#placodus

[boobookittenartblog]

Placodus

A species of marine reptile (order Placodontia) from middle Triassic Europe and China. It could reach a length of up to 2 m. and had a stocky body with a long tail. It was a shellfish eater that used its specialised forward pointing incisors to grip and pluck things like bivalves and crustaceans off the sea floor.

Artwork by JA Chirinos

[antiqueanimals]

"Placodus gigas measured about 8½ feet and had curious teeth, a short neck, a long, thin tail, and a triangular body . It hunted for its food on the bed of the Triassic seas, among bivalves, snails, and cephalopods."

Prehistoric Sea Monsters. Written by Dr. Josef Augusta. Illustrated by Zdeněk Burian. 1966.

Internet Archive

[justgoji]

Placodus remake

[sinasinasinas]

Irritator

Placodus

[tadpoles-yay]

results from the flocking together #paleostream

Placodus, Prodryas persephone (as a caterpillar), Avicranium T-posing like a Tamandua and Tyrannomimus wanting to smex the you who is a confused and scared early therizinosaur, as in this doodle i made afterwards

[horrible-lizards]

Placodus, 1988

[veloci-raptor]

The Return of Flocking

Placodus/Prodryas

Avicranium/Tyrannomimus

[vickysaurus]

Placodus, one of the first marine reptiles of the Triassic.