It’s finally here! Meet Crocodylus lucivenator, a new species of Pliocene crocodile from Hadar, Ethiopia, described today by my mentor Chris Brochu and his colleagues. I had the honor of creating the press illustration. Open access paper here: doi.org/10.1080/1477...

In which I provide a few thoughts on the new Spinosaurus species, S. mirabilis. www.newscientist.com/article/2516... I also stressed the deep connections between one of the study authors - Nathan Myhrvold - and Geoffrey Epstein to New Scientist. They didn't mention it, neither has anyone else.

New fossils may settle debate over mysterious sail-backed spinosaurs

Spinosaurs have sometimes been portrayed as swimmers or divers, but a new species of these dinosaurs bolsters the idea that they were more like gigantic herons

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Prehistoric Planet-inspired Tarbosaurus. Commission for a private client. #paleoart #sciart #dinosaur #tarbosaurus #prehistoricplanet

#WIP Prehistoric Planet Tarbosaurus illustration for a private client. #digitalart #sciart #paleoart

Warmup sketch from last night, based on a project idea I’ve had for a while. Maybe this can become the first illustration in a series once commissioned work is done. More info about the concept in the alt text. #sketch #paleoart #plesiosaur #cryptozoology #lochnessmonster #nessie

We have a T. rex!

Tyrant Lizard Queen: The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore

The Love, Life, and Terror of Earth’s Greatest Carnivore

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'Tis the season for some festive science songs. If you've ever wanted to hear someone sing about a dimunitive tyranosaur then now is your chance

Hey Bluesky, long time no post. I promise I’m still alive. Here are some odd sketches I’ve done over the last few months (more info in alt text). I’ve got something really cool I should be able to share in the next few weeks. Stay tuned. #paleoart #sketch

Pictured: me, reading the registration email for this year’s SVP meeting, knowing full well that I can’t afford to go. Maybe next year…

a young boy in a blue sweater is reading an open book

ALT: a young boy in a blue sweater is reading an open book

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So cool to see my art attached to a peer-reviewed study again!

Quentin Martinez@quentinwildlife.bsky.social · last yr.

A 45-million-year-old cetacean brain exhibits prominent olfactory regions, indicating that early whales retained a sense of smell 🐳🧠 academic.oup.com/evolut/advan... @smnstuttgart.bsky.social

The dinosaurs have arrived at Blank Park Zoo, so here’s the project I’ve been working on this week. I was commissioned by the zoo to draw 23 silhouettes for signage comparing their animals with dinosaurs as part of their new “Dino Park Zoo” branding. Species labels in alt text. #paleoart #sciart

24 If any, or hopefully all, of this is interesting. They you might want to know that c. 6 months from now I'll have a book about all this and much more, written with, and illustrated by @markwitton.bsky.social. It's available for preorder now in all the usual places online. Thanks for reading.

With the trailers for both #WalkingWithDinosaurs and #JurassicWorld Rebirth apparently showing swimming Spinosaurus, I thought it might be time to go over why I think these animals were not good swimmers. After all, it's something I've written a fair bit about (with @arctomet.bsky.social) 1/many

I see what they did there… #WalkingWithDinosaurs #WWD2025

Tonight on Unsolved Mysteries: it’s one of Adobe’s flagship programs. With a powerful desktop workstation and as much memory freed up as possible, there should be no limit to what you can create with it. So, why does After Effects still run like complete ass?

a man in a suit and tie says join me perhaps you will be able to solve a mystery

Alt: a man in a suit and tie says join me perhaps you will be able to solve a mystery

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Jumping on the latest trend.

Spent my morning covering the groundbreaking for the new lion conservation center at Blank Park Zoo. After 10 years without a visit, I’ve somehow ended up at the zoo 3 times this month. Guess I’m making up for lost time. Anyway, time to flex with some shots I got of the kitties.

Somehow, Troodon returned.

Being a paleoartist with a social media following is fun, because you get to have people who don’t understand your field accuse you of lying and tell you that T. rex actually had wings and was a dragon. #paleoart #paleoartist #meme #skit

#WIP Sketching some obscure canid that I definitely haven’t had any strong feelings about recently. #paleoart

Looks like I’m officially adding “Iowa Broadcast News Award winner” to my resume!

Shamelessly using the new Deinosuchus paper as an excuse to share my illustration of it again. I did this for Adam Cossette and Chris Brochu back in 2020. It was my first commission out of college, and while there are some details I wish I could correct, I’m still really proud of it. #paleoart

Apparently paleoartist Jan Sovak has passed away. Growing up in the period between Jurassic Park and the soft dinosaur revolution, I don’t think anyone captured the way dinosaurs FELT when I was a kid as well as he did. It’s a hard feeling to describe, but Sovak nailed it.

Colossal’s bungled wolf announcement isn’t a conservation win. It’s a sad reminder of how the offensively rich want to foist their vision of the future on everyone. My latest for @slate.com

Those Dire Wolves Aren’t an Amazing Scientific Breakthrough. They’re a Disturbing Symbol of Where We’re Heading.

We shouldn’t be celebrating “de-extinction.” We should be focused on the species that are currently in danger.

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Everyone who told me "what's the harm in hyping de-extinction technology that doesn't work" can choke on a bag of black-footed ferret dicks www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as reason to cut endangered species list

The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.

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Reposting some obscure theropod I drew last year, with colors based on some obscure show, for no reason in particular. #paleoart #WalkingWithDinosaurs

ARTISTS! I'm sharing my contract template with simplified language and easy to fill in sections This will be most helpful for smaller clients bc corps have their own contracts But providing the contract will help protect you from giving away rights to your art! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Contract Template for Limited Rights

***NOTE: This is a View Only document. Go to File > Make a Copy to create your own editable copy. Please do not request edit access. Delete this note before using*** This Agreement, entered DATE, be...

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traitors✨

in case you're wondering, "what's the harm in claiming an extinct species has been brought back from the dead" when it most certainly has not, our interior secretary is already using it to justify taking animals off the endangered species list

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last yr.

Shout out to the home of my monthly column, @newscientist.com, which nailed their headline about the genetically modified GREY wolves www.newscientist.com/article/2475...