Been a long week so let’s have a good #FossilFriday. Today some shots from my trip to the Smithsonian Natural History Museum. The dinosaur wing is amazing and generally a great meshed I wish I could have spent more time at.

#dinosaur #paleontology #fossil #synapsids #MegaFauna

The most recent Common Descent podcast is a good summary of herbivores:
https://commondescentpodcast.com/2023/09/02/episode-173-herbivores-plant-eaters/
Includes overview of early feeding traces, first on algal mats, then on plants, and the theory that herbivory was rare in the oceans prior to the Cretaceous. Followed by a nice overview of early amniote herbivores, and then the evolution of herbivory in Coelurosauria and (mammalian)
Carnivorans.

#fossils
#synapsids
#dinosaurs

This is actually the third time I've drawn #dimetrodon. First time was as a bonus to my Humans and our Cousins project ( https://sauropods.win/@Vickysaurus/109596904981495602 ). It was one of the first times I ever drew #paleoart, and I wish I hadn't made it so scaly. The second time was a silly image that popped into my head when I read of an old hypothesis that sail-backed #synapsids used their sails to surf across the water. 'Surfin' synapsids' fits the rhythm of 'Surfin' USA' perfectly.

#MyArt

The synapsids, our distant cousins, on the excellent quick-hit PBS Eons series on YT https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=w6YX8AWXrCA&ab_channel=PBSEons
#history #science #palaeontology #evolution #synapsids

RT @gsciencelady@twitter.com

The paperback of #BeastsBeforeUs! 😍 Out 26th Jan 2023, pre-order now! It's one of @sigmascience@twitter.com's environmentally friendly prints - no laminate, foil, or spot uv. Looks gorgeous! I esp love how 'Beasts' is embossed... So touchy feely... ❤️📚 #mammals #synapsids (Thnx @JimSpim@twitter.com!)

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RT @gsciencelady
The paperback of #BeastsBeforeUs! 😍 Out 26th Jan 2023, pre-order now! It's one of @sigmascience's environmentally friendly prints - no laminate, foil, or spot uv. Looks gorgeous! I esp love how 'Beasts' is embossed... So touchy feely... ❤️📚 #mammals #synapsids (Thnx @JimSpim!)

July: #Synapsids and #sauropsids through the ages. This one delicts the amniote common ancestor species splitting into two back in the Carboniferous. Each subsequent panel moves one period forward and shows a synapsid and a sauropsid interacting in some way. The sauropsid is always on the left and the synapsid is always on the right. #paleoart #evolution #MyArt

March: #Moschops in love. Two female Moschops share a moment of affection by the shore. These friend-shaped #synapsids are thought to be semi-aquatic, and I tried to make them look the part. #paleoart #myArt #permian #therapsid

#caecilians #matrotrophy #synapsids #ectothermy

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