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Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Armoured theropod faces, rhino horns and pterosaur skin crests: how artists can predict elaborate skin structures in fossil animals

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Abelisaurid Kryptops palaios recieves some TLC in Early Cretaceous Niger, while duck-faced Anatosuchus minor sneaks out of the water. But ...
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Thursday, 27 April 2017

Walking with ichthyosaurs: the amphibious ichthyosaur hypothesis

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Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkin's (1858?) sketch of amphibious marine reptiles, including a large shambling ichthyosaur. Image borrowed fro...
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Friday, 14 April 2017

New paper: pterosaur palaeoecology, as told by the fossil record

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A female  Pteranodon tries to explain the new Silverstone et al. (2017) paper on Pteranodon taxonomy to the Cretaceous shark  Squalicorax...
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Friday, 31 March 2017

Scientist-palaeoartist collaborations – what palaeontologists can, and probably should, critique when reviewing palaeoart

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Last month I posted a complaint about poor scientist-led palaeoart - those artworks of extinct animals produced under direct control of sci...
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Friday, 24 February 2017

Plesiosaur palaeoart: thoughts for artists

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Jurassic plesiosauroid Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus with a controversially dipped left hindfin. Nothing like a little drama to start a blog ...
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Who is this 'Mark Witton' chap?

Mark Witton
Dr Mark Witton is a palaeontologist and palaeoartist, affiliated with the University of Portsmouth, UK. My technical research is focused on pterosaurs - Mesozoic flying reptiles - but my artwork has introduced me to a wide array of different fossil animals that are just as interesting. I work as a freelance author, consultant and artist: check out my work at MarkWitton.co.uk, follow me on Twitter @MarkWitton, and browse my books here. Contact me at wittonprints[at]gmail.com. Due to volume of email I can't always reply to messages, but I do my best.
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