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Because I felt randomly motivated I sketched all the Proboscideans from Keenan Taylor's Tales of Kaimere (even if none have appeared in the books yet)
Many wild Cucubrits, gourd family, are very bitter and toxic with tough rinds to ward off most herbivores except megafauna like Mastodons who's large size allowed them to tolerate the toxins. These proboscideans became an important seed disperser for many plants up to 10,000 ya
- other bears! This idea's supported by coprolites associated with Arctodus containing Juniper seeds, isotope data showing they ate some local large browsing herbivores, and bones of sloths and young proboscideans with possible Arctodus tooth marks! (2/2)
Art by Joschua Knüppe!
So many #proboscideans! Thank you, @JoschuaKnuppe! I didn't know about Choerolophodon! https://t.co/WajYs3turc
Today we had a very special #paleostream! We looked into the anatomy, ecology and phylogeny of #Numidotherium, one of the earliest and WEIRDEST proboscideans ever! It's a roughly tapir sized animal from the Eocene of Algeria, from the El Kohol formation. (1/many)
Out of all the marvelous proboscideans I think my favourite is the humble american mastodon. bloody hell they are hard to sculpt though
The woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), because I want proboscideans living where I am.
Art of a mammoth in their winter coat by @paleobyliam. Range map via Wikimedia Commons. https://t.co/yMvZccurIJ
@matthewcobb @morethanadodo There are quite a few other animals with trunks (trunks = extended upper lip + snoot). And not all elephants (proboscideans) had trunks, the earliest didn't. But certainly elephants really went to town with their sniffers! 🐘 (pics: Wikipedia/dinopedia)
Here are my top 4 extinct proboscideans, challenge by @Gamarraptor
- Stegoterabelodon syrticus
- Deinotherium bozasi
- Palaeoloxodon namadicus
- Gomphotherium angustidens
(love em all despite the rankings)
Some extinct proboscideans size comparison.
(Credit: PrehistoryByLiam on deviantart)
#PortfolioDay
Hi, I’m Cameron and I’m an artist that paints mostly extinct and extant organisms ( primarily on the largest of animals such as non-avian dinosaurs, proboscideans, and cetaceans )
My Instagram account is here: https://t.co/88nLoD7miU
WIP of a Monty plate for Truncated! I’m planning on doing a few of these at 18x24 for other proboscideans. Within, I tried a few new rendering styles in illustrator and photoshop.
(Corrections/critiques welcome)
#mammoth #paleoart #fossilfracas
Time for another Fossil Fracas related update for Truncated:
My Long Wall of Proboscideans is full of all sorts of bizarre characters. Eventually I’m planning on characterizing every species.
#characters #elephants #paleoart #cartoons #proboscideantwitter
Working on a few new things involving local proboscideans... With an American Mastodon to start.
#paleoart #sciart #mastodon #proboscideantwitter