Zeglud Syodon

[Krauklis]

The skull of this animal was found in the village of Zeglud, in the Udmurt Republic (Russia) by the local kids, back in ~2008. They later gave this skull to their school's principal. After some time, a man studying at the Udmurt State University saw this skull and brought it into the university's museum. Years later, the skull was extracted from the rock and identified as that of an undescribed species of Syodon. The latest news are from 2019, and the papers about the specimen were supposed to be published in 2020, but as of yet, nothing has seemingly been published.

 

 

 

Photos by Alexander Bakayev.

[ftlcgi]

Great reconstructions

[Bringing Fossils to Life]

I like how you blend pen and colored pencil - the reconstruction looks smooth, but it has a unifying texture as well.