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Spider and strange crustacean enthusiast...

@syncarida

mostly wildlife/interesting rock formation photos & reblogs of art | palaeo student | any pronouns | early 20s | also really into goth music but that's on a different sideblog
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oddly elusive for an animal that i've barely ever seen moving around, Odiellus always counts as a lucky find to me but this one was extra lucky due to not being on a vertical surface for once. the piece of wood it was hiding under was maneuverable enough to let me pick the best angle to highlight its little pleading eyes and mustache

(November 17th, 2025)

A food chain captured in one fossil!

The ichthyosaur Platypterygius from Australia was found with remains of an ornithocheirid pterosaur in its gut. That alone would be impressive - but then the ichthyosaur itself has bite marks likely inflicted by the massive Kronosaurus, and damage that has been interpreted as being caused by hitting the seafloor nose first after being munched.

Bad day for the ichthyosaur, but a spectacular discovery for us!

Art by Peter Trusler. Images and more here.

i really like that pictures of anteaters swimming look like someone tried to recreate the loch ness monster on a budget like

under the dark and gothic era of my rule they're getting called harvestwomen as a last desperate hope people stop 'it's a little guyyyy'-ing them as much