Mar 10, 2025
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology…
Here's Tusoteuthis with and without bioluminescence, from my Western Interior Seaway mural 3, painted in 2021 for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.
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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology…
Here's Tusoteuthis with and without bioluminescence, from my Western Interior Seaway mural 3, painted in 2021 for the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.
The stem-octopod Enchoteuthis finishing its meal, a scaphitid ammonite. Some ammonite shells found with rear bite marks have been proposed to be victims of other cephalopod predators.
Enchoteuthis (often known by its synonym Tusoteuthis) has undergone a range of interpretations. I used Tyler Greenfield's reconstruction of the animal for reference. Under this model Enchoteuthis is an active pursuit predator similar to the Humboldt squid.
Enchoteuthis doodle
Tusoteuthis from ark survival evolved
Tusoteuthis are friend-shaped!
Inktober days 9-12 Swing: Miragaia and Lourinhanosaurus Pattern: Platecarpus and Tusoteuthis Snow: Nanuqsaurus Dragon: Cryodrakon Definitely a little late finishing and posting these but was bogged down by work a bit.
A humble attempt at representing different prehistoric, aquatic terrors- with an unfortunate diver for scale.
Hopefully I got the sizes right!
(Available on RedBubble)
Tusoteuthis with Megalodon.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw3DnaxUvCF675nhPWJfoWQ
I've been lost in the world of Ark: Survival Evolved and in the PS4 chat someone said they were having a few beers while riding the Tusoteuthis (big ass squid dudes) and me at 3am said: