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Second half of my Paleo term project: Dvinia prima, a primitive Cynodont.

It is one of the last Therapsids available in the fossil record to show full quadrate/articular contact as the hinge of the jaw before the post-dentary bones went on to form the mammalian ear. The specimen this cast was based on came from a place called Archangel’sk, Russia (which is just a cool name).

I timed myself on the dorsal & lateral views of the skull; it takes about four hours to complete each one. I really don’t recommend doing that much stippling at once since I still can’t feel my index finger. :/

art (c) JL Tansey

Description
Second half of my Paleo term project: Dvinia prima, a primitive Cynodont.

It is one of the last Therapsids available in the fossil record to show full quadrate/articular contact as the hinge of the jaw before the post-dentary bones went on to form the mammalian ear. The specimen this cast was based on came from a place called Archangel’sk, Russia (which is just a cool name).

I timed myself on the dorsal & lateral views of the skull; it takes about four hours to complete each one. I really don’t recommend doing that much stippling at once since I still can’t feel my index finger. :/

art (c) JL Tansey