Palaeojules

Palaeojules, 8 days ago to random

Here's my finished, coloured Procretevania exquisita drawing. This was a hatchet wasp from the Yixian Formation of China; hatchet wasps still exist today and specialise in parasitising cockroach ootheca. #FossilFriday #paleoart #wasp #insect #entomology

Palaeojules, 10 days ago to random

Early Cretaceous hatchet wasp!
Procretevania exquisita, a parasitic wasp from the Yixian Formation of China! #paleoart #wasp #insect #entomology

Palaeojules, 25 days ago to random

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

Palaeojules, 29 days ago to random

For #FossilFriday here's a selection of completely unrelated theropods!
#paleoart #paleontology #dinosaurs

Palaeojules, 1 month ago to random

Happy #FossilFriday!
Today, I'm sharing this illustration of a small #paravian sat on a mossy branch munching away at a giant #kalligrammatid lacewing! Some kalligrammatids had comparatively giant wingspans of 20cm or more, which might have dwarfed small #dinosaurs. #paleoart

Palaeojules, 1 month ago to random

I'm sharing something non-planty for this #FossilFriday. Here's a selection of #dinosaurs🦖 and a pterosaur from the Hell Creek Formation, which I designed for a board game a few years ago. I'd like to come back to this project at some point. It was fun! #paleoart #paleontology

Palaeojules, 1 month ago to Plants

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

Palaeojules, 1 month ago to 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

Palaeojules, 2 months ago to Birds

I'll try and get a better photo to post tomorrow, but for now... finished!
#paleoart #paleobotany #paleontology #birds

Palaeojules, 2 months ago to random

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

Palaeojules, 2 months ago to random

Behold! A weird ammonite!
(Based on a comment on the forbidden platform that my bennettitalean cone yesterday looked like a stylised ammonite)
#paleoart #ammonite #paleontology

Palaeojules, 2 months ago to random

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

Palaeojules, 2 months ago to neverwinternights

I drew how I imagine Gadzooks looking from The Last Dragon Chronicles! I'm still getting used to my new pens, but I'm happy with how he looks!
#gadzooks #dragons #Dragon #pennykettle #pennykettledragons #thelastdragonchronicles #alcoholmarkers #art #fanart #pendrawing

Palaeojules, 2 months ago to Plants

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

Palaeojules, 4 months ago to boardgames

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

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Palaeojules, 6 months ago to SciComm

Up next is #Ginkgoites #patagonica, a species from the #Eocene of Argentina. This species had leaves with 2-8 narrow round-tiped lobes and is the youngest #Ginkgoales species from the southern hemisphere. #paleobotany #Ginkgo #paleoart #SciComm #plants

Palaeojules, 6 months ago to random

I'm not sure how long I'll keep this up for, but I want to do a series highlighting each species of Ginkgoales I restored. First up is #Ginkgoites #pluripartita. This was a very widespread species, found across the northern hemisphere in Early Cretaceous rocks from the northern USA, Canada, Greenland, Germany, Siberia, Franz Josef Land, and potentially also in the Morrison Formation. Its leaves show a lot of variation, with some having broad lobes and others being highly divided. #FossilFriday

Palaeojules, 7 months ago to random

#inktober2023
This sketch doesn't have much to do with today's word, but it does show a disgruntled #azhdarchid struggling to pull a very stubborn fruit off a low hanging tree branch.
#paleoart #paleontology #paleobotany #inktober #inktober2023day11

Palaeojules, 7 months ago to evolution

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