WEZDARCHID 🐲🪽

Knowing that the animal of whose existence Hermann was alerting Cuvier was so strange as to be regarded as a chimera by many naturalists, Hermann also drew Cuvier’s attention to a similarly strange flying animal that allegedly lived in China, and had been alluded to by Murr (1775) This is Murr’s illustration (C.G. von Murr Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Japan und Cina Der Naturforscher, 3 (7) (1775), pp. 1-51); Cuvier was not convinced. Photo: Bibliothèque centrale MNHN, Paris, France.

Did you know, when the first pterosaur was described by Cuvier, a naturalist, Prof. Jean Hermann, suggested that in China pteosaur-like animals with “bat wings, a bird head, and a long tail” were still alive (per publication by von Murr (1775)). Cuvier, naturally, rejected this as "fanciful"

Austroraptor fishin' #paleoart

Reference image: www.instagram.com/p/DTqbXKfGOX...

HTTYD | NIGHT FURY

「 HTTYD 」DEADLY NADDER
Small, intelligent hunters that can shed the barbed quills on their tail as a defense mechanism

A long-legged crested brown pterosaur

Caviramus

「 HTTYD 」SEASHOCKER
A large species of manta ray with face-mimicking cephalic fins

(new format, will be redoing past dragons with this as well)

Got encouraged to do one of these lol

#Portfolioday #paleoart

I love pretty scenery and accurately depicting animals in their enviroments!!! :P

Itty bitty baby

Doodles from yesterday's flocking #paleostream featuring a speculative proto-pterosaur, proto-bat, Late Devonian radiodont, and Arthropleura-sized house centipede.

A freak #pterosauria #speculativeevolution

Little intro post! Im Wes and I draw a lot of paleo/speculative evolution art. Follow me if you like dinosaurs, dragons, and creatures of all kinds!

Reference artwork of a Monster Hunter design for King Ghidroah, from Godzilla/Toho. Showing the name, classification, elements, habitat, and size, along with an icon.

Monster Hunter - King Ghidorah

"The leading Alpha of the Ghidorah's, a malevolent, tyrannical, Demi-Elder. An impossible anatomy, with a destructive appetite to match its body and size. The very monster that has drove regions and monsters to extinction".

Terrestrial azhdarchids from Africa #pterosauria #speculativeevolution

Digital art depicting hatzegopteryx in 7 sequences of taking flight, from the first one showing them standing, then lifting/jumping up and then spreading their wings.

Taking off!

#paleoart #berensart2026

Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
This one was gorgonopsid heavy!
Dinogorgon, Viatkogorgon, Njalila and Hippidion

Lesbian Tylosaurs breaching together. Because they are in love.

#paleoart #tylosaurus

ink wash painting of a spinosaurus standing on a beach close to water

ink wash painting of a spinosaurus standing on a sandbank, facing a large body of water. the sky is dark and cloudy, slightly obscuring the mountains in the distance.

ink wash spinosaurus sketch

Azhdarchid Crossing

#art #horrorart

A very monkey monkey-dactyl, and one of the sophonts for my pterosaur-focused speculative evolution project!

#art #specevo #pterosauria

ye it's me your least fav artist from the AI dog water app

Kem Kem Beds #paleoart

Beakless azhdarchid #paleoart

Azhdarchid pterosaur with cancer on its bill #paleoart

Results from the #paleostream!
Dodo, Oneirosaurus, Thikarisuchus and Bakiribu

Posting my gay spinos here as well #paleoart

Skill issue

good morning cath