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I found some time this evening to finish this off. As promised, here's the coloured version of Axelrodichthys araripensis! I went with a greenish-grey colouration since this species was likely frequenting the brackish and coastal waters of the Lower Cretaceous Araripe Basin.

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2021-07-13

I always find it hard to pick favorites but lately pretty into Tricerichthys

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2021-06-28

Bianchengichthys micros, a new maxillate placoderm from southern China described by . It, along with a few other placoderms, suggests that the origin of all eugnathostomes might be from Vietnam and southern China.
Reconstruction by Qiuyang Zheng.

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2021-06-23

i know for a fact i goofed up the anatomy but i love the panderichthys i drew look at his happy little face

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2021-06-22

The animals featured here are coral\Heliofungia actiniformis, sexy shrimp/Thor Amboinensis, and Mushroom Coral Pipefish\Siokunichthys nigrolineatus

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2021-06-05

Kicking off this with 's prompt list that included all sorts of prehistoric aquatic creatures. This is Haikouichthys, considered one of the first true fish, having lived 535 million years ago!

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2021-05-02

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.

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2021-04-21

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.

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2021-04-21

The head is stout, supported by robust skull inspired by the wolf eel (Anarrhichthys ocellatus), sporting a lot of muscle attachments and heterodont dentitions, this guy can deliver nasty crushing bite

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2021-04-09

Sharing this amazing pectoral fin girdle of the clingfish genus Barrichthys, from Kevin Conway's 2019 ZooKeys paper. Obsessed with the sutures connecting pectoral fin radials 1–4.

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2021-03-26

Titanichthys agassizi is a giant, extinct fish that is thought to be a filter feeder.

(Credit: Satoshi Kawasaki)

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2021-03-13

On this we done:
- An Pink Translucid Haikouichthys
- Dead Gyrosteus in the Beach
- Cryodrakon in the Ivan Seal style
- Sinraptor in the Ivan Seal Style

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2021-02-27

Results from flocking together! Haikouichthys, Gyrosteus, Sinraptor and Cryodrakon.

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2021-02-27

I just happened to be working on some fish during
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.

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2021-02-22