Re: Eofauna Scientific Research - New for 2025

[Flaffy]

American Mastodon (Mammut americanum)




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Back to form with their fantastic proboscideans! Might be a Mastodon? Hopefully M. pacificus as the Safari ltd one is M. americanum.

[thomasw100]

Hopefully they will still find time to complete the ornithischia book. It would be much welcomed.

[Carnoking]

Back to form with their fantastic proboscideans! Might be a Mastodon? Hopefully M. pacificus as the Safari ltd one is M. americanum.

Looks like it's mostly hairless? I'll admit my knowledge of ancient Proboscideans is limited but I have a hard time wrapping my head around a "hairless" Mastodon, is that the current idea?

[postsaurischian]

  Wonderful! Wonderful! What will it be? Columbian mammoth? I can't wait.

[Faelrin]

I'm glad to see another proboscidean from them. Can't wait to see what it is.

[Flaffy]

Looks like it's mostly hairless? I'll admit my knowledge of ancient Proboscideans is limited but I have a hard time wrapping my head around a "hairless" Mastodon, is that the current idea?

Mark wrote a good article discussing Mammut integument.
https://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-palaeontological-folklore-of.html

I might be wrong, but I think I can see textures on the sculpt indicating a sparse coat of hair?

[Carnoking]

Looks like it's mostly hairless? I'll admit my knowledge of ancient Proboscideans is limited but I have a hard time wrapping my head around a "hairless" Mastodon, is that the current idea?

Mark wrote a good article discussing Mammut integument.
https://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-palaeontological-folklore-of.html

I might be wrong, but I think I can see textures on the sculpt indicating a sparse coat of hair?

Thank you for sharing, I will be sure to give that a read! I know he has done similar discussions on ground sloth and Deinocheirus integument, so this will be interesting

[Flaffy]

New teaser:

[CarnotaurusKing]

American mastodon (Mammut americanum)

[Halichoeres]

Mods or @DinoToyForum, since the mastodon won't come out until 2025, can we split that discussion to a new thread?

[DinoToyForum]

Mods or @DinoToyForum, since the mastodon won't come out until 2025, can we split that discussion to a new thread?

Done!

[suspsy]

Mods or @DinoToyForum, since the mastodon won't come out until 2025, can we split that discussion to a new thread?

Done!

And can we please add the Schleich 2025 thread to the new subforum as well?

[DinoToyForum]

Mods or @DinoToyForum, since the mastodon won't come out until 2025, can we split that discussion to a new thread?

Done!

And can we please add the Schleich 2025 thread to the new subforum as well?

Done, along with a few other threads as well. 

[Faelrin]

Nice, but I'm also fully satisfied with my Safari one.

[Gwangi]

I wasn't initially interested in this mastodon since I have Safari's but I'm gonna break my one-per-genus rule on this one, a somewhat common occurrence with dinosaurs but not with mammals. I'm from the Hudson Valley region of NY, which is basically ground zero for mastodon fossils, so I have a lot of love for them. Also, I see that this one has a sparser coat than Safari's. That got me Googling and I found a Mark Witton post about mastodon hair. You can read the post for yourself but it ultimately convinced me that I needed Eofauna's mastodon to pair with Safari's shaggier version.

https://markwitton-com.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-palaeontological-folklore-of.html

[SidB]

American mastodon (Mammut americanum)

I'm assuming that this figure will be in the 1/35 range. As such, it will be smaller the Safari's model.

[Flaffy]

Was really hoping for a Pacific Mastodon. Oh well, still quite happy that Eofauna tackled this famous extinct species. Will display nicely alongside Doug's one, which I consider to be one of Safari's finest mammals.

[suspsy]

I also am tempted by this less hairy mastodon.

[Saarlooswolfhound]

I love it- can't wait to add it to my herd of their elephantine models!

[Jorgesaurus]

I'm looking forward to this mastodon, I love it and if I got it right, I hope they also release a dinosaur next to the mastodon by 2025