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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe Paleo artists often

    We have to admit that we have not thought about this in the past. We really do depict extinct animals in such weird ways. We all have an image in our minds of what dinosaurs used to look like, but… we have seen skeletons of animals like cats, and those skeletons look nothing like what cats actually look like in real life.

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe Preemptive note: All of this artwork is from C.M. Koseman, whose book (which is way more extensive than this thread) and some other material is linked at the end of the thread. The last animal was a rhinoceros-the thing with the cooling heat sail! Any idea what this animal is? • . 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 722.8K Views

    o who know… maybe dinosaurs used to look more like pigeons than like the Jurassic World depictions we have in our heads today. And maybe one day, thousands of years into the future, if cats are extinct for some reason, they will be depicted as evil little goblins in movies and TV shows. 

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe That last one might seem to be a dog, but it's actually a horse. It's not so clear what this graceful beast might be. 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 699.1K Views

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil The last picture was of a cow. What about this monster? Its jaws can crush a steel car. 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 681.7K Views Subscribe

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    Crémieux ✔ @cremieuxrecueil That metal-breaker was a hippopotamus. Subscribe This pack-hunting animal has a killer stare and wields a set of five switchblade claws on its forefeet. What might it be? . . 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 656.5K Views

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil That was the house cat. Subscribe This one's a bit more mysterious, and clearly adapted to be a stealthy predator, right? . 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 621.5K Views

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    Crémieux ❤ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe If you guessed that was a spider monkey, kudos to you. Future paleontologists might consider it an arboreal variation on humans, its cursorial relatives. What of this one? It's not clear to future paleontologists if it's quadrupedal or bipedal.

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    Crémieux ✔ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe That's the toad, which paleontologists might consider to be a long- legged forest ambler. Any idea what this one is? Without preserved feathers, guessing might be hard! . 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 506.2K Views

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    Crémieux ❤ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe If you guessed

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe That was a species of casque-headed hornbill, and paleontologists might suspect they use the casque for mating rituals. But we don't even know what they do with them in many cases today! How's about this twofer? Note predator and prey: 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 457.7K Views

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe If you guessed the

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    Crémieux ✔ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe That was an iguana, and due to fur being found on other small vertebrates like rats, it's assumed to have fur too. Who's this courser? . 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 377.6K Views

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    Crémieux ✔ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe That was a rabbit, but we wouldn't know it because posture is poorly preserved in fossils! Now this one is simultaneously reassuring and disheartening. What might it be? . 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 349.9K Views

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    Crémieux ✔ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe ... That's a python, and it might be assumed to have feet to support its body, much like the lizards its skeleton resembles. After all, we only have fragmentary remains! Who's this guy?

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe That's a manatee. Remember, habitats change. A sea creature might be found in what's now a forested mountain. We might also only have remains like skulls. This guy has a balloon-like facial sac. What might he be? 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 291.1K Views

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe That's a bull elephant, and because no other animals have long, muscular appendages, he ends up with a face sac instead of his well- known trunk. Time to dive underwater. This one might seem to be a dolphin, but think outside the box. • • 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 275.9K Views

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    Crémieux ⭑✔ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe It's a sperm whale, incorrectly believed to be a hunter of large pray. You know, like sharks. What's this kelp forest stalker? 9:48 PM ·Mar 28, 2024·257.2K Views 份

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe Why that's a bowhead whale of course! And as we know from its skeleton's extensible jaws, it must prey on animals as large as itself! Going back to the land, who are we looking at now? 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 240.9K Views

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe Because of its complicated nasal sinuses, the baboon might be assumed to have had venom glands and to have been a coursing hunter! These guys have curved foot claws, sometimes serrated bills, and wings shorter than their legs. They must be vampiric! 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 228K Views

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    Crémieux ✔ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe But that's not the case, it's just an odd animal. It's a hummingbird, the only animal in its strange niche, and thus a prime candidate for misinterpretation! Finally, who the hell is this? 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 219.6K Views

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe That might be the first example of shrink wrapping and distorting the fossil record: the animal proposed to be pre-flood man, or Homo diluvii by Johann Jakob Scheuchzer in 1726 But though he thought he had evidence for the flood, he was describing the fossil of a salamander!

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    Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe How we think about ancient animals is probably distorted by a tendency to shrink wrap their depictions and a desire to find function in form. But much of what we observe in animals today, we still can't explain. Skin also drags, and feathers and fur abound (but not universally). 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024 · 192.7K Views

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    Crémieux ✔ @cremieuxrecueil Subscribe If you want to see more on this subject, I recommend the whole book, which contains many more illustrations and details for all of them. Get it here: All Yesterdays Unique and Speculative Views of Pinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals By John Conway, CM Kesemen and Darren Naish ith skeletal diagrams by Scott Hartman All Yesterdays: Unique and Speculative Views of Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Animals From amazon.com 9:48 PM · Mar 28, 2024. 191.5K Views

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