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WIP "Hapalodectes anthracinus"
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February 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM
stanton.bsky.social
WIP "Hapalodectes"
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February 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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Hapalodectes anthracinus
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An otter-like animal, Hapalodectes, is swimming past an alligator-like animal, Champsosaurus, and a rat-like animal, Palaeosinopa
February 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Lohoodon lushiensis compared with Hapalodectes sp.
#sciart #china #lushi #loho #lohoodon #eocene #pakistan #hapalodectes #mesonychidae #mesonychia
A large, wolf-like animal on a river rock carries a large arowana fish in its jaws. Around are otter-like animals sunning themselves on other river rocks
February 20, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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Hapalodectes lopatini
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A pair of otter-like animals swimming. The larger male has its sharp-fanged mouth opened in an attempt to snap at an arrowana-like fish. The smaller female swims behind the male in order to attack the fish while the fish is evading her mate.
February 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
stanton.bsky.social
Metahapalodectes makhchinus
#sciart #eocene #metahapalodectes #hapalodectes #mesonychidae #mesonychia #inner_mongolia #mongolia #china #eocene
A large wolf-like animal is sniffing and pawing at a pile of dead fish washed ashore.
February 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
stanton.bsky.social
WIP "Stanton has sashimi"
#sciart #eocene #inner_mongolia #china #hapalodectes #metahapalodectes #mesonychidae #mesonychia #sashimi
February 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
stanton.bsky.social
WIP "Mesonychians"
#sciart #eocene #paleocene #mesonychia #mesonychidae #hapalodectes #hapalodectidae #synoplotherium #mongolestes #mongolonyx #china #wyoming #mongolia
February 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
stanton.bsky.social
WIP "Hapalodectus dux"
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An otter-like animal with big fangs opens its mouth to bite an arowana-like fish
January 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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WIP "YOU??? YOU'RE THE LOHOO LADY???"
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February 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Comparison of Lohoodon lushiensis, a wolf-like animal with a fish in its jaws, and various Hapalodectes (the otter-like animals), in a river. Comparison of the male (top), and female (bottom) Mahi-mahi Restoration of the giant trilobite, Terataspis grandis (large brown trilobite), and various other trilobites of Early Devonian New York. Comparison of the Madagascan starfish fungus, Aseroe genovefae, and a head of a common tenrec
February 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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WIP "Mesonychians"
#eocene #dissacus #mesonychia #mesonychidae #hapalodectes #hapalodectidae
February 6, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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Mesonychians
#sciart #mesonychidae #mesonychia #hapalodectidae #hapalodectes #yantanglestes #dissacus #mongolestes #pachyaena #eocene #paleocene
Yantanglestes feiganensis, a small, dog-like animal, tries to avoid being discovered by its much larger, and very hungry relative, Dissacus rotundus, a large, dog-like animal seen in profile in the background A large, dog-like animal, Dissacus rotundus, pounces on its much smaller relative, Yantanglestes feiganensis, in a field of large leaves Mongolestes hadrodens, a tiger-sized animal with large, stout fangs, stands in a dried out riverbed. It looks back at the viewer while a desiccated garfish corpse lies in front of its front paws. A small, dog-like animal, Hapalodectes serus, crawls out of a stream, carrying its prey, a large garfish, by the beak. In the background is a wolf-like animal, Pachyaena, sleeping peacefully on the other stream bank.
January 31, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The otter-like mesonychid Hapalodectes dragging a gar onto shore while a Pachyaena takes a cat nap, from Middle Eocene Wyoming.
April 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM