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Published: 2017-09-05 17:30:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 45887; Favourites: 703; Downloads: 0
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Here's the final part of my "Evolution of Toothed Whales" series. I wanted to illustrate how odontoceti whales have evolved and changed over the years. I had a blast on this final set, I really played with different colors, patterns, and details in their transition. I may be done with this series, but I also did another evolution study on baleen whales. It will only be seen in my future book I'm working on. The book I'm creating will have my best previous studies i've posted on the web, along with dinosaurs and prehistoric animals that you will only be able to see in my book. I'm really close to being done, then I'll have my husband help me out with a layout (I don't know what i'd do without him), then find somewhere to publish and sell. I will keep everyone updated with the making of my book. I really hope it will teach and inspire artists and prehistoric fanatics. Whales done in marker, colored pencil, and white pen.MY PATREON! patreon.com/RushelleKucala
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This is well done but there is one problem, none of these prehistoric whales are actually Odontoceti or toothed whales, the only Odontoceti in this pic is the Orca whale. All the others are Archaeocetes having said that Archaeocetes are ancestral to modern whale groups, however basilsaurids did not leave any direct descendants. Otherwise this is excellent paleo art. I give it a 9 out of 10. This is some of the best paleo art I've seen in a good long while and I've seen much paleo art on here and this is one of the best ones yet seen.
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I love what you did here to show how the whales have evolve from a little animal to a big one not to mention one that uses the 20% of his/her brain wich should make them an examplary to humans since their society seems to be better than ours, i also have to say that the program you used was gives an excellent effect on the skin and furr of the first animal, and it amuse me how they had a big long tail in the case of the basilosaurus to one short yet hydrodinamic tail that the orca has
My only small oberservation -i hope not to be rude- is that actully the orca is the big dolphin there is on earth they are not whales they only got the nick name "killer whale" since they are capable of killing the calfs of the grey and blue whales and other small whales
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Oh thank you!
You're right, orcas fall under the Delphinidae family with dolphins. however, Delphinidae also fall under cetacea infraorder, as well as the parvorder Odontoceti (Toothed whales). It can get a little confusing, but they're all related.
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I'd say whales were toothed to begin with.
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Did anyone else notice that all the prehistorical ones here are having their mouths open, while the orca is being shown there conventionally having its mouth closed?Β Β
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Β I REALLY love the way you designed the animals and their color schemes in that picture. Well done (kudos on the striped dolphin color scheme for rodhocetus too).
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Man, those are some great colours! Love the fur on Pakicetus and Ambulocetus. I think I agree with some of them - especially Dorudon and Basilosaurus - looking a little shrinkwrapped, especially around the heads... then again, I'm not up on when echolocation likely developed, so I'm not sure if they would've had melons like modern dolphins. Really stellar work otherwise! I dig those Common Dolphinish markings on Rodhocetus!
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Thanks! I agree, I could have fattened them up a bit more. But basilosaurus and dorudon did not have melons. I don't know exactly when whales evolved this ability, but there's no signs of dorudon and basilosaurus having melons.
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They look great, but my only problem is that both Dorudon and Basilosaurus look shrink-wrapped, Dorudon might need some more blubber, while Basilosaurus needs quite a lot more blubber, as they seem to be sticking out like a sore thumb compared to the Killer whale/Orca you did there, which seems okay to me since it's resembling the living animal, with plenty of blubber and all that.
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Thanks for the feedback! I should have added more blubber.
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Well, the same thing I stated might go with Rodhocetus as well, but it might only need some more blubber to me.
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I didn't add every transitional fossil. I can always go back and either add them or just do an individual study on one.
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Awesome job! I love the clearness (educationwise), but also the colouring.
I do wonder (not so familiar with evolution) if you purposely made the Ambulocetos natans jump. Is it a leap in evolution or coincidence?
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It's kinda surreal seeing all these ancestors and the killer whale in one image. I know it's not the first diagram, but still. They sure came a long way. Nice work!!
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What would the book be called? I'd be interested in seeing an evolutionary study of baleen whales, which I think would be more enlightening. In all the whale evolution charts I've seen, I haven'tΒ found out at what point whales started to evolve baleen.
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I haven't thought up a name yet, but I will keep everyone updated as I continue creating it.
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basilosaurus is kind of an odd duck compared to these guys
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i'd say he's too freaking long it looks too drastic of a change, nature is weird
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