#platyzilla

[extinctcreaturesdaily]

today's daily is: the obdurodon! (o. dicksoni)

[comixqueen]

Repostober 5! This is the Miocene platypus Obdurodon tharalkooschild, also known as Platyzilla!

March Mammal Madness 2021

[opellisms]

March Mammal Madness artwork from the Sea Beasties division!

-Aphrodite anthias round 1

-Lathe acteon round 1

-Obdurodon tharalkooschild AKA Platyzilla round 1

-Midgardia seastar round 1

-Didymoceras nebrascense ammonite round 2

-Vampire squid round 2

[comixqueen]

More March Mammal Madness art! With only two vertebrates, only one of which is a mammal... it happens some years. This is the Sea Beasties division (or, as it was known backstage at first, “Gods and Monsters of the Sea”)

Species list under the cut:

Vampire Squid

Glaucus atlanticus the Dragon Slug

Pink Vent Fish (Thermarces cerberus)

the Ammonite Didymoceras nebrascense

Midgardia xandaros

Obdurodon tharalkooschild, aka PLATYZILLA