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[GojiraGuy1954]

Giganotosaurus carolinii


Tarbosaurus bataar


Concavenator corcovatus


Explosion of Life
"Archean Eon- 4,450,000,000 years ago

A lonely planet. Reddish-brown, cracked, and with a bare, untouched surface. This is an unremarkable planet. Just like all of its neighbours, life on this massive chunk of floating rock seems impossible. Its crust is baked by the sun's rays as it revolves around the star, in the same orbit since its formation.
But this perpetual calm of nothingness is soon about to be rudely interrupted.
A mars-sized body, Theia, is on a collision course with the Lonely Planet. It is not too dissimilar to the Lonely Planet, aside from a rather large difference in size.
The collision is the most explosive event that this newborn solar system has ever seen. Both planets are just about vaporised on impact, the last remaining pieces of both beginning to float around in their own orbit. A small patch drifts away from the rest and bunches together into a smaller formation.
This is our own Earth's moon.

Burgess Shale- 508,000,000 years ago
This is the Lonely Planet over 4 billion years after the collision, now known as Earth. This planet has gone from another desolate wasteland to an intricate, tiny Oasis in the vast desert of Space. The planet's surface is covered in an important, almost life-giving element; liquid water. This has allowed life under the seas to flourish, from just tiny single-celled organisms to a variety of complex forms, with delicate ecosystems and complicated predator-prey relationships.
The Cambrian Seabed. The water rocks to and fro, gently caressing the life that it has spawned.
Small, shelled animals with many segments scramble and scamper over the sand, sending grains up into the free-flowing water. These are called Trilobites, specifically Olenoides serratus, are some of the first creatures with a revolutionary new adaptation; eyes.

Before eyes, the world was nothing but many sensations. Touch, basic "scent," and pain. The evolution of eyes has started a massive chain reaction, an evolutionary arms race between hunter and hunted. Before, stealth was not a factor in staying alive; organisms just needed a way to avoid the antennae of predators. But with this game-changer, life has spiralled into many new forms, all filling different roles in the ecosystem, or "niches."
Charniodiscus arboreus is a relic from an older time. Its kin first evolved in the Precambrian, before the explosion of new types of organism that gives this strange, alien world its colour. Charniodiscus may look like a primitive plant, but it is actually an animal of the Arboreomorph family, a group of organisms which evolved to look very similar to modern fronds despite not being closely related to them. This coincidental process is known as Convergence.

A bizarre-looking creature, even for this time, called Opabinia regalis, swims into the area. The trilobites, which are about the same size as this small predator, remain unphased by its sudden appearance. They continue to sift through the seabed for any scraps of edible matter that they can find. These trilobites, like all others, follow a very specific body plan, which has granted them great success. First, there is the Cephalon. This is a large, broad portion of their armour, containing their eyes and mouthparts. Some species of Trilobite have very elaborate spines protruding from their Cephalons, though Olenoides has a more basic appearance. Next, is the Thorax, the segmented part of the body which allows Trilobites the advantage of being flexible, while still being armoured. Some Trilobites can even roll up into a ball like modern-day Hedgehogs or Woodlice. Finally, there is the semi-circular Pygidium. Olenoides has sharp spines on the edges of each segment and at the end of its Pygidium.
A shadow passes over the foraging animals. This causes the Trilobites to scatter, and some to burrow into the sediment, while the Opabinia disappears into the great blue of this primordial sea.
This is Anomalocaris canadensis; Earth's first apex predator.
For an organism of its time, this comparative giant his excellent vision. Its eyes are compounds, similar to those of today's Flies. They are placed upon short stalks which are attached to its head shield. This creature flies through the water using many finlike limbs attached to its body. They move up and down, like the wings of a Penguin underneath the Antarctic ice.
Anomalocaris may seem massive and imposing to the tiny creatures on the sea floor of the Cambrian oceans, but the creature itself was a mere meter long. Despite this small size, this is about how big life in this landscape gets. The Anomalocaris drifts towards the surface, poking its eyes above the waves. It sees a dried-up landmass about a mile away, and returns to the depths.
Surface environments in the Cambrian are still not very different from what they were all those millions of years ago; roasting sands and vicious landscapes with nothing inhabiting them other than small, algae-like plants. In a few hundred million years time, more familiar plants will develop, becoming the first complex colonisers of this now-barren landscape.
The Cambrian globe consists of five major landmasses. The smallest of them is Siberia, an L-shaped landmass which, in the modern day, is part of Russia. During the Cambrian it lay just south of the Equator, around where modern Africa is situated. Then there is Baltica, a slightly larger landmass which sits Southwest of Siberia. In the future, it will become Europe's Baltic States. Third is Laurentia, which will one day become part of the United States. It is situated on the Equator, Northwest from Siberia, just north of where Brazil will eventually form. The largest Landmass of the Cambrian is Gondwana, a massive continent which sits to the right of where Antarctica will eventually settle. This continent will break up to form South America, Africa, Arabia, India, Antarctica and Australia. There are smaller masses which will one day become Kazakstania and North China.
For now, all animal life on earth is situated within the Panthalassic and Iapetus Oceans.

Under the waves, prowling around the sea floor, is a positively freakish invertebrate. It has a long, tube-like body, with six tendrils behind its bulbous, raised head. It has a small, jawless mouth which it uses to suck up tiny floating organisms in the water, such as Zooplankton. It has lethal-looking spikes on top of its back and 14 long legs which allow it to able across the near-endless sands of the Panthalassic. This is Hallucinagenia sparsa, named, of course, for its otherworldly appearance.
It also spots the oncoming predator. Its leg structure does not allow it to quickly flee like the other spooked animals. The Anomalocaris, near unaware of the 5 centimeter long creature, continues to sail through the water, on the search for suitable prey. The Hallucinagenia quickly rolls up into a ball, its spines flaring up in a defensive maneuver. As the predator soars overhead, the wake of its comparatively enormous frame shifts the Hallucinagenia across the floor a few centimeters. Aysheaia pedunculata, an animal not too dissimilar to a velvet worm, crawls past the frightened Hallucinagenia, and onto a large sea sponge. Aysheaia has 22 legs, most of which for walking, but two large ones at the front are designed to grip onto its food, such as this sponge. It begins to eat it as the Hallucinagenia uncurls and strides away.

The Opabinia, now calmed from its few moments of terror, swims slowly through the water. This is unexplored territory for it, much deeper water than the Opabinia is used to. Rather than a white, sandy seabed dotted with Plants, Sponges, and crawling animals, there is nothing below it but a dark abyss. Many free-swimming animals inhabit this area, such as Burgessochaeta setigera. This is a blind, bristle-worm-like animal, which uses many fins on its 24-segmented body to paddle through the water. These fins beat rapidly, like a hummingbird, almost seeming frantic, but the Burgessochaeta isn't even aware of the Opabinia's presence. It is one of the animals to not yet have developed eyes, which gives it a disadvantage in the strange new world of the Cambrian. It has two long antennae on the front of its face, which it uses to determine where food is and where predators are via sensations caused by displacement of water.

A large Waptia fieldensis, a shrimp-like animal with a roundish body and a small tail, floats slowly past the Burgessochaeta. It is a crustacean, seemingly related to modern Crabs and Shrimp. It has strange, featherlike structures on the bottom of its body, which help it to swim. Unlike most animals of the Cambrian, this creature will take care of its young after it is born. About five tiny Waptias swim alongside it. However, there is an unseen spectator; a predator, not nearly as large as Anomalocaris,  but certainly still a force to be reckoned with.
The 9.3cm long Sanctacaris uncata slams into Burgessochaeta and begins to tear into it with its 5 strong, sharp mouthparts. The worm escapes the attacker's grasp and begins to flee. Though injured severely, it will most likely survive the encounter. The predator turns its attention to Opabinia and begins to pursue the fleeing target.

Anomalocaris comes across a group of small, blind trilobites in the sand. It grips into one of them with its tendril and pushes it towards its mouth, similarly to an octopus. However, Anomalocaris does not use a beak to break the tough shells of its prey; the spikes on its prehensile tendrils pierce the shells and tear them to shreds as they tighten. The Anomalocaris sucks the soft parts of the creature into its mouth. Though this meal will keep the Anomalocaris going for a while, it is not enough for long-term survival. It continues its search for prey.

Opabinia desperately makes its way back towards the dropoff point; frantically swimming and changing direction as the predator catches up; it is rapidly beginning to lose its stamina, and may very well soon be caught. The Sanctacaris makes a lunge for the smaller invertebrate, but doesn't manage to strike Opabinia. Opabinia flees into the relative safety of a hollowed-out sea sponge. It disturbs a resting Wiwaxia corrugata, which raises its spines at the surprise guest and exits through the hole, most likely created by a hungry Aysheaia. Before the Wiwaxia can slither very far, it is snatched up by the waiting predator. Sanctacaris begins to attempt to move into the sponge, but it is unable to fit for its wide body. It suddenly jerks back and begins to contort in strange ways, its armour failing it during a crucial moment; the Sanctacaris is being constricted by the tentacles of Anomalocaris. Both predators suddenly disappear from view, and Opabinia watches, still in hiding, as fragments of Sanctacaris' once-sturdy armour plating fall to the floor. It emerges to see the last husk of Sanctacaris sink to the seabed, where it will be scavenged from by the bacteria and bottom-feeders of the sea floor.
Anomalocaris drifts back up to the surface and disappears from view.

As time goes on; another evolutionary revolution is due to spark up. The beginnings of the next new advancement can be seen with a strange-looking creature named Pikaia gracilens. It may look unremarkable compared to other Cambrian life, such as the powerful Anomalocaris, or the creepy Hallucinagenia, but it has one main advantage; it is not limited by having a hard, solid carapace; it is one of the first animals with a primitive backbone. Pikaia may look similar to a modern eel with an insect-like face, but it is much more than it seems. Pikaia marks the beginnings of a great group of animals called the Vertebrates, which will go on to eventually dominate the land, from the Permian to Today. They will endure droughts, disasters, and even mass extinctions, but their reign will never falter. This underwater cradle is only the beginning for the sheer immensity and diversity which life on earth will eventually come to possess."

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus


Acrocanthosaurus atokensis


Zupaysaurus rougieri


Coelophysis bauri


Coelophysis kayentakatae


Liliensternus liliensterni


Cryolophosaurus ellioti


Dilophosaurus wetherilli

[Shonisaurus]

Ingenious the drawing of the giganotosaurus carolini that head with lips is quite scientific by the way I see that you have another theropod under the second drawing.

[GojiraGuy1954]

Ingenious the drawing of the giganotosaurus carolini that head with lips is quite scientific by the way I see that you have another theropod under the second drawing.

Juvenile Tarbo. I'm really interested in Tyrannosaur ontogeny and how much the animals change over their lifetimes.

[GojiraGuy1954]

Concavenator corcovatus

[Shonisaurus]

It is a very precise drawing of the dinosaur that in my nation we call "Pepito from Cuenca".

[GojiraGuy1954]

Explosion of Life
"Archean Eon- 4,450,000,000 years ago

A lonely planet. Reddish-brown, cracked, and with a bare, untouched surface. This is an unremarkable planet. Just like all of its neighbours, life on this massive chunk of floating rock seems impossible. Its crust is baked by the sun's rays as it revolves around the star, in the same orbit since its formation.
But this perpetual calm of nothingness is soon about to be rudely interrupted.
A mars-sized body, Theia, is on a collision course with the Lonely Planet. It is not too dissimilar to the Lonely Planet, aside from a rather large difference in size.
The collision is the most explosive event that this newborn solar system has ever seen. Both planets are just about vaporised on impact, the last remaining pieces of both beginning to float around in their own orbit. A small patch drifts away from the rest and bunches together into a smaller formation.
This is our own Earth's moon.

Burgess Shale- 508,000,000 years ago
This is the Lonely Planet over 4 billion years after the collision, now known as Earth. This planet has gone from another desolate wasteland to an intricate, tiny Oasis in the vast desert of Space. The planet's surface is covered in an important, almost life-giving element; liquid water. This has allowed life under the seas to flourish, from just tiny single-celled organisms to a variety of complex forms, with delicate ecosystems and complicated predator-prey relationships.
The Cambrian Seabed. The water rocks to and fro, gently caressing the life that it has spawned.
Small, shelled animals with many segments scramble and scamper over the sand, sending grains up into the free-flowing water. These are called Trilobites, specifically Olenoides serratus, are some of the first creatures with a revolutionary new adaptation; eyes.

Before eyes, the world was nothing but many sensations. Touch, basic "scent," and pain. The evolution of eyes has started a massive chain reaction, an evolutionary arms race between hunter and hunted. Before, stealth was not a factor in staying alive; organisms just needed a way to avoid the antennae of predators. But with this game-changer, life has spiralled into many new forms, all filling different roles in the ecosystem, or "niches."
Charniodiscus arboreus is a relic from an older time. Its kin first evolved in the Precambrian, before the explosion of new types of organism that gives this strange, alien world its colour. Charniodiscus may look like a primitive plant, but it is actually an animal of the Arboreomorph family, a group of organisms which evolved to look very similar to modern fronds despite not being closely related to them. This coincidental process is known as Convergence.

A bizarre-looking creature, even for this time, called Opabinia regalis, swims into the area. The trilobites, which are about the same size as this small predator, remain unphased by its sudden appearance. They continue to sift through the seabed for any scraps of edible matter that they can find. These trilobites, like all others, follow a very specific body plan, which has granted them great success. First, there is the Cephalon. This is a large, broad portion of their armour, containing their eyes and mouthparts. Some species of Trilobite have very elaborate spines protruding from their Cephalons, though Olenoides has a more basic appearance. Next, is the Thorax, the segmented part of the body which allows Trilobites the advantage of being flexible, while still being armoured. Some Trilobites can even roll up into a ball like modern-day Hedgehogs or Woodlice. Finally, there is the semi-circular Pygidium. Olenoides has sharp spines on the edges of each segment and at the end of its Pygidium.
A shadow passes over the foraging animals. This causes the Trilobites to scatter, and some to burrow into the sediment, while the Opabinia disappears into the great blue of this primordial sea.
This is Anomalocaris canadensis; Earth's first apex predator. "

Any critiques / issues with accuracy so far would be appreciated

[GojiraGuy1954]

Story update
"For an organism of its time, this comparative giant his excellent vision. Its eyes are compounds, similar to those of today's Flies. They are placed upon short stalks which are attached to its head shield. This creature flies through the water using many finlike limbs attached to its body. They move up and down, like the wings of a Penguin underneath the Antarctic ice.
Anomalocaris may seem massive and imposing to the tiny creatures on the sea floor of the Cambrian oceans, but the creature itself was a mere meter long. Despite this small size, this is about how big life in this landscape gets. The Anomalocaris drifts towards the surface, poking its eyes above the waves. It sees a dried-up landmass about a mile away, and returns to the depths.
Surface environments in the Cambrian are still not very different from what they were all those millions of years ago; roasting sands and vicious landscapes with nothing inhabiting them other than small, algae-like plants. In a few hundred million years time, more familiar plants will develop, becoming the first complex colonisers of this now-barren landscape.

The Cambrian globe consists of five major landmasses. The smallest of them is Siberia, an L-shaped landmass which, in the modern day, is part of Russia. During the Cambrian it lay just south of the Equator, around where modern Africa is situated. Then there is Baltica, a slightly larger landmass which sits Southwest of Siberia. In the future, it will become Europe's Baltic States. Third is Laurentia, which will one day become part of the United States. It is situated on the Equator, Northwest from Siberia, just north of where Brazil will eventually form. The largest Landmass of the Cambrian is Gondwana, a massive continent which sits to the right of where Antarctica will eventually settle. This continent will break up to form South America, Africa, Arabia, India, Antarctica and Australia. There are smaller masses which will one day become Kazakstania and North China.
For now, all animal life on earth is situated within the Panthalassic and Iapetus Oceans."

[Shonisaurus]

What beautiful prose on the Cambrian seas! You make a reliable literary reconstruction of the events and the creatures that existed in that primeval epoch of the earth. You are a wonderful storyteller. You name hallucigenia and opabinia to give two examples in a magisterial way. Magnificent literary story.

[GojiraGuy1954]

What beautiful prose on the Cambrian seas! You make a reliable literary reconstruction of the events and the creatures that existed in that primeval epoch of the earth. You are a wonderful storyteller. You name hallucigenia and opabinia to give two examples in a magisterial way. Magnificent literary story.

Thanks man I appreciate it

[GojiraGuy1954]

Story update
"Under the waves, prowling around the sea floor, is a positively freakish invertebrate. It has a long, tube-like body, with six tendrils behind its bulbous, raised head. It has a small, jawless mouth which it uses to suck up tiny floating organisms in the water, such as Zooplankton. It has lethal-looking spikes on top of its back and 14 long legs which allow it to able across the near-endless sands of the Panthalassic. This is Hallucinagenia sparsa, named, of course, for its otherworldly appearance.
It also spots the oncoming predator. Its leg structure does not allow it to quickly flee like the other spooked animals. The Anomalocaris, near unaware of the 5 centimeter long creature, continues to sail through the water, on the search for suitable prey. The Hallucinagenia quickly rolls up into a ball, its spines flaring up in a defensive maneuver. As the predator soars overhead, the wake of its comparatively enormous frame shifts the Hallucinagenia across the floor a few centimeters. Aysheaia pedunculata, an animal not too dissimilar to a velvet worm, crawls past the frightened Hallucinagenia, and onto a large sea sponge. Aysheaia has 22 legs, most of which for walking, but two large ones at the front are designed to grip onto its food, such as this sponge. It begins to eat it as the Hallucinagenia uncurls and strides away.

The Opabinia, now calmed from its few moments of terror, swims slowly through the water. This is unexplored territory for it, much deeper water than the Opabinia is used to. Rather than a white, sandy seabed dotted with Plants, Sponges, and crawling animals, there is nothing below it but a dark abyss. Many free-swimming animals inhabit this area, such as Burgessochaeta setigera. This is a blind, bristle-worm-like animal, which uses many fins on its 24-segmented body to paddle through the water. These fins beat rapidly, like a hummingbird, almost seeming frantic, but the Burgessochaeta isn't even aware of the Opabinia's presence. It is one of the animals to not yet have developed eyes, which gives it a disadvantage in the strange new world of the Cambrian. It has two long antennae on the front of its face, which it uses to determine where food is and where predators are via sensations caused by displacement of water.

A large Waptia fieldensis, a shrimp-like animal with a roundish body and a small tail, floats slowly past the Burgessochaeta. It is a crustacean, seemingly related to modern Crabs and Shrimp. It has strange, featherlike structures on the bottom of its body, which help it to swim. Unlike most animals of the Cambrian, this creature will take care of its young after it is born. About five tiny Waptias swim alongside it. However, there is an unseen spectator; a predator, not nearly as large as Anomalocaris,  but certainly still a force to be reckoned with.
The 9.3cm long Sanctacaris uncata slams into Burgessochaeta and begins to tear into it with its 5 strong, sharp mouthparts. The worm escapes the attacker's grasp and begins to flee. Though injured severely, it will most likely survive the encounter. The predator turns its attention to Opabinia and begins to pursue the fleeing target.

Anomalocaris comes across a group of small, blind trilobites in the sand. It grips into one of them with its tendril and pushes it towards its mouth, similarly to an octopus. However, Anomalocaris does not use a beak to break the tough shells of its prey; the spikes on its prehensile tendrils pierce the shells and tear them to shreds as they tighten. The Anomalocaris sucks the soft parts of the creature into its mouth. Though this meal will keep the Anomalocaris going for a while, it is not enough for long-term survival. It continues its search for prey.

Opabinia desperately makes its way back towards the dropoff point; frantically swimming and changing direction as the predator catches up; it is rapidly beginning to lose its stamina, and may very well soon be caught. The Sanctacaris makes a lunge for the smaller invertebrate, but doesn't manage to strike Opabinia. Opabinia flees into the relative safety of a hollowed-out sea sponge. It disturbs a resting Wiwaxia corrugata, which raises its spines at the surprise guest and exits through the hole, most likely created by a hungry Aysheaia. Before the Wiwaxia can slither very far, it is snatched up by the waiting predator. Sanctacaris begins to attempt to move into the sponge, but it is unable to fit for its wide body. It suddenly jerks back and begins to contort in strange ways, its armour failing it during a crucial moment; the Sanctacaris is being constricted by the tentacles of Anomalocaris. Both predators suddenly disappear from view, and Opabinia watches, still in hiding, as fragments of Sanctacaris' once-sturdy armour plating fall to the floor. It emerges to see the last husk of Sanctacaris sink to the seabed, where it will be scavenged from by the bacteria and bottom-feeders of the sea floor.
Anomalocaris drifts back up to the surface and disappears from view.

As time goes on; another evolutionary revolution is due to spark up. The beginnings of the next new advancement can be seen with a strange-looking creature named Pikaia gracilens. It may look unremarkable compared to other Cambrian life, such as the powerful Anomalocaris, or the creepy Hallucinagenia, but it has one main advantage; it is not limited by having a hard, solid carapace; it is one of the first animals with a primitive backbone. Pikaia may look similar to a modern eel with an insect-like face, but it is much more than it seems. Pikaia marks the beginnings of a great group of animals called the Vertebrates, which will go on to eventually dominate the land, from the Permian to Today. They will endure droughts, disasters, and even mass extinctions, but their reign will never falter. This underwater cradle is only the beginning for the sheer immensity and diversity which life on earth will eventually come to possess."

[GojiraGuy1954]

Carcharodontosaurus saharicus

[GojiraGuy1954]

Acrocanthosaurus atokensis

[Shonisaurus]

Nice description of the Cambrian oceans, it is an entertaining, interesting tale and makes your hair stand on end as you fight different species of animals to survive.

On the other hand, both the carcharodontosaurus and the acrocantosaurus with scientifically correct lips are masterfully made and let me explain why with just a few lines you have correctly delimited the appearance that those theropods would have. I really like your art and your literature.

[GojiraGuy1954]

Zupaysaurus rougieri

[Shonisaurus]

The fluff of the zupaysaurus rougieri is for me in this case what stands out the most from your drawing. Nice illustration, you have a great creative imagination.

[GojiraGuy1954]

Coelophysis bauri

[GojiraGuy1954]

Coelophysis kayentakatae

[Shonisaurus]

How different the two species of coelophysis look in appearance look like different species of dinosaurs. Thanks for your drawings.

[Shonisaurus]

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[GojiraGuy1954]

How different the two species of coelophysis look in appearance look like different species of dinosaurs. Thanks for your drawings.

I'm of the opinion that "Syntarsus" should be split, but there's no potential new genus name so I just called it Coelophysis. I think Syntarsusaurus kayentakatae would work nice since Syntarsus itself is an invalid beetle genus