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Published: 2018-09-27 16:48:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2059; Favourites: 87; Downloads: 6
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Dates: 9/25/18 - 9/26/18Artist's Notes: As requested by I have drawn Colobomycter, an obscure parareptile from the Permian period that possessed some unusual dentition. From what i have gethereds it seems that this genus is only known from skull material so I had to fill in the gaps with my imagination,basing this creatures appearance on the modern tuatara.
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Sure, like i said before it just depends on what it is.
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Okay.
Here's a good one:Β Laophis crotaloides
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From what I've gathered Laophis is only known from a few vertebrae from which it was determined to be a large viper, it doesn't sound like enough material for me to make an interesting reconstruction.
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I have a few references you can use.
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If its just someone else's art then all I would be doing is copying, which isn't interesting or honest. I'm going to have to decline unless there is good fossil material.
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Okay.
How aboutΒ Colossochelys atlas instead?
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Eh, I'm not really intereseted in drawing prehistoric animal that are essentially larger versions of modern animals, although Megalochelys is pretty cool so maybe some day.
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Okay.
Here's another obscure one:Β Unquillosaurus
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Same problem as Laophis, it's only known from a single pubic bone. Anyway, something recently came up and I can't take requests for now. It's no big deal but I won't be able to upload for a while.
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Β Thank You for posting your work to be appreciated!Β
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Did you see the link I showed you for a reference?
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Yeah, but I mostly used skeletal material of Colobomycter and other parareptiles as reference material, and of course pictures of tuataras.
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Okay. Have you seen his/her recent works?
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I don't really use tumblr but I have seen this person's work scattered through out the internet, I like their ceratopsian reconstructions.
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Okay.
I like them too.
Here's a link to his/her's works:Β alphynix.tumblr.com/tagged/palβ¦
Also, here's some obscure Holocene ones:Β alphynix.tumblr.com/post/11197β¦
alphynix.tumblr.com/post/11065β¦
alphynix.tumblr.com/post/10999β¦
What do you think?
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Amazing use of colors and the black and white ones have a nice sense of texture but a few of the images seem a little flat and have no real weight to them. Over all I'd say their pretty good.
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Okay.
Do you think you might draw one of them?
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The Holocene ones? Probably not, besides the original artists did a way better job with them than I could do, I'm not as good at drawing mammals and arthropods.
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Okay.
You should practice.
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TBHXi thought they were occultic hocus pocus
Turns out some reptiles have one
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Yeah, I have no idea what they were used for though, they seem to be vestigial in most modern reptiles that still have them.
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I heard some theories that they use them to keep track of time or it possibly helps them with direction
I don't believe that, usually the pineal eye represents telekinesis
Maybe reptiles have a sixth sense we don't know about
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Hmmmm..... It's an interesting subject I should look into the theories on pineal eyes.
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