Mark Witton on Nostr: Another day, another new-to-Mastodon painting. This is the lowermost Jurassic Welsh ...

Another day, another new-to-Mastodon painting. This is the lowermost Jurassic Welsh theropod Dracraptor, restored to look much more coelophysoid-y than usual. The original reconstruction opted for an inexplicably coelurosaur-like face shape, which just doesn't match expectations of what this animal should look like. It's at the beach because its bones were found in marine deposits.

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