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Published: 2008-03-16 06:18:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 2428; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 0
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Acrophoca longirostris is an extinct species of seal that lived during the Pliocene of Peru. Measuring about 1.5 meters, it is characterized by a neck proportionally longer than any living seal. Its closest living relative is thought to be the leopard seal. It lived alongside the aquatic sloth Thalassocnus and the whale Odobenocetops.Related content
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Today and yesterday I worked on my own reconstruction and I was hoping you might give some hinters to improve my work:
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I think it is pretty nice. People described it as a long-neck seal and tend to draw it like this:
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but this is a bit of an exageration. The way you've drawn it is just perfect. Good job!
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Yeah. When I studied the actual skeleton of the species, it really is nothing longer than maybe any other seal. But its nickname is still kickass in my opinion.
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This is how I imagined the animal when I saw the fossil in the Natural History Museum here in Lima; the displayed seal looks like sleeping peacefully.
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An aquatic sloth?
Just when I think prehistory could not get any weirder, I learn about THAT!
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I have this in my to do list...
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I'm waiting with enthusiasm the reconstruction of Thalassocnus
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How convenient, I just started an extinct pinniped collection earlier today. I'm doing a paper on pinniped biogeography, so I'm looking through all my paleo-artist friend's galleries to try and find different species to research. I didn't see any others in your gallery. Have you drawn any other ones or is the first?
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No, that's the first one but am intending to start a series. Problem is I could not find much material (skeletals, fossil pictures) that I could work on. Do you have something on Imagotaria for instance?
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I /just/ started researching the other day, and all I've really been focusing on as of now is molecular and isotopic biogeography. I'm sort of at a loss for anything in the fossil record so far- not as much info as I was hoping for. If you come across any good papers that relate fossils to their dispersal, I would really appreciate it if you could let me know!
I believe =avancna has a drawing in his gallery of the one you're referring to- maybe he could be of more assistance. [link]
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I've just sent you a few references on Pinniped phylogeny. Hope they are helpful. Cheers.
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Oh dear, of course! This guy has done them all! 
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