Comments on: Karianne’s Pet

By: Karianne

Karianne — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:19:04 +0000

Hi,

I just found this online and I must say it is beautiful work. I also wanted to say my name is Karianne, exactly as you have it spelled…. Very Cool Name….

xoxo,

Karianne in Scranton, PA USA

By: Lili

Lili — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 19:16:34 +0000

Lovely image! I came across this while researching the Megistotherium.
It would make a lovely inspiration for a Fantasy/Childs book.
I find the ‘big feet’ appealing kind of a puppy look.

By: Joao Rio

Joao Rio — Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:13:38 +0000

The correct pronnounce of Hyainailouros is hard to determinate. Taxonomic names have Latin spellings, but this names is fully Greek. If it was “Latinized”, it must be Hyaenaelurus.
The Greek pronnounce was Hoo-y-nalooros, Greek “y” sounds like Latin “u”. If Latinized, “y” sounds like “i”.

By: neutrino_cannon

neutrino_cannon — Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:15:06 +0000

I remember seeing a dorsal view of the holotype skull in Rise of the Mammals (a darned good, if slightly dated book. The pictures are excellent!). Two things stood out:

1) The skull is freaking huge. It was about twice as long as the grizzly and lion skulls next to it for comparison. I would have been tempted to extrapolate a larger size for the animal than you have.

2) The zygomatic arch was gigantic, and not just in absolute terms. The zygomatic arches were proportionatly so large that the skull looked almost oval in the dorsal view. I took this to mean that the animal possesed enormous biting force, although I suppose it could just be that creodonts were different.

By: Chawunky

Chawunky — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 22:57:24 +0000

One hopes Miko will make a painted cameo here eventually, OGeorge.

I’m not familiar with Sehlats.

Nor should you be. It’s just Star Trek. (-:

By: Maureen Lycaon

Maureen Lycaon — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:06:24 +0000

I love this piece. I love its strange fairy-tale-in-the-woods ambience. Maybe someone will be inspired to put out a children’s story for it; gods know we can use all the educational books on evolution we can get these days . . .

Not to quibble, but might not Megistotherium also have spots or stripes, rather than a plain-colored hide? After all, back then there was a lot more tropical forest and woodland.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 19:47:09 +0000

Update: The picture in question is now being discussed on the S.M. Stirling mailing list.

By: Alan Kellogg

Alan Kellogg — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 02:21:45 +0000

Nice work indeed. Only a nine year old girl could be so bossy.

As to her pet, I figure, what with his oversized paws, he’s not yet full grown.

By: Jason Bontrager

Jason Bontrager — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 00:32:17 +0000

Neatly surreal juxtaposition! Have you created anything else along these lines? Knight on Baluchitherium-back? Performing glyptodonts?

Thanks for the great images.

By: OGeorge

OGeorge — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 17:21:44 +0000

Greg: Yes, Carnivora with a capital “C”

Chawunky: I actually got the idea for the Megisto’s pose from my “too tired” old Akita, Miko. I’m not familiar with Sehlats.