For some reason this @dinotoyblog post doesn't seem to be federating (any idea why not @pfefferle?) so I'm sharing it manually: https://dinotoyblog.com/hallucigenia-plush-by-zhongxin-made/
Plush Hallucigenia, with many arms for many cuddles! The long 'neck', if you can call it a neck, and small head, is reminiscent of a sauropod dinosaur.
We'll review the Plushtodon Mastodon mascot one of these days... it technically counts as a prehistoric animal toy!
Hallucigenia (Plush by ZHONGXIN MADE)
The Cambrian was the very first period of the Paleozoic Era, beginning a little over 538 million years ago and lasting until the start of the Ordovician period 486 million years ago. And during those nearly 52 million years, all manner of weird and wonderful life evolved in the seas. Scores of trilobites, Microdictyon, and Wiwaxia crept along the sandy beds. Swimming above them were [β¦]
Read more... https://dinotoyblog.com/hallucigenia-plush-by-zhongxin-made/
You know what? Sod this #JurassicPark rubbish.
I want a #Cambrian Park, please. Bring back the #BurgessShale #hallucigenia !
@vbuendiar I am not academically trained, but I love hashtags and the more specific, the better. By field, and focus are great.
I like being hooked in by general hashtags like #science but then it's great when I can find people who are into #Cambrian #Fossils from the #BurgessShale and have theories on what #Hallucigenia would get up to. This is both fascinating and makes a great jumping off/in place and reveals other like minded folk to follow.
You get used to writing with #hashtags
My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...
In 2013 I built 23 scale and life-size models for MUSE Science Museum, in Trento, Italy. Here's Hallucigenia, from the Middle Cambrian.
#Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Cambrian #Hallucigenia #JurassicWorld
My art in 2023 (6/12)
June: Anomalocaris, Dragon of the Cambrian. The realisation that most Cambrian creatures were tiny gave me the idea of a whole bunch of them hiding from a 40 cm long Anomalocaris while in positions reminiscent of a D&D party facing off against a dragon.
#Anomalocaris #Cambrian #Opabinia #Hallucigenia #paleoart #MyArt #MyArtIn2023
My art in 2023 (6/12)
June: Anomalocaris, Dragon of the Cambrian. The realisation that most Cambrian creatures were tiny gave me the idea of a whole bunch of them hiding from a 40 cm long Anomalocaris while in positions reminiscent of a D&D party facing off against a dragon.
#Anomalocaris #Cambrian #Opabinia #Hallucigenia #paleoart #MyArt #MyArtIn2023
My art in 2023 (7/12)
July: Caihong and the Kalligrammatids. Kalligrammatids were neuropterans that superficially resembled large butterflies, but unlike them their wings were transparent! I combined them with the gorgeous iridescence of Caihong and backlighting for a fun experiment.
#MyArt #Jurassic #Caihong #Kalligrammatid #silhouette #paleoart #MyArtIn2023
My art in 2023 (8/12)
August: Spring on the mammoth steppe. When the time came to do some art set in the Quaternary, I decided to depict a real life location and how it would have changed in the past few hundred thousand years. This spot is just west of Baden-Baden (which is in the glacier valley to the upper left), on the edge of the Schwartzwald. I also enjoyed depicting an ice age spring. It wasnβt always snow and ice.
#MyArt #Quaternary #IceAge #Mammoth #MyArtIn2023 #Megaloceros
My art in 2023 (9/12)
September: Darwinius and Geiseltaliellusβs stare-off. The Paleogene was the last remaining Phanerozoic period I hadnβt done any art of, so I drew this little scene in the Messel Pit formation depicting a Darwininius and a lizard who do not enjoy sharing a tree.
#MyArt #Paleogene #Eocene #Darwinius #Geiseltaliellus #Gastornis #MyArtIn2023 #paleoart
My art in 2023 (10/12)
October: Inostrancevia family at sunrise. I hadnβt drawn Permian synapsids in a while at this point so they were overdue for a paleoart. I also felt like going absolute ham with my reds. The sunrise and Permian volcanism made for a convenient excuse but really, this is just for me.
#MyArt #Inostrancevia #therapsid #Permian #desert #red #MyArtIn2023 #paleoart
My art in 2023 (11/12)
November: Wind, Courage, and Wings. This oneβs a birthday gift for my friend, depicting a lovely fable in Genshin Impact about how the wind god Barbatos taught the first birds to fly.
My art in 2023 (12/12)
December: The Zanclean Flood. 6 million years ago, the movement of the continents cut the Mediterranean off from the oceans. Since more water evaporates from the Mediterranean than it receives from rivers, this resulted in the sea drying up and becoming an incredibly deep, dry, salty lowland. Until 5.3 million years ago, when the Strait of Gibraltar formed and the entire sea was refilled in a massive flood.
#MyArt #Neogene #Pliocene #ZancleanFlood #paleoart #MyArtIn2023
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