HOME | DD
Edasich — Anachlysictis gracilis
#metatheria #sparassodonta #paleoart #paleontology #prehistoricanimals #paleoillustration #prehistoricmammals
Published: 2017-09-14 11:46:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1485; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description
Hey look, an unexpected upload. And it's another one of those boring pesky sparassodonts. Boo.Full credit to Zimices for allowing me to use this hypothetical reconstruction as inspiration.
Related content
Comments: 10
The only Sparrasodont I knew was the good old Thylacosmilus so it's nice to see something else from that order to get some attention.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, they're a fairly obscure group it seems. There's a lot of very interesting genera there, though - badger-like diggers (Callistoe), leopard-like climbers (Prothylacinus), scavengers/bonecrushers (Australohyaena, Arctodictis), cursorial predators (Borhyaena) and little weaselly things (Cladosictis). I started a piece of art showcasing different sparassodonts to show the variation within the group, but never got round to finishing it.
I get the impression that Thylacosmilus is only popular due to its comparisons with more 'bad-ass' placental sabre-tooths like Smilodon et al. It's an extremely interesting beast in its own right, though. I got to see a cast of the skull at the London NHM, they still had it listed as a marsupial though.
👍: 0 ⏩: 2
I read somewhere that there was one resembling a fox in one way or another but I have yet to find any depictions of the creature
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I was aware of Borhyaena, but didn't know it was a Sparrasodont too. I need to read some things up on these guys it seems.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I recomend you this article of Tetrapod Zoology: blogs.scientificamerican.com/t…
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Thanks for the link! That was indeed useful
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
No problem, if you need I have some papers too.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
