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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 2d

Dust flies and wood breaks under the titanic efforts of two Scallop Nuns, the largest land animals of Lemuria. Their home are the open woodlands, which they formed in part themselves as they constantly topple smaller trees. This open up the landscape for grasses and ferns and...

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 23h

my most evil creation... the disgraceful tube is in!

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 4d

Newtonsaurus investigates a peculiar structure held in place by coastal sediments.

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Liz Furman @loamlizzard.bsky.social · 6d

Homotherium labeled skull diagram. I made this for an online vertebrate anatomy illustration class I'm taking right now, where we were assigned to draw a labeled felid skull.

#homotherium #cat #skull #paleontology #paleoart

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 5d

The huge Deinocheirus in its habitat. Illustration I did for the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum in Japan

In this illustration you can see a scene set in Late Cretaceous Asia where an adult Deinocheirus is scaring away a pair of young Tarbosaurus

#paleoart #dinosaur #art

Illustration depicting three Deinocheirus in a Late Cretaceous swamp. The one of the front is chasing a way a pair of juvenile Tarbosaurus in the foreground

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 11d

Akidostropheus, a uniquely ornamented reptile from Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park.

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 12d

Grendelius alekseevi #Ichthyursday week 12

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 19d

Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis
#Ichthyursday week 11

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Ian Baylatry @thepeanutpal.bsky.social · 19d

Zavacephale

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 22d

my funny bird made it in!

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 23d

Apparently I forgot to post this one!
From the coast we go ever inward! The Mangrove forests of Lemuria consist largely of Nypa palms that grow along and in the waterways.
Meet the weirdos of this green cathedral, with semi-aquatic sirenians, climbing crocs and tons of fish and birds.

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 23d

Where the rivers meander into huge wetlands and lakes in the lowlands the light is often blocked out by enormous floating mats of grass. These grass rafts are a huge, diverse habitat even with it's own endemic species of whale.

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 25d

Karstic stone forests are a rare habitat these days but the exposed former carbonate platform of Lemuria is an ideal ground for this habitat to form. Its a paradise for many small critters and specialized weirdos, some of which you can see here.

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 25d

Sister of the Void
#hollowknight #silksong

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 26d

Phalarodon fraasi
#Ichthyursday week 10

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · Sep 14

my silly little whale is here!

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · Sep 12

Guizhouichthyosaurus tangae #Ichthyursday week 9

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · Sep 9

my bald son made it in!

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · Sep 8

The second habitat we visit in Lemuria Phase 2 are the snail reefs, a community largely supported by colonies of vermetid snails and encrust over rocks all along the coast. Between the entwined shells and rigid tubes you can find a unique fauna from weird little sharks...

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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · Sep 8

The first two pieces of Lemuria Phase II are done and here you get the coral reefs! An incredibly crowded mess of sessile and mobile critters trying to get by.
One of my whales also sometimes visits here but since it's 11 m long I only show it's lower jaw/skull here...

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · Sep 5

Eurhinosaurus quenstedti #Ichthyursday week 8

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · Sep 3

Kostensuchus, a terrestrial hypercarnivore distantly related to modern crocodilians.

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · Aug 30

Doodle from yesterday's flocking #paleostream featuring Spicomellus!

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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · Aug 29

Cymbospondylus youngorum
#Ichthyursday week 7

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Liz Furman @loamlizzard.bsky.social · Aug 25

Another pipe cleaner pterosaur commission - Thalassodromeus! If you would like to commission your own pterosaur, shoot me a DM! Starting at $15 + shipping.

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