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This is the completed second illustration from my week at the Scientific Illustration workshop at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, ME. I went with a more conceptual illustration to break out of the mold of drawing just singular specimens with no given context. These two animals and the moss underneath are all located in Russia. The fossil is Toosuchus jakovlevi, with a Siberian Salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii) and the moss species Plagiothecium euryphyllum

Toosuchus jakovlevi: A later labyrinthodont of Central Russia, Toosuchus(pronounced "two-oh-sook-us") was discovered in the area of Tikhvinskoye Yaroclavskaya Oblast, Russia. It lived over 225 million years ago, during the early Triassic.

Siberian Salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii): A uniquely freeze-tolerant amphibian, the Siberian Salamander is found across Russia, Northern China, and Mongolia, one of the largest distributions of any extant amphibian.

7.5 x 5 inches. Micron pen and watercolor pencils.

Art by Stephanie Dziezyk/LeccathuFurvicael 2013. Please do not redistribute without personal permission from me, the artist.

Description
This is the completed second illustration from my week at the Scientific Illustration workshop at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole, ME. I went with a more conceptual illustration to break out of the mold of drawing just singular specimens with no given context. These two animals and the moss underneath are all located in Russia. The fossil is Toosuchus jakovlevi, with a Siberian Salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii) and the moss species Plagiothecium euryphyllum

Toosuchus jakovlevi: A later labyrinthodont of Central Russia, Toosuchus(pronounced "two-oh-sook-us") was discovered in the area of Tikhvinskoye Yaroclavskaya Oblast, Russia. It lived over 225 million years ago, during the early Triassic.

Siberian Salamander (Salamandrella keyserlingii): A uniquely freeze-tolerant amphibian, the Siberian Salamander is found across Russia, Northern China, and Mongolia, one of the largest distributions of any extant amphibian.

7.5 x 5 inches. Micron pen and watercolor pencils.

Art by Stephanie Dziezyk/LeccathuFurvicael 2013. Please do not redistribute without personal permission from me, the artist.