#cheirurid

[leaping-laelaps-art]

The Devonian trilobite Crotalocephalina gibba.

Made as a more or less successful exercise to emulate the style of Junnn11, the person who illustrated many of the wikipedia articles on Cambrian arthropods and Paleozoic euchelicerates (and whose art I happen to like very much).

#very accidental lesbian color scheme #i swear i didn't do it on purpose the colors just looked nice #i only realized two hours after picking the colors and went with it #it's not my fault if lesbians have the best pride flag #(perhaps with the exception of the aro and aroace ones - but there certainly is no reason for my opinion on these to biased hehe) #anyway #drawing based on a fossil i have on my desk #minus the appendages of course (those are mainly adapted from Ceraurus pleurexanthemus) #because there's no way on earth i'm drawing a cheirurid in a non-neutral pose with just my imagination and a few top view photos/diagrams #all these furrows and little knobs around the articulations!!! #also heeeeeyy i'm not dead i'm still making art #between work travel and the fact that i've started sketching on paper again over the last 6 months #i haven't done much digital art worth posting #(still hesitating to post my paper sketches on here) #but i do have some cool 3d projects in the works #so i will probably be posting some pieces in my usual style in the more or less near future #crotalocephalina #cheirurid #trilobite #arthropod #devonian #paleozoic #paleontology #palaeoblr #paleoart #my art

[mesozoicmarket]

A trilobite fossil of a Leviceraurus mammilloides from the Lindsay Formation in the Ogden Point Quarry of Ontario, Canada. Possibly synonymous with Ceraurus, these cheirurid trilobites are known for their long pygidial spines.

#trilobite #fossils #paleontology #palaeontology #paleo #palaeo #leviceraurus #ceraurus #cheiruridae #ordovician #paleozoic #prehistoric #science #paleoblr #レヴィセラウルス #セラウルス #三葉虫 #化石 #古生物学

[amnhnyc]

It’s time for Trilobite Tuesday! Scotland’s Lady Burn has long been recognized as one of Europe’s most famed and diverse Ordovician fossil localities. The area that encompasses this site lies along Scotland’s rugged western coast, about 30 miles south of Glasgow. It is a rustic landscape, one filled with rolling green hills and rock-strewn outcrops, a mere stone’s throw from the North Sea. For centuries, area residents have walked through this terrain keeping a sharp eye out for the unique “fossil pockets” that characterize the 437-million-year-old faunal deposits of this legendary locale. These pockets can yield well-preserved examples of starfish, crinoids, and bryzoans, in addition to the more than two dozen trilobite species found here. Lady Burn fossils are often preserved in either a sturdy brown or orange limonite that serves to both distinguish and highlight the locale’s array of rare trilobite species. These include the likes of Toxochasmops bissetti (photo), Paracybeloides girvanensis, and the giant cheirurid Hadromeros keisleyensis, which on occasion has yielded complete specimens 10 inches in length.

#trilobite #lady burn #scotland #natural history #amnh #american museum of natural history

[amnhnyc]

It's time for #TrilobiteTuesday! Ladyburn, Scotland has long been recognized as one of Europe's most famed and diverse Ordovician fossil localities. The area that encompasses this site lies along Scotland's rugged western coast, about 30 miles south of Glasgow. It is a rustic landscape, one filled with rolling green hills and rock-strewn outcrops, a mere stone's throw from the North Sea. For centuries, area residents have walked through this terrain keeping a sharp eye out for the unique “fossil pockets” that characterize the 437 million year old faunal deposits of this legendary locale. These pockets can yield well-preserved examples of starfish, crinoids and bryzoans, in addition to the more than two dozen trilobite species found here. The Ladyburn fossils are often preserved in either a sturdy brown or orange limonite that serves to both distinguish and highlight the locale's array of rare trilobite species. These include the likes of Toxochasmops bissetti, Paracybeloides girvanensis (photo) and the giant cheirurid Hadromeros keisleyensis, which on occasion has yielded complete specimens 10 inches in length. Learn more about trilobite research. 

#trilobite #Trilobite Tuesday #fossils