Sophie M.
@sophiesaurus98.bsky.social
Writer for Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs - Creator of the speculative evolution project "A New Age of Reptiles" - Natural History and Palaeontology Pop Culture - 28 - (she/her) -
I have finally figured out how to get proper retro skies to work, so here a test render featuring my allosaurus!
Mourasuchus, an incredible animal, literal whale-caiman, lots of cool postcrania undescribed, often oversized based in skull-length regressions it has prominent telescoped eyes, often-ignored semicircular squamosal horns over the ears, and holes on the premaxilla where the dentary teeth poked thru
Let’s work together to make a better future where AI is universally understood to mean Allosaurus Images.
A young European Bee-eater trying to stay cool yesterday near Pinoso. Not as bright as the adults but still beautiful birds. #birds #birdphotography #birding #naturephotography #Alicante
Cambrian SSFs from North Greenland (eastern Laurentia) with regional & global correlations onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #PapersinPalaeontology
Here come four more prehistoric birds/ dinosaurs: Plumadraco, Archaeopteryx, Ichthyornis and Limnofregata. Seven more drawings to go. Stay tuned! Copic Marker and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 13.8" x 9.8" (35 x 25 cm) #paleoart #SciArt #dinosaurart #prehistoricbirds
New research out today! Some animals have three eyes?! This eye isn't for "seeing" per se, but it's connected to a part of the brain responsible for regulating body temperature. So if you see a lizard basking out in the sun to get warm, oftentimes this eye plays a central role. But there's more...
Not remotely clear oxygen levels at any point in the Paleozoic were above modern levels. Direct samples preserved in halite do not show this at all outside of the mid-Silurian.
Atmospheric oxygen of the Paleozoic
The evolution of Earth's atmosphere is of extreme importance to the lithosphere, hydrosphere and biosphere. This is particularly true for the role the…
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Dr Craig R McClain@drcraigmc.bsky.social · yesterday300 million years ago, dragonflies the size of hawks patrolled the swamps and millipedes grew longer than your leg. The air was richer in oxygen then, and insects breathe through passive tubes that only reach so far into the body. More oxygen, bigger bug. 🧪 #HowToBuildAGiant
Ichneumonid wasps A few wasps I've seen in recent years. These parasitoid insects are incredibly diverse, yet poorly known with possibly as little as a quarter of living species even named. They're famous for making Charles Darwin doubt the existence of God simply by existing in nature.
I wish I could find a way to make my perception of time slow down. I feel like I wake up, prepare for the day, go downstairs, and then get ready for bed in the span of an hour, but somehow it's 12-18 hours depending on the day. It doesn't matter what I do, the time just speeds past.
An assortment of ferns from the Late Cretaceous of North America, as described by Holian et al. 2026. Specimens come from the Denver, Hell Creek and lower Raton Formations. I only included those found in the Cretaceous (and excluded a couple I deemed not worth illustrating.)
A thread of abolsutely fantastic woman and enby pterosaur palaeoartists (you should follow, platform and shower with compliments) 🧵 Like, look at avi🌧️ over here, baller:
avi 🌧️@barghest-land.bsky.social · 2y agoi think it's time to introduce Gentle Wind - my personal project about pterosaurs. there will be quite a few animations done to appreciate those beautiful creatures. here's one of them :) more to come! i'll be talking about it under #gentle_wind tag☁️ #paleoart #sciart
Bats appeared around 56 million years ago, and evolved into one of most diverse mammals out there. Just think about potential pterosaur diversity we're missing, given they thrived for over 160 million years.
Natalia (娜塔莉)@nataliajagielska.bsky.social · 17h agoMore crazy bats. Greater Bulldog Bat has a bulldog face and giant feet, used for the on-the-wing fishing
🌊 Nearly 90 California lawmakers have sent a clear message: No new offshore drilling and continued strong protection for California’s iconic coast! 🧵
Today’s four random pieces of palaeoart: Karen Carr’s Tyrannosaurus, Zdenek Burian’s Archaeopteryx, @serpenillus.bsky.social’s Diplocaulus, and Carel Brest van Kempen’s Brachiosaurus!
P.V. Buck et al. (2026) Remarkably large mammal-like tracks from the Botucatu Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Paraná Basin, Brazil: implications for the evolution of large size in Mammaliaformes Journal of South American Earth Sciences 106223 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Welcome to the CAMBRIAN FECAL REVOLUTION. We didn't name it the Cambrian fecal explosion for obvious reasons. I'm happy to share this paper on fecal matter and its role in Cambrian ecosystems. So if you want to read a really shitty paper (50 days free access): authors.elsevier.com/a/1nYg8cZ3X7...
Paleoparadoxia, a bizarre marine mammal with bizarre teeth and jaws and bizarre giant hands and- you get it, its got nothing to do with hippos lol (paleoart comm)
Probably my fave photo of the day. The spine is suspended using a series of metal cords and elastic bungie tendons which hold the alert posture of the neck in place without the need for excessive mounting frames. We're experimenting with novel materials and building methods.
Dr Matt Dempsey@sketchy-raptor.bsky.social · 24h agoToday I'm building life sized mecha Megalosaurus in the Future Fossils workshop - a mixture of 3D prints of my digital designs, carved foam, and machine parts, all produced under the direction of Jay Jay Burridge. More photos to come! And debuting at Blenheim Palace next week...
Deinosuchus and Postosuchus in Jurassic World Evolution 3!? They’re making a VERY compelling argument for me to finally buy the game. But I have to ask, how did we get Postosuchus before any non-sauropod sauropodomorphs? Where’s Mussaurus?Or Plateosaurus?
Our latest: Xinyuan Meng @bristolpalaeo.bsky.social describes Bataspis crux, expanding galeaspid (jawless fish) disparity with a bat-like head adapted for dynamic lift. Xinyuan's study was aided by @ferronhg.bsky.social Davide Pisani, Zhikun Gai and myself. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New species of antthrush, the Baturité antthrush (Chamaeza baturitensis, right): www.scielo.br/j/zool/a/qbw... 🪶🧪 (📷Eduardo P. Brettas)
Sorry for no new drawings, I am busy,tired and really stressed ☹️
Just for fun, here's another 10 random creature design reviews. La Carcagne (The Giant Claw): A gargantuan antimatter bird as big as a battleship! It's one of the wackiest, silliest monsters in cinematic history, but that's exactly what I love about it. It's unabashedly ridiculously. (1/10)
Bambiraptor feinbergi. Possibly a valid genus… possibly a juvenile Saurornitholestes. Possibly none of the above. I spent far too long on this one. I hope it was worth it 🫠 If the scientists could avoid reclassifying Bambi before people have seen this, I’d appreciate it. 😉 #SciArt
African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) paper now in @anatrecord.bsky.social's Feeding Biomechanics Special Issue! Using dissection & diceCT, we show powerful bites aren't just about bigger muscles—muscle architecture, skull mechanics & fascia may be key🐺 anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Dmitry Bogdanov's Dimetrodon and Varanosaurus, Wayne Barlowe's Pterodactylus, @midiaou.bsky.social's Arambourgiania, and Édouard Riou's Deinotherium!
