If future paleontologists found this skull, how would they reconstruct it?3yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/SpeculativeEvolution
Meiolania, a large bizarre horned turtle from Australia and New Caledonia, that survived up into Egyptian times7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Atopodentatus, a weird herbivorous marine reptile from the Triassic6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
The Permian extinction event is considered by many to be the worst mass extinction event in all of Earth's history, killing ninety percent of all life on Earth.6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Quinkana, a large terrestrial crocodile that inhabited Australia and encountered early humans7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Simosuchus, a strange herbivorous crocodile that lived in Madagascar during the Late Cretaceous7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Not all ammonites were small. Here's the shell of Parapuzosia.7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Teratophoneus was a tyrannosaur whose name literally translates to monstrous murderer.6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Beelzebufo was a nine-pound frog from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. It may have eaten baby dinosaurs.7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
For those having trouble finding the original bleh, alfalfa monster comic7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/mylittlepony
Pelagic piscivorous crows from my Quinary project, by ExoSpecula4yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/SpeculativeEvolution
Leedsichthys, a huge filter-feeding fish from the Mid Jurassic, and possible the largest fish to ever evolve7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Pseudopulex was a parasitic flea-like insect, ten times the size of a modern flea and with a bite as painful as a hypodermic needle, that fed on dinosaurs6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Halszkaraptor, a recently-discovered swan-like aquatic relative of Velociraptor and Deinonychus6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Quinkana - big terrestrial crocodile from prehistoric Australia6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Gargantuavis, a large ostrich-like bird that lived on a European island in the Late Cretaceous. Keep in mind that its remains are fragmentary, so this reconstruction is mostly speculative.7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Arthur redesigned to look like an actual aardvark by Cryptid-Creations7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/furry
Dromornis was one of the largest birds to ever evolve. It lived in Australia during the Miocene, and its closest living relatives are ducks and geese.6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Meganeura, a hawk-sized relative of modern dragonflies that lived during the Carboniferous7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Leaellynasaura was a small herbivorous long-tailed dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Australia. Since the continent was closer to the south pole at the time, it's nowadays reconstructed with a nice fluffy coat to protect it from the cold.6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Palaeophis, a marine boa from the early Paleogene and a real life sea serpent7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Pezosiren, a primitive four-legged ancestor of manatees and dugongs6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Archaeoindris was a giant extinct lemur from Madagascar that was bigger than a gorilla and second only to Gigantopithecus for the title of largest primate6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Sivatherium was a moose-like relative of the giraffe and okapi that lived in India as recently as Egyptian times. Did I mention it's also thought to be the heaviest-known ruminant?6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Chapalmalania, a huge raccoon from the Pliocene of South America6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Stomatosuchus, a huge crocodilian that lived alongside Spinosaurus. It had tiny teeth and a pelican-like throat pouch, and may have been a filter-feeder.7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Before ungulates entered Africa, giant hyraxes like Titanohyrax filled a lot of herbivore niches6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Leptoptilos robustus, a six foot-tall marabou stork that lived on the island of Flores alongside Komodo dragons and dwarf humans nicknamed Flores hobbits7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Homalodotherium was a weird South American ungulate that sported grasping claws on its forefeet instead of hooves6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Some early concept art of the character that evolved into Capper6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/mylittlepony
Deinotherium, a huge and primitive proboscidean that had tusks on its lower jaws instead of its upper jaws, unlike its distant elephant relatives7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Obdurodon tharalkooschild was a large predatory platypus that had powerful molars, implying it fed on hard-shelled prey like turtles7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Ekorus, a large African mustelid that was built more like a big cat than a weasel7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
From Party of One - I always thought the way Gummy sits here looked weird.6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/mylittlepony
What Mars would look like with an ocean, in case you need help coming up with a hypothetical Martian ecosystem7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/SpeculativeEvolution
Diversity of different penguin species (from the Speculative Dinosaur Project)7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/SpeculativeEvolution
Copepteryx was a huge six to seven-foot long penguin-like bird related to boobies and cormorants that lived in Japan during the Oligocene.6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
A pair of fully-aquatic birds my friend drew for me. The top is a typical dolphin-like piscivore, and the bottom is a filter-feeder.7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/SpeculativeEvolution
Deinotherium, a weird primitive proboscidean with backwards curved tusks on its lower jaw6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Pulmonoscorpius, a huge land scorpion from the Carboniferous.7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
Pelagornis sandersi, an enormous seabird with a 24-foot wingspan, rivaling that of Argentavis7yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/Naturewasmetal
A deleted scene from Snowball Effect showing a snowman torture chamber.6yr ⋅ SummerAndTinkles ⋅ r/spongebob