FossilLad123

he/him | 2D & 3D artist with an interest in Character Design | Paleontology Enthusiast | GameDev | https://fossillad123.carrd.co/

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Happy #PortfolioDay once again!

My name's Hayden and stylized creature modeling is my specialty. I'm available for commission work and looking for junior roles to grow my skills professionally!

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My pricelist for those interested in a model

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Pterodaustro guinazui

A small, bizarre pterosaur from early Cretaceous South America. A member of Ctenochasmatidae, a pterosaur group characterized by their filter feeding dentition. Using modified teeth on the bottom jaw and crushing teeth on the upper jaw, Pterodaustros sifted shallow waters feeding on small creatures. A feeding style similar to flamingos may have resulted in pink coloration.

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Megaraptor namunhuaiquii

The namesake of an enigmatic group of theropod dinosaurs. Megaraptors lived in late Cretaceous South America as a formidable pursuit predator.

Megaraptors possessed large arms & claws that it used to grab anything smaller than itself. Once caught, prey would be killed via jaws.

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[ Jiango ]

" Jiango has Auto Counter and a high critical rate. Because its support effect lowers allies' stats, however, it's best suited for an AZ position. "

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Stupendemys geographicus

The largest species of freshwater turtles to be discovered. It had a carapace length of 2m and an estimated weight of half a ton. The horns on the shell have been hypothesized to be used in ritualistic shoving matches in similar fashion to modern tortoises.In 2021, a skull was found and it reveals that Stupendemys was a generalist feeder.

This turtle shared its environement with several large crocodilians such as Purussaurus, Mourasuchus, and Gryposuchus. Coexisting with these predators may have put pressure on the turtles to grow larger.

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Tiktaalik roseae

Lobe-finned fish from the late Devonian. A transitional animal showing the beginnings of the wrist. Tiktaalik lacked the bony plates near the gill region that would restrict head movement. This would give it more flexibility to look around as one of the earliest known animals to have a neck. Tiktaalik laid on the bottom of waterways and capture prey like the crocodyliforms that would come later.

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YAA happy birthday, @fossillad123! Have a Tarma to celebrate :)

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Getting so dang old now, becoming a fossil like these guys

it's me birthday (I'm 25 now)

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Otodus megalodon

The largest shark to have existed thus far. A truly monstruous predator from the Miocene that mainly fed on a variety of whales. Recent studies show that its body might've been slenderer than just having a Great White Shark body plan. This would help it cruise more efficiently across the ocean.

Megalodons (and its rival Livyatan) are proposed to be on a higher trophic level than most extant predators. Macroraptorial sperm whales such as Zygophyseter would've likely fallen victim.

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Torvosaurus tanneri

A very large theropod dinosaur from the late Jurassic. It would've been the apex predator with only real competition from the absolute largest species of Allosaurus & others of its kind.

Torvosaurus may have specialized in opening up sauropod carcasses using its strong forelimbs and teeth.

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Ceratosaurus nasicornis

A medium sized theropod dinosaur from late Jurassic North America. Notable for the nasal horn atop its snout. It would've been the smallest of the big carnivores in its environment. It had to compete against Allosaurus and Torvosaurus.

Fossils preserve a row of osteoderms that ran down the neck to the tail. Ceratosaurus may have specialized in hunting small dinosaurs using its rather long teeth, dispatching them quickly in a similar fashion to big cats.

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Allodesmus demerei

Allodesmus was a Miocene seal that could grow up to 8ft in length and weigh up to 800lbs (360 kg). They belonged to a now extinct lineage of pinnipeds. We don't have enough evidence to say they are more related to eared or to earless seals, so the ear pinnae are a speculative feature.

We know that Allodesmus had sexual dimorphism like other seal species. The canines on bulls were large and strong suggesting that they fought for and defended their harems from rivals.

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HAVE YOU DONE A DEINOCHEIRUS MODEL YET?

I have not yet, neither for my paleo collection nor Cheirus from Fossil Fighters

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Torosaurus latus

A large ceratopsian dinosaur from late Cretaceous North America. A close relative of Triceratops with many arguing they were the same animal at one point. The holes in the frill that lightened the skull are enough of a difference to differentiate the genus.

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Rhomaleosaurus cramptoni

A large plesiosaur from the early Jurassic. Alongside the ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus, both acted as apex predators hunting ammonites, ichthyosaurs, and other plesiosaurs. Like sharks, Rhomaleosaurus used sensory organs in its skull to pick up chemical trails giving it a tremendous sense of smell.

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Liopleurodon ferox

A large headed pliosaur from the late Jurassic. Noted for its gargantuan size in the documentary Walking with Dinosaurs, it could grow to a more modest ~30ft.

It was an ambush hunter that targeted sizeable fish, cephalopods, and other marine reptiles.

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Therizinosaurus cheloniformis

A very large theropod from late Cretaceous Asia. When it was first discovered, people thought the remains belonged to a rather large genus of turtle. Later findings solidified it as a heavily armed enormous herbivorous dinosaur. The claws have been proposed as a tool to rake leaves/branches and as a form of protection from the apex predator Tarbosaurus.