11th of October: "This is the end. I love you" This drawing is based on "triassic cuddle" fossil... Yeah I've decided to go full angst For those who didn't know, triassic cuddle is a strange fossil containing remains of two animals: thrinaxodon (a proto-mammal) and broomistega (an amphibian), cuddled together, probably sharing the same den though the two species are thought to be in predator/prey situation. It is generally thought that the amphibian went into the burrow where a thrinaxodon already slept, as the broomistega was injured and seeked shelter. Then, they were buried alive by something covering the den, and thus fossilized together. Here's how it looks:
(picture taken from study Synchrotron Reveals Early Triassic Odd Couple: Injured Amphibian and Aestivating Therapsid Share Burrow by Fernandez et al., 2013) Bonus: the designs I did for this drawing! I tried to figure out their patterns without straying too far from what animals might look. (Broomistegas aren't drawn with a tail fin usually, I drew Pim with one only because he's a special case (same with huge eye))
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