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@prehistorywiki The Spinosaurus aegyptiacus neotype (FSAC-KK 11888)
Nothing else even comes close
Contrary to what the old Twitter crop might want you to believe. I actually draw whole dinosaurs. Not just their tails.
Not a lot is known about Kem Kem flora, especially the aquatic plants. Large lilypads have been found, but what plants were present underwater? We do know there were trees around so I chose to depict some dead ones at the bottom of the river.
The croc in the background is Laganosuchus, a really weird critter. It also appeared in the background of a previous Kem Kem drawing I did but I chose to draw it again, simply because I just love it's pancake face.
Other fish visible in this drawing are a gar (Obaichthys africanus) and a polypterid. Of the polypterid all we have are two jaw fragments, and one of those isn't even from the Kem Kem. Phylogenetic bracketing is a paleontologist's best friend.
A potential prey item for Spinosaurus is Axelrodichthys. (Previously known as Mawsonia.) I considered drawing Onchopristis but we've seen plenty of those already so I chose to draw the next best thing.
@tyrannoraptoran Albian-Cenomanian North Africa has some really bizarre and diverse lifeforms. There are many largely unexplored formations that bear fossils from and around this time period that can give insight in how this complex place and it's inhabitants evolved over millions of years.
I just happened to be working on some fish during #FossilFishWeek
Here's a sneek peek of a larger piece I'm working on.
Axelrodichthys, although the ones from the Kem Kem Group were previously known as Mawsonia.
#paleoart