SciArtSeptember 4: Coral
Mirasaura grauvogeli, one of the fantastic Triassic oddballs known as drepanosaurs.
Mirasaura grauvogeli, one of the fantastic Triassic oddballs known as drepanosaurs.
September 11, 2026 at 1:58 PM
SciArtSeptember 4: Coral
Mirasaura grauvogeli, one of the fantastic Triassic oddballs known as drepanosaurs.
Mirasaura grauvogeli, one of the fantastic Triassic oddballs known as drepanosaurs.
To brighten up a wet and rainy #FossilFriday, here's my take on the recently described drepanosaur Mirasaura grauvogeli. It's shown among the conifer Voltzia, a plant found in abundance in the same beds as Mirasaura. The pointed sail shape is based on fossil data...
#sciart #fossils #paleontology
#sciart #fossils #paleontology
October 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
To brighten up a wet and rainy #FossilFriday, here's my take on the recently described drepanosaur Mirasaura grauvogeli. It's shown among the conifer Voltzia, a plant found in abundance in the same beds as Mirasaura. The pointed sail shape is based on fossil data...
#sciart #fossils #paleontology
#sciart #fossils #paleontology
Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, Mirasaura
Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, Mirasaura
July 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Results from the Flocking #paleostream!
Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, Mirasaura
Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, Mirasaura
Results from the #paleostream!
More Pocket Prehistory with Mirasaura and Titanomyrma. Afterwards Brachytrachelopan (Horizon Style) and Kank!
More Pocket Prehistory with Mirasaura and Titanomyrma. Afterwards Brachytrachelopan (Horizon Style) and Kank!
June 1, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Results from the #paleostream!
More Pocket Prehistory with Mirasaura and Titanomyrma. Afterwards Brachytrachelopan (Horizon Style) and Kank!
More Pocket Prehistory with Mirasaura and Titanomyrma. Afterwards Brachytrachelopan (Horizon Style) and Kank!
August 27, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The “plumes” of Mirasaura and Longisquama likely evolved separately from the feathers or feather-like structures we know in Dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Like other Drepanosauromorphs, Mirasaura also had a weird, bird-like and mostly toothless skull
#paleoart
#paleoart
July 23, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The “plumes” of Mirasaura and Longisquama likely evolved separately from the feathers or feather-like structures we know in Dinosaurs and pterosaurs. Like other Drepanosauromorphs, Mirasaura also had a weird, bird-like and mostly toothless skull
#paleoart
#paleoart
Results from the #paleostream!
A Lemurian frog (spec evo wish by @screenthegoo.bsky.social), Ahdeskatanka, Infernodrakon and Mirasaura.
A Lemurian frog (spec evo wish by @screenthegoo.bsky.social), Ahdeskatanka, Infernodrakon and Mirasaura.
July 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Results from the #paleostream!
A Lemurian frog (spec evo wish by @screenthegoo.bsky.social), Ahdeskatanka, Infernodrakon and Mirasaura.
A Lemurian frog (spec evo wish by @screenthegoo.bsky.social), Ahdeskatanka, Infernodrakon and Mirasaura.
and it's here! mirasaura grauvogeli, a new and delightful drepanosaur from triassic france
(art by tobias wilhelm)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(art by tobias wilhelm)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
July 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
and it's here! mirasaura grauvogeli, a new and delightful drepanosaur from triassic france
(art by tobias wilhelm)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
(art by tobias wilhelm)
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Here it is! Please welcome the AMAZING Mirasaura grauvogeli, a NEW MARVELOUS Drepanosaur published in NATURE today!
This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures!
I was commissioned to bring it to life
#paleoart
This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures!
I was commissioned to bring it to life
#paleoart
July 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Here it is! Please welcome the AMAZING Mirasaura grauvogeli, a NEW MARVELOUS Drepanosaur published in NATURE today!
This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures!
I was commissioned to bring it to life
#paleoart
This astonishing reptile lived during the Middle Triassic in Europe and it possessed an amazing crest made of plume-like structures!
I was commissioned to bring it to life
#paleoart
Flocking! A Lobopodian was drawn!
Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, Mirasaura.
#paleostream #paleoart #sciart #art
Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, Mirasaura.
#paleostream #paleoart #sciart #art
July 26, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Flocking! A Lobopodian was drawn!
Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, Mirasaura.
#paleostream #paleoart #sciart #art
Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, Mirasaura.
#paleostream #paleoart #sciart #art
The elaborate crest represents a new perspective in the evolution of feather-like structures in reptiles. Mirasaura was related to another bizarrely-crested reptile, Longisquama, and both appear to belong to an already very weird group: Drepanosauromorphs
July 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The elaborate crest represents a new perspective in the evolution of feather-like structures in reptiles. Mirasaura was related to another bizarrely-crested reptile, Longisquama, and both appear to belong to an already very weird group: Drepanosauromorphs
What's up? I'll tell you What's Up, Bluesky! A NEW EPISODE OF THE FOSSIL FILES, THAT'S WHAT! And it's on nothing less than the Triassic punk, Mirasaura. Listen here and on all your favourite podcast platforms: fossils.libsyn.com/mirasaura-tr...
The Fossil Files: Mirasaura, Triassic Punk
This new discovery is WEIRD. Mirasaura (the 'marvellous lizard') has been described from the Triassic of France, and it has mad projections coming out of its back, far longer than its body. We take a ...
fossils.libsyn.com
September 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
What's up? I'll tell you What's Up, Bluesky! A NEW EPISODE OF THE FOSSIL FILES, THAT'S WHAT! And it's on nothing less than the Triassic punk, Mirasaura. Listen here and on all your favourite podcast platforms: fossils.libsyn.com/mirasaura-tr...
Doodles from yesterday's flocking #paleostream featuring Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, and Mirasaura.
July 27, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Doodles from yesterday's flocking #paleostream featuring Palaeocampa, Nektognathus, Wudingloong, and Mirasaura.
I’m come back in Bluesky
August 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I’m come back in Bluesky
Super late touched up #paleostream #flocking pieces from last week (7/26/25) featuring #palaeocampa #nektognathus #wudingloong & #mirasaura
August 3, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Super late touched up #paleostream #flocking pieces from last week (7/26/25) featuring #palaeocampa #nektognathus #wudingloong & #mirasaura
@stephanspiekman.bsky.social and colleagues recently described Mirasaura grauvogeli, a newly discovered Triassic reptile, which has a complex feathered skin crest that evolved independently of feathers or hair! 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
August 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
@stephanspiekman.bsky.social and colleagues recently described Mirasaura grauvogeli, a newly discovered Triassic reptile, which has a complex feathered skin crest that evolved independently of feathers or hair! 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Triassic was a time of weird reptiles of every description.
This is one of the more recent finds: Mirasaura from France. It's one of the drepanosaurs, an odd group of arboreal reptiles with superficially bird-like heads and, in some cases, equally superficially feather-like appendages.
This is one of the more recent finds: Mirasaura from France. It's one of the drepanosaurs, an odd group of arboreal reptiles with superficially bird-like heads and, in some cases, equally superficially feather-like appendages.
October 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The Triassic was a time of weird reptiles of every description.
This is one of the more recent finds: Mirasaura from France. It's one of the drepanosaurs, an odd group of arboreal reptiles with superficially bird-like heads and, in some cases, equally superficially feather-like appendages.
This is one of the more recent finds: Mirasaura from France. It's one of the drepanosaurs, an odd group of arboreal reptiles with superficially bird-like heads and, in some cases, equally superficially feather-like appendages.
I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
July 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I am proud and grateful to present a dream project today in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Meet #Mirasaura grauvogeli, a #wonderreptilewith skin appendages that rival feathers and hairs, challenging our view of reptile #evolution🪶🦎
Proud to make my National Geographic debut with this incredible discovery! Meet Mirasaura, an extremely weird little guy with independently-evolved "feathers" that solves a longstanding Triassic mystery and makes one of the period's oddest families even stranger.
(Now with a fixed link!)
(Now with a fixed link!)
Is it a bird? A monkey? No, it's a 'miraculous' new prehistoric reptile
Mirasaura grauvogeli had a featherlike crest and a tail like a monkey. “It's been a long time since I've been so blown away by a new fossil discovery.”
www.nationalgeographic.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Proud to make my National Geographic debut with this incredible discovery! Meet Mirasaura, an extremely weird little guy with independently-evolved "feathers" that solves a longstanding Triassic mystery and makes one of the period's oddest families even stranger.
(Now with a fixed link!)
(Now with a fixed link!)
I can honestly say Mirasaura is probably the most interesting taxon I have ever reconstructed and it represents a UNIQUE find! You can see here the rough sketches that were done in preparation for this illustration. Eventually, it was option "D" the one selected to bring Mirasaura to life!
#paleoart
#paleoart
July 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I can honestly say Mirasaura is probably the most interesting taxon I have ever reconstructed and it represents a UNIQUE find! You can see here the rough sketches that were done in preparation for this illustration. Eventually, it was option "D" the one selected to bring Mirasaura to life!
#paleoart
#paleoart
Also, here is a video of me by @smnstuttgart.bsky.social explaining more about Mirasaura!
youtu.be/6RcsTRDNY6A
youtu.be/6RcsTRDNY6A
Mirasaura - A ‘wonder’ fossil changes our understanding of reptile evolution
YouTube video by Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart
youtu.be
July 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Also, here is a video of me by @smnstuttgart.bsky.social explaining more about Mirasaura!
youtu.be/6RcsTRDNY6A
youtu.be/6RcsTRDNY6A