Misszhouia longicaudata, a naraoiid arthropod from the Chengjiang Biota, named after a fantastic fossil preparator who worked on Chengjiang fossils.

Sketch for something bigger?

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A is for Aegisuchus, a surfboard headed crocodyliform from the Cretaceous of Morocco with unusual ornamentation on the top of its head.

📸 by Henry Tsai in and Gardner 2012: https://t.co/gWGZiVoC9u

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gen 8! this one was a bit easier to narrow down than gens 5 and 7, but still has some really good ones. the other fossils, mr. rime, and dottler's family all came close but i think this selection feels solid.

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On the very last day of September I finished 2 September art challenges because I like to live dangerously. "fossils and Bones" from the Monthly Challenge Discord, and "Vending Machine" from 's Discord!

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Charles Darwin described these as the "strangest animals" when he sent their fossils back from South America.

(Image L: ; R: Peter Schouten)

https://t.co/ygnjLeD0nB

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Xenoceratops foremostensis - one of the oldest known certapsid dinosaurs from Canada. Discovered in the Foremost Formation in 1958 by Wann Langston Jr, the specimen was in very small pieces so it wasn't until 2012 that the fossils were recognized as something new

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here is another occupational hazard character I made. her name is Falssel. she is a paleontologist who is based on the bone wars back then where they created fake dinosaurs by fusing the fossils.

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The newest baby to the NicRai family! Nic and Raihan's second child Daichi who they adopted from Hoenn. He loves researching and learning everything about pokemon, fossils, any sort of regional lore that's out there.

The kid is a walking sponge, feed him knowledge📘📙

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kingdom just got revealed, a while ago I made my own TFs made with fossils :)

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Ryder is an expert in finding fossils, and they just made it big today!

Commission of a Lycanroc/Sylveon for

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September 23, 1832, a young Charles recovers his 1st South American at Punta Alta, Buenos Aires. Among other fossils, he recovers also remains of Toxodon, an enigmatic mammal https://t.co/4znXdw82Qw 🦴
Artwork by Pelycosaur24 https://t.co/lGeEtF1Pp6

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Fossils on the mind ✨

(Besides dracozolt, this is the first time I’ve ever drawn all the fossils, lol)

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"An informative book for readers drawn to strange and amazing animals." Thank you for this positive review of LIVING FOSSILS by Rebecca E. Hirsch! Coming out October 6th!

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Let Blathers buy fossils from me, please

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September 9, 1794, birthday of William Lonsdale, based on his research on fossils in Devon (UK) in 1839 the Devonian was introduced into the chrono-stratigraphic column
https://t.co/Aql7TBe8QH

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If you mean this drawing, it's inspired by something I read ages ago about certain big cat fossils found in Alaska that were suggested to be tiger. To my knowledge it hasn´t been confirmed or disproven. I guess it's a bit of a mystery. :B

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there’s a museum in Connecticut called The Peabody. I liked to go there because of its iconic mural by artist Rudolph Zallinger. the mural and the scale of the fossils inside would always excite my imagination

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September 6, 1802, birthday of French naturalist Alicide d'Orbigny, pioneer of the study of microfossils 🦠🔬
https://t.co/ap7oCtwylL

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I'm gonna finish the thing!! Today it's Blathers telling you rad facts about fossils!

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