My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

Here's a cheat sheet for Megalograptus, commissioned in 2022 for a project I cannot talk about yet. The scientific consultant was Fiann Smithwick.

#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Megalograptus #Eurypterid #Eurypterids #SeaScorpions #FossilFriday

Findings reveal #eurypterids evolved giant size independently at least nine times https://phys.org/news/2024-08-reveal-eurypterids-evolved-giant-size.html

#ConvergentEvolution of giant size in eurypterids https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2024.1184

#SeaScorpions, ancient predators that patrolled Earth's marine and freshwater habitats hundreds of millions of years ago, are the focus of a sizable scientific mystery... the #evolution of giant size in eurypterids was rapid, and in some instances giant species evolved among much smaller relatives.