#paleocene

[o-craven-canto]

Gotta love the mammals of the Paleocene, living in a world just emptied out of its giants, figuring out how to fill the niches of great hunters and browsers that had never belonged to mammals before. Extreme "perfectly generic Beast" energy, too

(top row: Chriacus, Phenacodus, Taeniolabis; bottom row: Barylambda, Protungulatum, Stylinodon, all pics from Wikipedia)

[tmkeesey]

“Mamma’s Children”, the back cover for Paleocene #6.

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[knuppitalism-with-ue]

And here the result of the Hornerstown Formation #paleostream! This formation was deposited from the late Maastrichtian to the early Paleocene and has direct evidence of the K-Pg impact preserved. Perfect to have a moody piece like this, something that I wanted to do for a while

As such we decided against yet another Cretaceous piece and instead opted to show you the Danian part of the formation, not long after the extinction event. Thousands of years after the impact the storms at the coast of New Jersey reveal the subfossil remains of Mesozoic giants.

For me the most interesting parts of this fauna were the many sharks and rays as well the fragmentary but diverse bird community. On top of that we have an interesting invertebrate fauna with potential evidence a few ammonites making it past the K-Pg boundary.

As this piece is set in the shallows i wasn't really able to add in a few of the larger survivors, but in this case the vibe was more important to me than completeness. Feel free to use this size chart by Discord member Montana to create your own compositions ;)

[darkmasterofdragons]

Februsaury Day 5: South Island Adzebill

As far as my research told me these guys have no living descendants for me to take plumage inspiration from so I just made up some markings <3 Love the beaks on these guys

Graphite on Mixed Media paper

@a-dinosaur-a-day

Image ID: A realistic graphite drawing of an extinct South Island Adzebill from the neck up. The bird has a large domed beak that comes together in a sharp point. Dark feathers run from the top of its head onward while lighter feathers line its underside. A white oval marking surrounds its eye separated by a strip of dark feathers between it and its bottom jaw. 5 white stripes which get progressively longer from top to bottom creep up from the white underside partway into the dark feathers on the back of its neck. To the left handwritten text reads,"Februsaury Day 5 - South Island Adzebill - Aptornis Defossor - Late Pleistocene" and separately the handwritten artists signature is at the left base of the birds neck which reads,"Xavier Daigle 2026.". END ID.

[albertonykus]

Looking for more original stories about prehistoric animals? How about a post-apocalyptic tale about our primate ancestors trying to survive after the end-Cretaceous mass extinction? The second-to-last issue of @tmkeesey's Paleocene comic has only 1 week left to get funded on Kickstarter, so please consider supporting!

[transparentfossil]

1.6" Fossil Leaf (Archeampelos) - Montana

[makairodonx]

It’s time to give the animals of the Cenozoic a day in the limelight…

[weaselbonez]

My first time opening paleoart commissions! Please be sure to read everything, all information and more examples here (my current examples for poses/scenes/etc. are not very diverse but I can definitely do different things for commissions). Please ask questions if you’re unsure of anything! One slot open right now.

Currently collecting form submissions for review, slot taker will be chosen at my discretion after a few forms are submitted and work will be started soon after. Thanks for considering!