Tess Gallagher

Hey everyone. Wanted to let you know I have officially started a pa+reon! You can get exclusive access to paleoart WIPS and finished works!

Very happy to hear that the Maryland Dinosaur Park's discovery trail is now open! Congratulations to everyone there for *finally* making this happen. The sculptures by Tristan Crum look phenomenal—can't wait to see them in person in a couple weeks. Photos borrowed from JP Hodnett. #FossilFriday

Here's another lab note for dino-mummy melanosome research funding drive @tessasaurus.bsky.social, @boydpaleo.bsky.social, @mhouseholder.bsky.social, and I have been holding. We hit out most recent stretch goal, so of course I had to go and sneak a little taphonomy into the mix at the 11th hour.

Working on something, maybe for dinocon next year? can you guess the dinosaur?👀

Um, no, you _shouldn't_ start putting beak tissue on your sauropods

Looks like the SVP abstracts have been posted, and are password protected! Wooohoo! Y'all are already aware that I submitted an abstract with @ndgspaleo.bsky.social for a talk. Hope people are excited to learn more about a specific, duck-billed dino November 12, 9:15 am

Artwork from me and @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social made an appearance outside the academy today!

Attention Philly Families! It is critical that we show Drexel and city government that our enthusiasm for the Academy of Natural Sciences is going strong! Bring your kids, friends, & neighbors down to the parkway on Saturday from 2-6pm. It's a kid-friendly rally to support the academy!

Sauropods: An Artistic History in Four Parts (Art by Charles Knight, Bill Berry, John Gurche, and @tessasaurus.bsky.social)

We've almost reached our next stretch goal! To celebrate, here's a quick post highlighting the science of dinosaur colors experiment.com/u/zT7LA

Resolution on the academy was adopted. Drexel will be investigated for the closure of the museum.

For #FossilFriday, @tessasaurus.bsky.social, @boydpaleo.bsky.social, @mhouseholder.bsky.social, and I have yet another stretch goal to share:

Technicolour Beast Please consider supporting this project. Anyway, I’m team green Edmontosaurus 💚💚

This was from the rally at the Academy of Natural Sciences today. Finally got the chance to meet @tessasaurus.bsky.social! A link with more things you can do to save this museum is down below: save-the-academy.org

🧵 And so ends our #paleostream on the the past and future research surrounding Dakota, the Edmontosaurus mummy! We talked with @tessasaurus.bsky.social, @uglyfossils.bsky.social, @mhouseholder.bsky.social and @boydpaleo.bsky.social about their upcoming work!

REMINDER we are live streaming with @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social about our fundraiser at 3pm EDT on twitch. We will be announcing a second dinosaur to add to our research

Come out to the rally on Tuesday at 10am in front of The Academy of Natural Sciences! RSVP here luma.com/1qwnrqz2 Read more here: whyy.org/articles/phi...

The reconstructed skull from Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins' mount of Hadrosaurus (1868), formerly displayed at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Photo from my last visit to ANSP in 2021. #FossilFriday

What's better than one dinosaur mummy? Two dinosaur mummies, of course. @tessasaurus.bsky.social, @boydpaleo.bsky.social, @mhouseholder.bsky.social, and I have added new stretch goals to our research fundraiser here: experiment.com/u/ajApw

Hello everyone. A reminder that we will be doing a Q&A with @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social on Paleostream at *3PM EDT Sunday, Sepetmber 6*. Cant wait to see you there!

Our fundraiser on exploring Dakota the dino mummy for color was funded!!! In a day!!! OMG. so with that, we are announcing stretch goals so we can sample more areas of Dakotas body 😁

@tessasaurus.bsky.social, @boydpaleo.bsky.social, @mhouseholder.bsky.social, and I are running a fundraiser for some new dinosaur mummy research. We've just posted our first lab note, and the plan is to share more as the month goes along. You can check out the project here: experiment.com/u/Db63Fw

Tomorrow, keep an eye out for our fundraiser 👀

Not a huge surprise (having followed this saga for awhile), but still very disappointing. TLDR (as I understand it) - the Academy is closing its exhibits to the public. It seems like research/collections are still going, but even so the situation is grim.

Well, after a lot of struggle with image formats and my own embarrassment, I have made A BOOK (well, it's a PDF, let me have my moment) about the sauropods of the Iberian Peninsula. Links at the end of the thread

I designed the monsters in this and you guys finally get to see my favorite one 😈🦕

Had the chance to see Dakota's display a few years ago, and it is one of the most beautiful specimens imo.

Hello paleopeeps! The @ndgspaleo.bsky.social crew and I will be having a Q&A with @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social of Paleostream about our upcoming fundraiser! Stay tune for more details 👀🦕

Bucket! 🦕🪣

Been seeing some “favorite prehistoric animal designs” posts recently. Here’s my new favorite Dryptosaurus depiction. It’s evocative of melanistic jaguars and leopards. By @markwitton.bsky.social

Working hard on something important 👀

Caihong 🌈🏳️‍🌈🪶

By criminy, it looks like I've got another book to proofread.

Cover Design for Aeons magazine issue 3 - ‘Exceptional Preservation’ Concavenator lays dead in a shallow river, Pelecanimimus is snagged by dead wood.