#valenictus

[alphynix]

New year, new PBS Eons commission roundup day!

The ancient walruses Neotherium and Valenictus, from "How the Walrus Got Its Tusks" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKDGYGV2LK8

The nodosaurid ankylosaur Borealopelta, in both alive and "bloat-and-float" carcass states, from "The Dinosaur Who Was Buried at Sea" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-UZXBF63z4

The ankylosaurid ankylosaurs Gobisaurus and Dyoplosaurus, from "How Ankylosaurs Got Their Clubs" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRt-4SdzWrk

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[artbyconnorross]

The Steller’s sea cow is deservedly one of the most famous extinct mammals, but did you know they weren’t the only giant sirenians? Hydrodamalis cuestae, belonging to the same genus as the Steller’s sea cow, is just one example; a massive 30ft long dugongid that is known from California and potentially Hokkaido, Japan. Though it would’ve fed on seagrass, I’m sure the occasional foray into the famous Californian kelp forests would have occurred. Valenictus, a strange walrus lacking all teeth besides its teeth, as well as leopard sharks and sheepshead wrasses swim by.