#oc megantereon

[tysonfurybattlepass]

I saw this and it reminded me of Meg

sigh.

[machairocat]

waggy boy needs a separate post

[clansbeforetime]

How did the Smilodons get to Africa? Wasn't their range in the Americas? Or is this more fantasy?

Hi anon! Looks like we made an error in our intro post, our big cats are not based on Smilodons (which, you are correct, are an American genus and not African). That was our mistake, and we’ll be sure to correct it as soon as possible! Thank you for pointing that out :) 

Our saber-toothed cats are more closely based on the African genera of saber-toothed cats, namely Lokotunjailurus, Tchadailurus, and Megantereon to name a couple! And the tribe that Smilodon is from, Smilodontini, did have species that lived in Africa, though the genus Smilodon did not. Once again, that was a mistype on our part when it came to gathering our information, and in our actual designs and research we did use African genera of the saber-toothed cats.

 Of course, Smilodon is incredibly popular as far as the saber-toothed cats go, so we don’t mind if ocs are based more heavily on those features rather than these genera. They share a lot of key features, so we’re not going to hound people or not let them use ocs based on which specific species of Machairodontinae (The family of cats that includes the saber-tooths) anything is based on.

I once again would like to apologize for the error in our post, we’ll be sure to re-read our posts a little more thoroughly before they go live!

If you’d like to know more about our setting as it relates to real prehistoric data, feel free to drop an ask here and we will do our best to answer!

-Admin Craig

[prehistoricalcats]

The Naming of Cats is a Paleontological Matter

Case in point, a list of character names in lastest batch of OCs that were inspired by or just straight up the actual name of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures:

Meganterea - from Megantereon

Sirindhorna

Nimravod - from Nimravus and the biblical name Nimrod

Jublepurria - from Jubbulpuria

Scansoroura - from Scansoriopteryx and a couple of different animals beginning or ending with "oura/ourano"

Oryctonyx - from Oryctodromeus and the plethora of animals ending in "onyx"

Silvacola

Lestobrady - from Lestobradys

Oh yeah, I almost forgot Panphagia

I'm a huge paleonerd (obviously), and it turns out that's actually a major advantage when it comes the the Naming of Cats

who knew ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[machairocat]

[machairocat]

concept: showdown

[machairocat]

world's worst guy who still has a thing for his ex and also might be a serial killer so dont even bother

[machairocat]

better vers of Him

[machairocat]

world’s most insane man thinks he’s actually the normal one, more at 11

[machairocat]

no motivation to draw today but you WILL appreciate his patterns. evolve brush my beloved part ???

[machairocat]

really sad day for meg stans because according to the distribution of m. whitei in the early pleistocene period there is a nonzero chance he is either italian or br*tish

[machairocat]

head angle is not ideal for showing off the slashed throat. will likely change that in digital vers

[machairocat]

is that a prosthetic on human Meg, or a gauntlet of some kind?

it’s a gauntlet! it looks very low tech in the concept art i threw together, which will definitely change in future iterations, but it’s supposed to be machinery that’s wirelessly connected to his brain so he can move it around like an extension of his body.

human meggy exists within a very specific au that @reptired and i are working on. due to Unethical Experimentation, he got some sweet brain-synced mech suit gear and enhanced senses, but at the cost of crossing more than a few wires in his head. he’s just as dangerous and unpredictable as canon cat megantereon!

[machairocat]

sticker #2

[machairocat]

just so you know. that wired interview idris elba did where he answers google searches about himself is exactly how i imagine megantereon’s voice to sound

[machairocat]

in universe true crime would be insane. netflix would go crazy w the meg docuseries