Palaeoloxodon namadicus, named by Falconer and Cautley, 1846. Or Asian straight-tusked elephant from India (where it was first discovered) to Japan. It also lived in Sri Lanka. Pleistocene epoch (extinct 24,000 years ago) and was 22-24 tons and an imposing (17-16 feet)

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Case closed. The Columbian mammoth of Primeval would actually be a Palaeoloxodon namadicus (straight tusked elephant). The Columbian's skull wasn't very bumpy and the bull's tusks were different too (the specimen in the episode is confirmed to be a bull). Artwork by RJ palmer.

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*slams fist* we need more cute, fluffy palaeoart. And provides

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Day 23. This twelve spotted skimmer takes the space for Palaeoptera in this years

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Back in 2015, I did a drawing for what would become my unis' Palaeo Society, and now five years later I decided to redo it and repurpose it for 's What a difference all this time made.

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Hello I have a bachelor's degree in palaeontology and I'm currently doing my Masters thesis for it too! 🦕 And I also draw stuff!

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Deep-water sand-fairway mapping as a tool for restoration: decoding central Mediterranean using the Numidian turbidites of southern Italy

Journal of the



https://t.co/BN54JMufeA

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There once existed a Palaeomerycid (extinct family of ruminants closely related to Giraffids) named after one of the most iconic Star Wars characters, Padme Amidala. Meet Xenokeryx amidalae, known from the Mid-Miocene of Spain.

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スズメバチの祖先 パレオヴェスパ
学名:Palaeovespa(Palaeo-[古い]+Vespa[スズメバチの属])
分類:昆虫綱膜翅目ハチ亜目スズメバチ上科スズメバチ科 Vespidae
生息年代:古第三紀暁新世~始新世
発見地:アメリカ、フランス、ロシア
体長:25mm

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🗿 Palaeontological memoirs and notes of H. Falconer, with a biographical sketch of the author.
London, 1868.
https://t.co/Nmy7S3qkVF

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I am describing a new pterosaur from Scotland, large 3D skeleton from Jurassic (I know, really exciting anomaly). Heaps of new palaeoart inside. And first official look at lovely, unique specimen - along with few words on endocasts & pterosaur scansoriality. 👉👈

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Just out today in Palaeontology: my PhD student, Atzcalli E. Hernández Cisneros, and I explore the paleobiogeography of toothed mysticetes from the North Pacific.
More here: https://t.co/3gnoYMfdmo

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Katrin is an illustrator and graphic designer who has been a huge part of PalaeoPoems from the beginning! You should follow her right now to see more of her gorgeous art! https://t.co/15QMyn9GD3

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Results from the
Prognathodon, Losillasaurus, Palaeoloxodon, Gryposuchus...

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Sicilian dwarf elephant (Palaeoloxodon falconeri), a proboscidean from Pleistocene Sicily that reached 1.3 meters in height.

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And let's not forget, Dinosaur King prominently featured numerous obscure dinosaurs as well as some pterosaur and plesiosaur genera, many of which haven't appeared in any other visual palaeomedia besides artwork (shown are Tupuxuara, Anhanguera, Futabasaurus, and Ampelosaurus).

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There's a severe lack of appreciation for how Dinosaur King has probably the most accurate dinosaur designs in sci-fi palaeomedia. They still have their flaws (pronated arms, shrinkwrapping), but it seems the artists made a genuine effort to stick to the animals' known anatomy.

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テイオウゼミに匹敵?コロッソコッスス
学名:Colossocossus(Colossus[巨大な]+cossus[ムカシゼミの接尾詞])
分類:昆虫綱半翅目頸吻亜目セミ型下目ムカシオオゼミ科(Palaeontinidae)
生息年代:白亜紀前期
発見地:ブラジル
前翅長:8cm

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