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I introduce the wonderfully weird 2m long Aegirocassis benmoulae from the forgotten times known as the Ordovician. 

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This animal is likely a filter-feeder, filling in a new niche during the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event. 

 

More in depth video on the Aegirocassis, especially on the implication on arthropod limbs.

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For birthday gifts and suchlike, I used to draw simplified versions of various ancient critters and put them on cards. I was particularly fond of Ostracoderms.

 

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Someone else's example ^

 

edit: forgot to include a point to this little aside. As there's a long weekend coming up, I'll have a go at a few ancient arthropod-based pictures.

 

If anything comes of it I will scan and poast.

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A lobster as big as a man?

 

This breathes new life into my furry fanfiction idea. 

Oh god.  Colli, fetch the napalm.

*lights cigar*

 

EDIT: "Ok, scratch the flamethrower. Let's go with a couple of thermobaric TBG-29Vs"

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The fossils found aren't that big, only about 10 cm long. However knowing that today's Mantis Shrimp can grow to about 40 cm, the Daidal acanthocercus might be able to grow to that size or perhaps larger. Probably not as big as a person though, fortunately for ancient sea life. 

 

Probably not, but fossils can't tell you everything. 

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I would not advise taking such a pet to the deep south however, because the grandaddy of all crawdaddies is going to end up in someone's craw eventually.

It it'll fit into a bin full of grease it will be fried. I want me some deep-fried anomalocaris. 

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If his research is used for the purpose that I think it will be used for, I am all for encouraging it. 

 

Yeah, well. That's all well and good until you start forcing Christian photographers to take pictures at human/arthropod weddings.

 

Remember. God created Adam and Eve. Not Adam and Stomatopoda!

 

...

 

Not that I have anything against Odontodactylus scyllarus. Why, I was just watching some videos about the mating habits of Mantis shrimp and... eh...

 

No Stomo!

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Yeah, well. That's all well and good until you start forcing Christian photographers to take pictures at human/arthropod weddings.

 

Remember. God created Adam and Eve. Not Adam and Stomatopoda!

 

...

 

Not that I have anything against Odontodactylus scyllarus. Why, I was just watching some videos about the mating habits of Mantis shrimp and... eh...

 

No Stomo!

Photographers? Get a real job!

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It it'll fit into a bin full of grease it will be fried. I want me some deep-fried anomalocaris. 

 

I suspect that much of humanity's desire to resurrect different species is to increase the options available for our palate.

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So, holiday drawings didn't get very far...

 

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Bottom right is an ancient horseshoe crab. Top left is a flesh spider (ie: an arthropod reimagined with an endoskeleton) which very much fitted in with the theme of the holiday house. As we were next to a salt pan, I got to do a few quick sketches of flamingos in flight. All the rest is KSP-related bullshit.

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I enjoy the randomness. 

 

Lobopodia are a stem group of ancient arthropods that are pretty freaky-deaky. Velvet Worms and tardigrades are most likely descendants from anceint lobopodians as well as modern arthropods. 

 

This is Onychodictyon ferox.

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Paper.

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