@aberrantologist

✨paleoartist who stares at the sky a lot✨

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It’s #PortfolioDay!! I’m an Arizona-based geology undergraduate and paleoartist (fossil necromancer) who illustrates a variety of extinct organisms back to life.
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Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppe20h
As the sun rises behind the mountains, light falls onto the last habitat we will ever cover in Lemuria! The alpine desert in the Paramalyan mountains is a world of giant lilies and red lichens. Few other things can grow up here, as only fog and some monsoon rains reach here.
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i missed this one... but the ember tree snail is here! the final mural approaches...
Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppeOct 12
As it is tradition, the smallest of the creatures produced by people who take part in our spec evo projects need a place to shine as well! Therefore the Leaf Litter exists. Time time the composition is dominated by the arches formed by the air roots of the Toweroo, a large...
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Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppeOct 26
WHAT, MORE BOOKS, well yes, soon on Kickstarter! fossi.ls/ps3
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Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppeOct 12
As it is tradition, the smallest of the creatures produced by people who take part in our spec evo projects need a place to shine as well! Therefore the Leaf Litter exists. Time time the composition is dominated by the arches formed by the air roots of the Toweroo, a large...
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RickRaptor105 fucked and has a kid in 'Great Maia' (Source: youtube.com/watch?v=4Xs--OCs…)
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PaleoStream's new mascot has been unveiled. Their name has not been revealed yet. credit:@entre_makes_art #paleostreamooc
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Joschua Knüppe, server owner of PaleoStream is now bald. credit:@paleostreambarber #paleostreamooc
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SpinelessChordate@spinelesschrdtOct 24
Some extinct animals with kinked upper jaw (wanted to say subnarial gap but I don't think that's accurate for some of 'em).
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Paleoartist Joschua Knüppe has been found using witchcraft to turnbodies of water into giant pseudosuchians. It is unclear how this will affect the trout population. (credit: @casualsoapeater)
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Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppeOct 23
Starting this up again! Name a piece of paleoart that had a large impact on you. This piece, by Douglas Henderson, showing a Rutiodon startling some Fadrosaurus, lives rent free in my head. The masterful use of light and dark totally stunned me as a child.
Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppe9 Jan 2024
Name a piece of paleoart that had a large impact on you. This piece by Gregory S. Paul was certainly influential. As a kid it confused me a lot because I wasn't used to seeing a Chasmosaurus in this perspective or pose. It might have started my interest in shapes.
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Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppeOct 23
We are getting very close to our Kickstarter campaign AND another book with my art coming out next month! kickstarter.com/projects/252…
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Rudolf Hima@HimaRudolf25 Sep 2023
Veiled Visitor
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Ashley Patch@AshleyPalaeoOct 21
Tokarahia, when whales did baleen the loooong way
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I resurface from oblivion to present my Magnum Opus. My masterpiece. My legacy. "Be Not Afraid" Stylus on Screen (Procreate on iPad) 2026
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Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppeOct 19
The very south of Lemuria is reaching into the temperate climate zone and so the many lakes down here are often times surrounded by yellows and oranges as the colder season comes around.
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Joschua Knüppe@JoschuaKnuppeOct 19
In the lowlands, between the savannah and the desert the ephemeral wetlands are hotspots of biodiversity. As the monsoon rains cross the mountains in the North only a small portion of the water is retained in the desert. Instead in forms huge expanses of pools and waterways at...
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My take on the newly described Ammonitritor! Explanation in the thread below...
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...currently I am not convinced this thing could even fully close its mouth. Perhaps the reconstruction proposed by the study does not properly articulate these elements or account for taphonomy, but for now it remains "beyond the scope of this paper". Please CT scan this thing!
Sander, P.M., Ebbo, L., Liu, J., Qiao, Y. and Wolniewicz, A.S. (2026), Omphalosauridae (Ichthyosauriformes): enigmatic marine reptiles in the global recovery from the end-Permian extinction. Biol Rev. https://doi.org/10.1002/brv.70208

ALT Sander, P.M., Ebbo, L., Liu, J., Qiao, Y. and Wolniewicz, A.S. (2026), Omphalosauridae (Ichthyosauriformes): enigmatic marine reptiles in the global recovery from the end-Permian extinction. Biol Rev. https://doi.org/10.1002/brv.70208

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So for now, I did the best I could with what we have. Fun fact! Fleshy cheeks have actually been proposed for omphalosaurids since at least 2003.
P. Martin Sander & Christiane Faber (2003) The Triassic marine reptile Omphalosaurus: osteology, jaw anatomy, and evidence for ichthyosaurian affinities, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23:4, 799-816, DOI: 10.1671/6

ALT P. Martin Sander & Christiane Faber (2003) The Triassic marine reptile Omphalosaurus: osteology, jaw anatomy, and evidence for ichthyosaurian affinities, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23:4, 799-816, DOI: 10.1671/6

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