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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Hello everyone, reminder that my book is officially OUT TODAY! Link in bio and replies!

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Tom Parker

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11 days

Because that land was succeeded to the emus after the war.

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why isn't anyone trying to build housing here?

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@arvalis @PressPauseCont @papagaeio @nameshiv Mostly primitive ferns, alongside small cycads and friends. Here are some of the most common types from before flowering plants.

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I think a lot about how because of sport-fishing we may just never see the maximum sizes of certain ancient freshwater fish again, as they take decades to grow that large. So by killing giant fish we are depriving future generations of them. (Pictured: Alligator Gar)

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Tom Parker

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4 years

Sorry this had to happen a such a tumultuous time, but my article was just published. I put a lot of work into this, and it is meant mostly for people not up-to-date with dinosaur palaeontology, so if you could share it around I'd really appreciate it.

Jurassic Park Dinosaurs Illustrated With Modern Science — JPT

How has our understanding of the Jurassic Park dinosaurs progressed over time? We explore all we have learned since the Jurassic Park films.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

2 years

This dragon design hit so hard that every movie and TV series in the past 20 years ripped it off.

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@ultrakillblast

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20 years ago... REIGN OF FIRE

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

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@Monstermash042 You're telling me godzilla and Kong made that phone call?

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Hey Creature Design Twitter, what is a design commonly regarded as bad that you think is good? For me its Birdramon. Digimon fans seem to mostly think its ugly, but I have always thought it was fucking dope looking.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

Sketch: Standoff.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Girls want Pachycephalosaurus ✍

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@Nazxca

3 years

There is only one thing girls want, and it starts with a P and ends in a S.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

11 months

Crocodilian enthusiasts do no read the comments under this post lest you despair

Gators Daily 🐊

@GatorsDaily

11 months

QUIZ TIME which is a gator, croc, and caiman

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

Jurassic Park except Tyrannosaurus is a good girl who loves snacks and scratches.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Here is a little project I have been working on slowly over the past month. I wanted to show how I would have done feathered raptors for the Jurassic World movies, but with the references I would draw from. Note: this is how I personally would do it, NOT "how it SHOULD be done."

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Tom Parker

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4 years

This is scaled to the largest known specimen of Deinonychus, MCZ 4371. It is not quite as large as a Jurassic Park raptor (partially thanks to proportion differences), but I have no doubt this thing could kill someone.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Look I understand T. rex has the best skull, really I do, but I wish creature designers would stop just copying it wholesale for fantasy creatures. It's pretty lazy tbh

Miregoji | WATCH GODZILLA MINUS ONE

@miregoji326

3 years

Concept art of the Ghidorah skull by Kyle Brown

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@Tomozaurus

3 years

He is a T. rex, but also he is baby.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

19 days

Just saying this is clearly written by people who sit at home all day and don't work, or do any exercise, etc.

New York Post

@nypost

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Daily showers are purely ‘performative’ and have no real health benefit, experts insist

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@Tomozaurus

4 years

"How would you classify it, Billy?" "Well, its a super-predator... Suchomimus. Its the snout." "No, think bigger" "Baryonyx?" "Not with that sail. Spinosaurus aegypticus" "I don't remember that on INGEN's list"

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

2 years

Goddamn, that SLAP

Armin Reindl

@ArminReindl

2 years

@yoofilos Well I got just the thing for you then

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Tom Parker

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4 years

Extra food for thought on Spinosaurus, the caudal material we have from other spinosaurids doesn't really preclude a similar condition...

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Did a little sketch of specimen STM22-6, originally described as Similicaudipteryx, now thought to be Incisivosaurus.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

I've wanted to do something like this for fun for a while. It does not play well with Twitter crop. I wanted to depict more of the non-dinosaurian fauna originally but that would have gotten out of hand. It was enough just to include the most common plants & dinosaur families.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Incredible specimen potentially lost to science forever

Reuters

@Reuters

3 years

World's largest triceratops skeleton fetches nearly $8 million in an auction in Paris

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4 years

New early Cretaceous abelisaurid, Spectrovenator (ghost hunter). A neat little critter that fills in a crucial gap in abelisaurid evolution.

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@Tomozaurus

2 years

@aldrich_kia When your house is in the Carboniferous

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

It might be the worst movie in the Jurassic Park series, but I'm now convinced it has the best dinosaur designs. Also, baby pterosaurs are adorable and the movie did them dirty. Notes on my choices for Spinosaurus in the replies:

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

5 months

A young Gorgosaurus has been found with the remains of two oviraptorosaurs as stomach contents. I simply could not resist at least doing a sketch of this neat find.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

I could not help myself but sketch this absolute weirdo pterosaur (Tupandactylus?). Fingers-crossed that PLOS lets it out of purgatory soon 🤞

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@Tomozaurus

3 months

This piece captures the look of a Jurassic "field" I think better than any other I've seen

Liam Elward Paleoart

@paleobyliam

3 months

I had never heard of Jan Vriesen until a few months ago but his #paleoart is next-level. His attention to detail, particularly with plants & geology, is a sight for sore eyes #paleobotany

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

I have a LOT of fucking questions about this phylogeny

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

Goodbye to croc-rex you were... well, never really a good hypothesis tbh.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

6 months

Early Cretaceous Ornithopod parade

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Incredible photo of a bird's nest in the crown of a cycad. Someone use this as palaeoart inspiration.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Wow, hello and welcome to the literal hundreds of followers I gained over the weekend! Good news if you are interested in the world during the age of dinosaurs, I wrote a book about the environment T. rex, Triceratops and friends lived in! Link in bio and replies!!

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

MY BOOK IS OFFICIALLY OUT on October 12th via Titan Books. Link is in my bio. Please share or consider pre-ordering a copy if you are interested in fossil dinosaurs and their environment! I'm very excited to finally be an official published author.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

5 years

Check out this mating display animation I did for our male oviraptor #dinosaur , Anzu wylei. There is good evidence suggesting they really did have a fan of feathers on the tail used for display like this. Read more about it in our devlog here: #indiedev

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

11 months

Jurassic Park was first released on June 11th 1993, 30 years ago today. Happy anniversary!

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

1 year

Actually found a moment for a Sunday sketch for once.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

2 months

This is definitely the most moved I've ever been by a picture of rocks and dirt

Curiosity

@MAstronomers

2 months

Clearest image ever taken of Venus

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

2 years

Just had to quickly sketch this one. Amazing specimen! Xing et al. 2021, An exquisitely preserved in-ovo theropod dinosaur embryo sheds light on avian-like prehatching postures.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

This dromaeosaurid sketch ended up looking real concerned, like 😐

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

Thought it would be fun to contribute to @jimmadseni 's #DinosThroughTheDecades art challenge, so here is Oviraptor (and Citipati) through the decades!

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

The most common mesozoic environment I see people ask about are those of Late Cretaceous asia. @ChrisMasnaOk and I have put together an infographic exploring the flora you'd be safest placing alongside your Velociraptor, Gallimimus, or Tarbosaurus! #paleoart #dinosaurs

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

1 year

This is maybe the hardest painting of all time

Pop Paleo

@paleo_pop

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"The Farmer's Daughter" by Victor Adame Minguez

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

10 months

A sketch I've had on my mind for a while

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

1 year

@italianpepsiman Being charged with domestic battery is not "getting cancelled" hope this helps

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

@Kalinius_ @arvalis @PressPauseCont @papagaeio @nameshiv Open areas would have been covered by other types of plants, yes. We actually have one site from the Late Cretaceous where a volcanic flow preserved a bunch of open areas in full detail. Here are some reconstructions of that site by Mary Parrish, and some of the fossils.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

This headline is about a hadrosauroid known from a partial dentary.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

1 year

The Badlands episode of Prehistoric Planet 2 reminded me that a really great paper came out this year on Cretaceous desert environments, which palaeoartists should appreciate as I know this is an FAQ for restorations, and it has great figures -- and is open access!

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

Reconstruction of the facial integument of Carnotaurus based on osteological correlates, as interpreted by Delcourt 2018.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

2 years

"Baby Blue" (or is it "Velociraptor Alpha"?) This'll kill my engagement but I want to use the new logos #JurassicWorldDominion #VelociRaptor

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@Tomozaurus

3 years

Previous work on calibrating the world's largest animals had to re-calibrated when a previously unknown giant marine reptile appeared in Tokyo Bay. (Figure modified from McClain et al. 2015)

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@Tomozaurus

3 years

Ornitholestes: a small friend.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

5 years

Donphan is an underrated/overlooked design. In my opinion, the best #Pokemon designs are those that look like an animal, but can't just be drawn as one single real species. Donphan here is drawn from aardvark & armadillo with a little bit of elephant. #sketchbook

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

We watched Gamera The Brave today and Gamera gets stuck in this building for like 10 whole minutes. Emotional stuff 10/10.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

2 years

Sketches from today

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

A quick note for paleoartists on something I have noticed pop up again and again since the edmontosaur mummy manus was revealed. People are drawing them like ungulate hooves, which needs to stop. The main "big" nail actually points slightly outwards from the midline.

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Tom Parker

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2 years

I had never seen a baby coelocanth before! They are cute! (Shoutout to @benjiopteryx for finding the image I'm just spreading the good word)

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

No single image represents America better than a white guy writing "Private Property" over an ancient Native American painting.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

Lots of negative reactions to the MH movie. I'll admit it was an interesting choice to cross Monster Hunter with Tony Hawk Pro Skater.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

That's it, we need to stop climate change guys. No jokes anymore.

IUCN

@IUCN

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The Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard, is now listed as #Endangered according to the latest @IUCNRedList , released at #IUCNcongress . Rising sea levels caused by #ClimateChange are a major threat

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RJ Palmer

@arvalis

4 years

Man imagine a pair of T. rex doing this?

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

2 years

A friend has confirmed that my book is on shelves! If you're looking for a late Christmas present for a dinosaur lover then look no further! Also available online, link in bio!

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

I'm going to use this to express something I was thinking recently: too many people think the point of Jurassic Park is literally "a dinosaur zoo is a terrible idea & would never work" but really the dinosaurs are just a metaphor for man controlling nature in general.

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Jurassic Park/World opinions that get you this reaction:

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4 years

"That doesn't look very scary. More like a... six foot turkey." #jurassicpark #jurassicworld

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6 months

The main bulk of the original 1933 King Kong movie is just the crew trekking through Skull Island and encountering various monsters. Other than being more modern, I don't see how this scene is any different.

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@kamkenobi

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There is no reason to have a scene like this in a King Kong movie 💀

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8 months

@beetlemoses Ah yes my favorite dinosaur, the theropod with a tail for a leg

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

3 years

The new compsognathid Ubirajara jubatus, preserved with some very interesting feathers. The animal had long hackles on the back (we should be calling these hackles and not a mane) and strangely, at least 3 long broad filaments that may originate near the scapula.

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Tom Parker

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5 years

New #dinosaur #science ! Tiny (1cm) footprints suggest a sparrow-sized dromaeosaur. Probably a juvenile microraptorine. #sciart #scicomm #FossilFriday

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Tom Parker

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2 years

“We try to find the animal in the dinosaur as opposed to the monster in the dinosaur... we wanted their situation to be more like they were being stalked by an animal that is a carnivore as opposed to an animal that is psychopathic, and just out to get them.” - Rick Carter, on JP

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2 years

While speaking to @empiremagazine about #JurassicWorldDominion , director @colintrevorrow teased the following about the all-new Giganotosaurus: “I wanted something that felt like the Joker, it just wants to watch the world burn.”

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1 year

@Bhmllr Obsessed with the Antsingy leaf chameleon and its tiny godzilla osteoderms

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@Tomozaurus

2 years

I haven't seen anyone mention yet that JWE2 features the juvenile Gallimimus from Jurassic Park! This is actually a rather impressive deep-cut. Too bad we didn't get a 1993 Parasaurolophus too!

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3 years

Instead of dunking on Jurassic Park like the rest of the palaeo community because #Velociraptor is trending, I am instead going to share this neat piece of history I found, the reference sheet for the raptor head provided to the film staff by Palaeontologist Greg S. Paul.

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Tom Parker

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2 years

I will never stop drawing Tyrannosaurus, my hand just makes it happen without my input, no matter how much I might want to sketch something else.

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@Tomozaurus

11 months

QRT with circular art from your gallery

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@Twarda8

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QRT with circular art from your gallery

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@Tomozaurus

3 years

Your reminder that rail chicks have little T. rex hands.

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3 years

*hands on hips*

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@Tomozaurus

3 years

Snap.

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

5 years

From the mountains of Johto comes Tyranitar. The thick ventral armour likely evolved as an adaption to protect its vital organs during territorial combat. Due to its physical strength and aggression, this #Pokemon is highly valued in the competitive battle scene. #illustration

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2 years

Starting to play around with ideas 🪶 #JurassicWorldDominion

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3 months

Happy (belated) 200th anniversary to Plesiosaurus and Megalosaurus.

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3 years

My attempt at recreating a classic 1993 promotional poster for Jurassic Park with my "updated" dinosaur reconstructions from my article. The original text at the bottom of the poster fit this concept suprisingly perfectly. I'd sell prints of this if Universal were't so brutal.

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4 years

I knew Jurassic World homogenised dinosaurs, but I hadn't noticed before, their Baryonyx and Allosaurus have almost literally the exact same design...

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@Tomozaurus

2 years

@arvalis @probablypersian This makes me irrationally angry

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

Today is the 23rd anniversary of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. It has a bad script, I can't deny it, but I have really grown to appreciate its portrayal of dinosaurs. (Thread) This is my favourite CGI shot in the whole franchise:

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Tom Parker

@Tomozaurus

4 years

Here is is, the final entry in the series (for now)! I couldn't fit the Battle at Big Rock dinosaurs, so they'll come as a supplement. I included an alternate Pachyrhinosaurus head for "Sinoceratops" as that is what the animal was "supposed" to be originally. Enjoy!

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Attention Palaeoartists! I have a gift for you today. Artists keep asking me for a good all encompassing mesozoic flora. This doesn't really exist, but it got me thinking what are the plants with the highest "versatility". I may do more of these if this does well.

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3 years

Dinosaur Fantasy Map number two! Jurassic this time, specifically Utah (with a little Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico) at the transition from Kimmeridgian to Tithonian. I'm especially happy with the little apatosaur.

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2 years

Lizard try to be whale, but also buzzsaw

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2 years

Rexinald

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4 years

I needed a Velociraptor mongoliensis to compare with Deinonychus, so here's ya girl Blue.

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4 years

Chris Pratt could never

Devin

@MrDevinHunter

4 years

”Karen, we’re not dealing with your shit today.” Who is this priestess?

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2 years

Hadrosaurs are cool, actually (as is the Edmontosaurus design from The Lost World arcade game)

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3 years

A portrait of a terrible claw

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2 years

Just a couple of birds

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2 years

Therizinosaurus sketch.

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@Tomozaurus

4 years

Dinosaur palaeoart tip (with exceptions) most dinosaur scales are extremely tiny, in the 1-3mm range, even on multi-tonne animals. The skin on these should most probably look more like this anegada iguana than super scaly & bumpy. Especially seen at a distance.

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2 years

Went and met the big Triceratops yesterday. Seems to indeed be an impressive specimen, and the exhibit was very well done - current data and some very cool interactive displays!

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2 years

Remember when I said it was clear Crash McCreery was referencing GSP's Dilophosaurus for Jurassic Park? Look what I found:

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5 years

Having faced angry geese and swans in the past, I would not want to face an angry Anzu. #animation #dinosaur

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3 years

Something just for a bit of fun today, how I would handle the task of doing a gnarly, spiky carnosaur, like the Jurassic World franchise loves so much. Like usual, it is how *I* would do it, not how it *should* be done.

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