Watercolour drawing of a Zygomaturus trilobus in long sedge grass on a white background.

Watercolour drawing of a Zygomaturus trilobus looking upwards and away on a white background.

Watercolour drawing of a Zygomaturus trilobus resting with playful Joey climbing onto it. On a white background.

Watercolour drawing of a Zygomaturus trilobus drinking at the waters edge, joined by its Joey. On a white background.

Zygomaturus trilobus, an extinct marsupial from the Diprotodontidae family. These watercolour studies were part of development for our Naracoorte Caves projected tour animation and the originals were recently auctioned at the #CAVEPS2025 fundraising auction.
#palaeoart #zygomaturus

What a mad couple of weeks- 3 conferences #SVP2025, #AOC2025, #CAVEPS2025 across 2 continents. 1 poster, 3 talks and 1 best student talk prize! Thanks to everyone who came to listen to me talk about dead birds 🦤

Framed oil painting of a megalibgwilia (an extinct echidna genus) in a landscape looking into the distance.

Oil painting of a megalibgwilia (an extinct echidna genus) in a landscape looking into the distance.

Oil painting of a megalibgwilia (an extinct echidna genus) in a landscape looking into the distance. Cropped to a square close up image from the original longer landscape.

Detail of dovetail joined box frame made of red cedar for a framed oil painting.

Megalibgwilia (extinct genus of echidna) - Oil painting I started a few years ago while working on other images of this animal for the Melbourne Museum. Finished it this year and framed it with red cedar wood offcuts for the #CAVEPS2025 fundraising auction. #palaeoart #megalibgwilia #caveps

190 delegates attended #CAVEPS2025 in Kaurna Yarra / Adelaide this week! A big thanks from the organising committee to everyone involved for helping it be such a fabulous meeting! @megalibgwilia.bsky.social

Next time, Otago! 🇳🇿

Joshu Batt with Rethinking early tetrapodomorph jaws #CAVEPS2025

Austin Fitzpatrick with new insight into the “Devonian billabong of Canowindra” #CAVEPS2025

Prof John Long with “Gogo Formation palaeoecology” at #CAVEPS2025

M. Ramon Fritzen with “Digital analysis in the Devonian lungfish Chirodipterus” #CAVEPS2025

Corinne Mensforth with “Making waves in the fish-tetrapod transition” at #CAVEPS2025 @corinnemensforth.bsky.social

Also postdoc Rex @theskullywaglab.bsky.social with our magnetised build your own placoderm poster and model. People had great fun trying to assemble it! #CAVEPS2025