#moschops

M is for...?

All of the M names in my Paleo Party! Are there any I'm missing? I had so many in this category, I had to make the Cenozoic it's own post! Come back tomorrow to see the mega-group of the Miocene and onwards!

Although Pokemon-style evolution is not strictly considered evolution in the Darwinian sense, this alternate evolution of moschops definitely belongs in the cursed spec evo gallery.

Here's the original paleoart image of moschops that inspired this sequence:

Line art of the titanosuchid dinocephalian Jonkeria truculenta from the Middle Permian of South Africa. This unusual therapsid was described in 1916 from a nearly complete skeleton with skull. Many other species were identified in subsequent years, but some are likely synonyms of each other or the type species (J. truculenta). Jonkeria's skull has an elongated, wide snout and a high occiput. The jaws contained powerful incisors and canines, as well as numerous spoon-shaped postcanine teeth. This combination of teeth possibly indicates omnivory. Jonkeria is also distinguished by its very massive body, supported by short but muscular limbs, the forelimbs being particularly strong. This animal belongs to the fauna of the so-called Tapinocephalus Zone Assemblage (named for the genus common to its deposits) and shared what would become South Africa with large herbivorous and predatory dinocephalians and a number of smaller animals.

Some therapsid doodling going on on my sketchbook

More art

Results from the Tapinocephalus AZ #paleostream!

Many famous and less famous fossils in here! This was a challenging image, there are A LOT of animals from this faunal zone, and much of the megafauna is within the same size range, but there are also a few small, really interesting critters.

Hi, I'm Falinksdunkleosteus, but you can call me Falinks or the Dunk if you'd like. This Devonian fish was taken to the present and is now a fan of princesses and birds. I also learned to use magic, which I'll use to create an intro page.

I CAST SUMMON STUFF!

Anteosaurus on the Hunt