Luis mondkatze

Such evidence of interaction shows just how brutal nature can be!

"The Head Crusher"
A newly described #Edmontosaurus skull with a #Tyrannosaurus tooth embedded in its snout has been described, implying predation and consumption by the T. rex, much like jaguars and crocodiles that bite skulls to the point of crushing the bones!
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I'm alive, but he's not.

First post of the year, a skeleton of the #Velociraptor mongoliensis, the most iconic of all raptors. This idea came from an edit I was making of a Scott Hartman skeleton for some friends on Discord, then I decided to play around with it more...
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For the torso, I simply arched the spine in a way similar to birds and crocodiles, which don't have straight spines. The legs probably look strange due to the more crouched posture, similar to birds.

It was a very interesting process to assemble this skeleton, since I was quite rusty, and many more drawings will be coming out in the next few days!

I'm alive, but he's not.

First post of the year, a skeleton of the #Velociraptor mongoliensis, the most iconic of all raptors. This idea came from an edit I was making of a Scott Hartman skeleton for some friends on Discord, then I decided to play around with it more...
#paleoart

Test paint on my Arctops sculpt! It’s probly getting a little more work on it but one session in and the vibes are there :) #paleoart #gorgonopsid #permian

Another #DAWNDINOS paper submitted! A deep dive into locomotor function and biomechanics in the awesome Late Triassic "rauisuchian" Postosuchus.

Grayscale digital painting on a vertically tall canvas, depicting two Tyrannosaur corpses seen from directly above. They lie on their sides more-or-less facing one another, the Tyrannosaurus juvenile (left) missing its lower jaw, leaving its tongue to flop out onto the ground, and the Nanotyrannus adult (right) missing its right foot and most of the shin. The ground is dark and damp beneath them, shadows casting shortly but sharply leftward, with puddles blurrily reflecting a pale grey sky with pterosaurs wheeling overhead, and various branches and small animal remains scattered around them too. The Tyrannosaurus is generally darker (for now) with haphazard stripes on its tail and flank, and more deliberate feathers and tubercles on its head and neck. The Nanotyrannus has no patterns for now, but has an upward- jutting crest in front of its eyes and larger arms and two-fingered hands than its relative.

A *liiiitle* late to the party, but not as late as the finished piece will be: corpses of an adult Nanotyrannus and juvenile Tyrannosaurus washed together after a flood, similar in size but anatomically distinct. Very much a work in progress, lmk if anything looks especially disproportionate

Little update on this, now that its been over a year since I opened the file somehow: changed her proportions and the color gradient slightly, and also added hair : )

Rex, all hail the king #sciart

Protowhales #sciart

If giant terrestrial archosaurs retained thick articular cartilage at large sizes, I wonder if this enhanced their locomotory performance compared to giant land mammals (that get thinner cartilage with ⬆️ size). An advantage of thick cartilage would be shock absorption.

other views

open your little mouth and say AAAA

A #Tyrannosaurus rex uses its colorful mouth as a form of display, a bizarre rictus protrudes from its jaws displaying strong blue colors, while the inside of its green mouth breaks the contrast of the blue.
#paleoart #art

It's spring in the heart of Europe sometime in the Pleistocene, and a mother #Palaeoloxodon antiquus takes care of her baby after a winter, she began to exchange her winter coat for a thinner summer coat while her baby plays among the flowers always under her care.
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inspired mainly by live elephants

It's spring in the heart of Europe sometime in the Pleistocene, and a mother #Palaeoloxodon antiquus takes care of her baby after a winter, she began to exchange her winter coat for a thinner summer coat while her baby plays among the flowers always under her care.
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face closer

#Baurusuchus salgadoensis

A survivor of a megaraptoran attack when she was young, which cost her her right arm and part of her tail and left her with deep scars on her skin.

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Its fossil remains were previously attributed to Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, but a taxonomic review led to the establishment of a new genus. (2/2)

some plausible variations of the crest

#Tameryraptor markgrafi is a recently described carcharodontosaurid from the Bahariya Formation in Egypt. It features a peculiar structure on its nasal bone, which may have supported a crest during its lifetime. (1/2)
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I actually made them thinking more about ostrich feathers, but now that you mention it, they really do look like waves.

first drawing of the year
a #jormungandr wahallaensis stylized to resemble medieval bestiary illustrations.

#mosasaurus #art #paleoart

references

another #art that I had the idea to produce after reading and watching a bit of #Jurassicreimagined

goodbye 2024 and hello 2025
last art of the #NewYear .
an unexpected duo? a young #Ceratosaurus exchanges caresses with a large #Torvosaurus under a huge tree.
speculative behavior based on allopreening seen in extant #birds
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as well as my previous #MorrisonFormation art, I drew heavily on the work of Brian Engh and his documentary #JurassicReimagined

some art focuses

a trio of #harpactognathus quickly devour an unfortunate #Ceratosaurus, while the owner of the carcass(( #allosaurus )) turns back his fangs when he sees his meal being stolen.

#paleoart #JurassicReimagined #art

the giant alligatoroid Deinosuchus ambushing a passing-by non-Tyrannosaurid Tyrannosauroid 70-something million years ago in Appalachia

( #paleoart comission )

Deinosuchus' main prey would've been giant turtles, followed by fish, but it wouldn't have passed the chance on ambushing a clueless dinosaur (Like this Tyrannosauroid)