Ausarchosaur (is counting the days til WWD 2025)さんのイラストまとめ

@j_stocky

Darwin’s ground sloths, exhibiting a diversity of lifestyles. All art by Mauricio Antón.

@TM9380 Just a small sample of what I’d include. I chose Brontomerus b/c it fulfills the giant dinosaur requirement while still being doable (it was the size of an African bush elephant).

Long before the dodo was discovered on Mauritius, another large pigeon lived in the Kingdom of Tonga, Tongoenas burleyi. The hindlimb anatomy suggests it was one of the canopy-dwelling frugivorous pigeons, so unlike the dodo it could fly.

Hooray

What do we all think of the gigantelopes? I wouldn’t find it surprising if elephants & rhinos were long extinct by 50 my, but are antelope the best replacements?

Part 2 of fossil animals it would've sucked to be. This Ceratotherium neumayri was instantly killed by a pyroclastic flow in what is now Turkey 9.2 Ma.

@TM9380

I have mastered the three elements: earth, air, and water.

Oh, and here’s what it looked like. It had nostrils that pointed upward rather than forwards. It’s possible that this allowed it to feed on thorny vegetation without pricking its nose.