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Result from the Florissant Formation #paleostream! While it doesn't look like this this has been one of the most intensely researched pieces of the whole series, but more on that later. On this a late summer evening a Megacerops steps onto a clearing to take a sip from a...
The fauna depicted are found in the Tule Springs Fossil Beds of Nevada. My previous illustrations feature on the park website. These are available for non-exclusive licensing.
This past weekend I revisited one of my first illustration jobs with the National Park Service.
In a Shortleaf Pine/Oak savanna in the piedmont region of Alabama, during an otherwise calm winter day, a Jaguar leaps from cover to snatch a Turkey while a Fox Squirrel and Short-tailed Shrew observe from nearby. A vision of the past, and potentially the future. #wildlife #wildlifesociety #alabama
Some 40 million years ago, northern Europe was covered by what is known as the Baltic Amber Forest, now known only from pieces of amber found on the coastline. An illustration from my recent article in the magazine Suomen Luonto, based on research by Dr. Eva-Maria Sadowski. cara.app/post/6e6ed80...
La Brea Tar Pits ~ megafauna 🐻🦁🦥🐴🐺🦬 . After watching Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, I was inspired to do a big piece based around my fascination with the La Brea tar pits and all the incredible creatures and flora that have been claimed by the tar ⚫️🌿🦴 . #paleoart #iceage #prehistoricplanet
Illustration comissioned by Erica @gutsickgibbon.bsky.social for her wonderful video on co existance of Early Homo and Australopithecus lineages at Ledi Geraru. Link to the video: m.youtube.com/watch?v=CQvC...
Haolong dongi, the “Porcupine” Iguanodont. At about 2.5 meters long, not much would stand out about this Hadrosauroid had we just their skeletal remains, but thanks to the preservational nature of the Yixian Formation, we’ve come to uncover amazing details about the anatomy of this animal #sciart 🧵>
Because of Valentine's Day we had today a Flower Flocking #paleostream, covering different kinds of fossil angiosperms! Florissantia, Lovellea, Leguminocarpum and Sagaria!
A study in 2014 points to much of the ice-age megafauna having had diets high in nutrient rich flowering plants. Of course flowering plants need pollinators, Mason bees, bumblebees and leafcutter bees most likely provided those services. The large and small interconnected in a complex relationship.
The ontogeny of Smilodon fatalis- illustrating the unique life history of a saber-toothed cat's development.
A new species of scrub-ox joins North America's Ovibovine diversity during the Pleistocene! Formerly classified as a species of Euceratherium, it is now known as Speleotherium logani.
steller’s sea cow (Hydrodamalis giganteus) I recently read Beasts of the Sea by Iida Turpeinen that recounts in dramatic fashion the voyage of Steller, the discovery, subsequent extinction, and the discovery of the skeleton of one and how it ended up In Helsinki. A wonderful book you should read.
Posting some more paleo oldies. These ones have more of a plant focus.
Rival stallions face off. Ecos La Brea really made me appreciate seal bays. 🐡
"Giant of the Andes" Featuring Megatherium. Argentina circa 20,000 years ago. About time I posted one of the 2 pieces I did for this Amazing study by @slothfultyrant.bsky.social , here on Bluesky!
Michael Deak@slothfultyrant.bsky.social · 2y agoWords cannot describe how excited I am to announce the publication of my first peer-reviewed paper published in the Journal of Mammalian Evolution! Here's a big, fancy thread summarizing everything: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Even though I did kinda jump on the badwagon back when the frozen Homotherium cub was published, I decided to focus on the adult interpretation, though I knew eventually I would like to do something featuring cubs. And here it is! A nice family portrait. #paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio
Going through an art block since the end of last year but managed to do something involving three things I aesthetically enjoy ✔️snowy grasslands ✔️northern lights ✔️cheetah-adjacent cats Miracinonyx watching a herd of reindeer somewhere in nothern USA, Late Pleistocene #paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio
Had loads of fun making these two illustrations for PBS Eons' latest video, on how Neanderthals were incredibly adept apex predators. #paleoart #SciArt #artbyjulio
