#ulemosaurus

[daily-mspaint-paleoart]

15/08/2025 Ulemosaurus

[ildarotyrannus]

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.

[dromaeosaurid]

"In the foreground, the primitive dinocephalian, Titanophoneus carries a small anomodont, Venjukovia, in its mouth. In the distant clearing, a group of herbivorous dinocephalians, Ulemosaurus, cautiously watch the predator prance by as they remain basking in the sun. These theraspids are known from Zone Two of Russia. In the foreground are branches of the tree-like horsetail, Calamites. The approximate length of Titanophoneus is 2 m (6 1/2 ft), Venjukovia 1 m (3 ft), and Ulemosaurus 3 m (10 ft)."

From Dinosaurs: A Global View (1990) by Sylvia J. Czerkas & Stephen A. Czerkas. Illustrated by Douglas Henderson, Mark Hallett, John Sibbick.

[dinodorks]

Artistic reconstruction of a pair of Ulemosaurus svijagensis.