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Random Doodle: Kannemeyeria

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I wanted to try a more speculative reconstruction of a prehistoric animal, and decided upon a dicynodont because dicyndodonts don't get enough love. I wanted to go the opposite direction from the usual shrink-wrapping (or sometimes shrink-wrapping + jaw muscles) approach and decided to give this guy some fleshy lips with vibressae. I didn't feel confident enough to try lips that would cover what is generally accepted was a ceratinous beak, but I went for a half-way approach inspired by softshell turtle lips. I mean if turtles can have a beak and lips, then surely a fairly derived synapsid can as well?
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Perfect! I've always been struggling to figure out a way, how to get their snouts done...