tamisiocaris – Nix Illustration

Cambrian Explosion #43: Radiodonta – Splash Of The Titans

The most famous radiodont is the classic charismatic Anomalocaris, but there were plenty of other members of the group who explored very different lifestyles. Instead of big apex predators, some of them became equally large filter feeders – the whales of the Cambrian.

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Eons Roundup 10

Time for some more PBS Eons commission work!

An illustration of an extinct marine invertebrate. It has large spiny appdanges at the front of its head, stalked eyes, multiple pairs of fin-like swimming flaps along the sides of its body, and a pair of long streamer-like "tails". — Lyrarapax unguispinus

An illustration of an extinct marine invertebrate. It has large densely-spined appdanges at the front of its head, small eyes on short stalks, multiple pairs of fin-like swimming flaps along the sides of its body, and three pairs of fan-like tail fins. — Lyrarapax unguispinus

The radiodonts Lyrarapax and Tamisiocaris, from “How Plankton Created A Bizarre Giant of the Seas”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0oKBPZODhM

An illustration of an extinct lizard-like reptile. It has a row of short spines down its back, and its mouth is open showing "buck teeth" at the front of its jaws and multiple rows of teeth further back. — Sphenotitan leyesi

An illustration of an extinct lizard-like reptile. It has a row of short spines down its back, and a proportionally big head with large eyes. — Sphenotitan leyesi

The rhynchocephalians Sphenotitan, Clevosaurus, and Kawasphenodon, from “When Lizards Took Over the World”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peeX3PKOE_w