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Published: 2017-05-08 20:02:41 +0000 UTC; Views: 5199; Favourites: 107; Downloads: 0
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Description So...
Here's my interpretation of those mysterious 20 million years old alien fossils  from Joschua Knüppe's illustration

What we can see here is that the bones are actually belong to at least 3 different creature.

- Small, worm/snake like creatures that had a hard, shell like head and built tower like structures that were actually made of similar "biomineralized opal like tissue" like their endoskeleton. The actual animal lived deep inside these small towers. Some of their small head were found at the site.

- These "Tower builders" had a much larger cousine which instead of building towers out of its body, it had a segmented, armor plated protection, so it was able to change its position while having a protection against most predators at the same time. Some of its ring shaped endoskeletal structures were found at the site.

- And the third creature was a formidable hunter at its time. Unlike most creatures it wasn't looking for food on the seabed. Instead it was able to swim above that. The almost 1m long hunter had huge, gripping limbs covered by serrated tooth like structures. Its mouth like organ was able to smash the toughest shells.

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Basically the whole concept is a reversed/opposite version of the mystery around the Anomalocaris when it was discovered.
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Comments: 12

Sanrou [2017-05-10 14:22:34 +0000 UTC]

Marvelous!
Best entry i've seen so far, good work!  

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Dontknowwhattodraw94 [2017-05-09 19:52:57 +0000 UTC]

This looks awesome! Nice work

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CaptFlameSkull [2017-05-09 12:30:58 +0000 UTC]

so weird... I love it!

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GigaBoss101 [2017-05-09 06:54:16 +0000 UTC]

It reminds me of a blimp. The background info is also fascinating.

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Stolpergeist [2017-05-09 05:36:39 +0000 UTC]

This has to be one of my favourites! Amazing work, comrade!

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Hyrotrioskjan [2017-05-08 20:51:09 +0000 UTC]

This is by far the most alien interpretation. Far more  alien than the actual animal... I love it  

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titanlizard In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2017-05-08 20:52:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!  

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PeteriDish [2017-05-08 20:46:28 +0000 UTC]

These creatures are possibly the most alien out of all the entries i have seen so far. Really nicely done!

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titanlizard In reply to PeteriDish [2017-05-08 21:00:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Evodolka [2017-05-08 20:08:17 +0000 UTC]

ok that just looks gross
well made and beautifully drawn... but very gross

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titanlizard In reply to Evodolka [2017-05-08 20:14:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks :^)

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Evodolka In reply to titanlizard [2017-05-08 20:16:38 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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