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This is Mammut americanum, better known as the American It is the best-known species of the genus Mammut, and one of the best-known and most popular of Cenozoic animals.

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2018-12-06

To put that into perspective, the largest-recorded African ever was 13ft tall at the shoulder and weighed 11.5 short tons.

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2018-12-04

Loganellia, a jawless thelodont w/ a square body & distinctive covering of spiny scales (that I prolly made too large). Gave it a coloration befitting its likely habitat of shallow coastal waters or reefs.

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2018-12-02

It was about 21-23 feet long, and unlike its living counterpart had a pronounced snout rather than a gigantic battering ram head. Loved adding the scratches/scars, I think it really brings it to life.

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2018-11-30

I used the skeletal provided by the beautifully comprehensive paper by Asier Larramendi. It has such a tall skull and nearly-vertical forehead. I gave it green eyes, maybe as a recessive trait?

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2018-11-29

Late night thoughts: if the BatCave had space for a stem-elephant, Alfred might’ve spent his days shoveling this Gomphotherium’s dung 🤭🤧🐘💩👴🏻

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2018-11-27

Finished Cotylorhynchus!!! Gave this Early Permian synapsid some cornified pads on the skin to help it dig/burrow, which is what it likely did with those action figure forelimbs it's got.

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2018-11-20

New high school camps coming this summer! Which one(s) are you hyped for??

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2018-11-14

Until I actually work up the motivation to fix it up in Photoshop, the portrait will have to do

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2018-11-08

I loved working on this! Another and more from Dr. Bonyfide’s Know Your Dinosaur: Velociraptor Edition! Special thanks to the awesome team!

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2018-10-22

Happy to announce some of the I have been working on for the Know your Dinosaur: Velociraptor Edition!

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2018-10-21

Happy James Parkinson, the 1st to describe "paralysis agitans" (later renamed Parkinson's disease), had an avid interest in Explore his "Organic Remains of a Former World" (2nd Ed. 1833) in via : https://t.co/iuKcIwGc5W

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2018-10-18

Just published: the paperback version of Dinosaurs: How They Lived and Evolved, fully revised and updated this is the must-have introduction https://t.co/L5MaEXNWXD

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2018-09-10