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The last Meiolania tortoises went extinct 2,000 years ago, the genus had persisted for 50 million years until humans arrived. 🥲

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2021-09-28

More stuff
Archaeopteryx, Talpanas (the mole duck), Meiolania and Paludititan.

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2021-09-27

Meiolania was one of the largest tortoises ever, reaching 2.5 metres in length. They lived during the Miocene & Holocene & the last relict populations survived on New Caledonia until 3,000 years ago!

(Credit Prehistoric Wildlife)

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2021-08-20

Meiolania were a genus of turtle relatives that sported horns and a spiked tail.

(Credit: Nix Draws Stuff)

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2020-07-22

...Meiolania, Paraceratherium, Spinosaurus, Alamosaurus...

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2020-03-02

cruel fate ROBBED US of the Battle Turtle...

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2020-02-03

Yesterday was but today is so here's some turtles. They are very challenging at first but ultimately very rewarding subjects. Here's Odontochelys, Alienochelys & Ocepechelon, Idiochelys, & Meiolania 🐢✨

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2019-05-24

When I 1st figured out how to increase the resolution in Photoshop, I had a field day w/ a super-detailed portrait of Meiolania that I gave a tortoise-like aspect. Then a couple months later it came out that they were probably semi-aquatic 🙃🙃🙃

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2019-05-05

Results from the anniversary
These are animals we did on the first stream which I redid here again.
Tapejara, Meiolania, Paraceratherium, Alamosaurus...

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2019-02-28

to one of my 1st digital pieces, a (probably inaccurate) portrait of the giant Cenozoic turtle, Meiolania! I gave it more of a terrestrial, tortoise-y look, as I made this before recent research came out suggesting it was semiaquatic

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2019-01-04

Meiolania was one of the largest tortoises ever, reaching 2.5 metres in length. They lived during the Miocene & Holocene & the last relict populations survived on New Caledonia until 3,000 years ago!

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2018-09-22