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T-PEKC — Phosphatherium escuilliei - portrait
Published: 2013-07-16 15:50:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 3245; Favourites: 75; Downloads: 0
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Head reconstruction of the paleocene proboscidean Phosphatherium escuilliei. This artwork serves as addition to the Evolution of Proboscidea poster I uploaded back in 2010.Reference: Gheerbrant, E., J. Sudre, P. Tassy, M. Amaghzaz, B. Bouya, M. Iarochene. 2005. Nouvelles donnees sur Phosphatherium escuilliei (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de l'Eocene inferieur du Maroc, apports a la phylogenie des Proboscidea et des ongules lophodontes.- Geodiversitas, 27, 2, pp. 239-333. (the life restoration included in the paper was not used as reference)
Medium: Pencils (HB, 2B, and 5B)
Done: 2013
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Who would have ever thought something like this would have evolved into colossal, exceptionally intelligent beasts with long, prehensile organs made of their fused upper lips and noses dangling from their faces?
Evolution is crazy.
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Yes, sometimes it is absolutely crazy and pretty random. You never know which model will be most fit in the always changing condition of the environment. I guess that's the beauty of the process.
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Very good work, I have always wanted to see a reconstruction of it. 
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Thanks, but please no extinct mammals in JP.
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Because Jurassic Park is about non-avian dinosaurs and eventually other types of mesozoic fauna. Extinct cenozoic mammals don't have place there. Maybe in Cenozoic Park?
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I suppose. Although, in the first movie, there were Smilodon plushies, indicating at least plans for prehistoric mammals.
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