Group of Shonisaurus popularis, a giant Late Triassic ichthyosaur, in their birthing grounds
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This is an illustration I was commissioned to do for a new research paper by Neil P. Kelley and colleagues that has been JUST published in Current Biology! My illustration also made the cover!!! The paper is titled: “Grouping behavior in a Triassic marine apex predator”

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