I was watching a YouTube video on my lunch break about Meiolaniidae (extinct stem-group turtles) when I learned of Ninjemys oweni.

"Ninjemys oweni is an extinct large meiolaniid stem-turtle from Pleistocene Queensland and possibly New South Wales (Australia)."

Y'all this prehistoric turtle-esk creature is named Ninjemys oweni because of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I love #paleontology   #turtles #PrehistoricAnimal #TMNT

Link where I got the quote -> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninjemys

YouTube video I was watching ->
https://youtube.com/watch?v=6V9wNS4NclE

Digital painting of Sarcosuchus suggested by a patron. Haven't completed as many of this month's prompts as I wanted, but I am happy with this piece.

#artistsonmastodon #mastoart #fediart #mastodonart #sarcosuchus #prehistoricanimal #paleoart #digitalpainting #digitalart #painting