This is the actual fossil of Hylonomus Lyelli, which is roughly only 20cm long. It's a very tiny fossil, and as you can see the bones are scattered and the lizard seems to have been flattened
This is a close up of the fossil, and the flash from my camera really caught the bones very well, so it's easier to see them. We were very surprised at how small the actual lizard was, but now we have an idea of how to create him within the environment.
This is a picture of a modern lizard skeleton that is roughly the size of what Hylonomus Lyelli would've been. This skeleton could fit in the palm of your hand with room to spare! That's a small lizard!
These footprints were everywhere in the museum, and they were supposed to be the footprints of our little lizard. I thought they were cute and had to take a photo of them. This particular set was heading for the exhibit known as "The Hollow Tree", where you would crawl into a small hole, and they had a dark room set up like a hollow tree. A hollow tree is where the fossil of Hylonomus Lyelli was discovered, so it is assumed that he either lived, or died within the tree.
And these were scale models of the trees from the Carboniferous period, which is the same period that our lizard is from. These trees went all the way up to the ceiling, and about 2/3 from the top they have this diamond texture on the trunks, which scientists have come to believe is where the branches would've been.
This is another photo of the same trees, showing their height. I'm going to be using the bark from these trees as reference in making bark texture.
It was a great day, and I really enjoyed it! Now to get back to work
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