Ole Zant
Scientific illustrator / Paleoartist.
Museum fossil preparator and researcher.
Admirer of theropods and Cretaceous Saharan Africa.
- Last summers spoils arrived at the Oertijdmuseum today. Lots and lots of dinosaur bones, and even an articulated Edmontosaurus skeleton! #dinosaurs #paleontology #Edmontosaurus
- 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.
- I realize I never really posted my work on the Triassic phytosaur skull at the Oertijdmuseum on here. So here (and in the posts below) are some photos. I finished it recently when I cleaned more of the mandible. #FossilFriday #Phytosaur #paleontology
- Here are some progress photos of the skull. Don't ever put plaster on the bone or I'll make you a dubious taxon.
- Also I did prepare the only Metoposaurus skull with teeth. Which is from the same site.
- 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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- 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: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
- 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. #dinosaurs
- I haven't been posting much. But that doesn't mean I haven't been drawing any dinosaurs. 👀
- 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. experiment.com/projects/rea...
- 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. palaeo-electronica.org/content/2024...
- 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.
- Hello #PortfolioDay! I illustrate extinct animals and their environments.
- Presented a poster today on my research on mammals from a new Lancian microsite. The poster is in Dutch but don't worry, I'm almost done with the paper which will feature significantly more material anyway.
- Solar eclipse at the museum today
- Spinosaurus aegyptiacus An animal difficult to do justice with an illustration.
- Here are isolated versions of the Spinosaurus reconstruction, as well as some close-ups.
- Per usual I'll post the fossils and reasoning behind my reconstruction in this thread. Starting off with the history of discovery, the first Spinosaurus specimen was discovered during a German expedition in Egypt. The skeleton was eventually destroyed during a bombing in WWII.
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View full threadHere are the original sketches I made last year. At the time I didn't have the intention of turning them into a full illustration but here we are.
- Finally finished my Spinosaurus reconstruction today. Just have to write the thread now. I'll be posting it on sunday. In the meantime, have some titanosaurs.
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