#omnidens

[fossillad123]

" you feel an urge to run away... "

[chameleocoonj]

more paleostream! omnidens, thaisaurus, koleken, and brachytrachelopan :)

[cyanogen-miasma]

Had the sudden idea of making a Hollow Knight/Silksong-style character based on Omnidens, a large panarthropod from the Early Cambrian.

[ppaleoartistgallery]

#Paleostream 25/05/2024

here are today's #Paleostream sketches!!!

today we drew Omnidens, Thaisaurus, Koleken, and Brachytrachelopan

[wyrdzpiral]

DAY 22 - ELDRITCH

How would Omnidens react to knowing they have fans? I tried a similar vibe to day 04 without being the exact same! Turns out I really like to draw like this. Ft.Opabinia!

[the-dragon-girl-27]

Late flocking doodles

Omnidens

Thaisaurus

Koleken

Brachytrachelopan

[yee-qi]

Perspectives #6

"Enter the Omnidens" Nectocaris/Vetulicola/Omnidens Cambrian, 519 million years ago, Maotianshan Shales (China) In Cambrian China, there existed the biggest beast of the Cambrian period, at a whopping *five feet long!* It was Omnidens: A giant lobopod that undoubtedly terrorized the seafloor, dwarfing practically every other organism it came across. During the Cambrian, eyes became commonplace. As such, I've decided to show bioluminescent bacteria, who now have an audience to witness their glow - which is what is attracting Omnidens to its prey; Vetulicola. We have no fucking idea what Vetulicola was, but seemingly eyeless, these individuals might not be aware that they're currently serving as a beacon for all to see. Omnidens isn't particularly agile, but nights like these when many Vetulicola gather are a bounty for it nonetheless. Trailing the Omnidens for scraps are two Nectocaris, strange mollusks that, oddly enough, were shell-less, converging on a bodyplan similar to cephalopods.

This is a part of my Perspectives series! You can find previous entries in #perspectives on my blog.

[crabounets]

Tales of Earth

5. Omnidens

Night. Ten thousand years have passed since our last visit to the ancient earth. The increased volcanic activity has shaken the biosphere since then. Depleted of oxygen the vast archaeocyatha reefs has disappeared. Even though the biosphere has mostly remained intact, the unstable environment had brought the ocean to the brink of starvation, and some species feel it more than others.

Meet omnidens, the largest predator of the Cambrian seas. Two meters in length, this distant relative of velvet worms has no rivals save from another omnidens. But with the great size comes great hunger, and now he can't satisfy it. In the desperate attempt to find food, he has moved closer to the shoreline, far from the usual hunting grounds in the open ocean. Unfortunately for him, the gulf appears lifeless. But omnidens doesn't rely on sight only. The receptors on his skin detect a faint smell nearby. He dives down, closer to the rocks on the sea bottom.

Behind them a small school of haikouichthys are standing still. One fish is the size of a thumb and it isn't hard for them to hide behind a small rock. Usually they would be too small for omnidens, but now he's looking for any food.

For a time it appears that the omnidens has passed by, without noticing them... Unfortunately, the danger didn't disappear. One lunge of the worm takes out two fishes which he eats immediately, several more follow their fate in the next attack. None will escape this slaughterhouse.

But even the whole school isn't enough to keep the omnidens full. He will spend this night desperately foraging the lagoon and if he's lucky enough move to the next one.