Natural History illustrator, amateur paleontologist, dino-hunter, -digger, research assistant, almost an old fossil.

Joined February 2012
137 Photos and videos
Wow, today's comet over Calgary (C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) has a sunward spike (or anti-tail). Never saw such a feature before. Stack of 12 for 5sec in DSS #yyc #CometATLAS
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Yesterday I finished painting the wall in my workroom with the color "approaching storm", an in the very moment this monster approached with a huge hail. #abstorm
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There are some things you really can do, something what every decent human being should in this situation: savelife.in.ua/en/donate-en/…u24.gov.ua Or ohmatdytfund.org/en/donate to directly support the clinic hit by a Russian missile today

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Meet Lokiceratops rangiformis, the newly named horned dinosaur from Laramidia! And, congratulations to all who involved! Well, here are my contributions to acompain this fantastic find.
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I, for one, welcome our new "God of Mischief". Meet Lokiceratops rangiformis, a newly named ceratopsian from the Late Cretaceous of Montana. Congrats to the authors. Great to finally see this published. Beautiful artwork by @AndreyAtuchin and @SergeyAtrox1.
20 Jun 2024
The ornate North American horned dinosaur #Lokiceratops indicates strong endemism in these animals, rapid evolution, and suggests that there are still many species yet to find. A new article by me in BBC Wildlife @WildlifeMag .... discoverwildlife.com/dinosau… #dinosaurs #newdinosaurs
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We finally did it! Kiyacursor, a new elaphrosaurine from the Lower Cretaceous of Siberia! Sorry, no picture from me - too busy on other projects. Except, maybe, some skeletals from the paper itself.
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Introducing Militocodon lydae, a new periptychid mammal from the early Paleocene, Denver Basin, Colorado. Led by @CrowellJW myself w/ @ChesterLabCUNY and @DiggingDinos. (Artwork @AndreyAtuchin) Open-access paper here! link.springer.com/article/10… #FossilFriday
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Our new mosasaur Khinjaria acuta (= "sharp dagger") is out in Cretaceous Research. A mouth full of teeth like knives and a face like a nightmare, Khinjaria was part of an exceedingly diverse fauna of top predators in the Maastrichtian of Morocco
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Khinjaria acuta - a bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the Maastrichtian of Morocco. Khinjaria had a short face and a cruel-looking smile with a mouth full of teeth like knives.
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The paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.20… I prepared this illustration a half a year ago to accompain the research. Khinjaria are chasing a school of Enchodus.

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RT @maria_avdv: This photo of a mother & her 3-month-old found in Odesa rubble should be placed on the desks of everyone at the UN, OSCE, a…
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«Путин убил Навального, а теперь он глумится над его матерью и над всеми нами. Отдайте тело Навального и горите в аду» Илья Колмановский, научный обозреватель
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18 Feb 2024
We live in a time increasingly resembling the second half of the 1930s. I couldn't live with myself with the knowledge I didn't do more to stop another Hitler. In light of the Republican wavering and in memory of Navalny I will give $100 towards FPV drones for Ukr for every RT.
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Pineconesaurus 😄 - Tarchia teresae, based on the PIN 3142/250 specimen.
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17 years of studying, excavation, and preparation of new material. And finally, the long-awaited live reconstruction of Psittacosaurus sibiricus! 😂
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Merry Christmas! Enjoy your holidays and a happy New Year!
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