shapeways mamals

[razh00]

Hey guys,

Ive decided to start a mammals series for shapeways and id like to hear your suggestions ;D

Thanks

[stoneage]

Aug 1, 2011 20:39:05 GMT razh00 said:

Hey guys,

Ive decided to start a mammals series for shapeways and id like to hear your suggestions ;D

Thanks

Do you know what scale you will be using?

[Seijun]

I would like to see some of the more exotic prehistoric ungulate species, or giraffe relatives.

[ikessauro]

You got to do some ungulates for sure. I'd like very much some of the more obscure species, like Deinotherium (the only good one is far too rare and expensive).
Moeritherium, Uintatherium, Diprotodon, Embolotherium would be cool choices too.

[Radman]

Check out the Acheson Creations Deinotherium on my custom paints page, it's not too bad, the model, that is, not my paint job . I think he may eventually make a pair, so maybe a female to match this one. Good value, actually.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Moropus or Toxodon, either.

[sbell]

Let's see some less-common carnivores--Hemipsalodon, Megistotherium, Pachycrocuta, Chasmaporthetes, Osteoborus, Homotherium, Daphoneus, Amphicyon, Epicyon, Kanuites, Oxyaena, Sarkastodon, Mesonyx...

I'll stop there.

Also, the various archaeocete whales would be cool.

[paleoferroequine]

Good idea! If 1/40 scale the mammals could be kept smaller. A good one for use with late Cretaceous dinos would be Didelphodon a 3 ft long(with tail)stagodont marsupial. Oh, I could go on and on.... various creodonts, early horses, rhinos, nimravids, condylarths, early land cetaceans such as Ambulocetus , Pakicetus, and later water dwelling such as Kutchicetus , and early proboscidea. These would all be fairly small and if you wanted bigger they could also be made in 1/20 scale. This only scratches the surface! ;D

[mmfrankford]

I would love a glyptodon and the marsupial carnivores.

[jhudstone]

Synthetoceras, Thylacosmilus, Alticamelus, Diprotodon, and Procoptodon are a few I would like to see.

[sbell]

Aug 2, 2011 14:25:51 GMT jhudstone said:

Synthetoceras, Thylacosmilus, Alticamelus, Diprotodon, and Procoptodon are a few I would like to see.

We should add Borhyaena to the odd marsupials too!

[sepp]

I'd love to see any prehistoric whales, they're so fascinating. While Basilosaurus has been done before, I'd like to see the land dwelling whale ancestors and maybe a Livyatan...

Also some creodonts, like Sinopa rapax (do it!) or Sinopa grangeri, Patriofelis, Hyaenodon, Tritemnodon, Sarkastodon, etc....

[razh00]

Thanks for all suggestions, ill try to make more of them even it takes years XD

I will start with Embolotherium

and for the scale I have thought about 1/56 for the bigger ones, and a bigger scale for smaler species ¿what do you think?

[paleoferroequine]

Aug 3, 2011 18:10:13 GMT razh00 said:

Thanks for all suggestions, ill try to make more of them even it takes years XD

I will start with Embolotherium

and for the scale I have thought about 1/56 for the bigger ones, and a bigger scale for smaler species ¿what do you think?

The scale is about right even if it doesn't match others. Embolotherium is one of my favorites, however newer research has changed the appearance. There are several species, the most common being E. andrewsi and E. grangeri. This article at the American Museum of Natural History is good. Read it please! ;D And remember four toes on the front and three on back.
research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/node/12
If you can find it this will have everything on brototheriidae:
SPECIES TAXONOMY, PHYLOGENY, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE
BRONTOTHERIIDAE (MAMMALIA: PERISSODACTYLA) MATTHEW C. MIHLBACHLER
Division of Paleontology
American Museum of Natural History
The animal portrayed in Primeval and Walking with monsters is probably not correct.

Not Correct!

This is my version which is a bit better but not perfect. The hair is artistic license.

[stormnl]

wow that's a nice species

i like it

bring it in production

[sbell]

Aug 3, 2011 20:07:50 GMT paleoferroequine said:

Aug 3, 2011 18:10:13 GMT razh00 said:

Thanks for all suggestions, ill try to make more of them even it takes years XD

I will start with Embolotherium

and for the scale I have thought about 1/56 for the bigger ones, and a bigger scale for smaler species ¿what do you think?

The scale is about right even if it doesn't match others. Embolotherium is one of my favorites, however newer research has changed the appearance. There are several species, the most common being E. andrewsi and E. grangeri. This article at the American Museum of Natural History is good. Read it please! ;D And remember four toes on the front and three on back.
research.amnh.org/paleontology/perissodactyl/node/12
If you can find it this will have everything on brototheriidae:
SPECIES TAXONOMY, PHYLOGENY, AND BIOGEOGRAPHY OF THE
BRONTOTHERIIDAE (MAMMALIA: PERISSODACTYLA) MATTHEW C. MIHLBACHLER
Division of Paleontology
American Museum of Natural History
The animal portrayed in Primeval and Walking with monsters is probably not correct.

Not Correct!

This is my version which is a bit better but not perfect. The hair is artistic license.

Your version is according to exactly one researcher, and judging from morphology of other brontotheres (for which a similar morphology would be impossible), the reconstruction is dubious.

[razh00]

I have a problem now.... the article looked right for me (thanks for all that information paleoferroequine. its really a pleasure to make a model with some good information), but my knowledge is nule. so now i dont know what reconstruction is the most accurate.

please help!

[sbell]

Aug 4, 2011 14:01:39 GMT razh00 said:

I have a problem now.... the article looked right for me (thanks for all that information paleoferroequine. its really a pleasure to make a model with some good information), but my knowledge is nule. so now i dont know what reconstruction is the most accurate.

please help!

You could do either--if you go with the more recent reconstruction, you might not find it as popular. Perhaps one of the different brontotheres instead--there is a species of Megacerops where the largest ones have two ridiculously long horns on the nose, which then branch again. There are only three known specimens (2 from Saskatchewan, 1 f mSouth Dakota, I think).

Essentially, like this:

but much longer--and at the ends, the core flares out into a v-shaped fan. I can't actually find any photos of it. I do know that the structure of the skull would not allow for it to be filled in like on the Embolotherium reconstruction.

[paleoferroequine]

Aug 4, 2011 14:15:34 GMT sbell said:

Perhaps one of the different brontotheres instead--there is a species of Megacerops where the largest ones have two ridiculously long horns on the nose, which then branch again. There are only three known specimens (2 from Saskatchewan, 1 f mSouth Dakota, I think).

That would be Megacerops kuwagatarhinus. The type specimen is from Montana. I don't know the size of it though.

[razh00]

Here is my first mamal!!!


I finally used paleoferroequine suggested reconstruction. Hope you like it.

[bokisaurus]

I love it! CAn't wait till its available for order
Some of those weird early giraffe such as sivatherium would be cool,too