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FATALIS. La Brea Trinity part 1 of 3 🐅 Life-sized Smilodon Fatalis portrait. Now I only need a museum that would like to place it next to a skull or a cast 🏛️😏 I'm open to proposals 🖐️ #smilodon #sabretooth #museum #iceage #paleoart

23/06/07 01:43

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Second round with another Jurassic Icon. Quick study of STEGOSAURUS STENOPS! I really enjoyed working on this subject... gotta definitely do more representations of this taxon 😍 #paleoart #dinosaur #stegosaurus #jurassic

23/05/04 02:35

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HALSZKARAPTOR ESCUILLEI. The desert is blossoming! This Halszkaraptor is chilling on the tip of a rock, in a pond formed after the recent showers 🌧️ Life is uh... finding a way in ancient Djadochta 🌼🌱 #paleoart #dromeosauridae #halszkaraptor

23/04/26 02:52

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VELOCIRAPTOR MONGOLIENSIS stretching it's legs and wings in Late Cretaceous Mongolia. At its feet the dust is slowly rising, a sand storm might be on its way. 🏜️ Oh, happy #VelociraptorAwarenessDay btw 🪶😄 #paleoart #velociraptor #djadochtaformation

23/04/19 01:52

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DEINONYCHUS ANTIRRHOPUS. Even if it is often considered a "small size" theropod, this guy was no joke... you definitely don't want to encounter this cougar-sized predator while having a stroll in a forest 😅 #deinonychus #dinosaur #paleoart

23/04/15 02:43

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Hi everybody and hi #PortfolioDay! I'm Simone, and I am a scientific illustrator and paleoartist. I realize illustrations for natural history books and paitings for museums and exhibitions.

23/04/12 02:22

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ELIMINATING THE COMPETITION. Homotherium serum showing a pack of Aenocyon dirus who's the boss. #homotherium #paleoart #iceage

23/03/29 01:15

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GORGOSAURUS LIBRATUS Lights and shadows study #2 #paleoart #gorgosaurus #dinosaur #tyrannosaurid

23/03/24 00:58

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GORGOSAURUS LIBRATUS Light and shadows study #1 #paleoart #gorgosaurus #dinosaur #tyrannosaurid

23/03/22 00:32

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Suchomimus tenerensis having it's time in Ancient Gadoufaoua. 🏝️ The second one is curious about a flying Anhanguera... maybe it is thinking: how does it taste? #suchomimus #paleoart #gondwana #dinosaur

23/03/19 01:48

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When gulls had a 4 meters wingspan 😱 Anhanguera gliding on stormy winds in ancient Niger. 🌬️ #pterosaur #paleoart

23/03/15 00:54

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Toros Menalla-Late Miocene MACHAIRODONTINE GUILD. It's incredible to think that all these large predators could have been part of the same ecosystem. For the record: Dinofelis was as large as modern America's largest felid... It was medium-sized at the time 😱😅 #paleoart

23/02/15 00:25

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Meet ADEILOSMILUS KABIR the largest African Late Miocene cat! This scimitar-toothed felid could reach an esteemed weight of 490 kg, oversizing the largest modern tiger or lion! It lived in Chad around 7 Mya. #paleoart #sabretooth

23/02/08 00:02

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LOKOTUNJAILIRUS FANONEI. A slender and elegant machairodontine from Late Miocene Chadian site of Toros Menalla. Lokotunjailurus is known for its light structure with long limbs and huge powerful dewclaws. Is one of the least represented extinct cats. #paleoart #sabretooth

23/01/31 23:20

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MEGANTEREON SP. The Dirk-toothed Megantereon is usually associated with Pliocene and middle Pleistocene faunal assemblages. A jaw found in the Chadian site of Toros Menalla, dates the origin of Megantereon back to Late Miocene, around 7 Mya. #paleoart #megantereon

23/01/24 23:27

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DINOFELIS SP. A well known "pantherine-like" sabre-toothed cat from Africa. Usually included in the Plio-Pleistocene faunal assemblages, some fossil from Lothagam and Toros Menalla, could date the origine of this genus back to Late Miocene, 8/7 Mya. #paleoart #sabretooth

23/01/17 23:22

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TCHADAILURUS ADEI One of the most mysterious sabre-toothed cats. Definitely one of the most primitives and smallest. From African (Chad) Late Miocene, around 7 Mya. #sabretooth #paleoart

23/01/10 23:43

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My 2022 in a nutshell See you on the other side ✌️ #paleoart

23/01/01 02:43

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LOVERS. Romance is in the air. A couple of Hoplophoneus mentalis is sharing a sunset in a lushy late Eocene North American forest. The female, an albino, somehow managed to survive until the adulthood, and now she's ready to start a family. #paleoart

22/12/17 03:13

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Late Pliocene standoff. Megantereon cultridens and Pachycrocuta brevirostris on a Equus stenonis carcass. We're at the french site of Sèneze, Haute Loire, 2,5 Mya. Artwork realized for @GetPaleostock #paleoart

22/12/14 03:30

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Got my first feature on PBS @EonsShow's brand new Thylacoleo video 🤩 such a great honor ❤️ You can check the video here: youtu.be/8EhIaV_i5vg Enjoy 😄 #paleoart

22/12/07 20:14

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THE SUNDOWN OF THE BEAST. A Megistotherium takes some rest in tall grass after a meal based on some Gomphotherium's entrails. Megistotherium osteotlastes was one of the last giant African Creodonts. #paleoart

22/11/30 03:02

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VECTOR HADROSAURS EPISODE 2: #Lambeosaurus lambei. Chunky colorful boy from north american Campanian. Show him some love 😍 #paleoart

22/08/10 23:30

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#olorotitan #paleoart #paleoillustration

22/08/06 04:19

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The time has come for the QUEEN. Nope I'm not referring to T. regina.. But to the female #Tyrannosaurus rex. The colour is basically the same as the male, but instead of having the throat and the ear area coloured in blue, she shows some sweet shades of orange. #paleoart

22/07/21 19:20