Head sketch of the eusuchian Allodaposuchus. I couldn't find a lot of refs for the side of the skull, or the mandible, so I'm not sure how accurate this is. It was a generally broad-snouted crocodillian relative.
as for Kaprosuchus, this does mean equally large limbs are the most parsimonious possibility so far yet, as Mahajangasuchus too possesses a skull adapted for a semiaquatic lifestyle
Sketch of Glyptodon; namesake of the glyptodont subfamily of armadillos. The genus lived from the Pliocene to the earliest holocene; native to the southern portion of South America.
Brachiosuchus skeletal
it was a giant, long-snouted Dyrosaurid with the largest known arms of any crocodylomorph, likely serving for underwater manouverability, it almost looks like a spec-evo creature!
Sketch of Baculites; a heteromorphic ammonite from the late Cretaceous and possibly the earliest Paleocene with fossils from North America and Europe. It would have likely been a mid-water feeder of planktonic animals.
IDC if this sounds cheesy, but I want to do a thread of happy things.
Just QRT with something - anything - that makes you happy.
Let's see if we can make this work, to make the Twitter timeline a better place to be for everyone.
I'm going to start.
This picture of a wombat:
Sketch of Eusthenopteron; a well known, Late Devonian tetrapodomorph known from North America and Europe. It was a medium-sized predator (1-2 meters depending on the species) that likely would have inhabited brackish estuaries; hunting smaller fish.
@kendallrosephoto got to capture these spectacular images of pelagic thresher sharks in Fuvahmulah. Their signature whip-like tails arenโt just for show, they use them to stun prey with incredible precision.
A deep-sea-hunting marine posthuman with viperfish-like light organs... A new style of art commission I'm rolling out this year. DM me if you want your creations rendered this way! :)
While the initial fossils of Nanuqsaurus suggested a relatively small, 5-6 meter tyrannosaur, referred and undescribed material point to sizes in the range of 7-9 meters, more comparable to things like Gorgosaurus.
Line-art portrait of predatory therapsid (probably a biarmosuchian) Dinosaurus murchisoni from "Middle" Permian of Bashkortostan (Russia). It's also known as Phtinosuchus discors. Done in Adobe Photoshop for online flashmob with friends.
#paleoart