Arandaspis

A small jawless fish at 15 cm in lenght and one of the oldest known vertebrates, its round body was covered in hard plates that worked as armor

ALT: Its named after an Australian aboriginal tribe, the Arrernte people, who are some times also known as the Aranda

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hundreds of millions of years ago, a fish evolved to be able to survive on land, and would go on to evolve into all known vertebrates (mammals, birds, lizards etc) and even more millions later, land mammals somewhat resembling dogs would re-evolve for aquatic life (dolphs+whales)

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time- How much do you know about Gigatitan vulgaris?

Gigatitan is a giant (30~40cm wingspan) insect from Triassic Kyrgyzstan. It was a predator with a large mandibles and spiky legs, and may have eaten not only other insects but also small vertebrates.

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In the monograph, it was stated that the bulk of Q. lawsoni were found in a single site- an abandoned channel lake, a body of water cut off from the rest of the floodplain. Because the absence of aquatic vertebrates but abundance of invertebrates, it was posited that...

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On the 12th day of Christmas my true love sent to me...
12 Flying!
Celebrate We're dead without them!

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Happy New Year!
Here are my favourite invertebrates I photographed in the Northern Territory in 2021. Hopefully we can find some more interesting and colourful ones this year!

What do you want to see more of from me in 2022?

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in the spirit of sonic here are some sonic nudibranch ocs i made for fun while studying invertebrates :)

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Some Snulg world vertebrates, they fill various ecological niches

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Open our advent calendar today to see one of the world's oldest living vertebrates swimming through 👵🐟 Do you know what it is? 🤔 Test your ID skills with our daily quiz question to find out. https://t.co/IpZWzw4BTC

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Amazing live virtual drawing session of invertebrates with Ennis in Malaysia and his insect collection from Malaysia and Africa through of Elephant in the Room ng. Magical creatures.

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So, you guys know the whole carcinization meme, where ocean arthropods conveniently keep adapting into the crab body plan?

I propose the same thing for land vertebrates and the Mega-sloth body plan.

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Honestly tho, because most of the characters in this universe are marine invertebrates, I think I can just transfer the characters to NeoBST lol

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Gamora the praying mantis portrait is finally hanging up in my pet room and is making me want to draw more bugs so much!! What invertebrates would you like to see me doodle?! 🐌🦋🐛🐜🐝🪲🐞🦗🕷🪳🦂🦟🪰🪱

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Birds and invertebrates!
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I remember chasing Stag Beetles around West London on my purple chopper bike as a child, I was in awe of them then and I still adore them. The addition of invertebrates began as a bit of a joke on now it's part of a wide range. https://t.co/puf5Gsdzsy
🐞🕷️🦋🪲

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Not that I need more projects in my life, but at some pt Ima have to find an opportunity to make an

Their heads are just objectively some of the best ever (at least among vertebrates).

for

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A concept for flying Snaiadi Vertebrates, mainly of the Polydactyl variety

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time for a new pinned! im katti! i like to cry over invertebrates bc theyre So Silly.... i also make a gay cat comic but sometimes i draw other things :)

https://t.co/Hos4A59vQg

way more active at , 18+ mutuals can follow

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Todays first Ecological Horror is the Chimaera!

Chimaeras can be dangerous to humans, considering their single venomous spine on their dorsal fin. They mainly feed on bottom-dwelling invertebrates such as crabs, octopi, marine worms, etc.

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New sea scorpion from southern China - Terropterus xiushanensis from a time when invertebrates ruled.
The blog post: https://t.co/9Ve62Z64ek

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