This is my gallery, where I put all my digital paleoart. The most recent pictures are at the top of this page, so look out for new ones.
My third, and by far best, reconstruction of Eldredgeops – this time specifically Eldredgeops rana crassituberculata. This reconstruction shows well the many spots on Eldredgeop’s exoskeleton, that could grow and shrink at the trilobite’s will. This would have made the trilobite appear darker or lighter from a distance, helping to camouflage it against the muddy sea bottom.Lenisicaris pennsylvanica, formerly Anomalocaris pennsylvanica, swims placidly through a forest of Margaretia dorus, a tubular structure built by the possible hemichordate OesiaGordoniconus, early coleoid.Keuppia levante sitting around on some stones, waiting for prey. This picture was based on A school of Hibolites belemnites cruising the sunlit water.Valentine’s day, 2022- Two Metabactrites, commonly regarded as the earliest true ammonoid.A school of Bactrites waiting for plankton to come their way.Michelinoceras foraging for trilobites.Gigantocharinus, a spider-like trigonotarbid from Red Hill. As its name suggests, it was larger than most other trigonotarbids, at 0.27 inches (7mm) long. This is one of the few reconstructions of the earliest known spider, Arthrolycosa. This is also one of the two on the internet that is based on fossils. I will do a Paleo Profile for this one.
Note: the scale bar on this picture is not accurate. See this post for a more accurate scale bar.
An Eldredgeops crassituberculata enrolls as a mud slide is about to fossilize it. This Eldredgeops is reconstructed in its true colors, and would become one of the many Eldredgeops found in the Northeastern US.This is the first ever reconstruction of the earliest known cobra, Naja romani! This hood-less species, the largest growing up to 6 feet (1.8 meters) long, lived in the caves of ancient France. A Spinosaurus in mating colors surveys the river on a cold, foggy morning. An Allosaurus, a 28 foot (8.5 meter) theropod from Europe and North America, searches for prey.This is Enchoteuthis, a very close relative of octopuses, that now includes the “ancient giant squid”, Tusoteuthis. Enchoteuthis coexisted with Platecarpus in the Western Interior Sea, in what is now the Midwest United States. It was likely a very fast swimmer.Koenenites, an early ammonoid averaging about an inch (2.5 centimeters) across. It had a very sharp keel on its shell, suggestive of a fast, agile swimmer.Two Platecarpus just hanging out. Platecarpus was a small, (14 ft / 4.3 meters) very fast Mosasaur from all over the world. Pterodaustro, a filter-feeding pterosaur. Background https://diaryofabeachaholic.blogspot.com/2013/03/florida-beach-photo-day-1.html Eldredgeops rana, a common predatory trilobite from North America. Background https://www.flickr.com/photos/dimsis/14312747599Rutiodon, a large phytosaur. Masiakasaurus, a theropod from Madagascar with weird teeth. Background https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotohiki_BeachA redo of my second picture, Placenticeras. Background https://flickr.com/photos/felipeskroski/2387821887Here is a guide to reconstructing Michelinoceras. Here is a picture of Michelinoceras from above, showing its color pattern. Other artists can use this reconstructed color pattern in their reconstructions, as long as they site me. Michelinoceras, on a photo background. Background http://creativity103.com/collections/Aquascape/slides/surface_fish.htmlPlectronoceras again, crawling on the seabed as usual.Plctronoceras, the earliest known cephalopod, colonizing in a new stretch of seabed. Background https://www.flickr.com/photos/dimsis/14312747599 Yutyrannus, on anther photo background. Background https://eskipaper.com/free-snow-wallpaper.htmlDiplodocus, as a storm is coming. The background was a free stock image. Background https://pxhere.com/en/photo/414508 An edited version of my original Deinonychus picture. Spinosaurus swimming in a river. Just because it usually waded didn’t mean it couldn’t swim sometimes. Gigatitan, the giant grasshopper relative that hunted like a preying mantis. It could sing like a cricket, and probably loud! Microraptor, the first found four-winged dromaeosaur. We know its color pattern too, dark and iridescent. Here is another Deinonychus, inn the mid-day heat. A juvenile Deinonychus, very likely capable of flight and almost certainly a tree-climber. The previous picture of deinonychus on a background. My best picture of Deinonychus, and is one of my best so far. This is Psittacosaurus, the dinosaur that we know almost exactly how it looked, down to its counter-shaded, spotted color pattern. Opabinia, a very bizarre lobopod from the Cambrian time period.Cocosteus, a small relative of the huge and famous Dunkelosteus. Tiktalic, the bizarre alligator-like fish. Prearcturus, one of the largest scorpions ever. It is only known from its head, leg bases and a pincer, but is thought to have been almost 3 ft (1 m) in life. Malawisaurus, a large titanosaurid dinosaur from the southern African country of Malawi. In the foreground is the tiny, burrowing crocodilomorph, Malawisuchus. Deinonychus, a mid-to-large-sized dromaeosaur dinosaur. Megateuthis, the largest known Belemnite. It is thought to have grown to up to 10 ft (3m) long (belemnites were not squid, as they appear to be at first glance. I will discuss this in another post). Dactylioceras, a small and very successful ammonite from Europe. Two Megateuthis rest in the background. Placenticeras, a moderately large ammonite thought to have eaten soft prey, like jellyfish. My first digital art, of Michelinoceras anguliferum and a Dimerocrinus crinoid.
