Hodari the Overthinker

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Vectiraptor life reconstruction :B The (almost) boneless wonder. #paleoart #dinosaur #Vectiraptor #totallyaccurate twitter.com/HodariNundu/…

21/12/18 14:46

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Bit of nostalgia. I drew this before the rediscovery of Deinocheirus. I imagined it as a monstrous spider/sloth/ape thing using its arms to capture anything that walked below then swallowing it whole. And there's a tree-mimicking tyrannosaur too. Its #paleoart, I'm telling you.

21/10/30 11:51

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This is Hodari, self taught artist, evolving paleoartist, and lifelong naturalist forever in awe of Nature's creativity. Commissions open! #PortfolioDay

21/10/13 03:17

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Some (large and prehistoric!) birds I have doodled recently! :B #flockofartists

21/09/23 05:18

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In Pleistocene Yucatan #Xibalbaonyx climbs a cenote wall trying to escape a pack of hungry #Protocyon. A quick doodle inspired by a study suggesting this long-armed ground sloth may have been well suited to rock climbing. Spelunking sloth? #paleoart #doodle

21/04/15 10:49

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A commission for @PedroHTunes' upcoming project on Pleistocene Brazil fauna (follow him for news!). After a deadly attack, a group of #Cartelles, the largest New World monkey known (up to 30 kg?) use their size and loud howling/roaring to try and scare a #jaguar away! #paleoart

21/04/11 03:43

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It seems it's #WorldFrogDay so have this oldie but goodie :B Etnabatrachus maximus was a big tree frog from the Plio-Pleistocene of Australia. Apparently comparable in size to a cane toad? D: Went extinct when its rainforest habitat dissappeared. #etnabatrachus #paleoart #frog

21/03/21 08:31

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the bizarre, planktivore manta-shark Aquilolamna from Cretaceous Mexico, announced today, my birthday! :B Super quick doodle of course. This shark's "wings" were wider than the shark was long! #paleoart #doodle

21/03/19 10:39

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Sometimes I can´t resist doodling scenes inspired by super scant fossils. Like these marine #Richardoestesia being threatened by a giant sea crocodile in what will one day be Chiapas, Mexico. Apparently this sea croc was around 8 m long, one of the Cretaceous' largest! #paleoart

21/03/14 04:02

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Whoops, posted the wrong version! Here it goes again. This is inspired by #Oaxacagale, a tiny late Eocene or early Oligocene mustelid from (where else), Oaxaca, Mexico. The skull was only 5 cm, and very similar already to modern #weasels. Probably fiercer than it looks! #paleoart

21/03/11 17:37

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#Pachycrocuta not particularly happy that #Megalochelys atlas just invited itself for dinner. :B Speedpainting inspired by @TetZoo's recent post on scavenging tortoises. I didn´t have much time but found the concept hard to resist :B #paleoart #doodle

21/03/09 13:14

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A rhea being chased by two hungry Protocyon in the Brazilian cerrado! This is a commission for @PedroHTunes , for a big upcoming project! Follow him and keep an eye out for more on it! #protocyon #rhea #brasil #paleoart

21/02/26 09:36

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Your daily reminder that long after the Cretaceous, in the Mid Miocene, South America was haunted still by huge carnivorous saurians, like the formidable Barinasuchus! Huge thanks to @JulinBayona2 and @CentralCenozoic for the references for this doodle! #fossilfriday #paleoart

21/02/20 04:50

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These two dudes, probably not friends! :B #syncerusantiquus #natodomerilion #pleistocene #paleoart

21/02/14 09:43

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You know what's even cooler than giant buffaloes? Giant lions that ATE giant buffaloes. Apparently Syncerus antiquus lived along the Natodomeri Lion, a form of Panthera leo that rivaled even Panthera atrox in size! Horns make sense now? :B #pantheraleo #natodomerilion #paleoart

21/02/14 09:38

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It appears that remains of the huge, long horned Bison latifrons, one of the largest ruminants ever, have been found as far south as the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca in Mexico! I don't imagine they were super furry in those regions? #bisonlatifrons #paleoart #megafauna

21/02/14 01:30

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An adrenaline junkie #kea mobs a Haast's Eagle of all things! The Haast's eagle was apparently the real life inspiration behind the maori's myths about giant man-eating raptors, and had a wingspan of up to 3 m! #newzealand #birds #paleoart #haastseagle

21/02/11 08:33

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It is time for a dinosaur! :B Paraxenisaurus has been described as North America's first known deinocheirid! Its remains were found in Coahuila, Mexico. :) Special thanks to @paleoduck for this one! #paraxenisaurus #paleoart #mexico #dinosaur #coahuila

21/02/06 07:37

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A female Titanoboa eats a male after mating for extra protein during gestation :B Doodle inspired by sexual cannibalism reported for modern anacondas. Did it happen? I dunno. But I bet you hadn't seen this before :B #titanoboa #paleoart

21/02/05 10:05

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Help spread the weirdness of updated, non-traditional Ptychodus to the world! Not a sluggish clam-eating bottom dweller, but a giant, active, pelagic scourge of ammonites and who knows, maybe even sea turtles... :B #ptychodus #shark #paleoart #FossilFriday

21/01/16 12:45

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Another giant prehistoric #shark! This is my first (I think!) attempt at Ptychodus, likely a slow moving beast that munched on giant clams and other hard shelled prey in the Cretaceous seas. Some estimates suggest it may have reached around 11 m long or so! #Ptychodus #paleoart

21/01/15 15:07

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Was the wolverine shark Hemipristis serra a predator of baby megalodon? Its teeth do seem to show up at sites believed to have been megalodon nurseries. If it did grow to 6-7 m as suggested, a 2 m baby meg could well have been on the menu! #hemipristisserra #megalodon #paleoart

21/01/12 06:36

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My second attempt at the giant triggerfish Balistes vegai from Miocene Cuba! :B #Triggerfish are notoriously aggressive and have a powerful bite so of course the Miocene had to go and make a giant version. #balistesvegai #miocene #fish #paleoart

21/01/11 05:53

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New doodle! :D A leopard decides not to cross a belligerant Cercopithecoides male. I don´t know why this giant prehistoric monkey isn´t more famous- I seem to be its only hype man u-u #monkey #leopard #pleistocene #paleoart #cercopithecoideskimeui #art

21/01/07 11:29

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Somewhere in Pleistocene Asia, a #tiger attacks a lonely #gigantopithecus because tigers are made of badass and will sometimes go after insane prey. Bit of a remake/homage to one of my early Deviantart pieces. Gigantopithecus, give up your secrets already! #speculative #paleoart

20/12/29 08:26