The ichthyosaur jigsaw puzzle continues. Some substantially complete ribs are taking shape thanks to the meticulous work of @WitcherClo

#NotNatHist #Museum #WollatonHall #ichthyosaur #FossilFriday #palaeontology

Marine reptile fun! @WitcherClo led an outreach event at Wollaton Hall #NottNatHist Museum a few weeks ago. We challenged visitors to ID the fossil bones of an ichthyosaur and work out where they fit in the skeleton.

#WollatonHall #Fossils #Ichthyosaur #reptile #palaeontology #museum #FossilFriday

That little space feather duster sure has some lungs on him. He might want to find a space better suited to a life-sized #inflatable #temnodontosaurus though…

Feat. @aphinityavali.bsky.social

#avali #ichthyosaur #marinereptile #furryart

Two old acrylic paintings of ichthyosaurs exhibited in Birmingham (UK): the 1996 piece was my very first acrylic painting for a museum, and the 2016 piece was my very last acrylic painting for a museum (I started painting digitally).

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #MarineReptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Ichthyosaur #JurassicWorld #Birmingham #Alt4Me

The #Avali pits his powerful respiratory system against the life-sized #Temnodontosaurus' appetite for air. It's probably going to be a stalemate, there's not enough space for the big-eyed #marinereptile to finish growing.

feat. @aphinityavali.bsky.social

#inflatable #ichthyosaur #furryart #wip

@aphinityavali.bsky.social tests his mettle blowing up Poole the #Temnodontosaurus, who’s over five times longer than the space feather duster is tall.

The foreshortening needs fine-tuning though, I’ll fix that when I scan.

#avali #ichthyosaur #inflatable #furryart #wip

Day 9: Ichthyosaur

Apparently the closest living relative to an ichthyosaur is a turtle? Can anyone out there correct me on this?

#ArtAdventCalendar #art #DigitalArt #PaleoArt #Ichthyosaur #SciArt #Reptile #Nature #Animal #ocean #blue #mastoArt #CreativeToots

#NewSpecies!
New lower jurassic ichthyosaur from #portugal just came in:

Gadusaurus aqualigneus

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039B87C4-FFF0-FF88-FFC9-F99F27A8CFF2
Publication: https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01199.2024
#ActaPalaeontologicaPolonica #GadusaurusAqualigneus

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #fossils #fossilfriday #paleo #paleontology #jurassic #reptiles #ichthyosaur

Mary Anning byla bezpochyby jednou z nejvlivnějších postav rané historie paleontologie, ale za svého života byla tak často přehlížena. 19. část projektu Kniha týdne na blogu Blogorgonopsid pojednává o knize The Fossil Hunter od Shelley Emling, vydané v roce 2009, jež vypráví životní příběh Mary Anning.

#books #science #history #maryanning #lymeregis #ichthyosaur #plesiosaur #ammonite #fossil #book #biography

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-fossil-hunter-dinosaurs-evolution.html

Mary Anning was undoubtedly one of the most influential figures in the early history of paleontology, yet in her life she was so often overlooked. The 19th part of the Book of the Week project on Blogorgonopsid covers Shelley Emling's book The Fossil Hunter from 2009 which tells Mary Anning's life story.

#books #science #history #maryanning #lymeregis #ichthyosaur #plesiosaur #ammonite #fossil #book #biography

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-fossil-hunter-dinosaurs-evolution.html