Joschua Knüppe

@joschuaknuppe.bsky.social

German paleoartist, he/him, doing extinct critters of all sorts and some spec evo too

60 Meters above ground the rainforest of Lemuria reveals a very different world. It might not look like it but much of these tree giants are relative newcomers, evolving from much smaller forms after the rainforests in the south collapsed. Up here you have be able to climb...

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The rocky shores of a small winding creek offer a window into the complex communities of the Lemurian rainforest during the Pleistocene. Fig trees, loaded with fruits, attract all kinds of herbivores, from towering gondwanathers to small simosuchids and bizarre, flightless...

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At the beginning of the month Drexel University made public that they want to close the Academy of Natural Sciences at the end of the month. The academy is the oldest natural history museum in the Americas and this would end more than 200 years of research and outreach.

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Because this is such an important topic I will have a special stream tomorrow! We will talk museums, war on science, what you can do and what you can DRAW! I noticed that I never did a Hadrosaurus before, so I might as well do it now! See it as an extra long one subject Flocking!

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Tons of animals are gathering around this dwindling creek at the end of the rainy season. Thankfully relief is on the horizon. The savanna of Lemuria is probably our most megafauna heavy habitat. While already present in the Oligocene this landscape further expanded...

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And here are the Aquifers of Lemuria! Wait, that wasn't a habitat on the original list? And you are correct in that. This was a little surprise for you all. With only a small amount of critters that can realistically go in here I decided to keep this in the back.

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As it tradition since the days of Atlantis we have in this Phase of Lemuria a subterranean piece! These showcase many of the critters which otherwise might have a hard time to appear in the other habitat paintings considering their size and... well, being underground.

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And so we end the open woodland Lemuria stream! For various reasons we put this piece at the coast. For one it gives opportunity for us to have some more coastal animals in here, but having a large carcass also draws in all the large predators that you don't wanna mix with the...

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The rivers of Lemuria are at first glance not that dissimilar to what we are used to from South American and African rivers, with large catfish and carps, with some crocs and many birds thrown in... but WAIT, WHY IS THERE A PTEROSAUR?!

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