listen,,, i really love this lizard and i was like “i wish silurians had feathers like velociraptors” and then i remembered i can make that a thing.

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Today is the 50th anniversary of episode 1 of The Silurians, first broadcast on 31 January 1970. If you're giving the story a commemorative rewatch, the latest is the companion you need.
https://t.co/qFCnmCyKA8

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First aired on this date in 1970, met The Silurians for the first time https://t.co/21fGb2duah

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Estimated at ~6m long, giant orthocone cephs in the Cameroceras genus were some of the largest in the late Ordovician/early Silurian!

Cameroceras ?sp

*Dates, colors, and exact morphology unknown

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My illustrations have been published along side a great article by biologist Mackenzie Kwak for . Peer back in time to the Silurian period 420 million years ago when some of the first land plants emerged.

https://t.co/NVKZptzid6

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A Christmas Beetle, Anoplognathus sp. from Australia
A moth in amber from the Pliocene of Kenya
A bivalve shell, Tellina subovata from New Zealand, and
A Silurian sea scorpion, Eurypterus lacustris from Ontario, Canada.
Celebrating

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Aah, "The Claws of the Silurians"! One more offering from our Classic Doctor Who Title Generator! https://t.co/42O9OxYz4l

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The Silurians are back! Join us this evening for a look at the New Adventures classic, Blood Heat! 🦖

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3 sarcopterygian fish from the Silurian. From the top: Guiyu oneiros, Megamastax, and Psarolepis. 2/3 of these were pretty big predators of the Silurian seas, with Guiyu reaching about 13in while Megamastax is estimated at around 1m (3.28ft)

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Some Silurian agnathans for I did earlier this year. From top to bottom: Birkenia, Pharyngolepis, Lasanius & Jamoytius.

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Progress made on my series Deep Time Dramas! Working to combine and expression. Plenty more to go on these (including actually adding animals ofc)
1. The Devonian - love, connectivity
2. The Ordovician/Silurian Extinction - indecision, separation

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Spending this working on the last few pages of text for LTTAII, including the last page describing a scene of fossil animals. This honour goes to a Silurian marine scene that which I painted for 's thesis. Agnathans and early gnathostomes FTW!

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Pterygotus was a gigantic arthropod that could grow to 2.3 metres long! They lived during the early Silurian-Devonian period. They had a pair of large eyes & a smaller pair in the centre of their head.

(Credit: Olof Helje)

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Acutiramus is an extinct sea scorpion that emerged in the Late Silurian. These gigantic arthropods reached 2 metres in length & had pincers that were 5 centimetres long!

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Textless versions of my covers for this Seventh Doctor trilogy from .

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It's the next in our tour of the murals. Gotta love that

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Here’s a better look at ’s artwork for The Silurians

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Discoveries 2014: A remarkably complete Silurian fish from Ontario: http://t.co/QCKRdBmy5i

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