#Deinogalerix

[dougdimmadodo]

November's Fossil of the Month: Deinogalerix (Deinogalerix spp.)

Family: Hedgehog Family (Erinaceidae)

Time Period: 10-5 Million Years Ago (Late Miocene)

Native to what is now the Gargano region of southeastern Italy (which, as a result of higher sea levels, was an isolated island at the time,) the members of the genus Deinogalerix were relatives of modern hedgehogs comparable in size to small dogs. Lacking defensive spines but possessing long legs and proportionally enormous jaws, it is believed that, in the absence of large carnivores on their home island, the ancestors of this genus' members developed into fast-moving carnivores that may have fed on smaller vertebrates in addition to the invertebrates that make up the bulk of their smaller relatives' diets. The evolutionary phenomenon by which small carnivores isolated on islands gradually become larger, known as insular gigantism, is fairly well documented (being seen in both modern animals such as the Komodo Dragon and numerous extinct species known from fossils found on islands or in areas that were once islands, including a species of eagle-owl sized barn owl, Tyto gigantea, which coexisted with Deinogalerix on what is now Gargano) and is thought to occur in response to a lack of established large predators compared to nearby mainlands. The assumption that Deinogalerix species developed to exploit a lack of competition from similarly-sized predators would also explain their eventual extinction; the Miocene period ended in a major ice age, and as an increase in ocean freezing caused sea levels to fall the island on which Deionogalerix developed would have become more easily accessible from the mainland, possibly allowing for other similarly-sized or larger predators to colonise the former island and outcompete its unique inhabitants - a theory supported by the fact that Tyto gigantea also seems to have gone extinct around this time.

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Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Deinogalerix_koenigswaldi-Naturalis-PeterMaas.JPG

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https://www.sci.news/paleontology/science-deinogalerix-masinii-new-giant-fossil-hedgehog-italy-01535.html

#Deinogalerix #deinogalerix #hedgehog #hedgehogs #biology #zoology #mammalogy #paleontology #animal #animals #prehistoric animals #wildlife #prehistoric wildlife #prehistoric mammal #prehistoric mammals #fossil #fossils #nature #European wildlife #Italian wildlife

[theantiazdarcho]

Deinogalerix

#paleo meme #paleoillustration #paleontologist #paleo #paleomedia #paleoblr #paleoart #paleo art #paleontology #paleostream #Deinogalerix #hedgehog #watercolor #watercolour art #sketches

[fluffyyutyrannus]

New Carnivores critter! behold Deinogalerix! the nocturnal scavenger of the artic sector!

I'll be real this took way too long to make and part of me is still bothered by it but hey, guess its good enough for now, I'd rather not get obsessed over it.

#deinogalerix #hedgehog #artists on tumblr #art #3d model #my art #carnivores #dinosaur hunter

[paleobeastentertainment]

"Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress"

In case you ever wondered why Bobbie wears a dress in the jungle, you can thank Anya for that. Still, Bobbie chose to wear it anyway because she's a good friend.

#the ainrann chronicles #anthro #furry #jungle #digital art #digital drawing #my art #hyaenodon #deinogalerix

[terr-hedgehog]

I’m fucken SAT

#Tobias Forge pls #I’m begging for his life be nice to him #the band ghost #ghost the band #ghost band #ghost #ghost bc #papa emeritus #papa iv #papa emeritus iv #papa 4 #papa emeritus 4 #Cardinal Copia #ghost fanart #fanart #digital art #deinogalerix content

[remmie-reads-too-much]

I'm about to learn you a thing about Hedgehogs!!

Hedgehogs are funky little creatures that come in 17 different species, and they are mainly found in Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand!

They're one of the oldest mammals, thought to have first evolved from Litolestes, Leipsanolestes, Oncocherus, Cedrocherus, and the Deinogalerix about 15 million years ago!

Before the word "hedgehog" came into use in the 1450s, these little guys were called urchins!

Their most identifiable feature is definitely their spines, which are made out of keratin!

If you try to look up a date when hedgehogs were discovered, you most likely won't find one. However, there are records of hedgehogs being domesticated as pets as far back as the 4th century B.C. by the Romans!

In the wild, hedgehogs mainly eat insects but have also been known to eat bigger animals such as frogs and baby birds!

Domesticated hedgehogs thrive off of a steady diet that is high in protein and low in fat, and some sources even say you can feed a hedgehog cat food.

Hedgehogs are in the order insectivora and have 36 teeth, with the first canine tooth generally being larger than the others.

Hedgehogs weigh anywhere between 1 to 2 lbs, but their weight fluctuates often and can be hard to maintain in the wild.

I think I love these animals a tad too much.

#weird history #hedgehog #hedgehogs #weird science #weird biology #animals #animal facts #cool animal facts #weird animal facts

[hoxitdragon]

Hey you guys. Now that COE is wrapped up I’d like to share some of the concept art specifically for X’s monster form along with the concept I had for his human disguise. Overall X likely went through the most redesigns out of anyone in the whole comic but I’ll share just the few that I feel are relevant.

The first one I was trying to go for a bulkier more animalistic design based on deinogalerix a prehistoric ancestor of hedgehogs whilst also invoking the werehog from Sonic Unleashed. Overall this one got scrapped cause I wanted something a bit more humanoid.

Design number 2. What I like to call the cephalopod look. This one I was really trying going for eldritch by invoking a Cthulhu-esque look. I also somewhat based this design on firefly squid with the red bioluminescence. This design ended up getting scrapped because not only did I feel it strayed too far from Sonic, but it just felt too busy in general.

Design number 3. At this point I was playing around with basing X’s monster form on Super Sonic. The Fleetway comics version of Super Sonic to be specific hence the eye design. This is also around the time I decided on the angel theme as well hence all the angelic elements. This one I scrapped because it felt too on the nose with theming. I did end up reusing the floating limbs in the final design however.

And of course we have concepts of human X. Yeah I liked the idea that X could disguise himself damn near perfectly as a human but chose to go around in Sonic form out of a weird sense of vanity and thus only tried to look human when he had no other choice. Despite his disguise being almost flawless he could very easily slip when feeling strong emotions and thus had to keep himself damn near expressionless in order to pass.

The name he uses in this form is Alexander (Xander for short) Borgia. Which should sound familiar if you’re aware of the history of Catholicism and the papacy. I also drew him next to Goldman as a height comparison and we also have an early draft of the Tails Doll.

So that’s my concepts hope you like them.

As always hope you enjoy and tell me what you think. Sonic owned by Sega

#sonic.exe #concept art

[alphynix]

Island Weirdness #15 -- Deinogalerix

Thanks to the absence of large terrestrial carnivores on the Gargano-Scontrone island(s) during the Late Miocene, animals that were usually small had the opportunity to become larger, moving into the vacant ecological niches and evolving into predators unlike anything existing on the mainland.

Deinogalerix was a giant member of the gymnures -- close relatives of hedgehogs without the quills -- with a proportionally big head and a long snout full of large fangs at the front and bone-crushing molars at the back.

Several different species have been found, with the largest Deinogalerix koenigswaldi having a head-and-body length of around 60cm (2′). Along with its tail that would have made it at least 90cm long (2′11″), making it the biggest eulipotyphlan ever discovered.

It would probably have hunted smaller mammals, birds, and reptiles, filling a niche on the island similar to dogs or cats.

#island weirdness 2019 #science illustration #paleontology #paleoart #palaeoblr #deinogalerix #gymnure #moonrat #galericinae #erinaceidae #eulipotyphla #mammal #art #island gigantism #gargano-scontrone island #island weirdness part 1

[dwollsadventures]

Daily D&D Monster: Dire Rat [NEW]

While Deinogalerix haven't had hundreds of years of human interaction, they can be tamed like other animals. Though, the process is pretty difficult with a low success rate. But, when it happens once in a blue moon, they become just as faithful as the best dog. Stories exist of some odd occurrences happening when the owner has an accident... -- [UPDATE: 8/29/2018]: ...

#d&d #pathfinder #daily dnd monster #dire rat #deinogalerix #rekkr #alvin #update

[paleofan]

Deinogalerix was a giant hedgehog with no quills, an instance of insular gigantism. This illustration will be featured in a forthcoming episode of PBS Eon. #Deinogalerix #paleoart #paleontology #fossil #hedgehog #insulargigantism https://www.instagram.com/p/BuiVshcF7Kz/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=11ta88bikjbcs

#deinogalerix #paleoart #paleontology #fossil #hedgehog #insulargigantism

[paleobeastentertainment]

THE LOST LAND: Anya Charm

This is a girl that I need to draw more often.

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#the ainrann chronicles #au #deinogalerix #dinosaurs #anthro #anthro art #digital art #art #my art

[terr-hedgehog]

I would like to see the baby.

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Zooms and Giancarlo below owo

#post original art I say #how about I don’t and make more memes #the band ghost #ghost the band #ghost #ghost bc #ghost band #papa emeritus #papa emeritus iv #papa emeritus 4 #papa iv #papa 4 #cardinal copia #tobias forge #digital art #the band ghost fanart #fan art #ghost fan art #deinogalerix content

[extinctanimals]

Deinogalerix, Greek for “terrible shrew” but actually a relative of the hedgehog, from the Miocene.

#Deinogalerix #mammal #Miocene

[alphynix]

Deinogalerix koenigswaldi, from the Late Miocene of Gargano, Italy (~11-5 mya). Despite looking a lot like an opossum, this 60cm (2ft) mammal was actually a type of moonrat, relatives of hedgehogs which lack quills. Since at the time Gargano was an isolated island, Deinogalerix evolved to fill the niche of cat-sized predator -- although it would have fallen prey itself to creatures like giant barn owls.

It had some particularly weird proportions, with its head making up a full third of its body length (minus the tail).

#art #paleoart #paleontology #deinogalerix #moonrat #miocene #erinaceidae #hedgehog #mammal #island weirdness

[dwollsadventures]

Daily D&D Monster: Dire Rat

Deinogalerix, despite its carnivorous tendencies, is favored as a pet by a small, very concentrated group of people.

#d&d #pathfinder #daily dnd monster #dire rat #deinogalerix #alvin #rekkr

[terr-hedgehog]

You’re ready to swear right here right now before the devil

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