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Published: 2016-03-13 21:05:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 6911; Favourites: 310; Downloads: 41
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Another sketch that I neglected to upload here. Here's my attempt at Estemmenosuchus mirabilis, a weird ol’ therapsid . While these guys are classified as ‘mammal-like reptiles’, and are the ancestors of mammals today, I’ve seen only a couple interpretations with skin, and even then they were pretty shrinkwrapped. Kinda sick of that look, so here’s a fat muzzled lizard hippo to shake things up.(Also on my tumblr !)
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Great. I preffer to call Synapsids proto mammals or stem mammals. They had nothing to do with sauropsids other than the basal body plan.
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Thanks! And yeah I'm not too well versed in this subject yet, just kinda casually educating myself as I go along. I thought 'synapsid' was a different group from 'sauropsid' anyway? Did I get something wrong in my description? But yeah overall I guess 'proto mammals' would be a more accurate term considering humans and literally every mammal out there are synapsids, lol.
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No you didnt make any zoological mistake, since you didnt call them reptiles. Just pointing out that I find more accurate calling them stem mammals. And indeed you captured the mammalian look on it.
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Ah okay, thanks for clarifying! And for the comment :}
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