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Panamerican "elephants". A photo manipulation of Notiomastodon and Cuvieronius i did some years ago. Cuvieronius was really abundant in central america, the Tomayate locality yielded several individuals, from juvenile to old adults.

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2022-08-13

watercolor of a mastodon molar - the gomphothere Cuvieronius [specimen at ]

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2020-12-03

Cuvieronius was a strange, elephant-like animal related possibly to the mastodons, and probably lived in a variety of environments from chilly highlands, to warm jungles. It was well-known for its rather spiraled tusks unlike any other known proboscidean. Twisted!

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2020-11-21

A sketch of Cuvieronius after a good thanksgiving day. After doing some habitat analysis, you’ll notice this guy’s a more mountainous grey than my other elephants.

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2019-11-30

My unplanned midterm hiatus is over! Check out another character: Cuvieronius hyodon, a gomphothere lacking those signature shovel tusks.
(New format too!)

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2019-10-26

Morning warmup sketch. Gomphotheres of South America. Notiomastodon (left) and Cuvieronius (right). Both elephant relatives ived alongside the first human inhabitants in the Americas for thousands of years until they went extinct.

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2019-08-12

...and for the second half Xinpusaurus, Cuvieronius, Cabarzia

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2019-01-21