Katie Potter

Cecelia and the Living Fossils

You're an paleontologist digging up a dinosaur fossil... when suddenly you awaken:

In the wake of the recently released publication by Engelman, the famous Dunkleosteus got its size cut from the previously humongous 7 metres long beast of an Arthrodire have now downsized into 3 - 5 metres long Hydrogen bomb shaped fat fish. Here are my rendition of the new dunk, honestly, I am fond of the new form of this animal.

Figure 1. Size estimate and skull diagram of Dunkleosteus terrelli based on the specimen CMNH 5768, the most popular of its species

Figure 2. Size comparison of the older version of dunk (above) compared to the new and chonkier version of dunk (below).

On other platforms, such as twitter and instagram, I have been called a prophet, for the gift of premonition have been bestowed upon me in the year of 2021 because I created this round fellow, aptly named "Dunkball", it was a local sensation when it first conceived.

Figure 3. The Dunkball, look at this boi, bask in his glorious spherical presence, for he is a perfect specimen.

Also just for fun, I created these joke dunk forms for you fellow enthusiasts to enjoy:

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Source publication:

there are more than ten options so I had to do some smushing

Zoology - Textbook for Schools. Edited by D. Naumov. 1985.

This is an illustration for an article I wrote about Deinonychus antirrhopus. You can read it here.

Coloration is based on a screech owl. I gave him speculative ear tufts because I think they're cute.

Every part of this creature looks like it causes pain.

Also, some scale worms are rainbowy--like Peinaleopolynoe. They do have pretty serious chompers. You can see where this one had a few bites taken out of its armor by other scale worms.