#extinct fish

[ppaleoartistgallery]

Megamastax

finally finished my Megamastax painting! started this one after the new material was described and let it simmer for a while

[dromaeosaurid]

"The deepwater cisco (below) was a herring-sized fish with large silvery scales and a short back or dorsal fin. It weighed about 1 kg (2.2 lb). The longjaw cisco (above) was a close relative with a streamlined body and snout."

From Extinct Underwater Creatures and Those in Danger of Extinction (1991) by Phillip Steele.

[randomanimaloftheday]

Day 346#: Gyrodus hexagonus

Today's animal of the day is Gyrodus hexagonus!

Photo credit: Haplochromis

This extinct species of fish lived during the Middle Jurassic and was a member of the order Pycnodontiformes. This order of ray-finned fish tended to have flat, circular bodies, which helped them to maneuver through the narrow nooks and crannies of coral reefs. There are currently three known species within the genus Gyrodus that each lived in different places at different times. Gyrodus hexagonus is the oldest known species and has been found in what is now Cuba and Germany. It was about 12 inches long and is believed to have been carnivorous, possibly feeding on hard-shelled creatures that it found along the reef floor. While G. hexagonus is believed to have died out sometime after the Oxfordian (the first age of the Late Jurassic), the genus Gyrodus would survive well into the Cretaceous period, making it one of the longest-lasting genera of pycnodont fish.

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Another sketch brought to you by #paleostream

Polymerichthys, one of the weirdest extinct fish that I know, note the central, forward curving row of teeth on the palate for example.

[fish-daily]

Can you draw a sacabambaspis, please?

fish 198 - sacabambaspis

[he-who-needs-to-be-silenced]

Euramerica submission 1

These two goobers are for the rhodophyte forest

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[sabrebash]

Tully Monsters (and trilobites)! Love these guys, funny weird extinct almost-fish. Tried really hard to emulate @everydaylouie​ ’s coloring on this one, he’s an inspiration.

[19881207061]

Eolactoria sorbinii

Eolactoria sorbinii