#pikaia

[scuddlez]

Cambrian critter cookies

[fossillad123]

waiting for my cambrian pikachu clone

[ravewing]

cambrian period dashboard simulator

redlichiida-realdeactivated0455414

petition to ban anomalocarises from the local sandbar. theyre so fucking big and it's freaking everyone out and me personally ion want a trilobite muncher looming over me when im trying to have a drink.

🪲 trillybite17 Follow

they dont call them the ABNORMAL shrimp for nothing, they're fucking weird

🎸 punkrock-halluci Follow

No, you know what petition needs to be started? One to get rid of ignorant bigots like you. Have you ever SEEN an Anomalocaris ever eat– let alone ATTACK– a trilobite? No, you haven't. Because they DON'T EAT TRILOBITES. Do some fucking research before you say shit like this.

⚜️ splendidmarrella Follow

fyi if you get rid of anomalocarises from public spaces then you will quite literally starve. you know those dead soft-bodied organisms yall scavenge and eat? yeah anomalocaris is the one providing those for you. as a scavenger myself i have been personally impacted by loss of food due to unfair treatment of anomalocarises that have forced them to leave the shallows that i live in and let me tell you eating detritus and nothing else is literally awful. please think twice before you post something prejudiced like this.

🩶 pleurae71 Follow

common hallucigenia + marrella W

ignore the OP, i promise most of us trilobites aren't like them- i don't even know why this is a debate. i guarantee they've never stepped outside of their little rock cave in their life

🌀 xcorynexospikesx Follow

LMFAOO they deactivated☠️

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🫧 cambripuns Follow

What do you call a Hurdiidae without any eyes? A Hurddae!

♟️vampeytoia Follow

actually you'd call it 'uncle maximilien' because my uncle maximilien was hatched with no eyes

💼 stanley-shrimp Follow

Valerie, you and I both know damn well that you do not have an "Uncle Maximilien," let alone one with no eyes. Stop lying on the internet and stop leaving your soft-bodied organism carcasses on my front sandbed. It smells putrid.

♟️ vampeytoia Follow

wow ok mr fun police. just go and piss on my parade like that

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👾 fiveeyedcoolguy Follow

giys i.m tripping bals rn lol. shuld not hv eaten tge 'detritus " browni e from the hallucigna.. i saw thr magic anomllcrais

🪱 pinkpikaiapage Follow

What?? Elaborate

👾 fiveeyedcoolguy Follow

He told me a prophecy

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🦐 apexshrimpy Follow

she cambrian on my period till i explosion

#anomalo talks #misc tag #is this hash tag funny or no?

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🎸 punkrock-halluci Follow

thinking about dying my spikes again. what color should i get?

🍢 leancho852 Follow

Do magenta to match your skateboard!!

🎸 punkrock-halluci Follow

ohh that's actually really smart thanks🙏

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🪨 shalesifters Follow

Best landmass?

Gondwana

Laurentia

Siberia

Baltica

Voting ended onFeb 8, 2024

🧽 the-odontogriphus767 Follow

yo wtf. none of these fuck the landmasses. we're all in the ocean for a REASON

🦪 biofilmer08 Follow

Hey, actually, a few other molluscs and I browse on the microbial biofilm :)

♟️ vampeytoia Follow

🤓

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🕸️ arthropodstemz Follow

reblog if u get around by undulating ur lateral lobes

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📜 g-wiwaxia Follow

Did anyone else happen to see @shalesifters poll on the landmasses (followed by the reblog of the mollusc)? I'd like to think that I was born in the wrong generation. I should have been able to experience the joys of being a land-dweller. I may just have grown tired of being in the ocean every day; quite frankly I just want some sort of change or reform (especially considering the incredulous prices of jellyfish nowadays...)

#Rant #I hope you guys get the idea. I expect some (likely a copious amount of, actually) hate for this one, but regardless I thought that I'd share my thoughts here #I'd like to move to Laurentia

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📸 daily-cambrian-pics Follow

⚜️ splendidmarrella Follow

omg thats me on the bottom in the middle! @romip51212 @kookykootenia look its us from earlier today

🫑 kookykootenia Follow

Woah whatt this is actually crazy

🍤 romip51212 Follow

yo i look rad in that.. changing my header immediately

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🦂 radiodont-radiostatic Follow

DNI if you support any of the anti-anomalocaris propaganda that's circling around. Sick and tired of the twisted lies that are being spread on here. I won't stand for the slandering of my brethren.

#static speaks #dni #will not hesitate to block and report any of you bigoted assholes

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🪼 jlyfsgh224256 Follow

q

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🍌 nectocarisking69420 Follow

I FUCKING LOVE DETRITUS

🍌 nectocarisking69420 Follow

Yo wtf was i on last night

🍢 leancho852 Follow

You were speaking your truth king. Don't hold back

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🪸 see-you-lagerstatte Follow

thought too long about the big white orb beyond the surface and broke down crying. What to do about this?

#why is it there?????? what is it???? #please im going insane over this

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🐾 catboycanadaspis Follow

born to say "nya!" and meow. forced to consume the coarse particles found on the sediment surface

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🌊 tidal-trilobite Follow

hey has anyone else noticed that it's been harder to breathe lately or is it just me? can't afford to go to the doctor for an exam rn

🦀 clackyappendages Follow

I thought that it was just me! I might sound crazy but have there been less archaeocyathids lately??

🐚 sand-muncher-757 Follow

i've had TWO neighbors pass away from hypoxia in the past month, definitely have noticed the breathing issues too. also i havent seen an archaeocyathid in so long either. so weird😬😬

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[the-supernerd]

PaléoDex #0001 - Pikiyoi, the Transparent Pokemon!

One of the oldest known Pokémon in the fossil record, Pikiyoi is a very simple creature, with few organs to speak of, and only one life stage. Dating back to the Spiculan Period (~500 Ma), numerous fossils seem to indicate that it was quite common, with the most common consensus being that they were social Pokémon with similarities to the modern Pokémon Pikachu. The original discoverers, therefore, believed that the two shared a close ancestor-descendant relationship. However, subsequent discoveries revealed that the Pokémon had only superficial similarities, including the cheek-like structures that store electrical charge. These are not derived characteristics, but convergently evolved ones, with Pikiyoi's being similar in function and far more primitive in structure. Some have theories that Pikachu's own cheek pouches are actually an atavistic throwback, resurrecting this dynamic adaptation for a stronger and more prominent function. Based on Fossil Resurrection, many things have been discovered about Pikiyoi, including its closer relationship to the Tynamo line than most other Pokémon. Additionally, we now know that these aquatic Pokémon are quite shy and solitary, and can import a decent charge to predators with its stored electricity. As planktonivores, they have a simple physiology and metabolism that scientists are still unraveling. Many scientists have also compared it to members of the Solosis line, to which it is quite similar in physiological and anatomical limitations.

Inspirations: Pikaia gracilens, lancelets, Pikachu

Hello! I've been taking a pretty extended break from Pokémon artwork and Fakémon crafting in recent days (lots of life stuff), but I'm starting this new project slowly and steadily with this creation! As for what the project is: In the PaléoDex (yes, the accent is unnecessary, but fun), we focus not on a region in space, but several throughout time! Imagine if, in the world of Pokemon, an old technology was refined…and perfected. Rather than restoring fossils with portions of their mineralization kept in tact through their typing, here we assume a true Fossil Resurrector exists. Now, not only can we see extinct Pokemon as they were in the ancient past, but we can also see several new Pokemon that could never be put through the Restoration process. Ichnofossils, imprints, eggs, etc. now have the possibility of being seen. Thus, we begin as far back in time as we can go: ~500 Ma, in the Spiculan Period (equivalent to our Cambrian period).

So, stay tuned for more from the PaleoDex, and let me know if there are any species you’d like to see!

What is the PaleoDex? In the PaléoDex (yes, the accent is unnecessary, but fun), we focus not on a region in space, but several throughout time! Imagine if, in the world of Pokemon, an old technology was refined…and perfected. Rather than restoring fossils with portions of their mineralization kept in tact through their typing, here we assume a true Fossil Resurrector exists. Now, not only can we see extinct Pokemon as they were in the ancient past, but we can also see several new Pokemon that could never be put through the Restoration process. Ichnofossils, imprints, eggs, etc. now have the possibility of being seen. Thus, we begin as far back in time as we can go: ~500 Ma, in the Spiculan Period (equivalent to our Cambrian period).

#0001 - Pikyoi, the Transparent Pokemon! #0002 - Jellucigen, the Deceptive Pokemon!

[alex-fictus]

Cambrian Critters!

Anomalocaris - Opabinia - Wiwaxia

Canadaspis - Haikoucaris - Hurdia

Myllokunmingia - Conodont - Haikouichthys

Pikaia gracilens - Hallucigenia - Eldonia

Elrathia kingii - Marella - Paradoxides

Pomatrum - Helicoplacus - Vetuicola

Stickers || Phone Wallpapers Masterlist

Planned or in the works: Cambropachycope, Amplectobelua, Stanleycaris, Balhuticaris, Kylinxia, Chancellorid, Omnidens

[maple-altispinax23]

An assortment of Prehistoric critters!

Boyacasaurus sumercei

Supersaurus vivianae

Pikaia gracilens

Cyclomedusa davidi

Spriggina floundersi

[barghest-land]

sketches from flocking!! torukjara, pikaia (kissing worms... ahh), koreanosaurus and istiodactylus

[cypressure]

Flocking 6/14/24 -- Koreanosaurus + Pikaia + Istiodactylus + Turokjara