OT - online prehistoric mammals illustrations, anyone?

[Desdichado]

Because I'd like to add some of them to my campaign setting, I'm curious if anyone knows of any links that feature illustrations of prehistoric mammals. Sure, I can find saber-toothed tigers easily enough, and wooly mammoths, but I'd like to find a site that really features some of the more obscure and unusual beasties that have been dug up over the years.

Anyone know of anything?

 

[LGodamus]

there was a topic on this a couple of months past if you are a community supporter you can search for it .....sorry I cant help much more than that ...i used to have a link saved in my favorites folder but I am on a loner computer till mine gets fixed

 

[kenjib]

In the strange but true animals thread you inspired me to do some Google searches and I was able to find some decent pics. This site had some decent links from which you might be able to scrounge some pics:

http://www.kokogiak.com/megafauna/default.asp

From there I found this BBC site with some CGI reconstructions:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/

more specifically the fact file here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/factfiles/index_all.shtml

Hope that's useful.

 

[kenjib]

Oh wait, I found a better set of pics than the fact file:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/beasts/evidence/

 

[Keith]

On a related note, I have a plastic Megatherium (giant ground sloth) that I got at a toy store, in one of those bins of plastic animals. So keep your eye on those if you want miniatures to go with these critters- and cheap, too.

Cheers

 

[Desdichado]

Thanks all -- I don't know why it's hard to find sites about this stuff -- dinosaurs are easy.

 

[GrayIguana]

Prehistoric Beasts

I use many of these creatures and the ecosystems in my game. And you are right that finding good pictures can be hard to do. Even finding a good book takes some research, and I still haven't found a very good one.

I believe Discovery Channel ran a show called "Prehistoric Beasts". They may have some online graphics archived. This was similar to a series they ran. First they had a show called "Walking with Dinosaurs", and then another show called "The Future is Wild."

Good Luck

 

[GrayIguana]

Wrote Too Fast

Sorry, I replied before checking out the links. The show I was thinking of was BBCs "Walking With Beasts", and you already have a link to it.

If you find more art work in this line, please post it. Thanks.

 

[alsih2o]

http://images.google.com/images?q=prehistoric+mammals&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en

pages and pages....

 

[Palcadon]

Here is a few

In it's natural habitat

alpha male and a smaller cub

This one is soooo prehistoric when bones are found they crumble to dust

I must run and hide now.