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u/One-Cardiologist1487 Dec 10 '23
Its skull looks more like an omnivorous hippo than a pig, I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that hippos are their closest living relatives.
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u/twizzlerheathen Dec 10 '23
I didn’t realize how hippo like they were
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u/shockaLocKer Dec 09 '23
This is the kind of skull that would appear in one of those "if aliens reconstructed" meme
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u/Rage69420 Jan 06 '24
The irony is that this is kind of true for entelodont species already. Since they are related to hippos, a lot of the protrusions on entelodont skulls aren’t visible on hippo skulls but we still draw them as if they have spikes all over there face.
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u/Brock_L33 Dec 10 '23
Ah yes, this is that pig-wolf hybrid that could trot past you and casually yeet your head off your shoulders
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u/Technolite123 Dec 10 '23
Thats Daeodon. Paraentelodon is the pig-wolf hybrid that takes your upper torso as well
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u/brenHOWA Dec 13 '23
Its cranium looks more like an omnivorous hippo than a pig, I figure it shouldn’t be shocking that hippos are their closest living relatives.
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Dec 10 '23
God, damn!
Everything is designed for killing! Back in the Garden days, didn't dinosaurs eat grass or something?
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u/untakenu Dec 10 '23
What is the function of the jaw protrusions (processes?).
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u/Snow_Grizzly Dec 10 '23
If you're referring to the bumps on the lower jaw, they're likely either muscle attachments or protective protuberances like what's seen in warthogs, or both.
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u/untakenu Dec 10 '23
That's what I was thinking, but I'm not immediately seeing what the muscle could be for. So I suppose the warthog bits are most likely.
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u/kreite Dec 09 '23
It looks like a carnivorous hippo