Fossiladder13

Lover of paleontology, mostly invertebrates, but I’ll also take cartilaginous dudes. Frequent sketcher, uses charcoal pencils and digital.

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

And with that, as of 5:00 pm yesterday, Lemuria as a whole has ended. I am gonna dearly miss this, as it was the first major spec project I participated in.

To end things off, here is Dendronomus, a eusocial tree dwelling webspinner
#Lemuriachallenge

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

The ornate opossum shrimp, Roseomysis

An adorable, and minuscule mysidian crustacean native to the deltas and coastlines of Pleistocene Lemuria
#lemuriachallenge

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

Chaetomonstrum, a giant raptorial dolichopodid fly that specializes in hunting flying vertebrates like bats.
#lemuriachallenge

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

The Wraith O’ War (Titanophysa)

A Giant siphonophore and a close relative of the more famous Portuguese Man O’ War
#Lemuriachallenge

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

Another Nautilid for Lemuria!

Roseonautilus, a gregarious filter feeder featuring a large, bulbous shell, coupled with a more restrictive shell aperture and zig zag patterns inspired by various Paleozoic lineages.
#lemuriachallenge

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

Type of shit you see when people say they’ve recorded footage of an ivory billed woodpecker.

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

Lituitonautilus, a highly derived pelagic nautilid, and a member of the Continental Shelf biota of Lemuria Phase 3.
#lemuriachallenge

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

Paleoartist Joschua Knüppe broke down in tears after his spec project "Lemuria" opened to 1000 submissions on the first day: "fuck dude this is gonna take so long to canonize im so fucked”

He is 34 years old

[Joschua Knüppe @JoschuaKnuppe]

For people who weren't there for the Lemuria intro stream yesterday, here some of the stuff we talked about and did...

[Ardent 🔜 HaloFest @ArdentPrayer]

M90 shotgun, you're just as beautiful as the day I lost you

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

@JoschuaKnuppe The Lyrarapax looks so nice

[Joschua Knüppe @JoschuaKnuppe]

On last nights #paleostream we did some more #PocketPrehistory with
Feredocodon and Vilevolodon, Maraldichthys and Lyrarapax

[SeatbeltButBetter @WarioShit]

Lowkey just a dickhead move this kid sucks

[Petite Paleoartist | Sauriazoicillus 🍥 @PPaleoartist]

the amount of birders who are openly misogynistic is kinda crazy, ill keep birding with friends instead of public birding groups methinks

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

Idk if it’s just me, but it seems like they’re toned down the level of sheen on the forerunner structures, they look so good (left is a new image, right was from the reveal last October). Also I really gotta gush about the auroras on threshold, so good man.

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

@bryan4208 @MintBlitz I love how (some) halo fans will go nuts about the potential use of gen ai in the next game but then proceed to use the very thing they’re complaining about to “fix” designs. Get shit shit outta here.

[Gael casas @GaelCasart]

Little permian mexicoceras smithi
Also known as waagenoceras gualapense smithi

[Fossiladder13 @vikingburger]

@JoschuaKnuppe What a beautiful landscape, would make for an excellent snorkeling destination. Phragmoceras is such a wonderful goober.

[Joschua Knüppe @JoschuaKnuppe]

420 Million years before the reign of Mamdani, two Acutiramus wake up from their daylight slumber as thousands are Eurypterus begin to invade the shallow, warm waters of New York.
This is the Fiddlers Green or Bertie Formation, a Silurian lagerstätte known for its eurypterids🧵

[Joschua Knüppe @JoschuaKnuppe]

Results from the #paleostream!
Euomphaloceras, Scalacurvichthys, Iberomesornis with Eoalulavis and Kreischeria.
The last three are the beginning of a new series which I talked about before already, it's called pocket prehistory. All of these are life sized in postcard formats.