I had an idea while watching #Paleostream for a thermal image of speculative thermogenesis (heat production) in a #bennettitalean cone, so I quickly painted it! It's just an idea, but I'd like to explore its potential more!
#paleobotany #paleoart #paleontology #botany #plants

Here's my restoration of #Kimuriella densifolia, an incredibly well preserved whole plant #bennettitalean from the Late #Jurassic of Japan, which bore #Williamsonia and #Weltrichia 'floral organs' and #Zamites leaves. #paleobotany #paleoart #FossilFriday #paleontology #plants

I have a new post over on my #Patreon about the diversity of #bennettitalean leaves!!! I'm not particularly good at shameless self promotion, but if you like #paleobotany and #paleoart this is the kind of thing you can look forward to me posting over there! #paleontology

#Dinosaur goes nom!
The results of a night's drawing: pencilwork done on a life-sized recon. of #Wielandiella angustifolia, a #leaf from the same plant, and a life-sized diagram of a #Heterodontosaurus licking the "nectar" from a #bennettitalean "flower". #paleoart #paleobotany

I've finished my diagram showing the variation of #Anomozamites angustifolium leaves! These are the leaves possessed by the #Wielandiella angustifolia #plant (a type of #bennettitalean). The transitional #leaves were particularly interesting, although we dont know how shuch leaves were arranged, or if they were just disformed. #paleoart #palaeobotany #paleobotany #paleontology #palaeontology

It's so nice to be doing some #palaeobotanical reconstructions again! Tonight I'm doing a little bit of work on #Anomozamites angustifolium, a #bennettitalean leaf taxon from the late #Triassic.
#paleobotany #plants #paleoart