#mosasaurus hoffmannii

a Mosasaurus hoffmannii navigates a shallow reef as a pair of Ornithocheirus simus pass overhead.

So I have came across a few people promoting a analog horror series called Prehistoric Emergence as a good piece of analog horror or dinosaur horror, without putting any actual criticisms in and ignoring glaring issues. So I decided to do it myself. Keep in mind the information in this post shouldn't be used to harass the creator of said series.

So first off the most major problem with this series is it uses "ai." When watching the videos it clearly use images that can be found on the web. Said images are moving a bit but not really and have a certain uncanniness to them. This is because the images were placed into one of those "ai" programs that turns a image into a "animation." While of course not letting it last long enough to hallucinate. The voice over might be "ai" but I can't tell all the way.

That being said aside from being lazy for just using "ai," it is lazy in another way. It doesn't go through any effort to create any original images, art, or models of these creatures. Instead opting to just use other people's hard work and basic Jurassic Park renders. And since it is not actually animating anything and just using images, it is on the lower end of analog horror with the lowest level of effort. In comparison you have The Invasion of Godzilla by Jacob Animations which actually goes through the effort of hand drawing and at least animating the kaiju. Or Godzilla Found Footage by Lost Utopia Films which to my knowledge is using their own animated models. Or even Weird Birds by Archesuchus which is done in the style of a unfiction blog making updates and photos of dinosaur done using practical effects.

Some while there is some video footage, it is all taken from other people's video such as Sea Monsters Dangerous Dives.

Now for the main part, scientific inaccuracies and bad world building. So while the concept is interesting and plays off of the idea seen in Journey to the Center of the Earth, but it executes it poorly.

For starters, you have several different animals coming out of the same location, each of which not only come from different periods but different eras. For example, Mosasaurus from the Mesozoic Era, Dunkleosteus from the Paleozoic Era, and Megalodon from the Cenozoic Era all coming out of the same hole. How did all the creatures all end up in the exact same location.

On top of that how did they survive all this time? what were they eating? Because there is no mention of things like sharks, ammonites, and whales also coming of the Blue Hole? So what have they been eating this whole time?

It also seems like these 3 were only chosen because they are popular and well known, as opposed to what would make logical sense. For example, Megalodon would not make sense as a threat to humans to the point where we would have to avoid the waters. Sharks already don't attack(shark accidents don't count) let alone eat humans in the current day. So why would a shark that primarily fed on large marine life such as whales have any interest in eating a human. On top of that most animals don't really try to eat humans let alone would waste the energy to try to if they very large. So why is Mosasaurus a problem? The only one I could see possibly trying to eat humans is Dunkleosteus. That being said why not opt for a smaller species of Mosasauridae or other prehistoric marine creatures? The answer is obvious and that is because the other species aren't as well know so they opted for the more popular one rather than what would make sense.

Speaking of Mosasaurus Hoffmannii, due to them just using random images they have several conflicting depictions of Mosasaurus either like their tail fluke, counter shading, chunky body, or smooth scaly skin. I also recall Dunkleosteus has been found to have skin over it's teeth which makes sense. Note, I am not going to go over every single inaccuracy. Written By Eris the Lorekeeper

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Mosasaurus hoffmannii

“Barry’s Ammonites”

This painting was commissioned by a friend, who wanted to give this as a Christmas present to her husband. He used to dig up ammonite fossils in the United States. This piece recreates some of the species he found most often, in the way they may have been all those millions of years ago.

Species portrayed are: a male and female Didymoceras stevensoni, D. nebrascence, D. cheyennense going after some fish, two Oxybeloceras sp. having a showdown, a shoal of Solenoceras sp., ‘Slash’ the ammonite, Mosasaurus hoffmannii, three Baculites grandis about to become Christmas dinner, Archelon ischyros way in the background, and some unspecified Crinoids. Now this is probably the right time to say that I am not a professional paleo artist. Ammonites are obviously not my area of expertise, and all the markings and soft parts are completely speculative, largely based on modern cephalopods. Still, I am very happy with the end result, and I learned so much while painting. About how to make sand look like sand, how many colours cuttlefish have in their eyes, how water caustics work. Details added to show off some of those little sparkles and dots and things!

Made a funky lil guy, this is prob the longest I have ever spent on a drawing and I'm pretty proud of it :]

Image captured by our staff of our large predator Mosasaurus hoffmannii (named Shaun by popular vote) in our underground viewing level, located at the "Mosasaur Bay" exhibit!