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Karmafist 00:20, 13 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, the image I worked from was oversimplified. The better images show whale-like flukes and nub-like hind limbs. I'll update it when I get a little time. Bhumiya (said/done) 22:23, 9 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I just uploaded a new version (Image:Basilosaurus illustration.jpg). I think it's an improvement. Thanks for pointing out the mistakes with the original. Bhumiya (said/done) 08:47, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Giant Blue Anteater,

Don't worry, I'm, calling them periods now (I presume those fish articles you saw were from one or two weeks ago). But the 'cene' ones are not periods? It's kinda confusing as a lot of books with geological timetables make no difference between, say, the Eocene and the Jurassic, even though one is apparently a period and the other an epoch. They divide the Paleozoic and Mesozoic into periods and the Caenozoic into epochs but imply these subdivisions are all the same thing.

And people call the Wikipedia unreliable....... Jerkov 14:26, 15 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Epochs are put into periods, the epochs Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene are put in to the Tertiary period, while the Pleistocene, and Holocene are put into the Quaternary period. --Giant Blue Anteater 00:24, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I was NOT being rude to that guy GBA, I was simply putting him in his place. It was blindingly obvious he was lying as no pictures of either a Tiger or a Great White shark have yet been released.

Sorry if this is the wrong place to put it, but I had no idea how else to contact you.

The sandbox is getting messed up :( Fastnaturedude 04:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean? Giant Blue Anteater 04:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My advice would be, if you've got a vector graphics program, like Freehand or Flash, use the vector drawing pen tool. Also, I try to keep all the stroke lines the same width. And color, unless it's sketched out, usually makes it look pretty elementary. What program do you have? --Meneitherfabio 22:48, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I use flash. I recently upgraded my Haikouichthys picture. My old one is cheesy compared to the new one. Giant Blue Anteater 22:50, 30 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

hey1 You're a pretty cool user, and since you have flash, could you send me the .fla file of teh Amiskwia? I have flash too and would love to use that creature for a math game I am making set in the Cambrian. THANKS! --HomfrogHomfrog^{Tell me a story!}_{Contribulations}Homfrog 10:40, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Um... You can use the "Email this user" function in the toolbox when you are on my page. Oh right! You can't attach things with that. So, it This place, okay? Grood. --HomfrogHomfrog^{Tell me a story!}_{Contribulations}Homfrog 11:26, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Also, I'd like both the files. Okay? Grood, if possible. --HomfrogHomfrog^{Tell me a story!}_{Contribulations}Homfrog 11:28, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Your drawings are soo cute!!! :) --68.97.69.115 22:24, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

oppss...that was me! --Mitternacht90 22:25, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mind if I uploaded a different picture of Gobiatherium? I wanted to put your profile (of the beastie) together with the profile we have of Uintatherium, but, I've just realized I don't know the HTML/Wikiese to do that...--Mr Fink 05:11, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So I've stuck the two profiles together, and put them in their own subsection. Hopefully, I can eventually get someone to make it pretty.--Mr Fink 05:28, 29 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I removed the image because I don't think it adds any encyclopedic value to the article. Mgiganteus1 22:00, 12 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I love your art contributions of Wikipedia so im wondering what program do you use and does it cost money? Thanks. PS respond in my talk, unless you dont wanna answer - Ammonight423 18:48, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Never mind, i saw one of teh above talk, you use flash Ammonight423 18:55, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, but I can't find a link to where you download flash. Does it cost money? Thanks if you answer. And answer here Ammonight423 18:57, 8 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

		The Original Barnstar
		For your excellent sketches of pre-historic animals, I present to you The Original Barnstar. Aran|heru|nar 05:29, 4 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Why, thanks! :) Giant Blue Anteater 15:38, 10 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Thanks for the correction to Charles Darwin that Toxodon is a notoungulate rather than a rodent. However, that's a name that doesn't appear in Owen's paper as cited, and presumably postdates Owen's naming of the species. The paper does refer to "the Rodent structure presented by the teeth" and "a resemblance to the Toxodon which I have not found in any other Rodent besides the Capybara", so I've modified the statement to note a resemblance rather than saying that it's a rodent. This is a refinement that Darwin's biographers Desmond & Moore didn't pick up, and Darwin seems to have been unaware of it when he wrote to his sister Caroline,"There is another head, as large as a Rhinoceros which as far as they can guess, must have been a gnawing animal. Conceive a Rat or a Hare of such a size— What famous Cats they ought to have had in those days!"[1] Thanks for the hint, I'll try to bring all the mentions of this into line. . dave souza, talk 22:28, 18 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry for not replying, but I wasn't logged into Wikipedia. I thought that was a correction that would be worth implementing, so I made that edit. Giant Blue Anteater (talk) 19:12, 25 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hi GBA, remember me from the Speculative Evolution Forums? I'm the same guy that provided the information that sparassodonts aren't marsupials. ~Falconfly —Preceding undated comment added 17:09, 4 June 2009 (UTC).[reply]

So you're JohnFaa, right? Giant Blue Anteater (talk)

Yes I am ~Falconfly —Preceding undated comment added 21:55, 4 June 2009 (UTC).[reply]

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