Joschua Knüppe @JoschuaKnuppe Twitter profile

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Joschua Knüppe

3 years

#AnimalArtistsUnite I think it's time that I post some the more than 180 double pages I worked on for our Europasaurus Graphic Novel. A new form of narrative paleoart awaits you ;) #europasaurus #dinosaurs #graphicnovel #animals #sauropods #europasaurusdiary #sciart #scicom

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Joschua Knüppe

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6 months

One of the, in my eyes, greatest paintings of its time vs a soulless bunch of garbage. It's btw. "Christina's World" by Andrew Wyeth, and there is a reason it's painted this way.

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Joschua Knüppe

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9 months

"Perucetus from the deep, what is your wisdom?" Let us welcome the new, largest archaeoceti!

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Joschua Knüppe

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1 year

It appears the Titanochampsa piece was so universally loved that I put some more effort into it, refined light and shapes and added some more details. i now also put it on Redbubble, link below.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

9 months

The duality of pterosaurs...

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Retweeting this again because I think it's important to break the cliche of the "normal" herbivore. In documentaries and books these are the background creatures and prey animals. And yet! Look at these soft tissue structures! And they even move! There is muscle control here!

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

3 years

Results from the kaiju #paleostream Gamera (Godzilla relative), Baragon (armadillo), Biolante (just a plant growing on kaiju corpses) and Godzilla vs Kong. (Godzilla is dead, collapsed under it's own weight) #monsterverse #specevo #creaturedesign #sciart #plants #art

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

This #MonkeyCruise pieces is inspired by a painting by Edward Hopper called "Nighthawks". In many ways I reversed the image. Inside became outside, loneliness became companionship and although I use a very similar color palette my version feels a lot warmer.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

@Trey_Explainer But will it outlive the monarchy?

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

3 years

My submission for our new server challenge #UrbanPrehistory

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

6 months

@ReedPlays The issue is we've seen genuine AI bros and they're indistinguishable from the parodies.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Not knowing is part of the fun in paleo, repost with one of the mysteries that intrigue you! Mine today is: we have no fucking clue why Brachiosuchus had such long arms!

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Felt inspired =)

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

"And suddenly, some of the trees started moving, without making a sound"

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Can't get my mind off certain animals some time. I have tons of doodles of Therizinosaurus using it's claws. Newest idea: why should their keratin sheet look like the bone below? Preening claws in birds are great example of this. So why not play a little with that.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Gular glands in crocodiles are one thing, but many are also not aware of the facial and movable glands in muntjacs. These structures aren't really sexy so they are often omitted from documentaries.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

6 months

@Meowser06

How Andrew Wyeth Made A Painting

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

We shall see if this will stay true ;)

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

11 months

Worked a little further on my Irritator sketch, quite happy with this.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

9 months

Had a little fun, original idea by @MichaelChiappo3 . Sound on. #oocpaleostream #Perucetus

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Of my sketches these four were very popular so far. All related to activity in water for some reason :P

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1 year

Im bored so let's do something artists, What is a drawing you think you're iconic for? and let people reply to you what drawing they think you are iconic for

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

We have our first dinosaur of 2022! Please welcome Abditosaurus kuehnei!

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

I had the weirdest dream...

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

5 months

Results from the Fishing #paleostream Eurypterus in a lobster cage, Axelrodichthys getting noodled, Xiphiorhynchus, but Thalassocnus is too curious... and a record breaking Lycoptera, oh and Liaoningosaurus was in the water too :P

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

9 months

I see Dinos trending, here have some!

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Reposting because I think a few people didn't realize what I did there yesterday. Centaurism is here not a biological state but a social one. Females can and will move on their own. Juveniles don't show this behavior. Both parties are looking for food and share it, but the...

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Results from the #65 redesign #paleostream Starting of with the stuff you are dreaded/waited for: the Quadrex, a 8 m long peirosaurid. Slight spoilers ahead in the posts below...

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

6 months

Result from the #paleostream We looked at the diversity of aetosaurs, fantastic relatives of crocodiles from the Triassic.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

9 months

Oh wow, rarely a tweet go so much attention, here, have an improved version of the little animation I made with this. Added diver animation and a self made sound effect.

Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

9 months

"Perucetus from the deep, what is your wisdom?" Let us welcome the new, largest archaeoceti!

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

3 years

Everybody drawing Carnotaurus. Me (shrugs): "little arms go brrrrrrr!"

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Auqatic sloth, marine gharials, weird and wonderful whales, penguins and giant sea birds, turtles and giant sharks. All that is part of the Pisco formation. A Miocene slice of time that deserves more attention.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

The new #MonkeyCruise piece is an homage to a painting by Karel Thole, a Dutch artist and illustrator famous for his cover illustrations for scifi books.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

5 months

This was a very funny guy :3

BatmanelVisigodo

@BVisigodo

5 months

#temnovember2023 day 8: Uruyiella It´s day 8 of #temnovember , and so, its time for #Uruyiella , a (based on it close relative, #Laidleria ) really wide, turtle like #temnospondyl from the early #Triassic of Uruguay #paleoart #sciart #amphibian

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

First impression sketch of Jakapil kaniukura, a new bizarre thyreophoran from Argentina.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

What I maybe appreciate most is that the adult doesn't roar aimlessly into the distance. No fucking Cretaceous T-posing, unlike another franchise.

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@AppleFilms

2 years

Experience the wondrous story of life on Earth… 66 million years ago. #PrehistoricPlanet arrives May 23 on Apple TV+

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

The single result from tonights #paleostream ! T. rex attacking Triceratops with another family member watching. Still might need some refining later ;)

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Results from the #JurassicLeft #Paleostream . Gay Atrociraptor raising young, Femboy Barbaridactylus, Gaylordia and Kallokibotion.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Endless forms most beautiful...

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

6 months

FINALLY IT'S OUT! Please welcome Lorrainosaurus keileni, a new pliosaur from France and a replacement for Simolestes keileni.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

I was curious... inflate or not inflate the Europatitan.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Results from the Snow Spream! #paleostream Physornis, Mammuthus columbi, Onychopterella, Yunnanosaurus...

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

15 days

Having seen the fossil material: that's not how this new species looked like at all! The lower jaw suggests a very different head shape! Once again AI just produces generic slop, because it lacks any understanding of what it's even supposed to do.

Cy Marchant

@SlvrHwk_paleo

15 days

Another new species, another exciting discovery tainted by the use of AI images... Marambionectes is a new plesiosaur genus from Antarctica. Unfortunately, the describing authors resorted to using AI-generated images to promote their research. Not a good look. #PaleoAgainstAI

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

A reminder that The Sun is no alone with their take on "woke" T. rex.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

2 years ago this Zhuchengtyrannus dropped.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

The biggest problem with extinct megafauna isn't to keep it from breaking out (even with large theropods) but to provide enough space and food for such colossal stomachs. No fancy electrical fences needed when your enclosure design is smart enough. #paleozoo

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

3 years

For those who haven't picked up on it yet: I started some time ago a series of extinct primate images based or inspired by classic paintings.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

6 months

I absolutely hate that that AI post is now my most liked tweet on here. Also got my first community note that way. Yes yes, it's not genuine and saying that people with very similar sentiment exist isn't satisfying, but also: I would not call this kind of rage bait satire.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 months

OH SHIT! I just noticed I have over 30.000 thousand followers here! Thank you very much, the responsibility lays heavy on my shoulders!

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

And some more examples on how one could build enclosures for a #Paleozoo ! Keeper problems with Numidotherium, the Erlikosaurus canyon, brushing the Archaeotherium and an Stegouros underground viewing chamber.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

damn, it's one of these days where I just can't bring up motivation it seems

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

I'm a simple man, I see new anurognathid paper with new taxon, I need to draw it. Welcome Cascocauda rong!

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

6 months

Results from the #paleostream Meganthropus (a new #MonkeyCruise piece), Anachlysictis and Demandosaurus

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

3 years

My illustration for a new paper that just dropped, "Evolution and dispersal of snakes across the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction" Showing a basal snake coming out of it's hidey-hole

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

6 months

Fore those wondering what I do if I don't complain about AI, I draw extinct critters of all sorts.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Alvarezsaurs go diggi, therizinosaurs go grabbi, but Therizinosaurus itself just be sexy. And I for one welcome this move.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

3 years

Extra sketch #paleostream #paleoart

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

I'm doing a lot of ammonites lately, I can't get this idea for a little artbook out of my head: "Ammonites, spiraling out of control"

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

10 months

QRT with your skull art Did this one for a paper about the post K-Pg snake radiation.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Mammal people loosing their mind right now.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Results from the #paleostrea ! Eocetus, Basilotritus, Dearc and Lestodon.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

26 days

Result from the Yixian Formation #paleostream ! Once again we were only able to scratch the surface. Also important to know here: This represents only part of the Jianshangou member of the formation!

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

4 years

The most convincing example I have seen so far of this mimicry, fooled me too for a moment!

BBC Earth

@BBCEarth

4 years

Adaptation in action. Look closely... that is not a spider. 🐍 The spider-tailed horned viper was only discovered recently and has been seen in Western Iran. #SevenWorldsOnePlanet

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11 months

Based on direct communication with @LordTrilobite Very cool stuff, you all better stop harassing authors!

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

#MonkeyCruise has yielded so far 28 images. Time for a little retrospective! 7 tweets ahead! Dinopithecus, Paradolichopithecus, Cartelles, hypothetical first New World monkey.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

There are many benefits to being a marine biologist.

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@BlueMoon_1107

2 years

これはクジラを観察する理系生物学科大学生

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Some time ago we speculated about "saurojams", dams caused by sauropods like Brachiosaurus when their carcasses are washed together. Well, apparently there is now such a locality. SVP abstract

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

I think one of my favorite aspects about working with sauropods is, that their long neck, tail and enormous size forces you to play with perspective and composition (or to get a bigger piece of paper) (1/2)

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Joschua Knüppe

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9 months

Results from the #paleostream ! Perucetus, Ostromia (cleaning a Pleurosaurus, another wish), Burgessomedusa and Kambara.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

4 months

Results from the Christmas eve #paleostream , on which we covered recent discoveries from this December. Unktaheela, Yechilacerta, Bustingorrytitan and Meilifeilong MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Have some nice holidays!

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

10 months

Of course, I have a bunch, mostly in the shape of the #MonkeyCruise series. In this case we have a few Protopithecus in a composition inspired by Edward Hoppers "Nighthawks". Feel free to share your pieces inspired by classics from art history!

Brennan Stokkermans

@BStokkermans

10 months

This painting was very inspired by the girl with a Pearl earring by Johannes Vermeer. It would be fun to start an art train of paleoart with classical or other inspirations! Tagging @JoschuaKnuppe first because I know he has many :)

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Results from out first #Paleozoo stream! The little series that runs along side the paleo zoo server challenge! Show us your ideas for paleo zoos! We did today an Ediacara touch tank, the Anteosaurus valley, a Drepanosaurus aviary and our own little Solnhofen lagoon.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Short 🧵of especially popular #paleostream sketches. Lot's of #MonkeyCruise but also weirdly enough quite a few partially submerged animals.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Results from the #paleostream ! Naja romani, Madtsoia, Meraxes and Euceratherium.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

9 months

#oocpalestream

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@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Results from the #paleostream Tamaulipasaurus, Dentaneosuchus, Anatosuchus and Delphyodontos. This stream was something else, especially the end.

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

Happy #Halloween everyone! I hope you all have some spooky time today! I'm using the opportunity to post some more horror paleoart. A 🧵

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@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

One of these weird cretaceous fruits

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@JoschuaKnuppe

9 months

One of my favorite animations from the series, it's holds up incredibly well. I wouldn't be surprised if this was one of the cases where they animated on top of existing footage, of orcas maybe.

Kiersten Formoso, PhD(istressed)

@Formorphology

9 months

Basilosaurus yeets a shark

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@JoschuaKnuppe

3 years

Results from the #paleostream Homotherium, Struthiosaurus, Anodontosaurus and Sauropleta. #paleoart #sciart #dinosaurs #AnkylosaurWeek #pathology #gore #scicomm #mammal #cats

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

It's apparently #DinosaurDay ! Time to share some of my better sketches of some of them =)

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@JoschuaKnuppe

8 months

And here it is, my latest, but maybe not last, update on this chart.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

7 months

Results from the #paleostream Lusognathus, a sea monster for @levi_veen , Jiangxititan and Clistoceras.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

3 years

One year ago #MammothCube was born thanks to an especially memorable stream with @Trey_Explainer . Happy Birthday!

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@JoschuaKnuppe

3 months

And so it finally happened, the next part of my redesign/refinement of Dragons Of The World is out. Eurovenator is was an important influence for European dragon mythology and until late medieval times was still present in Europe itself.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

7 months

Results from the #paleostream Pseudodontornis, Octamerella, Garumbatitan and Trilophosuchus

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@JoschuaKnuppe

1 year

#OOCpaleostream

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

Reworked this piece a little to have the #PrehistoricPlanet colors ;)

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@JoschuaKnuppe

4 months

A very quick experiment with Megapterygius, certainly a fascinating specimen, dorsal fin or not.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

On our last WHAT IF?! #PrehistoricPlanet stream we redid two segments of the freshwater episode. In the first one we redid the T. rex segment with a much bigger focus on the river and it's inhabitants: crocodilians, turtles and Didelphodon (speculative otter like)...

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1 year

From two years ago, still like it :3

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2 years

Results from the next #PaleoZoo stream! We did a Stomatosuchus lake, a Hesperornis island, the Messel pit tropical house and some Glyptodons being sleepy in the morning (Gigantopithecus bamboo forest behind them).

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@JoschuaKnuppe

1 month

Spinosaurus drama is cool and things, but know what's even cooler? Better fossils of animals that lived with Spinosaurus! There is a new specimen of Concavotectum in Tuscon. Thanks to @thepeanutpal for bringing this to my attention and @HBivittatus for the feedback.

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 months

Look at this bullshit. REALLY? You publish about a Mid Jurassic island flora and you have to use AI IN THE PAPER? However the bigger "crime" here is that I know this locality, I have seen at least two papers of on this before, and...

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Joschua Knüppe

@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

A new Polymerichthys specimen from Japan just dropped, it's not much but I take it!

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 years

You might have noticed that the test images for the #paleozoo challenge look very little like the JP/JW enclosures you often see. That's no mistake. I want to get this idea that dinosaur zoos have to look like brutalistic prisons out of peoples heads.

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1 year

3 years ago this paper hit the fan, man that was a day!

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@JoschuaKnuppe

2 months

Wonderful creative use of space for educational purposes. There is no complete specimen and you wouldn't be able to fit one in there standing, in addition the flanks offer surfaces for texts and graphics.

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@nat_sciences_be

2 months

[GIANTS] Paraceratherium: growing for life?🦏🦒 #Paraceratherium is the largest known land mammal. Like the elephant, this giant animal continued to grow throughout its life, while other #mammals stop growing at adulthood. #expogiantsbrussels 📌

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Results from the #paleostream ! Concavispina (for @GaelCasasart ), Colossosuchus (and a horny Volcanosuchus), Chucarosaurus (with dead rebbachisaur) and Gobipteryx.

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2 years

Yesterday was too short, now we went overtime! 6 sketches coming up! Bos primigenius, Paralititan (with Libycosuchus), Maliamia, Lobites....

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@JoschuaKnuppe

7 months

This AI crap is a crusty fungal infection that for some time now tries to sneak into the territory of paleoart. While it's basically impossible for it to produce novel or real paleoart it does do harm to the perception of the uninformed. Not to mention all the theft.

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