Happy #FossilFriday. Here's my illustration of Williamsoniella coronata, a bisexual bennettitalean cone from the Middle #Jurassic of Yorkshire, England. This plant had a cone with both male (bright yellow outer) and female (inner cone) sections. #paleobotany#paleoart#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
My massive #Wielandiella restoration is finally finished, so here's a taster. I might not post the whole image for a whole, as I'm saving it for something.... #paleobotany#paleoart#plants
Another birdie for #FossilFriday . This time, #Cratoavis cearensis, landing on the fertile stems of a Welwitschiostrobus murili plant, with Welwitschiophyllum brasiliense leaves in the background. This was a tiny bird, less than 15cm long, including its tail streamers. #paleobotany#paleoart#plants
Here's the receptive cone of #Wielandiella angustifolia! When developing the bracts, completely enclose the cone, with tips touching, but when ready for #pollination, the cone inside swells enough that the bracts are parted, allowing pollinators access #paleobotany#paleoart
And that's all for tonight! This, and the rest of the diagrams I'm doing, are probably needlessly detailed, considering they're just to produce figures, but I'd like them to look at least semi-realistic when done, so I'm going all out with the textures! #paleobotany#paleoart
Did #dinosaurs pollinate some #Mesozoic#gymnosperms?
This is an idea I've had which is explained below, but there are some caveats to this, one of which being a lack of corresponding/ conspecific female organs also with suitable anatomy. Thoughts? #paleobotany#paleoart#plants
Eeee! I finally have my copy of Dr Nathan Barling and Michael O'Sullivan's new #tabletopgaming#dinosaur guidebook! It was great being involved with a tiny part of the process, and I'm so pleased that #plants are getting some attention in this book! #FossilFriday#paleobotany#dnd
Last week my sister took me to a fossil site she discovered in McCall, Idaho. It was fun digging up leaf fossils in the sediments thought to be about 16 million years old, when the local flora was dominated by deciduous hardwoods (gingkos!) and redwoods. This was my best find. #Idaho#paleontology#paleobotany#fossils
Yes! I'm sooooo close to finishing this! All the leaves are layed out and the only thing left is to colour them! I'm still not entirely sure what kind of labeling key I'll use, but I'll figure that out late. I can't wait to finish this! #ginkgo#paleobotany#paleoart#evolution
Trying to understand the (not so easy) life of a small tree that grew 240 million years ago...Look at these inner vs. outer rings! 🌲⛏️ Happy #fossilfriday ! #paleobotany#plant#fossil
#FernFriday & #FossilFriday today, with two Marratiales 🎉
🌿 The living king fern Angiopteris evecta. Height: several meters.
🌿⛏️ A section in a >300 million years old rootlet of the fossil tree fern Psaronius. Rootlet diameter: a few millimeters. #fern#paleobotany#plant#fossil
I've done a bit more work on Bahariya Formation fossil #plants. This is an infographic showing the possible distributions of different plants and their rough sizes and life habits. These are based on both macro and microfossils. #paleobotany#paleoart#paleontology#Spinosaurus#PlantBlindness
This was made as test-run reference guide for paleoartists, so if you have feedback on this style/how well it conveys information/ clarity/usefulness etc, I'd greatly appreciate any comments you may have!
Some veeery old plants for this #FossilFriday: 400 million year old stems of Psilophyton from Gaspe Bay (Canada). Each is about 2-3 mm thick. This specimen was gifted to our #paleobotany teaching collection in 1988 🌿⛏️