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@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 2:39 AM

For #inktober Day 3; Miniature, I was definitely cutting it a little close with this one.. have miniature mammals from an island off of Italy! The Cyprus Dwarf Elephant and Cypriot Pygmy Hippo

#paleoart #paleosky #gijinka #oc #ocart #ocsky #elephant

Palaeoloxodon Cypriotes Cypri Cyprus Dwarf Elephant [Smol elephant, but not the smollest] Hippopotamus Minor Pippo Cypriot Pygmy Hippo [Smol hippo but not the smallest either]
@natureportfolio.nature.comOct 3, 2026, 10:02 PM

Most mammals replace their teeth only once. A new, carnivorous, semiaquatic fossil mammal from the Early Cretaceous of China reveals multiple tooth generations, enhancing our understanding of mammal dental evolution, according to a paper in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/4ALPDFx #Paleosky 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows holotype specimen of Dongoconodon platycauda IMMNH-PV01700.
@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 1:06 AM

#inktober Day 2; Relic

I chose to choose something that’s a relic to us (although admittedly any fossil would’ve worked). Have the namesake of the living fossil, the Permian Coelacanthus

#paleoart #paleosky #gijinka #oc #ocart #ocsky #coelacanthus

Coelacanthus Coelan Hollow Spine Coelacanths as a group have been around for ages, with Coelacanthus being the first one found, way before the one was fished up off the coast of Africa. Coelacanthus is from the Permian, and as such is one of the lucky few marine clades to survive past the great dying and the two hundred million years or so into the modern day. A true survivor. I only see Coelan’s at night. I suspect they spend most of their time during the day asleep at the bottom of the ocean or in caves. They’re slow moving, and often have a bit of a derpy smile to them, but I think it’s quite cute to see. Sometimes they’ll come out too early and I’ll see them stumbling about in the water, struggling to see in the evening light. I’ve even had a few bump into me when I’m at the surface watching, and I always just very gently push them back to deeper water.
@limpetnerd.eurosky.socialOct 2, 2026, 6:31 PM

Another cool find for #FossilFriday: 66 Mya, a theropod dinosaur munched on a toothed diving bird, and we know it because its feathers were preserved in the dino's 💩

#PaleoSky ⚒️🧪🦕

While some dinosaurs are thought to have had ‘fuzzy’ or ‘downy’ feathers (shown in this illustration as the yellow spikes on a Nanotyrannus’ neck), ancient birds (such as the one in the Nanotyrannus’ mouth) were more likely to have had feathers that look similar to the birds of today. Image credit: Andrey Atuchin.The fossilized feather of a hesperornithiform bird exposed on the surface of the 66-million-year-old coprolite. Image credit: O’Connor et al., doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2026.08.054.Evolution of feathers structures
@indragonsaur.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 4:42 PM

Tromerosaurus solumons

#digitalart #artistsonBluesky #Dinosaur #PaleoSky
#art #ArtSky #digitalartists #Paleoart #Tromerosaurussolumons #Tromerosaurus #Tromerosaurus_solumons #Theropod #dinoSky

@ninadavtian.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 1:26 PM

Another newly #PhDone former @univ-amu.fr student, also part of my former @cerege.bsky.social @climatecerege.bsky.social colleagues, is Lou Spanneut, who successfully defended her PhD yesterday. One of her PhD supervisors was @thibaut-d.bsky.social.
Congrats Dr. Spanneut! 👩‍🔬 🎓
🦣 🏺
#ChemSky
#PaleoSky

Photo taken on 1st October 2026 by Nina Davtian (it’s me!) within the CEREGE (Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement des Géosciences de l’Environnement, Aix-en-Provence, France) Amphitheatre. The photo shows Lou Spanneut shortly before her PhD defense, as well as a slide with the title of her PhD thesis and names of her PhD defense committee members, as well as her former affiliations (CEREGE and LAMPEA at Aix-Marseille University, AMU).
@ninadavtian.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 11:18 AM

With @bopplaurent.bsky.social and @climatesamwell.bsky.social among Erwan Pineau’s PhD defense committee members!
Congrats Dr. Pineau, you are #PhDone! 🌊
#AMOC
#PaleoSky

@charmouthhcc.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 8:32 AM

October's fossil of the month isn't just one fossil but a whole host of ammonites preserved against a chunk of fossilised driftwood from the Jurassic seafloor, 190 million years ago! Found by preparator and collector Craig Chivers in February 2024 after some stormy weather.

#FossilFriday #paleosky

@limpetnerd.eurosky.socialOct 2, 2026, 8:11 AM

A gorgeous specimen for #FossilFriday : the internal cast of a Jurassic bivalve (Pleuromya cf. uniformis), turned into a talisman with a religious Islamic inscription : ‘There is no god but Allāh [and] Muḥammad is His Prophet’

#PaleoSky ⚒️🏺🧪🦑🦕

Fig. 1. Pleuromya cf. uniformis (Sowerby 1813), Jurassic, Morocco. Internal mould of articulated specimen bearing a religious inscription in high relief. Museo Geominero, Madrid, catalogue number MGM-7809X. (a) Left valve view; (b) right valve view; (c) anterior view; (d) dorsal view; and (e) detail showing striations visible on the surface of the letters (left arrow) and how a fissure in the rock also affects the letter (right arrows), indicating that the letters were carved in high relief and do not represent surface adherences of any foreign material. The thick patina of dirt that covered the specimen, originally dark grey in colour, was removed by washing with detergents, alternating with immersions in hydrogen peroxide. Source : https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/jgs2026-014
@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 3:26 AM

After a day of deliberation, I gotta interrupt the comic to bring you #inktober day 1, Gastornis, a terror bird relative who enjoyed fruit rather than flesh.

#paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocsky #dinosaur #dinosaurart #gijinka

Gastornis Gastoni Gaston’s Bird Despite what many people think, Gastornis was not a terror bird, although closely related. Terror birds are commonly understood as Phorusrachidae, which Gastornis is not a part of. It lived several million years before the first true terror bird, as most of them popped up in the neogene and recently have been found to possibly having lived until 25,000 years ago. Gastornis also is known for being a frugivore, eating fruits and seeds instead of small animals like its descendants would. Gastoni's are actually surprisingly nice to run into. They aren't territorial, they won't chase you, they just want their fruits. They'll use their beaks to break branches they can reach and cause the fruit to drop, often then sitting down and enjoying their harvest. With the abundance of fruit, they aren't very defensive of it, though they do pack a mean kick and peck if you really do piss them off. Like all animals, they still should only be viewed from a distance... but I cannot lie, the occasional free fruit break when exploring is VERY nice to have in an environment as unforgiving as these islands.
@indragonsaur.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 4:45 AM

Meiolania

#digitalart #artistsonBluesky #turtle #Reptile #Meiolania #art #ArtSky #digitalartists #Paleoart #paleoSky #dinoSky

@natureportfolio.nature.comOct 1, 2026, 1:34 AM

Conditions that could sustain a proposed early stage of life known as the RNA World may have stabilized around 4.33 billion years ago, according to a modelling study published in Nature Communications. go.nature.com/3VKaXLu #Paleosky ⚒️🧬🧪

This is figure 2, which shows thermal modifications to the Hadean crust from impact bombardment.
@indragonsaur.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 11:55 PM

Gongshuilong fanwei remake

#digitalart #artistsonBluesky #Dinosaur #Hadrosaur #Gongshuilong #Gongshuilongfanwei #art #ArtSky #digitalartists #Paleoart #theropod #paleoSky #dinoSky

@cindylouwho2.comSep 30, 2026, 5:05 PM

#paleosky #paleontology

@journalsystpal.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 10:45 AM

The evolution of a morphological novelty: exceptional skeleton of an early Eocene trogon (Aves: Trogoniformes) elucidates the origin of a unique foot morphology, by Gerald Mayr: buff.ly/f9YbUJM

𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙤𝙣 𝙠𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙞 gen. et sp. nov., based on a nearly complete skeleton

#PaleoSky #fossilbirds #Ypresian

@natureportfolio.nature.comSep 29, 2026, 10:28 PM

A paper in Nature Communications presents a newly described feathered dinosaur found in northeastern China that adds evidence to the theory that flight-related features evolved differently in various bird-like dinosaur groups. go.nature.com/4z4M3F1 #Paleosky 🧪

This is figure 1, which shows Norellraptor barsboldi 130108-MHGU-F4281.
@indragonsaur.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 3:50 AM

Apatosaurus

#digitalart #artistsonBluesky #Dinosaur #art #ArtSky #digitalartists #Paleoart #theropod #sauropod #Apatosaurus #paleoSky #dinoSky

@rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 11:02 PM

So recently I’ve been on a bit of an invertebrate kick, that isn’t ending any time soon with the amount of cephalopods in my sights, so have an extinct giant honey bee! Not to be confused with the extant giant honey bee.

#paleoart #invertebrate #oc #ocsky #gijinka #paleosky

Apis Lithohermaea (Giant Honey Bee) Honey Stone Messenger Bee The giant honey bee, (this one at least, there are two. Apis Lithohermaea, the extinct, and Apis Dorsata, the living one) is a fossil specimen first discovered in Japan. Not much is known about these bees other than their impressive size (for bees), and their relative likeness to modern bees. The fossils are impressions in stone, preserving the entire body and wings. It’s also the first bee in the Dorsata species group to be found in the fossil record, and one of the most far north. Honey’s are very friendly surprisingly. There’s a reason that the Neogene island is one of the most flowering. It’s the abundance of insects like her that buzz around. Often times however, their wings are too small to keep their bodies up, and they’ll accidentally make other creatures into pollinators. They’ll often find a nearby large, furry mammal who won’t swat them away, and just rest on them. All the while, their fuzz is leaking pollen. If they particularly like an animal in their territory, they’ll decorate her in flowers. No, I have not had the chance to find a saxophone to see if they like jazz, shut up.
@indragonsaur.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 10:12 PM

Sinoceratops

#digitalart #artistsonBluesky #Dinosaur #PaleoSky
#art #ArtSky #digitalartists #Paleoart #Sinoceratops #Ceratopsian #dinoSky

@lashinda.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 9:50 PM

I wanted to share PaleoColor — a free, open-access database collecting pre-Cenozoic animals whose original coloration has been reconstructed by scientists.

dmitrylashinmsu.github.io/PaleoColor_s...

#Paleontology #Dinosaurs #Fossils #PaleoSky #Paleoart