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Hi, I'm JW, I'm a mostly 2D artist with a focus on paleontology and biology. #1 Wasp Fan!! I also do both wikipedia art and article creation!| <3 @dynamoterror.bsky.social <3

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Dynamognathus @dynamoterror.bsky.social · 8d

Just barely making it for September’s #NearbyNature2025, here’s the Mexican Long-nosed Armadillo. Formerly known as a northern subspecies of the recently-split Nine-banded Armadillo, this is the only Xenarthran native to Alabama today. They are mostly nocturnal insectivores. #wildlife #alabama

Colored-pencil sketch of a Mexican Long-nosed (formerly Nine-banded) Armadillo on a white background, walking away at an angle from the viewer

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · 12d

Back to some fish along with some mammals!: Blickomylus, Prohesperocyon, Italopterus magnificus, and Leptolepis coryphaenoides #paleoart #sciart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Sep 2

Finally back to posting paleoart so here are some ungulates: Aprixokogia kelloggi, Koristocetus pescei, Pachynolophus eulaliensis, and Pliolophus vulpiceps #sciart #paleoart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Jul 21

My first set of submissions for #lemuriachallenge a bunch of bugs and fish which will be a general trend with my stuff

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Apr 29

More fish!: Coelacanthus granulatus, Luopingcoelucanthus eurylacrimalis, Ticinepomis peyeri, and Notagogus denticulatus #sciart #paleoart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Apr 13

Working on some coelacanthiformes and thought I'd post my recon Chinlea sorenseni for #SundayFishSketch #paleoart #sciart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Apr 11

they're very good

JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Apr 3

First more modern ray fined fish I've rendered: Seminotus, Hispanamia, Dercetis, and Ichthyotringa #paleoart #sciart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Mar 27

Pattisaura, Phenacocoelus, Promerycochoerus, and Pistosaurus
#paleoart #sciart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Mar 20

Haven't posted in a while, nothing bad is going on, just busy with classes and some other stuff.

JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Feb 11

Been a bit busy but these have been done for a bit: Belantsea, Dianmeisaurus, Obruchevodus, and Orientalosuchus #paleoart #sciart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Jan 26

Doing my first Terraria playthrough in a while with some friends and all I can say is good luck lol

JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Jan 22

Yeah, holocephalians are way weirder than people give them credit for, I'd say that they're probably more morphologically diverse than sharks over geologic time. There are way more that a could do.

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Jan 21

With a new description of a certain holocephalian, I decided to go on a deep dive to illustrate some of weirdos from the jurassic being: Acanthorhina, Chimaeropsis, Metopacanthus, and Squaloraja. I also recommend listening to the recent episode by @commondescentpod.bsky.social about chimaeras!

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Jan 11

Time for mammals and reptiles?: Elomeryx, Jiangxisuchus, Heptacodon, and Nabotherium #paleoart #scieart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 24

Been a bit busy but i wanted to test out how earlier bony fish would look in my rendering style so here's Gogosardina! #paleoart #sciart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 15

This one was really fun to put together since a bunch of the resources were made with a bunch of people from the area, huge shout out to the UGA Stratigraphy Lab. Would have been so much harder without it.

Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · Dec 15

Here the result of the last formation stream of 2024.
Over the course of 6 hours we explored the many organisms that inhabited the reefs of the Whitewater formation.

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 13

What genera are those?

JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 12

Starting my project to do artwork of all of the TAZ taxa that need artwork starting with Styracocephalus and Erythrosuchus #paleoart #sciart

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 9

i place to potentially but haven't drawn any myself yet

JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 9

Thank you!! I do plan on having the teeth completely or pretty much completely covered by lips. I have a nice skeletal from the osteological redescription that I’ll be using for my main reference.

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 9

i'll be adding it, along with another taxa that the same person requested (being erythrosuchus) and a few crocs i've done over the week to the review board either today or tomorrow.

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 9

When comparing the mandible to Moschops, there were only a few differences between the taxa suggesting an amount of distortion increasing the length of the mandible.

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 9

If you've ever heard of this guy, you may be confused due to the lack of a long face and big chin. In 2013, Güven et. al. took another look at the specimens and turns out both the cranium and mandible were massively effected by taphonomy...

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JW (commissions open, just dm me) @seismic-shrimp.bsky.social · Dec 9

Another request, this being Riebeeckosaurus, explanation for why it looks this way will be in the comments! #paleoart #Sciart

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