252MYA

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Studio 252MYA produces high-quality, accurate paleoart and natural history content for web, print and merchandising. https://252mya.com

Xenokeryx amidalae. Named after Padmé Amidala from Star Wars because its horns resemble her hairstyle. Miocene ruminant from central Spain, about 16 million years ago. One of the extinct three-horned palaeomerycids. Poster by Lucas Lima. fossi.ls/Xk8mBz #Xenokeryx #Paleoart
Here's the flip-through video we teased yesterday. Five years, twenty illustrators, 200+ genera. Kickstarter August 1. pterosaursfieldguide.com #Pterosaurs
Our new book, Pterosaurs: The Field Guide, just showed its printed hardcover for the first time. Five years, twenty illustrators, 200+ genera. Kickstarter August 1. https://fossi.ls/Nev1YT/bs #Pterosaurs
Every T. rex you've seen came from Hell Creek. The formation preserves the last 700,000 years of the Cretaceous in badlands across Montana and the Dakotas. Right above sits the K-Pg iridium layer from Chicxulub. Art: Franz Anthony. fossi.ls/HcRk8T #HellCreek #Paleontology
252MYA helped kick off the Paleo Network, so of course we're in it. Go find the other sites, each one made with the same care we put into ours: paleo.network
Ten glyptodont heads, side by side, so you can see just how different the group was. They were giant armored cousins of armadillos, the biggest the size of a small car. Drawn as a classic natural history plate by @joschuaknuppe. See it at https://fossi.ls/1ABDut/bs
The Yeehaw F**k the Law rocks glass featuring Appalachiosaurus, on a black background.
New apron drop. Appalachiosaurus montgomeriensis, Cretaceous tyrannosauroid from Alabama, recast as the outlaw he was meant to be. The long American tradition of telling unjust authority to kindly go to hell, in time for July 4 grilling. Art by soft biology. fossi.ls/Yh7CtF/bs
When Atopodentatus was first described in 2014, scientists thought its mouth looked like a zipper. Two new fossils in 2016 told a different story. The original specimen was crushed, and its face actually resembled a handheld vacuum cleaner. Art by @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social
DJ Washington's Be Gay Velociraptor has been in the lineup since 2023, still a Pride classic. Soft cotton tee and men's tank live at https://fossi.ls/xTDBFd/bs. 10% of every Pride sale goes to 500 Queer Scientists.
Day six of six. Tupandactylus tank + sticker are live, completing the Mortimer Moudry Pride series. Patterned in the Progressive flag, rainbow plus trans and BIPOC stripes. 10% of every Pride sale goes to 500 Queer Scientists. 252mya.com/tpf
Day five of six. Ouranosaurus tank + sticker are live. Patterned in lesbian-flag red-orange, orange, white, pink, and dark pink. 10% of every Pride sale goes to 500 Queer Scientists. https://fossi.ls/DlWsef/bs
Day four of six. Velociraptor tank + sticker are live. Patterned in asexual-flag black, grey, white, and purple. 10% of every Pride sale goes to 500 Queer Scientists. https://fossi.ls/tpMzKF/bs
Day three of six. Dilophosaurus tank + sticker are live. Twin head crests rendered in nonbinary flag yellow, white, purple, and black. We're adding both formats to all six Mortimer Moudry Pride designs this week. 10% to 500 Queer Scientists. https://fossi.ls/9VBtJm/bs
Day two of six. Amargasaurus tank + sticker are live. Those paired neck spines patterned in bi-flag pinks, purples, and blues. We're adding both formats to all six Mortimer Moudry Pride designs this week. 10% of every Pride sale goes to 500 Queer Scientists. https://fossi.ls/oMOvza/bs
Day one of six. Spinosaurus tank + sticker are live. We're adding both formats to all six Mortimer Moudry Pride designs this week, one species a day. 10% of every Pride sale goes to 500 Queer Scientists. https://fossi.ls/sQzQGR/bs
Happy Dinosaur Day. 🦕 Six favorites from the catalog, in honor of the day. https://fossi.ls/90hCxm/bs
Happy Pride Month. We announced our new Pride collection last week. Now, 10% of every Pride Month sale goes to 500 Queer Scientists. 🦕🏳️‍🌈 https://fossi.ls/79Xghg/bs
Titanis walleri was the only terror bird to make it north of Central America. This Pleistocene apex predator stalked Florida's grasslands with powerful legs and a hooked beak. Art by @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social. Available at 252mya.com/titanis
Ground sloths were built different. Check out the new merch featuring art by @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social at 252MYA.COM/GSLOTH
Smilodon's iconic canines are now on merch, courtesy of @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social. Grab the design at 252MYA.COM/SMILO.
Doedicurus rocked a body built like a tank and a club tail that could deliver serious damage. Now it's on merch by @emilyhiggs-art.bsky.social: 252mya.com/doedicurus
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Artist Sunday: meet Mortimer Moudry (@webvein), creature designer & paleoartist. His Pride Collection brings dinos & pterosaurs into the fold. Six designs, six flags. Thread below. #PaleoArt #Pride
PaleoTube: paleontology videos, curated. Discoveries, digs, deep-time explainers, organized by time period and topic. Coming soon. Early-access signups at paleotube.com. #PaleoTube #Paleontology
T. rex or Spinosaurus? Land predator GOAT debate. T. rex: 5 tonnes of bite force, bone-crusher. Spinosaurus: nearly 2x as long, semi-aquatic, eats fish. Pick a side. #Paleontology #Dinosaurs
Damn I love fossils, and so do you. From the catalog: a t-shirt for the people who detour 90 minutes for a roadcut. Designed by Greco Westermann. https://252mya.com/dilf #Paleontology #Fossils
Damn I love fossils, and so do you. From the catalog: a t-shirt for the people who detour 90 minutes for a roadcut. Designed by Greco Westermann. https://252mya.com/dilf #Paleontology #Fossils
Quetzalcoatlus northropi: a flying carnivore as tall as a giraffe, with a wingspan the size of a Cessna. Probably took off by pole-vaulting with all four limbs. The largest animal ever to fly, and we've spent 40 years arguing about how it actually did it. #Pterosaur #Paleontology
Tupandactylus had one of the most outrageous head crests in pterosaur history. Now it carries the Progress Pride flag, too. Art by @webvein.bsky.social. 252mya.com/tpf
Dilophosaurus rocks two crests and now rocks nonbinary pride. Art by @webvein.bsky.social. Shop the merch: 252MYA.COM/DNB
Spinosaurus rocked a sail on its back and dominated rivers in the Cretaceous. Now it's featured on new apparel by @webvein.bsky.social. Head to 252MYA.COM/STRANS
Ouranosaurus was a sail-backed herbivore from Early Cretaceous Africa. Now immortalized in pride apparel by @webvein. 252MYA.COM/LESPRIDE
Velociraptor Asexual Pride is here. Original paleoart by @webvein. Feathered, sharp, in pride black, gray, white, and purple. Two of 6 dropping daily for pride. 252mya.com/avelo
Amargasaurus had a double-row neural-spine mohawk 129M years before punk rock. Nature called dibs. Now on a tee by @webvein, dressed in bi pride: 252mya.com/bipride 1 of 6 dropping for pride month.