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More Orphaned Concepts - Crocs, Monotremes and Ungulates

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Hello again, I managed to scan some re-draws of very old concepts that I had from more than a decade ago. They cover a few different kinds of animal generally, so I will cover them by group.. - The first are a set of various crocodiles, mostly Ziphosuchian/Notosuchian. The idea was a world or timeline where Crocodiles are the dominant land animals instead of non-avian Dinosaurs or mammals.   This is a bipedal browsing Notosuchian, with a tapir-like trunk.   This idea was basically one-upping Kaprosuchus, though I am not sure why it would need such long teeth, sexual selection?     A large, omnivorous land-croc with a bulky head and heterodont teeth.   An ungulate-convergent, quadrupedal Notosuchian with a small beak.     Another ungulate--like Notosuchian descendant, this time with cheeks and heterodont teeth.   A wolf-sized predatory Ziphosuchian with a large head and heterodont teeth.   Tiny descendants of Anatosuchus, adapted to forage i...

Random Sea Monster drawings from ages ago...

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 Hello again, Nothing too exciting this time, but as you probably know I love sea monsters in general and sea serpents in particular. Back quite a few years ago I drew a bunch of random sea-serpent and sea-monster concepts just for fun. Here they are, bear in mind some don't really have any proper taxonomy or phylogeny in mind... - - All images, designs and writing on this blog are the property of Timothy Donald Morris (unless otherwise indicated), do not use, reproduce, or copy them without my permission. © Timothy Donald Morris 2024