Scientific Illustration

chasinglinnaeus:

Chrysothrix oerstedi

Biologia Centrali-Americana
[London: Published for the editors by R. H. Porter] 1879-1915.

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aycarambas:

Freshwater fauna

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paleoillustration:

“Joggins - Life in the Carboniferous” by Brian Choo

“A representation of the fauna of Canada’s World Heritage Joggins Fossil Cliffs. The temnospondyl Dendrerpeton chases a pair of early reptiles (Hylonomus) up a lycopod tree. The little microsaurian amphibian Asaphestera scuttles into the undergrowth. Behind them, the giant millipede-like arthropod Arthropleura forages unconcerned.”

And I have to add this Arthropleura reconstruction from the Museum of Natural History, Chemnitz:

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