#cambrian explosion

[amybugz]

take me back to the cambrian explosion

(featuring made-up cambrian beasts from this months drink and draw :3)

#art #fish #illustration #artists on tumblr #fish friday #wet beasts #cambrian #cambrian explosion

[ravewing]

did anomalocaris really say this

#anomalocaris #anomalopost #meme #paleo meme #paleontology #paleozoic #cambrian #cambrian period #cambrian explosion

[dmdog]

Little zine project for a fake park

#yea I’m implying he got eaten by the sea scorpion #art #digital art #digital illustration #comic #anomalocaris #trilobite #cambrian #cambrian explosion #paleoart #opabinia #bugs

[alphynix]

The tuzoiids were an enigmatic group of Cambrian invertebrates known mostly just from their spiny bivalved carapaces. Although hundreds of fossils of these arthropods were discovered over the last century or so, only vague fragments of the rest of their bodies have been found even in sites usually known for preserving soft tissue impressions.

…Until late 2022, when several new specimens from the Canadian Burgess Shale deposits (~508 million years ago) were described showing tuzoiid anatomy in exceptional detail, finally giving us an idea of what they looked like and where they fit into the early arthropod evolutionary tree.

Tuzoiids like Tuzoia burgessensis here would have grown up to about 23cm long (~9"). They had large eyes on short stalks, a pair of simple antennae, a horizontal fluke-like tail fan, and twelve pairs of appendages along their body – with the front two pairs at the head end being significantly spinier, and most (or all) of these limbs also bearing paddle-like exopods.

The large carapace enclosed most of the body, and was ornamented with protective spines and a net-like surface pattern that probably increased the strength of the relatively thin chitinous structure.

Together all these anatomical features now indicate that tuzoiids were early mandibulates (part of the lineage including modern myriapods, crustaceans, and insects), and were probably very closely related to the hymenocarines.

Tuzoiids seem to have been active swimmers that probably cruised around just above the seafloor, with their stout legs suggesting they could also walk around if they flexed their valves open. The arrangement of their spiny front limbs wasn't suited to grabbing at fast-swimming prey, but instead may have been used to capture slower seafloor animals or to scavenge from carcasses.

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#science illustration #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoblr #tuzoia #tuzoiidae #hymenocarina #mandibulata #arthropod #invertebrate #cambrian explosion #art #MYSTERY TACO

[bobnichollsart]

A few draft drawings showing how I built "Cambrian Epic" for Park et al, for their paper describing Timoresestia.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #cambrian explosion #cambrian period

[fer7adami]

The cambrian period

With the lil dudes that inhabit Earth this time

#draw #drawing #myart #artwork #art #animal drawing #animal art #animal lover #paleo art #paleoart #paleontology #cambrian period #cambrian explosion #paleozoic #trilobite #anomalocaris #cambrian #brazilian artist #brazilian artists #br art #br artist #digital drawing #digital art #digital illustration

[kaithewhatever]

Serfs react to Opabinia

#the best boy #also most confusing #mideval #serfs #me when I was 5 #love them weirdos #Opabinia #cambrian explosion #bug posting #i guess #paleontology #archeology #old english #shitpost

[oviraptoridae]

a bumper sticker design to let everyone on the road know you care <3

(if you want one, let me know, i want to get this printed but i need a batch of at least 25!)

#paleoart #trilobite #cambrian explosion #paleontology #cambrian era #bumper sticker #graphics #graphic design #my art #artists on tumblr #i am finally gritting my teeth and learning how to vectors #its going okay! #btw i have a very high quality version of this; quality and size are squished bc i am actually planning on selling this so #dont want it to get scooped up by some random print on demand site before i get the chance to

[katborg82]

I was born in the wrong generation

#cambrian explosion #anomalocaris #opabinia #paleoart #paleontology

[linseedling]

Kickin' it in the Cambrian

#kind of excited about trying a mixed media illustration thing... #like those pokemon cards with the sculpted art #anomalocaris #cambrian #cambrian explosion #pipe cleaners and shells from my shell collection

[thatlavenderblue]

I GOT 8 PREHISOTIC PLUSHIES MOST OF THEM BEING PRE-CAMBRIAN CREATURES AND I'M SO IN LOVE

LOOK AT ANOMALOCARIS

From left to right: anomalocaris, trilobite, pteryx, pterygotus, diplocaulus, opabinia, giant isopod, horseshoe crab

(the links are in the comments)

#anomalocaris #opabinia #horseshoe crab #giant isopod #trilobite #pterygotus #pteryx #diplocaulus #pre cambrian #cambrian #cambrian explosion #prehistoric animals #aquatic paleontology #paleontology #thatlavenderblue posts

[ravewing]

*ancient seafloor rumbling*

YOU'RE LISTENING TO

*scuttling of trilobites*

107.9

*crunching of exoskeleton*

REAL ANOMALOCARIS FM

*undulating of imbricating lateral lobes*

WHERE WE ROCK THE PRIMORDIAL DEPTHS!

*bubbling underwater sounds*

NO MODERN TUNES HERE, JUST PALEOZOIC ROCK!

*ocean waves crashing*

*clicking of appendages*

THIS AIN'T YOUR SOFT-BODIED ORGANISM'S STATION

*Imagine Dragons - Radioactive starts playing*

#anomalocaris #anomalopost #strange shrimp #cambrian #cambrian period #cambrian explosion #paleozoic #paleontology #trilobite #arthropods #guys i know anomalocaris dint eat trilobites i read the papers it was just for funnies😓

[yourfavoritehouseplant]

🍤🍤 RIP Anomalocaris, fly high in shrimp heaven king 🍤🍤

#shoutout paleoartists btw. This was my first time needing to use scientific papers as anatomical reference #Had to take a lot of time getting the number of segments right #he gets to be shrimp colored as a treat though #I’m not sure if this pose was super anatomically possible but I wanted it to look kinda like a cooked shrimp lol #anomalocaris #anomalocaris canadensis #paleoart #cambrian explosion #my art

[donutdrawsthings]

FANTASTIC NEWS! the most cambrian arthropod of all time has been discovered a few days ago. It's called Balhuticaris Voltae

source: https://youtu.be/TCwYC3YWyZI

#7dos #7 days of science #cambrian #cambrian period #cambrian explosion #SUCH A CREATURE #THE MOST ANIMAL OF ALL TIME #I'M IN LOVE #donutdrawsthings #arthropods #arthropod #paleoart #paleozoic #paleoblr #fossil #fossil art #balhuticaris #balhuticaris voltae

[izapug]

~CAMBRIAN LIL DUDES~

#drawing #draw #drawings #artwork #illustration #digital art #fantasy art #cambrian #paleoart #paleo art #paleontology #cambrian explosion #cambrian period #trilobite #creative art #prehistoric #creature drawing #cuteart #cute animals

[bluepartyhat3d]

cambrian explosion stickers this month...

if you would like these you have until 12/1 to sign up on my patreon :]

I will mail them to ya as always

#cambrian explosion #precambrian #anomalocaris #dickinsonia #spore #opabinia #stickers #sticker club #pc games #kabuto #lileep #pokemon