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Liz Furman

@loamlizzard.bsky.social

I draw extinct and extant creatures, make clay minis, and post neat photos! Instagram: @loam_lizzard She/her UConn 2025 B.S. Earth Science

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Thrissops formosus JME Ett 3111 on display at MHNH

Thrissops formosus JME Ett 3111 on display at MHNH

feesh

13.02.2026 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy birthday to one of my favourite haters, Charles Darwin

12.02.2026 16:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10194    ๐Ÿ” 3037    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 161    ๐Ÿ“Œ 415
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I'm making a fish-core playlist! What songs should I add?

-looking for fish related lyrics or just vibes

-no soundtracks please, unless you feel strongly about one particular song (I know subnautica exists, love it, not what I'm looking for here)

12.02.2026 14:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Who up deciphering they taphonomic processes

03.02.2026 00:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Disc-shaped fossils with concentric grooves scattered through a limestone block.

Disc-shaped fossils with concentric grooves scattered through a limestone block.

Image of the apex of the Great Pyramid, taken from the base of the southeast corner. The layers of massive blocks of limestone composing the pyramid are clearly visible. The pyramid is set against a sunny blue sky.

Image of the apex of the Great Pyramid, taken from the base of the southeast corner. The layers of massive blocks of limestone composing the pyramid are clearly visible. The pyramid is set against a sunny blue sky.

I've seen fossils in some remarkable places, but this takes the prize: the benthic foram Nummulites in the base of the Great Pyramid of Giza. These massive blocks were quarried from the Eocene Mokkatam Formation when a relictual population of woolly mammoths still lived on Wrangel Island.

02.02.2026 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 342    ๐Ÿ” 114    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Thank you! Glad I got the expert approval.

30.01.2026 00:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Absolutely thrilled to have seen the new Chicago Archaeopteryx exhibit. This specimen never ceases to amaze me. Featuring my fanart of said dead bird.

#chicagoarchaeopteryx #fieldmuseum

29.01.2026 23:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SUE looking delightfully green

#fieldmuseum #trex

29.01.2026 23:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is one of the most absurd things I've ever seen in a crystal shop. Top tier impulse purchase.

29.01.2026 23:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think they were more concerned with trying to suck on the tank wall lol

27.01.2026 06:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Tomorrow :D

27.01.2026 06:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Reptiles doing the reptile things (Burpee museum)

26.01.2026 23:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Got to pet a sturgeon at the Burpee museum, my life has peaked

26.01.2026 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hi Jane

26.01.2026 23:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mahjong in Chicago with friends and my Therizinosaurus son named Chad Kroger

21.01.2026 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Flag of California. It features a grizzly bear walking atop a grassy field, a red star on the upper left, a red bar at the bottom, and the words "California Republic" all on a white background

Flag of California. It features a grizzly bear walking atop a grassy field, a red star on the upper left, a red bar at the bottom, and the words "California Republic" all on a white background

Flag of Chernyshevsky District. It features blue and green regions on the background, white lines dividing them, and atop them, a golden flower(?) and an illustration of the dinosaur Kulindadromeus

Flag of Chernyshevsky District. It features blue and green regions on the background, white lines dividing them, and atop them, a golden flower(?) and an illustration of the dinosaur Kulindadromeus

Flag of Dornogovi. It features horizontal blue, yellow, and green stripes. On the top left is a blue-and-orange emblem with a white silhouette of a sauropod in it

Flag of Dornogovi. It features horizontal blue, yellow, and green stripes. On the top left is a blue-and-orange emblem with a white silhouette of a sauropod in it

Flag of Srednekolymsk. It features a red sun on the top right, a stylized river, and a red mammoth

Flag of Srednekolymsk. It features a red sun on the top right, a stylized river, and a red mammoth

Flags with extinct animals on them:
- California (California grizzly bear)
- Chernyshevsky District, Russia (Kulindadromeus)
- Doronogovi, Mongolia (sauropod)
- Srednekolymsk, Russia woolly (mammoth)

16.01.2026 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 100    ๐Ÿ” 29    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Hell nah no chondrichthyes in this house ๐Ÿ˜ค

04.01.2026 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Listening to Limp Bizkit while drawing fish skeletals. Not sure if this is making me feel more or less sane tbh

04.01.2026 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gaze upon this magnificent artifact I found at the local thrift store the other day

02.01.2026 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I try to get a skeleton sketch or two done any time I go to the AMNH. It's a great opportunity to practice life drawings.

31.12.2025 18:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The trike's head is also very triangular, narrow towards the front and rly thick at the back. Bit of a strange model for sure.

31.12.2025 18:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I also checked out the new Impact exhibit at the AMNH yesterday. I didn't have too much time for an in depth look, but first impressions were good! Mixed reviews on the models and illustrations. Looking forward to more thoroughly reading through everything next time I'm there.

30.12.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Practicing skeletal sketches with Stegosaurus at the AMNH yesterday!

30.12.2025 17:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are NOMINATEDโ€ผ๏ธ

This gonna be the LAST CHANCE for anime adaptation, and I believe we have the power to make it happen!

Please VOTE for Dinosaur Sanctuary from the link belowโ–ผ
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I'll show you how to vote in the replay below.

24.12.2025 15:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 587    ๐Ÿ” 277    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 16    ๐Ÿ“Œ 22

Disclaimer: this skeletal is far from perfect. Good reconstructions for most fish, especially extinct ones, are few and far between, so I tried my best to piece it together from the few references I had. That being said, I'm quite happy with how it turned out!

22.12.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

lizardfish and lancetfish. Here I depicted the fish's skull, specifically highlighting its jaw bones. Aulopiforms, both extinct and extant, have very diverse arrangements of these gape-forming bones. They tell us a lot about the evolutionary development of their feeding methods.

22.12.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The extinct fish Cimolichthys nepaholica on an ocean background. The bones of its skull are overlaid on the soft tissue, with the jaw bones color coded.

The extinct fish Cimolichthys nepaholica on an ocean background. The bones of its skull are overlaid on the soft tissue, with the jaw bones color coded.

Cimolichthys nepaholica was a Late Cretaceous Big Ol' Fishโ„ข. A lot of our well-known Mesozoic ray-finned fish represent early-diverging groups that have no modern close relatives, but not this guy! Cimolichthys belongs to the order Aulopiformes, which is still around today in the form of...

22.12.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
An illustration of a green four-legged dinosaur, Stegosaurus. It is depicted with tall back plates that are colored dark gray, yellow, and white. To the right is the silhouette of a human.

An illustration of a green four-legged dinosaur, Stegosaurus. It is depicted with tall back plates that are colored dark gray, yellow, and white. To the right is the silhouette of a human.

I painted a Jurassic classic, #Stegosaurus. ๐Ÿ’š

19.12.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 125    ๐Ÿ” 31    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Result from the Mammoth Site #paleostream! This has been our first mammoth steppe formation stream, dwelling into some the classic giants of the Pleistocene. This site in South Dakota offered a unique opportunity is that is has so much stuff preserved in situ that we can...

07.12.2025 17:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 189    ๐Ÿ” 65    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I can't get over how cool this cover is!!!

04.12.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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