#permian
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Landscapes, plants and rocks
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Cause Prehistory isn’t just about dinosaurs, I made a poster with every ‘Dinovember Without Dinosaurs’ illustrations that I’ve been drawing during last month. Hope you like it!
If you want one, you can purchase it here: http://www.redbubble.com/people/franxurio/works/18506216-dinovember-without-dinosaurs-2015?c=459839-dinovember-without-dinosaurs
And here: https://society6.com/product/dinovember-without-dinosaurs_print#1=45
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Fourth round of my ‘Dinovember with no dinosaurs!’ More of my stuff in FB: https://m.facebook.com/Franxurio/ and Instagram: https://instagram.com/franxurio
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Third round of my ‘Dinovember with no dinosaurs!’ More of my stuff in FB: https://m.facebook.com/Franxurio/ and Instagram: https://instagram.com/franxurio
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Broken shells
As you would find some broken-up shells on the beach today, these are just a few pieces of ancient sea shells from about 300 to 250 million years ago, preserved in the rocks which used to be a sea bottom sediment.
Ulladulla, Australia
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Rocks out of place
Why are these rocks out of place? They just do not fit the environment in which they are. The sea waves that moved the medium to coarse sand that is now the sandstone that surrounds these boulders, are not strong enough to move boulders. There is a huge contrast in mass between the sand and the boulder. So, the only explanation is they were placed here by some other means. For this reason, such rocks are called ‘dropstones’, as they were dropped/placed into their current position, rather than being transported along with the surrounding sediment.
One explanation how this could have happened, is the sea ice. During Permian (~300-250 million years ago) this region was under ice age conditions, with glaciers covering the continent from land to sea. So, whether it was glaciers sliding into the sea, or sea ice enveloping loose boulders around the coast and moving them off into the sea; it is impossible to say exactly. But, because ice floats on water, it provides a good candidate for a mechanism of moving these heavy boulders from the land to the sea bypassing the sea wave transport.
Ulladulla, Australia
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Do not be fooled by this incredibly well preserved shell, it is not a recent shell, but a 250 million year old fossil.
Many different mollusc fossils are very well preserved at this outcrop which consists of layer upon layer of sediment which slowly accumulated on the sea floor during Permian times. Organisms such as this one, would have thrived here, feeding on the organic matter settling down to the bottom of the sea.
Southcoast NSW, Australia
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Giants among the Lilliputians, some diversity in size of bivalves among the sea bottom dwellers from Permian times (~250 million years ago).
Example from south coast NSW, Australia.
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Ancient sea bottom exposed along a modern seaside rocky platform. This immense amount of fossilized shells is preserved in ~250 million year old sea sediments which would have been a feeding grounds for all these bivalves.
South coast, NSW, Australia.
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The Arroyo was a geologic formation in what is now the lone star state of Texas! Once lush with greenery and streams, it allowed amphibians like Diplocaulus to thrive 283 - 273 million years ago during the Permian Period.
Design by Jack Socal
sulc.us/arroyo
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Don’t Call it a Dinosaur tote bags
Are you bored by people who call any extinct animal that looks reptilian a dinosaur? Do you feel like telling them it’s just like Homer Simpson referring to an elephant as a feline? Get those conversations started with our lovely tote bags!
Design by Greco Westermann
Anteosaurus t-shirt
Anteosaurus was a large predatory dinocephalian. It was perhaps the biggest carnivorous non-mammalian synapsid.
Design by Greco Westermann
Inostrancevia t-shirt
Gorgonopsids were predatory therapsids, they entered the pop culture landscape with their appearances in media like Dino Crisis and Primeval. Inostrancevia was around the size of a large bear.
Design by Greco Westermann
Dicynodont unisex t-shirt
Dicynodonts were members of a diverse clade of non-mammalian therapsids. They survived the Great Dying and ranged from rat to elephant-sized. This is Ischigualastia, from Argentina.
Design by Greco Westermann
“Bi-metrodon”
Late to the party with bad puns
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#dimetrodon #notadinosaur #pelycosaur #pride #allyship #puns #digitalart #doodle #permian #artistsoninstagram
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INOSTRANCEVIAandGORGONOPS
From my latest video on Synapsid along with many others.
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PERMIAN PERIOD map (Old cartography style)
This map is inspired in old cartography, presenting the animals that lived at that time in a stylized way, just as a medieval artists would had drawn them. Two more maps for the Cretaceous, JurassicandTriassic periods are also available.
this artwork is available fopr prints, t-shirts and much more here
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TETRACERATOPS
This synapsid is considered one of the earliest Therapsids, the lineage from with Mammals come from, featured on mylatestvideo on Synapsidaalong with many others.
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STRUTHIOCEPHALUS
Another strange dinocephalian, featured on mylatestvideo on Synapsida along with many others.
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Permian Bestiary
Previosly I made a series of Bestiaries including animals of the Mesozoic, along with maps for each period in a Medieval-ish style. Here is now the Permian version. Available at Redbubble for prints and more
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