Tag: palaeeudyptinae

Eons Roundup 7

It’s another PBS Eons commission roundup day!

  • An illustration of an extinct mammal related to marsupials, climbing on a tree branch. It's an opposum-like animal with protruding fangs and a long furred tail.
    Pucadelphys andinus
  • An illustration of an extinct mammal related to marsupials. It's a mouse-like animal with large ears and a long naked tail.
    Khasia cordillerensis
  • A lineart illustration of an extinct mammal related to marsupials. It's a bear-like animal with a short deep blunt snout, four stocky plantigrade limbs, and a long tail.
    Paraborhyaena boliviana

The metatherian mammals Pucadelphysand Khasia, and lineart of the sparassodont Paraborhyaena, from “How South America Made the Marsupials”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5doyrUWFbE

  • An illustration of an extinct relative of modern crocodiles. It has a long gharial-like snout, a slightly hunchbacked body, four paddle-like legs, and a long vertically flattened tail.
    Acherontisuchus guajiraensis
  • An illustration of an extinct swimming turtle. It has a very wide and flat carapace, almost circular in shape.
    Puentemys mushaisaensis

The dyrosaurid crocodyliform Acherontisuchus and the bothremydid turtle Puentemys, from “How a Hot Planet Created the World’s Biggest Snake”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-hDNbM-WLk

  • An illustration of an extinct early penguin, in both sitting and swimming poses. It has a long pointed beak and loon-like wings.
    Waimanu manneringi
  • An illustration of an extinct giant penguin. It has a long pointed beak.
    Anthropornis sp.

The early penguin Waimanu and the giant penguin Anthropornis, from “When Penguins Went From The Sky To The Sea”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMArjGQwLvY