Orribec

Covers of Mesozoic Art and Mesozoic Art II.

Contents page from Mesozoic Art I, showing our selected 25 artists.

Pages from within book, showing selection of images and text.

Pages from within book, showing selection of images and text.

Great news on #MesozoicArtII relevant to buyers in the USA -- I'm reliably informed that you can order direct from Bloomsbury's US site, and that the book qualifies for free shipping. I can't test that from here (as in the UK), but I hope it works out :) @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social

Mesozoic Art II – Marc’s review If, like me, you struggle to keep up with the glut of quality palaeoart emanating from all corners of the world these days, then Steve White and Darren Naish have another book for you. The sequel t…

A review of the brand-new MESOZOIC ART II - a lavish, cutting-edge guide to #palaeoart as it looks in 2025 - at Love in the Time of Chasmosaurs ... chasmosaurs.com/2025/10/20/m... #books

Mesozoic Art II, Palaeoart Portfolio for the 2020s — Tetrapod Zoology Among the most successful of books I’ve been involved in are those devoted to palaeoart. In particular, I’m thinking here of 2022’s Mesozoic Art , edited by Steve White and myself and published by Bl...

What is #PALAEOART / #PALEOART looking like in 2025? Buy the spectacular #MesozoicArtII - published by @chiffchat.bsky.social, edited by @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and I - now. Info and links... tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/...

Happy birthday to Mesozoic Art v.2 - on sale today from Bloomsbury Wildlife! As fine a collection of modern palaeoart as could be - 25 artists across 250 pages. Darren Naish and I could not be more proud.

Available from Bloomsbury and all other fine booksellers!

Volume one is still available!

Mesozoic Art II, Palaeoart Portfolio for the 2020s — Tetrapod Zoology Among the most successful of books I’ve been involved in are those devoted to palaeoart. In particular, I’m thinking here of 2022’s Mesozoic Art , edited by Steve White and myself and published by Bl...

New at Tetrapod Zoology .... Mesozoic Art II, Palaeoart Portfolio for the 2020s tetzoo.com/blog/2025/9/...

Received the Ceratopsian skull magnets (19 pcs) from Scaled Beast @rubrennanart.bsky.social as an early b-day present for myself.

Received my copy of Mesozoic Art II. It is a genuine honor to have my work be included with so many other talented paleo artists.

Mesozoic Art II, the book, on a cluttered desk with dinosaur toys.

Page from within, showing art and captions.

Page from within, showing art and captions.

Page from within, showing art and captions.

Our 25 contributing artists have started to receive their personal copies of #MesozoicArtII, the huge and spectacular new #palaeoart-themed @chiffchat.bsky.social book by myself and @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social. Truly the ultimate must-have if you're interested in representations of ancient life :)

Coming on 25th Sept...

It really is beautiful. So proud.

Borneo: where Saltwater Crocodiles see elephants as fair game.

Yes, the original GOT dragons were designed with a bird-like sternum in the rough skeletal stage. All subsequent dragon designs are built off this base design/rig (even Caraxes).

"like monkey with night visison"

A little something arrived in the post today. Actually, it's a pretty sizeable something and hard to do a flip-through with one hand - but you'll hopefully get the gist. I think @Darren Naish and I can feel pretty pleased with how it looks and can't wait for it to be released into the wild!

Cover. Big, rectangular, with dinosaurs.

Title page, spinosaurid art by Anthony Hutchings.

Contents page, showing list of artists included.

Open pages, art by Bill Unzen.

What I am humbly regarding as the most significant, impactful and beautiful of #books devoted to #palaeoart / #paleoart - MESOZOIC ART II, edited by @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and myself, published by @chiffchat.bsky.social - has arrived here at Tet Zoo Towers. It's on general sale in September!

Stock image sites and reddit are especially bad for labeling highland cattle as yak. I have even seen Muskox and Takin posted as yak.

Not a Yak at all. Doesn't even look like a hybrid Dzo.

I know Gary Gygax put a some of these creatures into his Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual book and gave them names such as Owlbear, Rust Monster, and Bulette.

They are most commonly known as 'chinasaurs'. Very common and cheap toys I think started appearing in the 1960's and produced for decades after.

It would fit in well with these guys.

Attenborosaurus.

This genus of early Jurassic Pliosaurid is named after Sir David Attenborough, whose 99th birthday is today.

Piece from 2023.

"See no evil, hear no evil, smell no evil"

Somewhat cursed WIP with some layers off.

Old Ed.

Edmontosaurus regalis.

Yes it is a Opossum.

The first image is a beautiful illustration by the talented artist @orribec.bsky.social. Long ago in ancient northern China, during the Neogene Period. During the dry season, with no trees in sight, a single amebelodontid proboscidean called Platybelodon grangeri is searching hard for a place to

This paper has a lot of nice data that does seem to indicate an overlooked distinctiveness, but to do taxonomic revisions without any genetic data on living species should not be a thing in 2025. Even if a species is so rare that such data is difficult to obtain it would seem better to wait.

A paper I looked at yesterday suggests the Echidna's spur/gland was similarly venomous as the platypus's in the past. As for what came first that would be difficult to determine. Perhaps the two features already existed and converged to create a more potent fighting spur.

Some likely are, but there is a huge variety of mammalian scent glands in many regions of the body that probably have different origins.