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catertothehollow:  coloured that Inostrancevia, how do paint therapsid skin?

(find out more about Inostrancevia here

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(Reblogged from )

Inordinately fond of Gorgonopsids.

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paleoillustration:  

1: Rubidgea sp. gorgonopsians preying on their smaller relative Aelurognathus

2: Inostrancevia sp. gorgonopsians attacking the herbivorous reptile Scutosaurus

By Mauricio Antón.

(Reblogged from scientificillustration)

Inostrancevia alexandri attacks a group of Scutosaurus karpinski - Late Permian of North European Russia (Northern Dvina).

(via: Wikipedia)   (image: Dmitry Bogdanov)

Inostrancevia is a genus of gorgonopsid therapsid found in Sokolki, on the Smaller Northern Dvina River near Kotlas in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia. The animal lived 251 million years ago during the Late Permian. The species I. alexandri is known from an almost complete skeleton missing some minor rib and vertebrae attachments…

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