Ole Zant
@TheBioBob
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Scientific illustrator / Paleoartist. Museum fossil preparator and researcher. Admirer of theropods and Cretaceous Saharan Africa.
The Netherlands
Joined October 2017
Last summers spoils arrived at the Oertijdmuseum today. Lots and lots of dinosaur bones, and even an articulated Edmontosaurus skeleton!
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Aurora, a Morrison sauropod composite skeleton. It was recently added to the dinosaur parade at the Oertijdmuseum and is our second diplodocid mount.
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Diplodocid bones galore and aplenty at the Oertijdmuseum. Here some photos from a while ago of the construction of Aurora (a composite of two specimens). The skeleton was on display elsewhere for a month and is now being mounted in the Oertijdmuseum. Photos of that coming soon.
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I did some more preparation on the phytosaur skull some time ago and finished it up. It now includes more of the right mandible and the tip of the left mandible including the full mandibular rosette. #FossilFriday
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I can finally share what Triassic fossils I've preparated the past few years! As the new Oertijdmuseum exhibition has opened! This is, to my knowledge, the most complete adult phytosaur head from Europe. A thread (with more animals & photos) 👇🏻
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Agenda Hero shipped something fun (and valuable!) this week that I think you will love. It's the ability to turn any collection of dates & times into a beautiful printed schedule AND get it on your calendar at the same time. You might be thinking, Doesn't Agenda Hero convert
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Sketched this little guy eating a mammal earlier this year, although I didn't actually know what to call it then. I guess we do now. Welcome back Nanotyrannus!
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Our new discovery from Egypt’s Western Desert ! Meet Wadisuchus kassabi—an 80-million-year-old crocodile that reveals Africa as the birthplace of seagoing crocs that once ruled ancient coastlines.
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Two new Edmontosaurus skeletons with preserved skin just got published by Paul Sereno and collegues. They had a fleshy scaly crest over their back and hoofed feet! I was lucky enough to see the specimens last summer. The publication is open access: https://t.co/MEvnyNAk6D
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The paleoartists are going to like this one 👀
Tune in tomorrow (1pm CST, 13:00 CDT), for an important paleo announcement from Dr. Paul Sereno (@paulserenoofficial) on Instagram. #Dinosaurs #Paleontology
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Meet the snow sloths of the Pleistocene in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge, narrated by Tom Hiddleston. Premieres November 26 on Apple TV+
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When you're preparing a boring unidentified fossil specimen and suddenly realize it's something incredibly rare and important.
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A new diplodocid skeleton was unveiled today at the Provincial House of the Dutch Province of North Brabant! It will be on display there for the rest of the month, until it returns to the Oertijdmuseum, which is where we originally prepared the skeleton.
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I haven't been posting much. But that doesn't mean I haven't been drawing any dinosaurs. 👀
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Two articles have already been published and like the rest are freely accessible to everyone. The first two articles both feature art by me, including a skeletal and life reconstruction of Ardetosaurus viator, a new species first published in this volume. https://t.co/EDkvPR8mVN
palaeo-electronica.org
A new diplodocine sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Wyoming, USA
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A new giant project on diplodocoids! When finished, it will provide a look into the anatomy, diversity and phylogeny of these long necked dinosaurs. They just started a crowd funding campain, so if you want to see this project realized consider donating. https://t.co/1B3Sq0zJaY
experiment.com
We are working on a special open-access volume dedicated to the famed diplodocoid sauropods (like Diplodocus). We aim to publish several papers describing their anatomy, osteology, evolutionary...
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Buried in the Sahara, Nat Geo explorer Paul Sereno and his team uncovered 55 tons of dinosaur fossils—including a Spinosaurus skull and one of Africa's earliest giant predators. These finds are helping rewrite the story of prehistoric life in Africa. 🔗
nationalgeographic.com
Inside the boldest fossil hunt ever attempted.
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I wrapped up a summer full of dinosaurs at Paul Sereno's Fossil Lab earlier this week. I had the privilege of working with a lot of great minds, on a lot of great projects.
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Just noticed there are Tarchia in the background of #PrehistoricPlanet season 1... How do I keep finding new details on every rewatch 😭 I was too distracted by the Therizinosaurus I guess. The attention to detail is just astounding.
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You'll all have seen the many announcements and PR pieces from #ColossalBiosciences. There are reasons to be concerned about the general message promoted by CB, one being that it's seen >by some< (US politicians in particular) as meaning that we can devalue conservation. 🧵1/n
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From towering giants to baby sloths, it doesn’t get cooler than this. #PrehistoricPlanet: Ice Age — Streaming November 26
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