Commission for Nathansnake, featuring his character, A'Kall. :3

Happy Ice Age Week:

Thylacosmilus is an extinct genus of saber-toothed metatherian mammals that inhabited South America from the Late Miocene to Pliocene epochs some 9 to 2.5 million years ago. The first remains know of thylacosmilus consisting of 3 partial skeletons where unearthed from the Ituzaingó Formation of Corral Quemado, in Catamarca Province, northern Argentina, during the 1926 Marshall Field Paleontological Expeditions. These three specimens were recognized as representing a new type of marsupial, related to the borhyaenids, and were reported to the Paleontological Society of America in 1928, though without being named. In 1933, the American paleontologist Elmer S. Riggs named and preliminarily described the new genus Thylacosmilus based on these specimens, he dubbed the two new species in the genus, T. atrox and T. lentis. The generic name Thylacosmilus means "pouch knife", while the specific name atrox means "cruel". Since then several more fragmentary Thylacosmilus specimens have been recovered. In a 1972 Argentinian paleontologist Jorge Zetti suggested that T. atrox and T. lentis represented a single species, and the American paleontologist Larry G, Marshall agreed in 1976, stating the features distinguishing the two were most likely caused by being different growth stages and sexes. Additionally the genus Achlysictis known only from teeth was found to be synonomous with thylacosmilus. Reaching around 59 to 70 inches (150 to 178cms) in length, 28 to 32 inches (71 to 81cms) tall, and 180 to 330lbs (80 to 150kgs) in weight, thylacosmilus would have been comparable in size to a modern jaguar. Thylacosmilus had large triangular saber-like canines which where anchored well into the skull to a degree not seen in other saber toothed animals. Recent comparative biomechanical analysis have demonstrated that thylacosmilus had a weak bite force but a powerful neck and flexible forelimbs and was more than capable of killing prey in the same manner as sabre-toothed cats. However thylacosmilus’s unique dentition meant that it was incapable of feeding like one. Thus it has then been suggested that thylacosmilus may have been an organ specialist. In life thylacosmilus would have inhabited the grasslands and forests of South America.

Art used in this video can be found at the following links

a completed YCH commission for LukeReinhard on FA another guinea pig test of the Animated Expressive Canine icon YCH

i REALLY love how this one came out, and it doesn’t help that the character in question is of splendid design~  this commission uses all frames available at their default! a serious/solemn resting face + demeaning toothy smirk. with an addition of a stylish bandanna uwu

i’m proud of this template because its probably the best refined result of my ‘sharp dog’ style- and it really good good for Luke :>

if tumblr ruins the gifs, you can view the final in full view [here]