#hesperocyon

[boobookittenartblog]

Archaeotherium and two Hesperocyon running in late Eocene/early Oligocene North America.

Artwork by Mauricio Anton

[cherubysm]

𓇬⋆ ﾟ꩜‧˚𑁍ܓ my BONES if you even care!!!🥩

[sombertide-0]

hello fellow prehistoric animal lover I was wondering if I can request the ancestor of all canines hesperocyon.it’s one of my favorite prehistoric animals as it used to live in the state I live in.I actally have a custom plushie of the animal and a actual fossilized jaw peice of the animal.I hope you enjoy drawing it and I hope you have a great day.

my fossil and plush

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here you go! hesperocyon! thank you for sharing your fossil and plush :3

[fishsfailureson]

Drawing of Pangea the Hesperocyon for Interstellarpool176 on artfight.

Link

[antiqueanimals]

The Velvet Claw, 1993.

[thegreenwolf]

Custom OOAK Hesperocyon Model

Dove back into a little paleoart for the first time this year...and I even included the before/after pic to show just how much work went into this little critter:

A while back I got a lot of custom fodder with the usual mix of Breyer models and various other brands. One of the models was this tiny, no-brand, probably made in China at some point in the past couple decades, toy rubber dog. It's the sort of thing that ends up passed from artist to artist as they pick and choose which "bodies" they want to customize, and which ones to pawn off on other artists. I almost dropped it in the destash pile, but then I realized that the poor little thing was likely going to just end up tossed out down the line, so I decided to hang onto it.

Looking at the overall profile, it actually reminded me of Hesperocyon, the earliest genus of canids that evolved almost 40 million years ago. So I figured, what the heck, let's give this a try. For those who don't customize, rubber is a LOT tougher to work with than hard plastic. It doesn't sand well since it tends to just tear up into little rough crumbles, and carving it is a pain as well. So this little critter got a lot of epoxy putty in the process of lengthening her back, resculpting her face and ears, and adding new hair texture. She's not as weaselly-looking as some restorations of Hesperocyon because I didn't want to shrink-wrap her, and instead gave her a pretty generous coat of fur, similar to the bush dog (Speothos venaticus) that I modeled her coat color off of. Her paint job is done in earth pigments and acrylics, and her eyes, nose, mouth, and claws are glossed.

She's available at https://www.etsy.com/listing/1201575682/bridger-custom-toy-dog-to-prehistoric or PM me to purchase directly!

[regaliceratops]

Hesperocyon gregarius, a basal canid from Eocene North America. Its long and flexible body betrays the evolutionary origins of the dog lineage- as small, weasel-like, likely arboreal animals- before their opportunity came to move into large predator niches, though some modern canids like the grey fox still exhibit this primitive form.

[trilosaur]

Hesperocyon, the first good boy 🥺

He deserves all the pets for all the good he’s brought into the world following his arrival.