Olof Moleman
@lordtrilobite.bsky.social
He/him/they, artist, palaeontology enthusiast. Hadrosaurs are the best dinosaurs #noai
Another very busy week and manic #FossilFriday, so here's a drive-by new #paleoart post of Middle Jurassic British organisms: the (very poorly known) possible dryosaurid Callovosaurus, two bennettitaleans (Williamsonia and Williamsoniella), plus bonus Cladophlebis ferns. #sciart #fossils #dinosaurs
Here's a few renders a #kosmoceratops I finished up recently. However, I'm actually quite unhappy with how I went about some of the texture work as well as with the final result of the renders. I've been working on some new and improved renders recently so stay tuned for those #blender3D #paleoart
A new parasaurolophin dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from the Oldman Formation of southern Alberta cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/...
A new parasaurolophin dinosaur (Hadrosauridae: Lambeosaurinae) from the Oldman Formation of southern Alberta
Lambeosaurines are abundant in the Dinosaur Park Formation of Alberta, but are poorly known from the underlying Oldman Formation (Upper Cretaceous: Campanian). A new partial skull roof and braincase f...
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Hypothetical skull reconstruction of the new parasaurolophin hadrosaur, Plesiolophus warnerensis. #sciart #paleoart #paleontology
It's been far too long since Tylosaurus news...so here's another NEW TYLOSAURUS PAPER! 🦎 From me & Mike² (Everhart & Polcyn) For the first time in over 150 years, the holotype of Tylosaurus proriger is fully described & figured in detail. Incredible artwork by Andrey Atuchin
The Met put its entire collection online for free so I made a game out of it! 10 artifacts a day, and you guess where and when each one's from. Anthropeum.com if anyone wants to give it a shot and leave feedback :) #history #archeology #arthistory #museums
Also, I can't not post these images of Iguanodon supraorbital bones. I'm uncertain if there's some exaggeration in this specimen, but they join other examples in suggesting a decent (and seldom restored) set of eyebrows.
Went to the unveiling of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History's new palaeo exhibits this evening with @gizz47.bsky.social. Excellent new displays of British dinosaur material, well worth checking out even if you've visited umpteen times before.
Corrected Figshare link: figshare.com/s/44929fa320...
Postosuchus 3D musculoskeletal model files:
from Hutchinson, J.R., Faughey, E., Humpage, M., Dupuis, T., Demuth, O.E., Pintore, R., Clarac, F. 2026. Functional morphology and biomechanics of the locomotor apparatus in the large Late Triassic carnivore Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Rauisuchidae). Journal of Anatomy, published online. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.70189OpenSim 4.1 musculoskeletal (biomechanics) files for digitigrade and plantigrade models. Open Source: https://simtk.org/frs/?group_id=91Autodesk Maya 2026 .mb file from volumetric muscle modelling. Educational/academic licenses: https://www.autodesk.com/uk/education/home
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Lots of 3D image data: www.morphosource.org/projects/000... femora www.morphosource.org/projects/000... more postcrania figshare.com/articles/dat... musculoskeletal models
New #DAWNDINOS paper! Another "here's everything relevant about a cool Triassic/early Jurassic archosauriform's locomotion that we can figure out so far, with a 3D model of it"-- this time focused on the big nasty "rauisuchian" Postosuchus. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Functional morphology and biomechanics of the locomotor apparatus in the large Late Triassic carnivore Postosuchus kirkpatricki (Archosauria: Rauisuchidae)
A three-dimensional model is used to analyze the locomotor biomechanics of the large Late Triassic archosaurian reptile Postosuchus kirkpatricki. The study finds that it is more uncertain than previo...
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Our paper on turtle origins is finally out in Current Biology, with two major implications for our understanding of reptile evolution 🐢 #Paleontology #Turtles #Evolution www.cell.com/current-biol...
In case you're not aware of many tremendous women and enbies contributing to bringing prehistoric creatures back to life 💙
TEX is the culmination of my PhD research. Not only do we describe & figure our new species in exhaustive detail, but we include a revised phylogenetic dataset for analysis of Mosasauridae, & my measurement dataset for HUNDREDS OF MOSASAURS & EXTANT LIZARDS-& it's ALL OPEN ACCESS
Articulated #Suchomimus skull and neck. Suchomimus was a massive spinosaurid from West Africa. The elongated jaws and hypertrophied neck suggest it would have engaged in rapid movements of the head and neck. Perfect for capturing fish. #FossilFriday #Dinosaurs #Paleontology
Fossil(and more?) Friday. The Staruni Woolly Rhino was incredibly preserved with its skin in a condition good enough to be taxidermied. Her horns, hooves, hair, and guts were all that was lost, but you can see the individual follicles in her skin. #fossilfriday #EAVP2025 #MuzeumPrzyrodnicze
New pterosaur alert! Laueropterus vitriolus, a new very complete genus from southern Germany that I reconstructed for a new paper by @davehone.bsky.social, out now in @peerj.bsky.social: peerj.com/articles/212...
New specimen of the oviraptorid dinosaur Huanansaurus preserved on top of a nest: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a... Corythoraptor is reinterpreted as being the same species. 🪶🧪 (📷Hao & Xu)
The #fossil of Irritator challengeri is finally going back to Brazil after 35 years in Germany. This is a major event for #DecolonizeScience and the #restitution of natural history specimens. Let's talk about #IrritatorBelongstoBR. [1/17]
Finished Paraentelodon skull sculpture. 1/6th scale print, sculpted in #Blender. #paleoart #sciart #paleontology (1/2)
More from the Etches Collection Museum of Jurassic Marine Life, it really is a shrine to Mesozoic marine palaeontology. So many fantastic pieces, and a beautifully designed building too.
