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Phosphatherium escuilliei - portrait

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Head reconstruction of the paleocene proboscidean Phosphatherium escuilliei. This artwork serves as addition to the Evolution of Proboscidea poster I uploaded back in 2010.

Reference: Gheerbrant, E., J. Sudre, P. Tassy, M. Amaghzaz, B. Bouya, M. Iarochene. 2005. Nouvelles donnees sur Phosphatherium escuilliei (Mammalia, Proboscidea) de l'Eocene inferieur du Maroc, apports a la phylogenie des Proboscidea et des ongules lophodontes.- Geodiversitas, 27, 2, pp. 239-333. (the life restoration included in the paper was not used as reference)

Medium: Pencils (HB, 2B, and 5B)
Done: 2013
Image size
4980x3139px 4.84 MB
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Who would have ever thought something like this would have evolved into colossal, exceptionally intelligent beasts with long, prehensile organs made of their fused upper lips and noses dangling from their faces?

Evolution is crazy.