archeo Posted February 12, 2023 Share Posted February 12, 2023 I begin the reconstruction of the biotope of Sansan in France (Gers). https://books.google.com.sv/books?id=7s8yAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&hl=fr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/collections/memoires-du-museum-national-d-histoire-naturelle/la-faune-miocene-de-sansan-et-son-environnement https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/collections/memoires-du-museum-national-d-histoire-naturelle/mammiferes-de-sansan https://www.mnhn.fr/fr/paleosite-de-sansan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 A first animal : Sansanosmilus a Saber tooth cat (Barourofelidae). If the skull is well known, our knowledges of the skeleton of the body are more fragmentary. We made our reconstruction based on the skeleton of a jaguar (Ginsburg, 1961) bibliography: Peigné S. 2012. Les Carnivora de Sansan, in Peigné S. & SEN S. (eds), Mammifères de Sansan. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris : 559-660 (Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle ; 203). ISBN : 978-2-85653-681-0. GINSBURG L. 1961. La faune des carnivores miocènes de Sansan (Gers). Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 190p FILHOL H. 1891. Études sur les mammifères fossiles de Sansan. Masson ed. 319p. sansanosmilus2.mp4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted February 13, 2023 Share Posted February 13, 2023 Stunning. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 thanks An Elephant now: Archaeobelodon. There is a skeleton in Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris and an other in Naturmuseum Augsburg From left to right : Paris, reconstruction of the squeleton, Augsburg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 The 3D reconstruction. archaeobelodon.mp4 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 Cool! Are you going to rig them? Best Regards, J Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted February 21, 2023 Author Share Posted February 21, 2023 Yes all models will be rigged, models posted above are in neutral possition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 I'm eager to see your reconstitution of the Amphicyon or of the Macrotherium sansaniense. 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Splendid stuff. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 14 hours ago, fifbrindacier said: I'm eager to see your reconstitution of the Amphicyon or of the Macrotherium sansaniense. Yes it is for the next few months (Macrotherium sansaniense or Anisodon grande?) with Dicrocerus and Brachypotherium. But now I just finished Pliopithecus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) Two Rhinoceros: Brachypotherium (rare in Sansan) and the most common Hoploaceratherium. Their ecology is unclear. For some Brachypotherium would have the same way of life as Hippos for others it lived in drier environments than swamp forests. Hoploaceratherium preferred marshy or riverine environments. Edited March 15, 2023 by archeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted March 23, 2023 Author Share Posted March 23, 2023 (edited) Reconstruction of the head of Amphicyon major. The skeleton of the skull is poorly preserved (the zygomatic arches are absent). We supplemented with different other species to establish an average width of the skull. This being done, we compared the profile and top views with that of a Dog. We are then inspired by the method of Moraes et al (2022). The skull of a dog associated with the skin (data from a scanner) have been distorted to match the profiles of an Amphicyon. The result is something like a Pitbull. Moraes, Cicero & Pereira, Hugo & Requicha, Joao & Alves, Lara & Alexandre-Pires, Graca & Jesus, Sandra & Guimaraes, Silvia & Ginja, Catarina & Detry, Cleia & Ramalho, Miguel & Pires, Ana Elisabete. (2022). The Facial Reconstruction of a Mesolithic Dog, Muge, Portugal. Applied Sciences. 12. 10.3390/app12104867. Edited March 24, 2023 by archeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bringing Fossils to Life Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Nice reconstructions! I like seeing the process of reconstructions like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted April 1, 2023 Author Share Posted April 1, 2023 few references used for the reconstruction Argot C. 2010 — Morphofunctional analysis of the postcranium of Amphicyon major (Mammalia, Carnivora, Amphicyonidae) from the Miocene of Sansan (Gers, France) compared to three extant carnivores: Ursus arctos, Panthera leo, and Canis lupus. Geodiversitas 32 (1): 65-106. Peigné S. — Les Carnivora de Sansan, in Peigné S. & SEN S. (eds), Mammifères de Sansan. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris : 559-660 (Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle ; 203). ISBN : 978-2-85653-681-0. Ginsburg L. 1961 — La faune des carnivores miocènes de Sansan. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle NS, C, IX : 1-190. Bergounioux F.-M., & Crouzel F.-C. 1966 — Découverte d’un squelette d‘Amphicyon major dans le Miocène moyen de Sansan (Gers). Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Sciences 262 : 2015-2017. Bergounioux F.-M, & Crouzel F.-C. 1973 — Amphicyon major Blainville du Miocène moyen de Sansan (Gers). Annales de Paléontologie, Vertébrés 59 (1) : 1-52. I mostly used Argot (2010) which is the most accurate and detailed on the body. However, I have slimmed down and lightened the animal a little. Finally it is the body of a Lion, the limbs of a Bear and the head of a dog. For the moment there is no texture, I could put him in the skin of a Wolf, a Lion or a Bear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted April 4, 2023 Author Share Posted April 4, 2023 First test of a texture. I will test some other amphicyon.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 some fur variations. Which one do you prefer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ftlcgi Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 6 hours ago, archeo said: Which one do you prefer? Great reconstructions, i think it would be great to render a scene with more than one and individuals could have different color variations, like a small pack www.paleobiome.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 a contact sheet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 Inspired by Auguste-Nicolas Cain's sculpture "Rhinoceros attacked by a tiger" (Jardin des Tuileries) brachypotherium_attaque.mp4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Now, thats palaeoart! very cool! Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmileC Posted April 25, 2023 Share Posted April 25, 2023 Those are amazing reconstructions! Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 Sansanosmilus lying in wait in the tall grass 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted June 12, 2023 Author Share Posted June 12, 2023 (edited) Brachypotherium attacked by three Amphicyon (when things go wrong), with four Anchitherium and a herd of Archaeobelodon in the background. . Edited June 12, 2023 by archeo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archeo Posted June 15, 2023 Author Share Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) Reconstruction of Anisodon (=Chalicotherium) grande. As always before making a reconstruction I did some bibliographical research. The Osteology of the Chalicotheroidea: With Special Reference to a Mounted Skeleton of Moropus Elatus Marsh, Now Installed in the Carnegie Museum William Jacob Holland, Olof August Peterson Board of trustees of the Carnegie Institute, 1914 - 223 pages Études sur les mammifères fossiles de Sansan H. Filhol 304 pages Avec 46 planches hors texte Editions Masson 1891 Depéret Charles. La faune de mammifères miocènes de la Grive-Saint-Alban (Isère) et de quelques autres localités du bassin du Rhône. — Documents nouveaux et révision générale. In: Archives du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Lyon, tome 5, 1892. pp. 1-15; Middle Miocene Chalicotheriinae (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from France, with a discussion on chalicotheriine phylogeny. J. ANQUETIN, P.O. ANTOINE, P. TASSY Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, Volume 151, Issue 3, November 2007, Pages 577–608 H. Zapfe (1977): Die Fauna der miozänen Spaltenfüllung von Neudorf a. d. March (CSSR). Chalicotherium grande (Blv.). – Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse – 185: 91 - 112. I couldn't get this paper: ZAPFE, H., 1979. - Chalicotherium grande aus der mioziinen Spaltenfullung von Neudorf an der March (Devinska Nova Ves, Tseheehoslowakei). N. Denkschr. Naturhist. Mus. lVien, 2: 1-282. If someone can let me check it out I would be very grateful. The reconstruction of the hand seems problematic to me: plantigrade? digitigrade? knuckle walking? The reconstruction of Zapfe with the back of the hand facing outward did not suit me, it does not correspond to the drawing of the radius and the ulna of Depéret. All known heads are incomplete and deformed. I also took some photographs during a visit to the Natural History Museums in Basel. Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris (wikipedia) Edited June 15, 2023 by archeo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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