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Palaeontology fan, sometimes draw fossil animals. Original Profile artist: @Jupiter1390
Apr 17 9 tweets 4 min read
(Almost) all pycnodonts from Haqel, Lebanon.
The early Cretaceous had a most diverse pycnodont genus and some of them were extremely weird.
#fossilfishart #paleoart #sciart Image Sigmapycnodus giganteum is a 66cm long, the most largest pycnodont of Haqel. It has a moderately deep body and vertically oriented snout that resembles a modern bream or shiphead. Image
Jan 4 16 tweets 5 min read
Finally, I was able to tell about this guy! Please give the monstrous new Cambrian weirdo a big round of applause. Here's Timorebestia koprii, a cuttlefish-sized the largest chaetognathiferan found in North Greenland! (1/15)
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Ocean of Cambrian greenland. Timorebestia hunt school of Isoxys with Siriocaris, Kerygmachela, Kleptothule.... et al. Art by Robert Nicholls. Sirius Passet was discovered by Danish scientists in 1984, during a geological mapping of North Greenland. Since then, several expeditions have been conducted in the UK and Denmark. (2/15) Image
Nov 28, 2023 11 tweets 4 min read
Size comparison between the smallest arthropods.
Yes, Some bugs are SMALLER THAN SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS!! Size comparison between the smallest arthropods. Megaphragma(parasitic wasp), Alycomesis(mite), Decapauropus(pauropod myriapod), Stygotanulus and Tantulacus(tantulocarid crustacean), Dicopomorpha(fairyfly), and Scydosella(feather-winged beetle).  and Paramecium & Amoeba. Representives of the single-celled organisms. Megaphragma mymaripenne is a parasitic wasp with feather-like wings. M.mymaripenne has one of the smallest nervous systems of any insect, consisting of just 7,400 neurons. But there is a smaller wasp, the male Dicopomorpha echmepterygis reaching 130μm.
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