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“Welcome… to Cambrian Park.”

[ID: Digital art of Smilodon populator, an extinct species of sabre-toothed cat. It is drawn in simple lineart and block colours. The majority of the shading is cell shading, with very dark blue-toned shadows, but also airbrushed highlights and leaf-dapple on the cat’s back. The base colour is warm tan, with dark brown simple rosettes with a warmer brown inside. The underside is pale cream. The eyes are warm green, and the nose is a red-brown. The canine teeth are white and extend past the lower jaw. The background is meant to resemble an open woodland in summer, with lots of long green-grass and trees in the back. The background sits within a black rectangle, and the cat appears to be stepping out of the ‘frame’ in a stalking position with body low to the ground and ears forward. The picture is signed “Calico” in transparent white. End ID]

Sorry that’s a long image description. Might be too long.

Iris Rubin’s amazing Paraphysornis brasiliensis reconstruction at the Natural History Museum Vienna

Thomas the T. Rex

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles