#tupandactylus

[252mya]

Tupandactylus, my beloved. She had a sail on top of her head bigger than her actual body, 112 million years ago, because the Cretaceous demanded to be witnessed. Progress Pride design by @webvein. 252mya.com/tpf

[artvianblog]

It's almost pride month. pterosaurs

[haltraveler]

Digitized version of a doodle I made last week to entertain some 3rd graders

[creaturelingart]

why do you look like that

[meloboye]

Thoth

I smart

(drawn in August 2025)

[artyofaardvark]

Tall & Short duo Trying to get an idea for what these characters might look like... Planning out a written series with them in it.

Tall one is Solvryn and the short one is Auralis

Not gonna say too much, yet, because the story is currently in brainstorming phase and everything isn't nailed down yet.

I will say pterosaurs act as gods/demigods in this universe, ruling over ground-dwelling creatures. Solvryn is a knight of sorts and Auralis is a priestess in training (maybe.... haven't decided yet)

Aiming for Warrior Cats meets Jurassic Park? Kinda... we'll see lol

[bobnichollsart]

From the vault: my Nature cover art from 2022, featuring Tupandactylus, regarding the paper "Pterosaur melanosomes support signalling functions for early feathers," from Cincotta et al: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9046085/

[fishsplash]

painted tupandactylus navigans today, I referenced several paintings for coloration ideas!! I've been on a pterosaur reading streak lately :D