#Citipati
One of the books I purchased from the Rubin Museum before it closed--Worlds of Transformation.

The image of the Citipati, the twin dancing skeletons, is an inspiration for my #fantasy #writing and #worldbuilding.

#buddhism #artbooks
October 22, 2026 at 9:23 PM
October 13, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Tällä kertaa spesifimpi vastaus. Nykyhetkessä Grus (grus), syvässä ajassa Citipati. Ihan vain nimen takia.
October 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
maip, cause its the shadow of death that kills with cold wind
citipati, cause its the lord of the funeral pyre (even tho we have oviraptor ^^;)
i can mess around with rex / tarbo ontogeny to get like lythronax and teratophoneus and thanatotheristes thats okay
October 1, 2026 at 8:40 AM
De hecho, tenemos el fósil de un pariente asiático cercano de Anzu llamado Citipati, que murió empollando y protegiendo su puesta de huevos, y así lo hemos encontrado, como se puede ver en la siguiente imagen:
September 20, 2026 at 9:06 AM
my fav one sillyputty (citipati)
September 16, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Citipati is a great choice!! Mine are probably Oviraptor itself, Anzu and Gigantoraptor!
September 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Anybody like a cute purple #dinosaur ?

#citipati #art
August 31, 2026 at 1:28 AM
What an elaborate "scam".
August 27, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Dejo unos dinosaurios emplumados viejos (y no porque se hayan extinto, sino porque los hice hace unos añetes) y sigo viaje.
August 25, 2026 at 5:16 PM
This name reflects our shifting understanding of these animals, as oviraptorids have gone from being viewed as thieves (Oviraptor literally means egg thief) to being recognized as fearsome guardians (Citipati is the archenemy of thieves in Himalayan Buddhist traditions).
June 26, 2024 at 12:33 PM
The oviraptorid dinosaur Citipati is named after a guardian deity of the same name in Himalayan Buddhism. While oviraptorids like Citipati were originally thought to be egg thieves, we now know that they were actually dedicated parents. 1/2
#paleontology #dinosaurs #scicomm #paleosky #fossils
June 26, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Which reminds me, you'd love the Tibetan Citipati - and their origin story:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citipat...
Citipati (Buddhism) - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
March 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Citipati, Lord of the funeral pyre

#PathOfTitans #PathofTitans
#Citipati #Oviraptorid
February 15, 2024 at 5:22 AM
I used to do art (I don't anymore) but was encourage to share some of my old art periodically ^^ Here's some #paleoArt I did throughout 2021

Ambulocetus
Brachylophosaur
Augustnolophus
Citipati
December 23, 2024 at 7:03 PM
📚Dinosaurs Sanctuary T5🦖
Encore un tome croustillant d'informations ! La série est vraiment pas mal :)

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Dinosaurs Sanctuary – Tome 5
Déménager des Citipati, accompagner des écoliers dans l’enclos de Masaru le Tricératops, mettre en place un régime pour un Centrosaure… le quotidien de Suzume n’est pas de tout re…
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December 31, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Drew my beloved citipati, Chiara! I love oviraptorids sm...
December 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
timeline cleanse: my 32mm scale model custom resized dinosaur miniatures are done printing.

1. austroraptor, citipati, stegoceras
2. cryolophasaurus, muttaburrasaurus
3. gallimimus
4. deinochirus
January 8, 2026 at 9:11 PM
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

The 2022 Korean translation of Locked in Time (@deanrlomax.bsky.social) commissioned me to colourise my 50 greyscale illustrations. "A stand against the sand" shows a #Citipati protecting a nest from an approaching sandstorm.

#SciArt #PaleoArt #JurassicWorld
April 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2020 I illustrated LOCKED IN TIME, written by @deanrlomax.bsky.social. Here's my "A Stand Against the Sand" painting, depicting Citipati on a nest as a sandstorm approaches.

cup.columbia.edu/book/locked-...

#PaleoArt #SciArt #SciComm #Dinosaurs #Citipati
January 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
"A Stand Against the Sand" [colour version in the Korean translation only.]
A male Citipati sits on the nest as a sandstorm approaches.
From LOCKED IN TIME: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR UNEARTHED IN 50 EXTRAORDINARY FOSSILS, by Dean R Lomax, published by Columbia Uni Press.
#SciArt #SciComm #PalaeoArt #PaleoArt
January 17, 2024 at 11:29 PM
So for many children and adults too Dinosaurs are the gateway to science, the first interaction with extinction, evolution, museums & so much more! I’ll always look out for Dinosaur themed events because such outreach and inclusivity is important! A Hypsilophodon in Cardiff? Very Doctor Who 🏴‍☠️🦖
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you ever doubted that evolution has a sense of humour, just remember that once upon a time (about 75 million years ago) it produced this wonderfully ridiculous muppet of a dinosaur.
My portrait of Citipati, an oviraptorid dinosaur from Asia.
#SciArt
November 9, 2024 at 5:38 PM
The faces are so strange. EVERYTHING is in the wrong place 😂 When I did my Citipati reconstruction I kept checking the fossil so many times, thinking I *must* be getting it wrong, it can’t possibly look like this!
October 25, 2024 at 5:23 PM