3.6" Fossil Leaf (Beringiaphyllum) - Montana

A portrait of my favorite Cenezoic animal of all time, Ankalagn saurognathus, the largest mammalian predator of the Paleocene. I find mesonychids in general to be so fascinating, but Ankalagon, which got so large so soon after the K-Pg extinction, is just so awesome.

I would have recommended the book except that the last chapter lost me.

(top row: Chriacus, Phenacodus, Taeniolabis; bottom row: Barylambda, Protungulatum, Stylinodon, all pics from Wikipedia)

3.3" Fossil Leaf (Davidia) - Montana

1.6" Fossil Leaf (Archeampelos) - Montana

Image ID: A realistic graphite drawing of an extinct relative of modern waterfowl, Anachronornis Anhimops on a light grey background. It has a relatively narrow beak with a small bump on the end which ends in a slight hook, similar to a modern gull. The beak is light with a dark tip. The area around the eye is light and unfeathered before transitioning into dark feathers which crawl down the forehead and down the cheek and lower jaw and continue covering the entire neck. A white band of feathers creates a half circle collar under its throat as well as a smaller band just above it on the side of the cheek. Near the base of the back of its neck the dark feathers transition into having light scallop markings. And atop its head 2 thin long light coloured feathers stick up like antennaes up above the rest of the feathering ending in slightly wider feathered tips which are a slightly darker grey. To the left of the animal is handwritten text that reads,"Februsaury Day 7 - Anachronornis Anhimops - Late Paleocene" and the handwritten artists signature,"Xavier Daigle 2026" sits to it's right at the base of the back or the neck. END ID.

I’m a little bit late for this, but I decided for the Year of the Horse, I drew Eohippus, the ancestor of modern horses, in a symbiotic relationship with Gastornis. The small creatures following the giant bird for fallen fruit, while giving the bird extra eyes, ears, and keen sense of smell to warn of danger.