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reign-shadow — Oncorhynchus rastrosus
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Published: 2023-06-12 20:13:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 211; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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Oncorhynchus rastrosus/ "spike-toothed" salmon14x17 - colored pencils, micron, whiteout on Mylar/acetate (Dura-Lar), ~December 2022.
Caption created using a 1940s Underwood Universal portable typewriter: "6-8ft, 400lb, 4-13 million years ago during the mid-Miocene to early Pliocene. Like modern species, these salmon were anadromous and underwent physical changes before migrating upstream. Specimens found along the Pacific coastline. Formerly described as Smilodonichthys rastrosus, "saber-toothed" salmon."
