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Results from the Ocher sub-assemblage zone! This was our first look into the Permian of Russia. The Russian Permian was for the longest time the biggest influence on our idea of this period, besides the red beds in the US. Never the less we rarely think of these formations etc.

As communities of organisms. Single taxa are well known, like Estemmenosuchus or later in the Permian Scutosaurus, but what these charismatic animals lived with and in what environment is rarely discussed or shown. The fossils are preserved in high energy streams coming from...

the nearby Paleo-Ural. This community was found in copper rich sediments which is probably the reason we have so much material in the first place, as this region of Russia has some intense mining activities.

This forests consisted of conifers but also ginkgophytes with ferns and peltosperms forming the undergrowth while large horsestails grew along the river edges. Estemmenosuchus seems to be the most common large herbivore/omnivore here with whole bone beds full of specimens.

But beyond that we have a fauna dominated by smaller herbivores, a surprising number of medium sized temnospondlys and yes, Biarmosuchus, that could grew to massive sizes. Discord member Eru, who put this size chart together also grouped here a bunch of taxa that might fall into the better known genera but are currently standing on shaky legs. Many of this finds are historical and in dire need of revisions or a second opinion.

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Estemmenosuchus uralensis an early omnivorous therapsid that lived during the middle Permian in Russia.It had a sprawling posture and could reach a body length of more than 4 meters.

Artwork by Sergey Krasovskiy

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Estemmenosuchus Mirabilis

"Marvelous Crowned Crocodile"

My next little project for my paleoart was Estemmenosuchus Mirabilis. It is arguably one of the two species of the Estemmenosuchus genus, the other being Uralensis.

E. Mirabilis was the smaller of the two species, but wielded a more impressive crown of horns atop its head. In my art I had really pushed for that crown to be larger, taking inspiration from moose and their horns, as I was always dissatisfied with the routes other people took. These would often lead E. Mirabilis to look like it had a set of testicles on either sides of its head.

All around, I just wanted to really give my take on a look that was more appealing to what could be an attractive boy.

funny hippo crocodile moose boy.

I have full unintelligible insane ramblings of my research and design process over on my ko-fi accessible with any contribution done for my account :)