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Alberta Palaeo SocietyAlberta may be landlocked now, but in the Late Cretaceous it lay beneath the Western Interior Seaway and was home to massive marine reptiles like mosasaurs! How did so many predators coexist?New research led by Dr. Femke Holwerda shows niche partitioning using tooth wear, biomechanics, and isotopes with unprecedented detail.Open-access paper: <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/205" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/17/3/205</a> Paleo 2023 talk: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLhIornWI4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLhIornWI4</a><a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/AlbertaPaleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AlbertaPaleo</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#alberta</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/ab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ab</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...A few crops from my lurking Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Platecarpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platecarpus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tylosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tylosaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicWorld</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicPark</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...One last Platecarpus painting, from the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA (I supplied them with four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards).<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Platecarpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platecarpus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tylosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tylosaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicWorld</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicPark</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...A photo taken during the installation of the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021), for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Platecarpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platecarpus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tylosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tylosaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ammonites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ammonites</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicPark</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicWorld</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...A photo of the installation of my Tylosaurus, from the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021), for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Gonna need a bigger boat . . .<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tylosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tylosaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicPark</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicWorld</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...Here's the fish half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Featured are a Xiphactinus, Apsopelix, a school of Caproberyx around a Tylosaurus skeleton, and a variety of ammonites.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Xiphactinus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Xiphactinus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tylosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tylosaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ammonites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ammonites</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicPark</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicWorld</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...Yesterday's hunter becomes the prey. Here's the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Featured are a group of Platecarpus fleeing a Tylosaurus, Apsopelix fish, and a variety of ammonites.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Platecarpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platecarpus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tylosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tylosaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicPark</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicWorld</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...Yesterday's hunter becomes the prey. Here's the mosasaur half of my large mural (2021) for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. Featured are a group of Platecarpus fleeing a Tylosaurus, Apsopelix fish, and a variety of ammonites.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Platecarpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platecarpus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Tylosaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tylosaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Ammonites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ammonites</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicPark</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/JurassicWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JurassicWorld</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...Here are some zooms into my 2021 painting of Platecarpus hunting an Enchodus. This piece was commissioned by the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Platecarpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platecarpus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Enchodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enchodus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a>

Bob Nicholls ArtMy 25 years of palaeoart chronology...In 2021 I created a bunch of paintings for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA. I painted four murals and three illustrations for graphics boards. Here's one of the illustrations featuring Platecarpus hunting an Enchodus.<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Painting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Painting</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PaleoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PaleoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/PalaeoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PalaeoArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SciComm</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Illustration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Illustration</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Birds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Birds</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Reptiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Reptiles</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Palaeontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Palaeontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Platecarpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Platecarpus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Enchodus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enchodus</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/Mosasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaurus</a>

Jenny MathiassonA friend showed me this on <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FacebookMarketplace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FacebookMarketplace</a> and now I desperately want someone to give this absolute unit a new home.Anyone out there need a giant <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaur</a> puppet? He's in <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Wrexham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wrexham</a>, apparently! At £2.5K he's a bargain.Link: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/996779288610471/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/996779288610471/</a><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/puppets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#puppets</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/dinosaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dinosaurs</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/puppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#puppet</a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/dinosaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dinosaur</a>

NDGSPaleoIt’s finally up! Beautiful mural panels by <a href="https://sauropods.win/@Twarda" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Twarda</a> printed on fabric, now on display at the Walhalla Public Library. Celebrating <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/FossilFriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FossilFriday</a> with Jormungandr walhallaensis, <a href="https://sauropods.win/@TheWoodWyrm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@TheWoodWyrm</a> , <a href="https://sauropods.win/@Boydpaleo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Boydpaleo</a> , Trissa Ford, and Kale Link <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/paleo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleo</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaur</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/squid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#squid</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cretaceous</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/WesternInteriorSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WesternInteriorSea</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺New <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> Species from Morocco Had Dagger-Like, Interlocking Teeth <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/khinjaria-acuta-12778.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sci.news/paleontology/khinjaria-acuta-12778.html</a>A bizarre new plioplatecarpine mosasaurid from the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Maastrichtian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maastrichtian</a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Morocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Morocco</a> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667124000430" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667124000430</a>"Some <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mosasaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaurs</a> had teeth to pierce prey, others to cut, tear, or crush. Now we have <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Khinjaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Khinjaria</a> acuta, with a short face full of huge, dagger-shaped teeth."

Matt WillemsenDinosaur-age 'nightmarish' sea lizard fossil found <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68484296" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-68484296</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaLizard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SeaLizard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaur</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Morocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Morocco</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LateCretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LateCretaceous</a>

Matt Willemsen72 million-year-old 'blue dragon' unearthed in Japan is unlike anything we've ever seen, experts say <a href="https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/72-million-year-old-blue-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen-experts-say" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.livescience.com/animals/extinct-species/72-million-year-old-blue-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen-experts-say</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleaontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleaontology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wakayama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wakayama</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaur</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Soryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Soryu</a>

Matt WillemsenAncient 'Dragon' Unearthed in Japan Is Unlike Anything We've Ever Seen <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-dragon-unearthed-in-japan-is-unlike-anything-weve-ever-seen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/paleontology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleontology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wakayama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Wakayama</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaur</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cretaceous</a>-Period <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> Had Enormous, Wing-Shaped Flippers <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/megapterygius-wakayamaensis-12526.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sci.news/paleontology/megapterygius-wakayamaensis-12526.html</a>A new derived mosasaurine (<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Squamata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Squamata</a>: Mosasaurinae) from south-western Japan reveals unexpected postcranial diversity among hydropedal mosasaurs <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2023.2277921" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14772019.2023.2277921</a> "Its extra-long rear flippers might have aided propulsion in concert with its long finned tail. And unlike other <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mosasaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaurs</a>, it had a dorsal fin like a <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/shark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shark</a>’s that would have helped it turn quickly and with precision in the water."

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/NewSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewSpecies</a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasaur</a> Identified in Mexico <a href="https://www.sci.news/paleontology/yaguarasaurus-regiomontanus-12480.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sci.news/paleontology/yaguarasaurus-regiomontanus-12480.html</a>A new species of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Yaguarasaurus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yaguarasaurus</a> (<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mosasauridae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mosasauridae</a>: Plioplatecarpinae) from the Agua Nueva Formation (Upper <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Turonian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Turonian</a> – Lower <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Coniacian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coniacian</a>) of Nuevo Leon, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mexico</a> <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981123005060" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0895981123005060</a> "this <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#marine</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reptile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#reptile</a> had a long, slender rostrum and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/jaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jaws</a> with small <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/teeth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#teeth</a>. The ancient <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/creature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#creature</a> was roughly 5.2 m (17 feet) in length, making it one of the earliest known large <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mosasaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaurs</a>."

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Fossil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fossil</a> found on the side of the road is a new <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/species" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#species</a> of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaur</a> In 2015, Deborah Shepherd notified a park ranger about an exposed fossil. That ranger notified ND Department of Mineral Resources. Her actions led to discovery of what scientists say is not only a new species, but an entirely new <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/genus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genus</a> of mosasaur, a giant marine predator from <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Cretaceous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cretaceous</a> seas. Bite marks preserved on fossil suggest that it met its end at the hands—or rather teeth—of another mosasaur. <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/fossil-found-on-the-side-of-the-road-is-a-new-species-of-mosasaur/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/10/fossil-found-on-the-side-of-the-road-is-a-new-species-of-mosasaur/</a>

Lukas VFN 🇪🇺Signs of wear on <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mosasaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaurs</a>' teeth show they were picky eaters who liked <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#seafood</a> <a href="https://phys.org/news/2023-11-mosasaurs-teeth-picky-eaters-seafood.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2023-11-mosasaurs-teeth-picky-eaters-seafood.html</a>3D dental microwear in type-<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Maastrichtian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Maastrichtian</a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/mosasaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mosasaur</a> teeth: Femke M. Holwerda et al. <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42369-7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-42369-7</a>"<a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Prognathodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Prognathodon</a> in particular, with its large cone-shaped teeth, appears to have had a surprising amount of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/shellfish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shellfish</a> in its diet... <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/Plioplatecarpus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Plioplatecarpus</a>, with narrow pointed teeth, showed a striking number of signs of wear. Perhaps it was also fond of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fish</a> with strongly scaled bodies"

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