#avialae
Modern birds’ upper beaks are made up mostly from skull bones called the premaxilla, but the snouts of their earlier non-avian dinosaur ancestors were instead formed by large maxilla bones.
AndFalcatakely forsterae here had a very unusual combination of these features.
Living in Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous, about 70-66 million years ago, it was around 40cm long (1'4") and was part of a diverse lineage of Mesozoic birds known as enantiornitheans. These birds had claws on their wings and usually had toothy snouts instead of beaks, and many species also had ribbon-like display feathers on their tails instead of lift-generating fans.
Falcatakely had a long tall snout very similar in shape to a modern toucan, unlike any other known Mesozoic bird, with the surface texture of the bones indicating it was also covered by a keratinous beak. But despite this very “modern” face shape the bone arrangement was still much more similar to other enantiornitheans – there was a huge toothless maxilla making up the majority of the beak, with a small tooth-bearing premaxilla at the tip.
This suggests that there was more than one potential way for early birds to evolve modern-style beaks, and there may have been much more diversity in these animals’ facial structures than previously thought.
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Dusts off ye ole tumblr for a bit of light capitalism
Hey all, I’m running a sale on my store! Use code BLACK2021 to get 20% off your order *comics and The Hunt KS merch excluded
http://misslucidcomics.com
Also if anyone is interested in the story of Silas and Ezra from Avialae, I released the physical copy of Occultus Part 1 for public sale! It has been Patreon exclusive up until now. ^^ https://misslucidcomics.com/collections/occultus/products/occultus-part-1
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Hey hey the Avialae Kickstarter has been doing super well so I thought I’d share some of the extras the stretch goals have unlocked/upcoming goals that may be unlocked!
The previous stretch goals have unlocked a sticker, a guest print by @midgart, a letterpress wedding invitation to be added on for free to all physical reward tiers! We’ve also unlocked the much requested doujinshi omnibus collection that can be added on to any physical tier for $69+.
We’ve also unlocked the PDF doujinshi collection for all backers, so all backers will be receiving a digital PDF of the 9 previously Patreon exclusive NSFW Avialae doujinshi I’ve made over the years.
The next physical merch bonus is a set of collar enamel pins featuring Gannet’s wings! If the 125k goal is met they’ll be included in all mega merch packs or available as an add-on for $20.
Please pledge if you can and share! <3 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/misslucid/avialae-chapters-1-6
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The Avialae Kickstarter is now live! It’s already blown past its original goal and first few stretch goals! Please pledge if you can and share! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/misslucid/avialae-chapters-1-6
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The latest NSFW doujin went up super late last night! If you are a $10+ patron or would like to up your pledge to read it do so here~ https://www.patreon.com/posts/avialae-road-to-24851683
I’m still working on today’s Avialae page!! I’ve had to let my hand rest after finishing this doujin (it’s long and the bird feet sucked to draw) so it will either go up late tonight or tomorrow!
The catboy Gannet doujin has been cycled out of Patreon and will be available for public purchase soon–I’ll make another post when I find time to set it up on my store!
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I started posting Avialae 5 years ago today!! I can’t believe it’s been that long…these idiots have come so far.
Happy new year from the gay bird + bird nerd duo! Thank you for all the support this year~~ gonna make even more po/rn in 2019 go to hell tumblr
New sketchbook/process pdf is up on my patreon! $5+ gets you access to male-presenting nipples https://www.patreon.com/posts/23125231
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Blood Moon posted for $10+ patrons just in time for Halloween!!
New werewolf/vampire themed Avialae doujin went up for $10+ patrons late last night! You can get it here if you are a $10+ patron: https://www.patreon.com/posts/avialae-blood-22410945
Cupid’s Heart, the last doujin in the cupid series has been moved into my public store! You can buy the pdf here or physical copies here (physical copies of Duality of Man has been put in there too!)
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Ch 5: Pg 30
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Ch 5: Pg 29
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What’s up I kinda stopped reblogging avialae here bc I have other things to do, but we are well into Ch 5 and the largest bird man has appeared!
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Hongshanornis longicresta
