A picture of a stylized #Microraptor - a dromaeosaur from China, characterized by its four winged limbs as well as likely iridescent feathers. A #paleoart commission.
#palaeoart #digitalart #digitalpainting #dinosaurs #cartoon #stylisedart #artist #commission #raptor
#microraptor #paleoart #palaeoart #digitalart #digitalpainting #dinosaurs #cartoon #stylisedart #artist #commission #raptor
HOW BIG WAS MICRORAPTOR?
Thanks to space.hopper53 on #instagram for the suggestion!
#greenscreen #dinosaur #microraptor #raptor #smallboi #shortking #crow #raven #tiktok #fyp #fypシ #foryou #foryoupage #kanatigoth #paleoart #paleontology
#instagram #greenscreen #dinosaur #microraptor #raptor #smallboi #shortking #crow #raven #tiktok #fyp #fypシ #foryou #foryoupage #kanatigoth #paleoart #paleontology
I was depicting this over a decade ago in my #paleoart! First image is #Microraptor (before the publication suggesting its feather colors came out) Second is of the larger #Changyuraptor. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35039-1
#paleoart #microraptor #changyuraptor
Just saw the #nature paper about Microraptors feet suggesting it hunted like a hawk. I was painting this in my #paleoart YEARS ago! #Microraptor (before feather pigment paper came out) my #Microraptor and #Changyuraptor pictured below. #scicomm #watercolor https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-35039-1
#nature #paleoart #microraptor #changyuraptor #scicomm #watercolor
A #Microraptor investigates some strange colourful plants - the first #flowers she’s ever seen.
This started out as an idea to do a piece on #angiosperm evolution, but that turned out to be a way deeper and more contentious issur than I thought. Molecular evidence says they go way back to the Devonian! So these #lingyuananthus flowers are only new to this Microraptor because they were still fairly rare, not because they were truly new.
#microraptor #flowers #angiosperm #lingyuananthus #paleoart #myart #cretaceous #dromaeosaur #dinosaur
#deeming #flightlessness #flight #evolution #aves #theropods #diving #spinosaurus #upstroke #archaeopteryx #penguins #plotopterids #hesperornithids #palaeognaths #tinamous #wair #treesdown #groundup #burstflight #gliding #soaring #galliforms #rallids #dodo #acetabulum #dippers #microraptor
#microraptor #dippers #deeming #flightlessness #flight #evolution #aves #theropods #diving #spinosaurus #upstroke #archaeopteryx #penguins #plotopterids #hesperornithids #palaeognaths #tinamous #wair #treesdown #groundup #burstflight #gliding #soaring #galliforms #rallids #dodo #acetabulum
Original study:
@Dave_Hone@twitter.com et al., Generalist diet of #Microraptor zhaoianus included #mammals, @JVP_vertpaleo@twitter.com 20 Dec 2022, https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2022.2144337. 🔓
Incredible soft-tissue detail visible under UV light on the fossil foot of a "raptor" (dromaeosaurid) dinosaur. Bottom right is my quick illustration.
#science #fossils #dinosaurs #palaeontology #illustration #velociraptor #Microraptor
#science #fossils #dinosaurs #Palaeontology #illustration #velociraptor #microraptor
Very #rare #discovery" unveils one of the #first #records of a #dinosaur #eating a #mammal
#microraptor #fossil #paleontogy
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fossil-dinosaur-eating-mammal-very-rare-discovery/
#rare #discovery #first #records #dinosaur #eating #mammal #microraptor #fossil #paleontogy
Very #rare #discovery" unveils one of the #first #records of a #dinosaur #eating a #mammal
#microraptor #fossil #paleontogy
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fossil-dinosaur-eating-mammal-very-rare-discovery/
#rare #discovery #first #records #dinosaur #eating #mammal #microraptor #fossil #paleontogy
Seltener Fund zeigt das letzte Mahl eines #Microraptor
https://www.astropage.eu/2022/12/22/seltener-fund-zeigt-das-letzte-mahl-eines-microraptor/
#microraptor #dinosaurier #ernahrung #raubtier
Seltener Fund zeigt das letzte Mahl eines #Microraptor
https://www.astropage.eu/2022/12/22/seltener-fund-zeigt-das-letzte-mahl-eines-microraptor/
#microraptor #dinosaurier #ernahrung #raubtier
Because I always love seeing the answers to simple questions like these, and because there's a new influx of users; what's your favorite of the #dinosaurs ?
Mine's easily #Microraptor due to my interest in modern birds, and thus an interest in the evolution of their relatives and especially of flight; you can see it's my favorite from my username, even.
Art by @serpenillus