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[taphonomenon]

Hi

I am an amateur illustrator who mainly does paleoart and creature design

I will also be writing short blog posts here in the near future

If you see this post reblog or reply with your own art so I can follow you!

Cheers,

Taphonomenon

[uncharismatic-fauna]

Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Imagine getting pregnant with dodecuplets. Now imagine carrying those 12 children for almost a year before giving birth. Now imagine each individual embryo has its own placenta. That's what pregnancy is like for the Brazilian guitarfish, or raia-viola! Females mate in March, but the embryos don't start growing until December when she moves to warmer waters. By the time they're born, the pups are about 29 cm (11 in) long-- almost half the size of their mother!

(Image: A specimen of Brazilian guitarfish () caught for research purposes, by Otto Gadig)

[ppaleoartistgallery]

Oreinorema

enter: the new lobopodian Oreinorema

the paper which described this animal made some very bold claims about its anatomy and phylogenetic position. others have questioned these interpretations after looking at the scans used. as always more research is needed

[petitepaleoartist]

new radiodont new art :P

[scienceskink]

Dimetrodon, everyone's favourite not-a-dinosaur

[taphonomenon]

A bunch of pterosaurs

[taphonomenon]

Suchomimus with a little bit of excreted salt on its snout

[taphonomenon]

Spinosaurus sneezing salt

An avian like interpretation to contrast the reptilian one in the reblog

[notryvn]

— Furred Psittacosaurus

Had a blast drawing this lad, character does not belong to me!

[taphonomenon]

Elf rider and Mastodon

[dankxsinatra]

[roxylalonde]

[taphonomenon]

Suchomimus with a little bit of excreted salt on its snout

[kuromi-hoemie]

stoner tip #32

everyone's body is a little different. take one edible every five minutes until you feel something

[emeraldwhale]

okay

[emeraldwhale]

nothings happening

[emeraldwhale]

i am afraifd

[taphonomenon]

Playable D&D races if Wizards of the Coast weren't cowards

[matt-mercer-unofficial]

I would write that supplement.

[taphonomenon]

I would buy that supplement if you wrote it

[taphonomenon]

drew a T. rex

[taphonomenon]

drew a T. rex

[taphonomenon]

Playable D&D races if Wizards of the Coast weren't cowards

[taphonomenon]

drew a T. rex

[taphonomenon]

Chimera Ant Extermination Team

[taphonomenon]

Chimera Ant Extermination Team

now in color