Comments on: Not Quite A Cat? Wasn’t This Supposed to be About Whales?

By: cody white

cody white — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:24:14 +0000

could you draw and say somthing about (Amphicyron longiramus) the prehistoric giant bear-dog i can’t find images of it on google

By: ryobi

ryobi — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:38:34 +0000

i just love sabertooth tigers, thank you for posting this illustrations. how cool. the detailing on the rendering is great!

By: David Leopardus

David Leopardus — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:42:19 +0000

One little nitpick re spelling: shouldn’t the word “dependent” as regards the flange, be spelled “dependant” as that is a word with a different meaning having to do with “hanging from?” I see the spellchecker brings up my altered spelling as an error for this so maybe I am wrong but I have found spellcheck to be wrong in the past too. I’ll check my dictionary.

By: David Leopardus

David Leopardus — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:36:39 +0000

Re the post by the horse-lover about the cliche of so many prehistoric horses having a bad day (don’t get me wrong; I love horses and used to ride them on my Dad’s ranch): you don’t show your horse actually being eaten or killed. You say a bad day but maybe it wasn’t all that bad. Anyone who loves horses can imagine the next painting in sequence, like a still capture from video or movie, having the horse get away or kicking a tooth off the predator. I’ve seen documentaries of lions getting badly injured by kicks or gorings. I remember sadly the one poor lioness by the waterhole, her jaw broken, unable to drink. Presumably she died shortly. Yes, I say poor lioness because I love predators too and once took care of big cats in a zoo, as well as their prey. I feel sorry for prey when they are killed, for the predators when they die too. It is just the arrangement of nature we have to accept because of our awareness of senses–ability to feel pain as well as pleasure–in all creatures whether predator or prey. Well, I have felt sorry for the cattle I and my family ate from my Dad’s ranch but that did not stop me from enjoying them as meals even while I wept crocodile tears!
Great artwork. Please do a book by all means. Your work is on a par with Mauricio Anton’s, and your text is enjoyable and very informative.

By: Sansanosmilus

Sansanosmilus — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 22:06:30 +0000

Still a very cool site - those figures simply make the brain run: Is that correct? Fascinating to see our interpretations of scrappy tooth fragments coming alive… it really gives your thoughts another twist.
Thanks for that, George.
As one of the guys who is sure that barbourofelids are far away from nimravids but close to felids, I say: it doesn’t matter on this site…
By the way - the actual concept of creodonts is simply wrong: oxyaenids are North American, Hyaenodontida are Asian and this tiny little group close to Proviverra is of African origin. That unexplainable paleobiogeographic patterns may be in fact the result of hitherto unseen taxonomic diversity is one of the “hidden secrets” of paleontology.
But this is irrelevant to this glorious site either.

By: garrett

garrett — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:05:13 +0000

Maybe it had sabreteeth because it hunted large thick skinned animals in a solitary wooded environment

By: Hue Bearson

Hue Bearson — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:34:59 +0000

Dinos rock - but extinct Megafauna mammals are even more interesting!
Your Barbourofelis is the best i’ve ever seen. i think the tooth grove is genius.
But i’ d love to know more on those Spanish-mustangs the other poster talked about.
They almost sound like the original prehistoric horse - WAY COOL!!!
i heard most even have primitive stripes like quagas.
Maybe they would make good models for ancient horses in my own pictures?
i’m studying art. You are my inspiration! THANK YOU!

By: cats

cats — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:13:32 +0000

nice big cat!

By: Nursing Home Negligence

Nursing Home Negligence — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:48:52 +0000

I’ve always been fascinated by prehistoric times. Thanks for sharing!

By: Ann E.

Ann E. — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 19:27:28 +0000

I am always happy to see the other ancient animals depicted. Not that dinos are all that humdrum, they are just somewhat over represented on the http://WWW.

More ancient horse ancestors - please.

But, maybe not ones having such a, “Bad Day”. It almost seeming to be becoming stereotypic, to depict early horses disappearing down some big thing’s gullet!
How trite! Is there any less cliche means of amplifying scale.

The author, David P. Willoughby, called the North American continent “The Cradle Of Equus. Perhaps it is time to show one turning the table on poor ol’ Barbourofelis.

My own rare breed, Spanish Mustang stallion eats cougars for late night snacks, apparently, judging by the signs left out in our Rocky Mountain pastures after a noisy night. He even saved a mouth full of tawny fur, once, as proof. He is a doting father, and takes very good care of his babies. And he is as gentle with people, and dogs that he gets to know really well, as he is to them. He just goes after big cats, and packing wild dogs (I suspect he wouldn’t like wolves very much, either). I think that most of the modern day horse breeds are beginning to loose too many of their ancient, primitive survival instincts.