So I have learned that #castorocauda does not appear to have pinnae (ear flaps). Which is extra awkward for this piece, because none of the living monotremes have them either, so that kind of suggest they only evolved in therian mammals. Which means none of the ones in this piece would have them. Whoops! Not the first time ears have given me trouble. #paleoart #mammals #myArt

April: #Mammals and Mammaliaforms of Jurassic China. Mesozoic mammals are far more diverse and interesring than they’re often depicted, and middle-Jurassic China in particular featured quite a motley arrangement of them. We’ve got #Volaticotherium gliding after a bug, #Agilodocodon in the tree, #Docofossor underground, and of course #Castorocauda swimming. In the background, Yi qi, Xiaotingia, and an Anurognathid join them. #myart #paleoart