Scientific Illustration

Die Kreidefauna des Peterwardeiner Gebirges

Palaeontographica 52 (1905-6)

mucholderthen:

Palaeopagurus vandelenengeli
Lower Cretaceous hermit crab in an Ammonite shell
by =avancna

Based on In situ fossil hermit crabs (Paguroidea) from northwest Europe and Russia  [PDF]

The Hauterivian (Lower Cretaceous) hermit crab, Palaeopagurus vandelenengeli, in a simberskitine ammonite shell.

From the Speeton Clay Beds of Speeton, Yorkshire England.

marywilliams:

Finished this little guy earlier today. Not my favorite, but he’s okay. I need more practice with patience regarding these sorts of detailed critters. Mostly I think I just don’t like drawing animals with lots of segments… Hmmm…

8.5” x 11” 

Cored pencil and digital.

Acceleration of development in fossil Cephalopoda by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

Stanford University, Cal. :The University,1914..
biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13822549

premierepage:

[Illustrations de Lettres édifiantes et curieuses]

Ransonnette, Nicolas (1745-1810). Graveur

1780-1783

lindsayholladay:

Ammonite Fossil - carbon dust on Bristol vellum 4x

flasd:

Plate 024 by Hopkins Rare Books, Manuscripts, & Archives on Flickr.

(via akirak)

paleoillustration:

Ichthyosaur made for the Board of Paleontology of the Natural History Museum of San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina. By Jorge Antonio Gonzalez.

iamdrawingyourscience:

Ammonite. Graphite and carbon dust side by side.

First assignment!

iamdrawingyourscience:

Ammonite in carbon dust. I’ll upload a better picture when I’m not existing past midnight.