Wesker Lopes
Paleontology enthusiast. Dinosaur lover. Usually known as Wesker Lopes. Languages: Intermediary English/fluent Portuguese.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesStatistical support for sexual dimorphism in Confuciusornis: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🪶
- Reposted by Wesker LopesNew #sauropod described! Part of the name (Sidersaura Marae) "pays tribute to Mara Ripoll, director of the 'Ernesto Bachmann' Paleontological Museum, for her dedication and contribution to paleontology." #paleontology #palaeontology 🧪⚒️ mef.org.ar/blog/2024/01...
- Reposted by Wesker LopesNew episode of Through Time and Clades! We cover news in bird evolution from the past year, including giant penguins, giant eagles, terror bird tracks, and birds with armored necks. Stick around to the end for a special announcement from @killdeercheer.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOdW... 🪶
- Reposted by Wesker LopesNew Miocene duck Lavanttalornis hassleri: palaeo-electronica.org/content/2023... 🪶
- Reposted by Wesker LopesCambrian - Devonian - Triassic - Jurassic
- Reposted by Wesker LopesUp is down
- Reposted by Wesker LopesNew Pliocene condor Vultur messii: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🪶
- Reposted by Wesker LopesAfter being left out the last time Magic the Gathering did an Ixalan dinosaur set, I finally got to do one. My very first MtG art, please take a look. (arttag)
- Reposted by Wesker Lopescommission for a client of their Tenontosaurus!
- Reposted by Wesker Lopes#dinovember2023 day 5: Ardeadactylus longicollum.
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- Reposted by Wesker LopesMe: Smartass Oviraptor The dinosaur: As is often the case, the artist has committed the common error of mislabeling me as an 'Oviraptor' despite the fact that I am clearly a Citipati based off of my head-crest. Now if you excuse me, I have important affairs to attend to.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesHorseshoe cra-wait that name’s taken.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesTranseratops for trans friends ✨️🏳️⚧️ Coming soon~
- Reposted by Wesker LopesHeyo! I'm here, I guess. Heres some dinosaur paintings im proud of! Nasutoceratops, Lambeosaurus, Stegoceras, Tenontosaurus.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesDinovember day 05 : Maiasaura [OPEN] Price : $55 usd (70$CAD) Payment with Paypal only No hold
- Reposted by Wesker LopesDinovember Day 5: Maiasaura
- Reposted by Wesker Lopesresults of today's #Paleostream !!! Today we drew Koolasuchus (mine is juvenile), Jormungandr, Prionosuchus, and Hesperotestudo
- Reposted by Wesker LopesDeinonychus crossing a stream via fallen log. Raptors standing or running on logs is an aesthetic I really love for whatever reason.
- Reposted by Wesker Lopes‘Tis the season. Sort of. My BIG sale is now live. 25% off absolutely everything. All my dinosaur book, all my dragon books, everything! Find it all at dragonsofwales.etsy.com
- Reposted by Wesker LopesPaleoctober days 19 - 22. Burgessomedusa, Simosuchus, Zosterophyllum, Saniwa ensidens.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesPectinodon.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesFor #FossilFriday, a lovely & intricate trace fossil named Hillichnus in the Carmelo Formation (~60 mya) exposed in Point Lobos State Natural Reserve near Monterey CA. It is the feeding burrow of a deep-sea clam that connected its inhalant siphon to the seafloor surface as it burrowed. #ichnology
- Reposted by Wesker Lopes🌊DUNKLEOSTEUS 🪸 It was nigh time I made a sticker of my favorite wet beast 😌 Reskeets etc appreciated! 🙇
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- Reposted by Wesker LopesThe Lost World: Jurassic Park Buck Tyrannosaurus rex DNA variants.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesOne of most iconic adversaries of Jurassic - Compsognathus and dragonfly
- Reposted by Wesker LopesAnd the Compsognathus is done
- Reposted by Wesker LopesA bust of an indeterminate pachycephalosaur. Indeterminate mainly because I mixed up my reference images. #paleoart
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- Reposted by Wesker LopesHorned lizard
- Reposted by Wesker LopesThe last of these Enantiornithes I managed to do before commissions ate my free time, haha. This is Cuspirostrisornis houi, a sparrow-sized Cretaceous bird from the Jiufotang Formation (part of the famous Jehol Biota). The tail here is speculative but similar to other (related?) Enantiornithes. 🎨🐡🦉🧪
- Reposted by Wesker LopesPrehistoric makeover: The Lost World 1998 ( not Jurassic Park ) with its spike-tailed and armored 'Brontosaurus' reimagined as a speculative Shunosaurus descendent.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesThis is so cool! Terror bird footprints! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Wesker LopesIt's not #fossilfriday , but last week I met a very famous squishy 🤩 Holotype of Proteroctopus ribeti from the Callovian (middle #Jurassic ) of La Voulte-sur-Rhône
- Reposted by Wesker LopesA fossilized agnathan head shield of an Ukrainaspis kozlowskii from the Dniester Formation in Nyrkov, Zalishchyky Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine. Like many similar osteostracans, this jawless fish was originally within the genus Cephalaspis. #FossilFriday #fish #fossil #paleontology #ukrainaspis
- Reposted by Wesker LopesFollowing the leader! 🦀 toony #paleoart illustration for a awesome client!
- Reposted by Wesker Lopesfirst YCH done!
- Reposted by Wesker LopesJurassic World style hybrid of the dinosaur Plateosaurus and the aetosaur Desmatosuchus.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesGoodbye Alcoota Baru Hello Baru iylwenpeny Just named earlier today, this is the most robust species of Baru and perhaps the most complete mekosuchine period, with a skull that almost looks like it should belong to a dinosaur more than a crocodile.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesVelociraptor hunting a small multituberculate mammal, possibly one of its most usual prey Some Protoceratops and another Velociraptor perch on rocky outcrops in the background. Late Cretaceous of Asia. 🐡🎨🪶🧪 #paleontology #dinosaurs
- Reposted by Wesker LopesGiganotosaurus carolinii.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesNew Miocene ducks Mioquerquedula palaeotagaica, Selenonetta lacustrina, and Tagayanetta palaeobaikalensis: link.springer.com/article/10.1... (Figure includes bones from both new and described species.)
- Reposted by Wesker LopesA fossilized reptile tooth of a Nothosaurus mirabilis from Crailsheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This Triassic predator was a member of Sauropterygia, an enigmatic clade of marine reptiles that includes the famous plesiosaurs. #fossil #paleontology #nothosaurus
- Reposted by Wesker LopesThis is still one of my favorites out of all the memes I've made.
- Reposted by Wesker LopesThe Cerato in JP3 after taking 4 steps on-screen to smell some Apex Predator Poop:
- Reposted by Wesker LopesSharing this browsing Coelodonta antiquitatis (commonly known as wooly rhino) again for #WorldRhinoDay
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- Reposted by Wesker LopesToday is World Rhino Day and here is a concept sketch of one of the largest rhinoceroses (and land mammals) ever to exist. The giant Paraceratherium transouralicum from Oligocene Asia 🐡🎨🧪#paleontology
