Extinct Plants Paleoart

Historical botanical illustration of Lycopodium wildenowii, a species of clubmoss in the Pteridophyta group. The main image shows a detailed green stem with symmetrical, densely packed, small needle-like leaves branching horizontally. Below are additional detailed views: a close-up of a leaf cluster with a spore-bearing cone, enlarged individual spores, and cross-sectional views of stems and leaves. The illustration highlights the plant’s reproductive structures and foliage texture, providing scientific accuracy for identification and study of this lesser-known pteridophyte species.

🌴 Icones filicum ad eas potissimum species illustrandas destinatæ, quæ hactenus, vel in herbariis delituerunt prorsus incognitae, vel saltem nondum per icones botanicis innotuerunt..
Londini, Prostant Venales Apud Treuttel et Würtz, Treuttel Fil. et Richter; [etc., etc.]1831..

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An impression of a fossil leaf showing details of the veination. The apical and lower parts of the leaf are missing

A piece of Glossopteris leaf from the late Permian of Antarctica ~260 million years old 🌳⛏️. Broken but showing nice detail of the veination. Glossopterids are seed plants that were found on all of today's southern continents during the Permian. Happy #FossilFriday! #paleobotany #botany

Because of Valentine's Day we had today a Flower Flocking #paleostream, covering different kinds of fossil angiosperms!
Florissantia, Lovellea, Leguminocarpum and Sagaria!

Shoot apical meristem and initial vascular development of a late Palaeozoic spermatophyte (order Medullosales) AbstractBackground and Aims. The medullosans are ancient spermatophytes (order Medullosales) with an unusual stem anatomy and have been studied extensively

A stunning work on the anatomy of the apical meristem in Medullosans, showing fascinating similarities with extant cycads!

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Private Passions - Sandra Knapp - BBC Sounds Michael Berkeley's guest is the botanist Sandra Knapp.

Get your weekend off to a great start by catching up on 'the Indiana Jones of the plant world' (and our past President!) Sandy Knapp on Private Passions.

As well as her music choices, she discusses how plants names are decided and her research into plants named after women.

Hello #PortfolioDay!

I'm a researcher studying insect fossils of South Korea, and also a paleoartist. Feel free to contact me!

Contact: okok2073@gmail.com
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A brown stripey Apatosaurus walks through a glade of lush tree ferns, cycads, and conifers. Small theropods run past in the foreground.

An Apatosaurus meanders through a lush glade in the ancient Morrison.

#sciart #paleoart

A watercolor painting of a branch of magnolia flowers in various stages of bloom. They are pink instead of the usual cream color that people think of when they think magnolia. This painting also has a bit of shimmer added to the petals.

#ArtAdventCalendar day 18
#watercolor
#magnolia
#flowers
#botanical
#gardeningfeed
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FULL SPECTRUM call for art closes November 2, 2026 (yes, a year away—botanical art is slow art!)

YELLOW: A close-up sunflower by member Dorothy DePaulo.

VIOLET: A single thistle blossom by member Mary Crabtree.

RED: A pairing featuring bright Indian Paintbrush by Jan Boyd Haring.

OPEN CALL FOR ART! Claim a color in "Full Spectrum" — A joyful celebration of COLORS. Color choices must be in by Jan 1, and some colors are almost full!

You have most of 2026 to finish your piece.

Check it out at: www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084FA8...
#callforart #juriedshow #botanicalart

Result from the Talara tar seeps #paleostream! Like the La Brea tar pits this was Pleistocene death trap, however these fossils come from Peru so everything has a south american flavor. This piece is set at the beginning of the rainy season, with new green beginning to sprout...

Nice wee blog on #Permian plants. #geology #paleontology

Plants in the shadows: Bridging the gap in paleoecology and paleoart Paleoart, long considered peripheral to paleoscience, has become a powerful medium for visualizing extinct life and landscapes. Yet its historical tra…

An excellent article on plant paleoart, its history, its importance in fighting plant blindness, and how we can further the field as a whole! Congrats to @pepecarrion.bsky.social and coauthors!

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A travel poster reading Explore the most of the Kaiparowits, Late Cretaceous. A misty swamp scene in purple, blue, and green with a distant pair of crested Parasaurolophus, turtle on a fallen tree, and bird high up in a tall tree.

More Kaiparowits #paleoart for #artadventcalendar day 2: this travel poster featuring a pair o' Parasaurolophus cyrtocristatus, perched enantornithean, and big ol' turtle. 🐡🎨

Studies of some horsetail fossils from the Yorkshire flora of Jurassic UK to start off a brand new sketchbook.

#paleoart #paleobotany #botany #sciart

Study of Matonia pectinata fiddlehead & mature frond. I forgot how time-consuming ferns are to render 😭 #sciart #botany

Matonia pectinata is a beautifully-shaped fern, and the family it belongs to can be traced back to the Late Triassic. When researching I often make reference sheets like this of the most useful figures, photos & illustrations I can find. Most pics from iNaturalist or Flickr. #paleobotany #botany

Pencil study directly based on the figure above, to practice the complex shapes of this fern. With plants, especially ferns, I find you have to start with very simple, geometric shapes & slowly build up complexity
#paleobotany #paleoart

What is super cool is Clathropteris has been found in monotypic thickets where they got pretty dang big! Suuuper cool implications for how one can illustrate Jurassic period undergrowth.

More paleobotanical studies - this time the Mesozoic dipteridacean fern Hausmannia. Another example of how ferns during this time exhibited a diversity of forms that can spice up #paleoart
#paleobotany #sciart

Continuing my exploration of Jurassic paleobotany, this time with ferns of the family Dipteridaceae. Fossil taxa like Clathropteris have a really interesting shape that for me is pretty difficult to get right.
#paleobotany

More evolves as the painting progresses. Subtle details of the plant mater emerges from the illusion of water on top. The stones beneath become apparent. Water Lilly Pads seem to float or are partially submerged. Reflections of the plants can be seen on the water surface. The Burnt Umber underpainting is taking control and creating a warm feeling to the painting, a sense of being outside in the warm Sun.

Respectfully submitted for your approval #sundaystunday yet another posting of WIP oil painting “Illusion of Still Water” 24 x 36 aka “The Beast”🙄😝 #art #tradionalart #artyear #artshare #blueskyart #botanicalart

Black-and-white pencil sketches on a piece of paper, depicting four prehistoric animals. All are fully black, as if made of shadows. The Lepidodendron tree, Baryonyx, and Champsosaurus are all tiny and concentrated in the upper left corner, while a much larger Genyornis takes up the bottom-right half of the page while looking directly at the viewer with blank white eyes.

Yesterday’s flocking #paleostream sketches, in shadowy forms: Lepidodendron, Baryonyx, Champsosaurus, and Genyornis. No I don’t have a favorite. #paleoart #pleistocene #cretaceous #paleozoic

The size charts this time were a collaborative effort between @montanoceratops.bsky.social,
@seismic-shrimp.bsky.social @sassypn.bsky.social
and me. As you can see there the local insect fauna had some bangers. When you want large insect interacting with dinosaurs/pterosaurs: this is your place!

typical Solnhofen fauna form a long corridor through southern Germany but localities in France show similar preservation. The Atlmühltal Formation has iconic taxa like Archaeopteryx and Pterodactylus and was therefore the first of these formations we covered.

and bennettitaleans are the most common plants. The beaches were probably blinding white, consisting of sand that formed from broken down corals and sponges, as these islands were often not much more than reefs peaking above the waves. Formations/localities that housed the...

Popular images of the Solnhofen islands show them as tropical paradises, often with cliffs and tall trees. The opposite appears to be the case. The islands were probably small, arid, flat and had vegetation that can be better described as shrubbery. Small conifers...
(Europa Island for reference)

All of these creatures being preserved in marine sediments. For one it makes it possible to show all the cool pterosaurs and other stem birds from here. On the other hand, more importantly, it offers the possibility to show the environment many of these animals occupied.

And here the results from the Solnhofen #paleostream! This image depicts large parts of the terrestrial fauna of the Altmühltal Formation, the best understood part of the litographic limestone formations of Germany. There were several reasons for gong onto land despite...

back on #paleostream flocking
this time we got lepidodendron, baryonyx, champsosaurus and genyornis, still testing the vector style
#paleoart