Ancient #amphibians bounced back from Earth's greatest mass #extinction by exploiting #freshwater prey https://phys.org/news/2025-03-ancient-amphibians-earth-greatest-mass.html

The ecology and geography of #temnospondyl recovery after the #Permian–#Triassic #MassExtinction https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.241200

"the #temnospondyls success lay in their generalist feeding ecology, enabling them to feed on a wide variety of prey... the freshwater habitats they preferred provided them with a relatively stable variety of food resources"

Someone asked me if I can draw an Odenwaldia heidelbergensis for them, so I did. The only specimen that isn't subject of discourse is the holotype, which was found in Waldkatzenbach near Heidelberg.

#odenwaldia #temnospondyl #amphibian #permian #triassic #odenwald #heidelberg #uni_heidelberg #sciart #scientificillustration #watercolour #animalart #vertebrate_paleontology #palaeontology #germany #fossil #badenwurttemberg

I painted the giant amphibian Eryops megacephalus, known from the Early Permian of Texas and even Late Carboniferous of New Mexico. These carnivores could reach an impressive length of 3 meters.

#eryops #permian #carboniferous #texas #newmexico #palaeozoic #palaeontology #vertebrate_paleontology #sciart #scientificillustration #amphibian #temnospondyl #fossil #watercolour #animalart #wildlifeart #natureart

@KateShaw 's latest episode: Kwatisuchus rosai, a new temnospondyl, Prionosuchus, Koolasuchus, great stuff:

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2024/01/29/episode-365-a-new-temnospondyl/

#fossils
#temnospondyl
#beforeTheDinosaurs
#Carboniferous

Happy to present a new #temnospondyl from the #Triassic of Australia, #Arenaerpeton supinatus.
Found in rocks destined for a garden retaining wall in the 90's, it's an amazing fossil with a near-complete skeleton and soft tissue preservation!

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724634.2023.2232829

Two large Temnospondyls for my licensing library, which was sorely needing more Temnospondyls

First, Prionosuchus plummeri from Early Permian South America

Second, Siderops kehli from Early Jurassic Australia

#temnospondyl #paleoart #digitalart #fediart

Two #Mazothairos chase off a passing #Meganeura in a late Carboniferous swamp, startling a little #Archaeothyris. A #Sclerocephalus crawls ashore a little ways away, not realising there's a hidden #Arthropleura right there.

I've never really drawn paleoart set in the Carboniferous before, so I thought I'd start with the very basic 'giant bugs flying around in a swamp' trope.

#paleoart #carboniferous #insect #synapsid #temnospondyl #millipede #MyArt

Hi there, here’s Fedexia striegeli for you!

This #temnospondyl #amphibian lived in the territory of modern Pennsylvania in the #Carboniferous. It’s named after FedEx because the #fossils were found on the company's property.

#paleontology #paleoart #palaeontology #palaeoart #sciart