#edoceras

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An Endoceras orthocone descends upon an unsuspecting Pseudogygites trilobite. While they are often reconstructed swimming sideways, recent studies have shown orthocones actually swam upright in the water column, so I drew them more like a claw game, grabbing prey from the sea floor.

#edoceras #pseudogygites #orthocone #endocerid #asaphid #cephalopod #trilobite #arthropod #cw: bugs #tubulate coral #bryozoa #brachiopod #ordovician #paleoart #palaeoblr #paleoblr #this trilobite has actually been found with an orthocone having taken a bite out of it