#ancient animals

[amnhnyc]

It's time for Fossil Friday! Meet Cryptocleidus oxoniensis, a short-necked plesiosaur. Plesiosaurs were large marine reptiles that lived from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous. The plesiosaurs had extensive modifications to the shoulder and pelvic girdles: these elements form large, flat sheets of bone, presumably for the attachment of swimming muscles. Cryptocleidus' trunk was very rigid and short, and the short tail could only function as a rudder, leaving the limbs as its main organ of propulsion.

Photos: © AMNH

Image 1: Cryptocleidus on display in the Museum.

Image 2: Photographic negative of the fossilized remains of Cryptocleidus, circa 1910.

#science #amnh #museum #fossil #nature #natural history #animals #paleontology #plesiosaur #cretaceous #triassic #cool animals #ancient animals #fossil friday

[flaroh]

Happy Equirria omnes! 🐴 this was a Roman chariot racing festival honoring the god Mars held every Feb 27 and March 14 🐎

#ancient rome #roman history #equirria #ancient animals #roman empire #tagamemnon

[radstarsaur]

Just some paleozoic friends

#anomalocaris #dimetrodon #dunkleosteus #icthyostega #fish #prehistoric #prehistoric animals #paleo #paleo art #paleozoic #ancient #ancient animals #lil guys #cambrian #cambrian explosion #paleontology #devonian #permian

[sharkie-malarkie]

DYK…

megaladon had a cosmopolitan distribution; its fossils have been excavated from many parts of the world, including europe, africa, the americas, and australia.

megaladon or megatooth shark, which lived nearly worldwide roughly 15-3.6 million years ago and reached at least 50 feet (15 meters) in length, gave birth to babies larger than most adult humans. (6 foot)

#marine life #sea creatures #shark #sharks #marine biology #ocean #sea #aquatic #sealife #water #oceans #nature #marine animals #sea life #ocean life #water life #animals #megaladon #ancient animals #i like sharks (and getou’s balls)

[sarahmackattack]

Here’s a weird throwback for ya- it’s not a squid, it’s an ammonite. Ammonites were around right up until when the big dinosaurs went extinct.

Nipponites look like freaky meatballs, but scientists (using a *lot* of math) realized it’s a predictable meatball. When you first look at it, you might think "Um what the shit?" but apparently there is some kind of order in there. Just don't ask me to explain it to ya.

#Squid #cephalopod #paleoart #ammonite #ancient animals #squidtember

[arthropod-casualties]

I’m really in the anomalocaris woes

#anomalocaris #fossils #ancient #arthropods #woe is me #prehistoric #ancient animals #cambrian #cambrian explosion #paleontology #extinction #extinct

[simpsforscience]

Meet the Anomalocaris, this "Abnormal Shrimp" 🦐 lives up to its name! Read 📜 on this post to discover how paleontologists 🔍 solved this jigsaw puzzle 🧩 turning it into a prehistoric portrait painted in fossils.

Image Credits:

Anomalocaris - Critter squad

Anomalocaris fossil - Aria etal, Wikimedia commons

#anomalocaris #cambrian explosion #cambrian #paleo #paleontology #geology #fossils #prehistoric #zoology #ancient animals #marine animals #animal #evolution #animals #wildlife #fauna #pokemon #pokeball #pokemon cards #education #science #science facts #discover #study blog #scicomm #research scientist #explore #earth #cool science #simps for science

[the-danger-goose]

Dunkleosteus is one of my favorite extinct fishies, i love their big mouths and wanted to make it look like it was smiling :D

Included the shaded and unshaded versions

#dunkleosteus #devonian #paleozoic #paleoart #paleo art #paleontology #digital art #cute #art #my art #adorable #fish #my favorite fish #extinct animal #extinct #ancient animal #ancient animals #silly

[ancientstuff]

This is true of most Egyptian relief work with animals. If you don't believe me, have a look at Hatshepsut's Punt reliefs and the fish.

#ancient Egypt #Amarna #ancient animals #archaeology #art history

[wizardrous-wonders]

Thought of this meme with Hallucigenia, an ancient cambrian-era animal. Now that I think about it, it should probably have more spikes :P

#cambrian era #cambrian #hallucigenia #cool animals #ancient animals #extinct animals #memes #animal memes #digitalart

[thesilicontribesman]

Prehistoric Lion Skull from Crayford, Bexley, 245,000 to 186,000BCE, The Museum of London

#ice age #stone age #bronze age #copper age #iron age #paleolithic #mesolithic #calcholithic #neolithic #cave lion #lion #animal #ancient animals #archaeology #London #skull

[amnhnyc]

It’s Trilobite Tuesday! Meet Heliopeltis, one of Morocco’s strangest Devonian trilobites. This 400-million-year-old marine arthropod had a small body, large eyes, and long spines. Scientists think its unusual physique indicates that this species floated on gentle ocean currents.

#science #museum #amnh #fossil #natural history #nature #paleontology #trilobite #trilobite tuesday #did you know #fact of the day #animal facts #ancient animals #devonian #arthropods #ocean life #ancient ocean

[the-cricket-chirps]

Lions painted in the Chauvet Cave,

ca. 30,000 BC.

#cave paintings #cave art #early humans #lions #big cats #ancient animals #nature #wildlife #evolution #art history #petroglyphs #cats in motion #aesthetictumblr #tumblraesthetic #tumblrpic #tumblrpictures #tumblr art #tumblrstyle #artists on tumblr #aesthetic #beautiful animals #cats of tumblr #beautiful cats #old cats

[snailfish-enthusiast]

Pre-Historic Waters: The Tully Monster

These strange but wonderful creatures were up to a foot long and lived about 300 million years ago in the at the time shallow tropical waters of Illinois.

These strange, soft bodied creatures were discovered in the mid-60s by paleontologist Eugene Richardson and are believed by some scientists to be similar to modern-day lampreys.

(Let me know if you folks are interested in pre historic water life too! I'd love to talk about them more.)

#fishblr #marine biology #ocean #water life #pre history #ancient #ancient animals #prehistoric animals #tully monster

[sharkie-malarkie]

port Jackson sharks?

DYK…

port jackson sharks are considered to be harmless, however, if provoked they could pose a threat.

port jackson sharks are a nocturnal, bottom dwelling 'bullhead' shark endemic to the Great Southern Reef. these sharks grow up to 1.65m and can live for more than 30 years. they usually live at depths of less than 100 metres but have been known to go as deep as 275 metres.

port jackson sharks are not an endangered species and is not used as a common food supply. it is, however, useful when scientists are hoping to study bottom-dwelling sharks and can be vulnerable to being caught as bycatch.

#marine life #sea creatures #shark #marine biology #ocean #sharks #aquatic #sealife #water #sea #port jackson sharks #i like sharks (and getou’s balls) #water life #ocean life #aquatic animals #sea life #marine animals #nature #ancient animals #wildlife #animals #fish #waves #fish facts #sea animals #shark facts #ocean facts #fun facts #today i learned #interesting facts

[ariesalpinesavi]

#castorcauda #i think thats hownits spelled #ancient animals #dinosaur #art #drawing #protomammal #furry #feral