one another). On the left and right of the skulls are pairs of kōwhai leaves. The rest of the border is filled with simple lines.
All 9 species of moa are (left to right):
Mantell's moa
Bush moa
Eastern moa (bald one with blue head)
Heavy-footed moa (behind eastern moa)
South Island giant moa (has blue on the neck)
Stout-legged moa
North island giant moa
Crested moa
Upland moa

Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Microraptor. Nine years old and still one of my favourite paintings I have ever made. #sciart

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The Last Aurochs

Digital Drawing. A stylized depiction of a female aurochs (Bos primigenius) lying in the grass, its head facing towards us. A few scattered trees are visible against the golden background. In the top left corner, there are the faint images of a few aurochs running leftward overlaying the background. They are drawn in a style similar to cave paintings.
The individual drawn here is meant to depict the last recorded aurochs, a lone cow that lived in the Jaktorów forest in Poland. A herd had once been present there, but had dwindled in number until only one member was left. In 1627, the last recorded aurochs died.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Entangled

Digital Drawing. A fish (Aspidorhynchus) has pierced the wing membrane of a pterosaur (Rhamphorhynchus) with its rostrum. Both have become stuck and are unable to free themselves as they descend together. The movement creates a trail of bubbles.

The scene is based on the multiple fossils that preserve the two animals entangled with one another.

aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Megalania enjoys a soak off the coast of Australia.

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DrongoJackBirb_art @drongojackburb.bsky.social · 9mo ago

(Recent art) Ceratodus nargan Illustration! Ceratodus is a wide spread prehistoric lungfish species that is related to the extant queensland lungfish. Here lies a species in the Early Cretaceous of Southern Victoria, Australia, in the Euremella formation. #paleoart #sciart #illustraation #fishart

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Moa Remains

Digital Drawing. A depiction of an upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) based on the type specimen. The head and right foot are represented as mummified remains while the rest of the body is drawn more like a life appearance, in the style of a monochromatic sketch.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Waning Hours

Digital Drawing. A large dicynodont (Ischigualastia) is knelt on the ground, struggling to lift itself up with its forelimbs. A gash is visible on its thigh. Three small dinosaurs (Eodromaeus) observe from nearby. The sky is a pale blue - the sun has already moved below the horizon.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Helveticosaurus Lair

A gathering of marine reptiles (Helveticosaurus zollingeri) lie on exposed rocks within a sea cave. Foamy sea water rushes in from the left, swirling beneath their perch.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Majungasaurus

A digital high-contrast portrait of the abelisaurid Majungasaurus

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 11mo ago

yutyrannus

A digital lineart drawing of a Yutyrannus, a large feathered tyrannosauroid.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A Thylacoleo and Her Joey

A Thylacoleo carnifex rests with her young joey in a cave, the joey lying with its head on its mother's arm. Some light shines on the cave floor through an opening somewhere.
Thylacoleo was a carnivorous marsupial (sometimes known as the marsupial lion) that once lived in Australia.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Young Dinornis at the Beach 🏖️

Two juvenile giant moa (Dinornis robustus) run energetically along a beach, creating some splashes as they go. Small waves roll in behind them.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · last yr.

Reptiles of old

A trio of extinct reptiles wearing 19th century European style clothing stand next to one another in a line. From left to right the animals are Pterodactylus antiquus, Iguanodon bernissartensis, and Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus. These Mesozoic reptiles were discovered in the early years of paleontology.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · last yr.

A Once Green Antarctica

The sauropodomorph Glacialisaurus (known from very fragmentary remains) strolls through a dense assemblage of flora at the edge of a forest. The plants are meant to represent Otozamites and Clathropteris. The scene takes place in Early Jurassic Antarctica.

Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · last yr.

Plesiosaurus

A pod of Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus swims near the surface of the ocean. A young individual can be seen nestled within the group.

Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · last yr.

Carboniferous

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · last yr.

Upland Moa

An upland moa (Megalapteryx didinus) walks across a mixture of rocks and tussocks in a high-altitude setting. Towering mountains are seen in the background, their snowy caps fading into the sky. A small rock wren (Xenicus gilviventris) sits on a rock near the moa.

Literally Miguel 🇻🇪@literallymiguel.bsky.social · last yr.

Persecution Camptosaurus and Ceratosaurus (paleoart comm!)

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · last yr.

Theropod crests and horns 🦖

A collection of stylized theropod dinosaur portraits. Each one has some form of crest or horn.