Evan Johnson-Ransomさんのイラストまとめ

#Anorith & #Armaldo resemble #Anomalocaris, as well as having the eyes and feather-like protrusions of a brine shrimp. Armaldo also shares physical traits with #theropod dinosaurs.

#Lileep & #Cradily may be based on crinoids, relatives of #starfish and other echinoderms, which were thought to be extinct, as well as possibly sea anemone.

#Aerodactyl is based on #pterosaurs, specifically #rhamphorhynchids, a family of toothed #pterosaurs, as opposed to #Pteranodon. Picture Aerodactyl as a giant horned rhamphorhynchus. Artwork by @arvalis.

#Kabuto’s design consists of a mix between a #trilobite and the still-living (considered a living fossil) horseshoe crab. #Kabutops has a head similar to the trilobite’s cephalon, but it more resembles #eurypterids, prehistoric arthropods that hunted in the seas.

#Omanyte & #Omastar are both based on #ammonite, with the former’s name being an anagram of ammonite.

During our #CornerstonesInPaleontology meeting, the @OSUVertPaleo faculty briefly discussed speculative evolution & mentioned the speculative evolutionary routes that #rabbits and other animals would have underwent as seen in the illustrations by Dougal Dixon. #FossilFriday

Happy discovery day and #fossilfriday to @SCOTTYtheTREX, the largest #tyrannosaurus. Today marks the anniversary of when Scotty was discovered. Artwork by Beth Zaiken

This is a close-up of an embryonic skeleton of the dinosaur Massospondylus from a clutch of eggs at the 190-million-year-old nesting site found in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in South Africa. Artwork by @paleofan #FossilFriday

7. People ask why the bones of @SUEtheTrex are colored reddish brown. This is the result of iron and iron oxide entering the bones turning the skeleton into fossilized bone. This indicates that Sue’s corpse was near a body of water. #FossilFriday #FactsAboutSue #Tyrannosaurus