#eilenodon

[252mya]

Stegosaurus features in this illustrated diorama of a scene at the Morrison Formation, from the Jurassic in the United States. Design by Stieven Van der Poorten sulc.us/morristego

[sargassos]

For Dinovember, day 18, I have another double post, and they aren’t even dinosaurs 😅 Originally I wasn’t going to devote full pages to pterosaurs. Not on purpose, they just hadn’t come up when I did my thumbnails and layout. But then my pages didn’t match up in a printable way, and while I’m sure I probably missed a few dinosaur species, I decided on this instead. I mean, there will be marine reptiles at the end of the book, why not some flying reptiles too?

For the first one, this little Eilenodon better hope that sunning kepodactylus doesn’t notice it. Maybe the pterosaur won’t be a bother, but why take the chance? Get moving!

Second picture for today, there be fish in these waters, and close enough for these dermodactylus to easily snatch some up.

Only single page posts going forward, but I should have just enough to finish out the month!

EDIT, 1/11/22: This entire Dinovember series has been compiled and is now available for purchase on Gumroad! The pages can be printed, or thrown into a digital program! Check it out HERE!

[pavel-nosok]

This Ancient Reptile Is Not a Lizard. Don’t Call It a Lizard

This Ancient Reptile Is Not a Lizard. Don’t Call It a Lizard

150 million years ago, a prehistoric reptile unlike modern lizards slinked around what is now Wyoming. An ancient rhynchocephalian, the insect-eating animal’s discovery could shed light on the persistence of its living relative, the tuatara. Read more…

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Eilenodon robustus is an extinct genus of sphenodont reptile from the Late Jurassic Morrison Formation of western North America. It was a member of a group of sphenodonts called opisthodonts, which were large, herbivorous members of Rhynchocephalia, the order of reptiles which contains the modern tuatara (Sphenodon).

Reconstruction by Bob Nicholls, paleocreations.com