A Blast from the Past

Post-KT extinction cicada

One from the archives! This paper and pencil image was produced as a cover submission for a journal article about insects and the end-Cretaceous extinction.

In retrospect, the cicada wasn’t the best choice. It’s too obviously a periodical cicada, which pins the image too closely to the present day. An important lesson for paleontological reconstructions: don’t borrow too closely from modern organisms!

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