Lessiniabatis aenigmatica was a rather strange stingray.
It lived around 50-48 million years ago during the early Eocene, in a shallow warm sea covering what is now Italy, with its three known fossil specimens all coming from the fish-rich Monte Bolca fossil beds.
About 60cm long (~2'), it had a round pancake-like body similar to many modern seafloor-dwelling stingrays – but uniquely it was also almost tailless, with only a tiny, slender, stingless tail.
It wasn't a particularly strong swimmer, instead probably spending most of its time buried in the muddy seafloor sediment. When on the move it likely swam along just above the surface of the seafloor using undulations of its fins, foraging for smaller bottom-dwelling animals like worms, molluscs, crustaceans, and fish.
Here's a look at the wonderful pieces I got from @pikaole patreon shop!!!
I'm so excited to add these to my room and use the stickers in projects!! Definitely will be turning the jelly worms into a necklace and earrings set!!
Thank you so much Pikaole for creating such amazing pieces and inspiring me every day!
(my bf suprised me with the axolotl phone wallpaper and icon set for Christmas so your art is always with me)
Okay I saw @tj-crochets manta ray patterns and I was so excited about them I had to make one real quick 😅 I will admit I'm at my family's house and we don't have a printer so I had to free draw the pattern onto my fabric but it worked out pretty well! I will say 1- make sure to leave yourself enough room to turn the plushie because I did NOT and I had to rip some seams to get it to fit 😅 but here's my little sea flap flap!
Thank you so much TJ for having such a cute pattern available for free! I'm really looking forward to making another manta ray when I have more fabric to work with!
DARLINGS... MY SEA PANCAKE IS A REAL PLUSHIE!!! 💖🥹🥞💖 On January 30th I'll be starting up a Kickstarter for this lil' flap jack, so that anyone who wants to own their own sea pancake can! 💖🥞💖
Keep your eyes peeled for the project start announcement if you'd be interested! Reblogs are super appreciated! 💖🥞💖
A sweet little beast of the sea is here... and you can bring it home with you now! I have a very limited supply of these on my Storenvy... so come nab one while they're still here!!