One day I decided to read a wonderful book by Soviet paleontologist Yuri Orlov "In the World of Ancient Animals" ("В мире древних животных" in Russian), and more specifically, a chapter about the Upper Permian animals of the Volga region and the Northern Dvina. And, inspired by the "segment" about the Isheevo fauna (the "middle" Permian of Tatarstan), he made these sketches with a red brush. Dinocephalians are depicted here - predatory Titanophoneus potens (full-grown young and portrait of an adult), herbivorous Ulemosaurus svijagensis (full-grown and portrait) and specialized (possibly on fish with dense scales) predator Syodon efremovi (portrait). In addition to them, the anomodont Ulemica invisa is depicted on the upper right, a primitive relative of dicynodonts with crushing teeth, long known as the second Venjukovia species.
Paint Tool Sai 2.0, 2024.
