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[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Trying to show or at least give a feeling of size in extinct animals can be tricky without a human next to the critter. That's why I made this quick second version of my Ichthyotitan piece. Size and shape is of course partially speculative. Take it with a grain of salt!

Based on the surangular I estimated a lower jaw length of roughly 4,5 meters.

#paleoart #sciart #paleostream #palaeoblr #triassic #ichtyotitan #ichthyosaur #diver

[alphynix]

Wukongopterus lii was a pterosaur that lived during the mid-to-late Jurassic, about 164 million years ago, in what is now northeastern China. It was fairly small, with a wingspan of around 70cm (~2'4"), and showed a mixture of anatomical features in-between the long-tailed short-headed 'rhamphorhynchoids' and the short-tailed long-headed pterodactyloids.

Its long jaws were lined with tiny pointed conical teeth, suggesting it was adapted for primarily feeding on insects. It also had a very slight overbite, with the first two pairs of teeth in its upper jaw protruding almost vertically over the end of its lower jaw.

As a fully mature adult it would have had a low bony crest on its head that probably supported a larger keratinous structure – similar to other known wukongopterids – although the exact size and shape is unknown since the one confirmed specimen of Wukongopterus is missing that particular part of its skull. Another fossil nicknamed "Ian" may represent a second individual of this species, showing a different crest arrangement further forward on its snout, so I've made two different versions of today's image to reflect that possibility.

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References:

Cheng, Xin, et al. "New information on the Wukongopteridae (Pterosauria) revealed by a new specimen from the Jurassic of China." PeerJ 4 (2016): e2177. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2177/supp-1

Garland, Nick. “Ian the Wukongopterid.” Pteros, https://www.pteros.com/pterosaurs/ian-the-wukongopterid.html

Wang, Xiaolin, et al. "An unusual long-tailed pterosaur with elongated neck from western Liaoning of China." Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 81 (2009): 793-812. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0001-37652009000400016

Wikipedia contributors. “Wukongopterus.” Wikipedia, 8 Dec. 2023, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wukongopterus

XuanYu Zhou 周炫宇. Anatomy, Systematics and Paleopathology of Pterosaurs: insights based on new specimens from China. 2023. Hokkaido University, PhD thesis. https://doi.org/10.14943/doctoral.k1560

#science illustration #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoblr #wukongopterus #wukongopteridae #monofenestrata #pterosaur #art

[rrhodes25]

For a page allegedly about paleoart, it's been a minute - have a Spinosaurus for your troubles

#sketch #palaeoblr #paleoart #paleontology #dinosaurs #my art #spinosaurus

[paleoart]

I just realized that apparently I never shared this series here on Tumblr??  

I call it Living Paintings, as they are recreations of extinct animals that some artists actually saw and painted from memory, a long time ago.

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#palaeoblr #paleoart #cave paintings #mammals #cenozoic #mammuthus #aurochs #horses #coelodonta #moa #cave lion #pelorovis #cave bear #megaloceros

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Below the poll is a series of animal images labeled A through J. A is the least close to the birds we have today; J is the closest. If you encountered these animals in the wild, which would you call birds? If you pick a higher up option, then that means you consider all the below ones birds as well - so if you pick A, then BCDEFGHIJ are all birds. If you pick J, only J is a bird.

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I:

J:

PLEASE REBLOG THIS SO IT CAN LEAVE PALAEOBLR. I NEED PEOPLE WHO DON'T RECOGNIZE THESE ANIMALS ON SIGHT TO VOTE.

I apologize to all of y'all with vision impairments for whom this poll is inaccessible. Alas, this is an experiment, and I cannot name the taxa. Thank you.

All alt text includes artist attribution; I did not make these pictures myself.

#palaeoblr #dinosaurs #birds #pterosaurs #prehistoric life #WHAT ARE BIRDS #bird political spectrum #taxonomy #classification #cladistics #phylogenetics

[kiabugboy]

POV: you went diving at night and spotted Ordovician nautiloids feasting on a eurypterid carcass, after a while the commotion has attracted the giants, Endoceratids slowly creeping into view

#illustration #art #paleo art #paleoart #palaeoblr #ordovician #palaeontology #nautilus #nautiloid #cephalopod #eurypterid #orthocone #trilobite #palaeozoic #endoceras #endoceratid

[dani-m-art]

Spinosaurus once again going for a swim

A watercolor/gouache painting that's going to be a bookmark probably

#spinosaurus #paleoart #palaeoart #palaeoblr #dinosaurs #dinosaur art #traditional art #painting #watercolor #gouache #art

[fishsfailureson]

TBH I think that Paleontologists should be allowed to fight private collectors who purchase any specimen that is incredibly valuable to science actually.

#anyone who has an ammonite shell or a tooth or something like that? perfectly fine #but if someone purchases an entire fucking skeleton of a Triceratops I am mauling them with my teeth. #Bitch if you want a dinosaur skeleton in your house just buy a fucking cast #paleontology #palaeoblr

[delyth-thomas-art]

Please help the National Museum Of Wales

Please sign the petition!!!!

You don't need to be living in Wales or the uk to sign.

#wales #welsh #museum #history #petition #signal boost #geology #paleontology #palaeoblr #support education #support history

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

The restaurant I went to tonight with friends had paper tablecloths and coloured pencils "for children to draw with". So I created some Fellows while waiting for pizza :)

Featuring Big Steppy the Edaphosaurus, King Chungo the Vast and Terrible the Cotylorhynchus, and Ramfy Rinkus the Rhamphorhynchus

#paleoart #palaeoblr #not dinosaurs #edaphosaurus #cotylorhynchus #rhamphorhynchus

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Please welcome Perucetus, the new - and largest- known archeoceti.

A whale of enormous proportions. While it's exact size and weight is certainly a matter of heated debates it was no doubt a really big boi. Here a quick sketch of it approaching a time traveler.

#sciart #paleoart #palaeoblr #whale #perucetus #basilosaurid

[barghest-land]

an angel 🌠 Iberodactylus

#barghestland #paleoland #paleoart #pterosaur #palaeoblr #art #artists on tumblr #if u think i cried drawing this you're right! i did

[stavrosskundromichalis]

Some hungry Abrictosaurus consors checking out a dried out river bed in Early Jurassic South Africa

#dinosaur #paleoart #illustration #paleontology #paleoillustration #paleoblr #palaeoblr #art #palaeontology #jurassic period #jurassic world #ornithischians #heterodontosaurid #south africa #lesotho #dinosauria

[paleoart]

Bob the Wheal

(Rodhocetus)

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#palaeoblr #paleoart #rodhocetus #mammals #cenozoic #beach #asia

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

How is the parasaurolophus used its horn for sound resonating idea seen nowadays?

100% the leading hypothesis. we've even modeled what the sound would be like

#parasaurolophus #dinosaurs #the brass band reptiles #palaeoblr #lambeosaurines

[kadalsaurus]

Baryonyx walkeri sketch

my attempt on baryonyx

#illustration #digital art #illustrators on tumblr #art #aesthetic #character art #animals #paleoart #dinosaur #palaeoblr #palaeontology #palaeoart #paleoblr #paleoartist #paleontology #palaeo stuff #fossil friday #baryonyx #spinosauridae #paleoarte #paleo art #sciart #scientific illustration