#pixelsaurs

what a nice ima-IT MOVED 26/01/17 I have to admit this took me a lot longer than I care to think about but here are two animated swimming Mosasaurs. Forgive their clunky swimming, I had forgotten how long it takes to hand draw animation frames and gave up with the transitional frames.

She’s back.... (redraw of the very first pixeldino) 26/01/17  Tyrannosaurus rex When: 68-66 Mya Where: North America (Laramidia) Size: ~12.3 m long and ~3.7 m tall Fun Fact: Even though feathers have never been found with T. rex specimens it was highly likely that they had them considering that most of their relatives possessed them.

Ancient spiny Scottish “shark” 01/09/2016 Cheiracanthus murchisoni When: Middle Devonian Where: Freshwater lakes and rivers in what is now Scotland Size: About 5 cms Fun Fact: The group of organisms that this fish belonged to, the acanthodians “shiny sharks” were one of the first few vertebrates to use hinged lower jaws, this made them efficient predators, despite their tine size. (They aren’t really sharks, they preceded sharks by 50 million years.)

Such an old shark... 22/01/2016 Xenacanthus When: All the way through the Devonian period to the end of the Triassic Where: Global Size: up to bout 1 metre Fun fact:The spine on its head was made out of bone unlike the rest of its cartilaginous skeleton

Heya fellow dinosaur lovers, I'm sorry I haven't posted in such a long time, I've been swept off my feet this term at uni and exams are looming! D: As such there has been a lack of dinosaurs :( (or assorted prehistoric critters) BUT, I'm hoping to resolve this issue so be prepared for dinosaurs on the way :) (and possibly a theme revamp if I can get my shit together!)

9/10/2015   In order to celebrate the start of the new term and inktober, I thought I would share a few of the paleodoodles I've adorned my notes with. Top left is a smiley Hallucigenia, I want to confirm that it didn't have eyes or a mouth like that (or eyes at all) since it was a very early creature and a bit backward in the evolutionary race. It would probably have been a little like a spiky underwater velvet worm. Top right is a little Dunkleosteus that is simply overjoyed at the types of rocks I was learning about.

26/08/2015 The swift prehistoric “dolphin” Ichthyosaurus When: Early Jurassic Where: the waters around Europe Size: Around 2 metres Fun Fact: Ichthyosaurus was neither dinosaur, mammal or fish. They were aquatic reptiles. Their fishy/dolphin appearance is linked to the shape being as streamlined as possible in water.

05/07/2015 Hard headed stubborn dinosaur... Pachycephalosaurus when: Late Cretaceous Where: North America Size: 4.5 metres long Fun Fact: The bony dome on top of its head could have been 10 inches thick. But whether or not this dome was used to cushion the brain in musk ox like fights or not is unknown