Paleoart as a teaching tool: Life restorations of quaternary mammals of Sicily (Italy)

Authors

  • Tommaso De Francesco Società Italiana per la Storia della Fauna “Giuseppe Altobello”
  • Antonella Cinzia Marra Università degli Studi di Messina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/AAPP.99S1A9

Keywords:

Paleoart, endemic mammals, Quaternary, Sicily

Abstract

Paleoart is an important teaching tool in palaeontology. Accurate reconstructions of extinct organisms are particularly impressive in the transmission of research results to a wide public. Life restorations of endemic elephants and hippopotamuses that lived in Sicily during Quaternary are here presented. The restorations are based on anatomical and biometric studies and are realized using graphite pencil on cardboard. The drawing have been digitalized to be reproduced and only few adjustments have been provided with photoshop.

Author Biographies

  • Tommaso De Francesco, Società Italiana per la Storia della Fauna “Giuseppe Altobello”
    via Enrico De Nicola 31, 80010 Quarto (NA)
  • Antonella Cinzia Marra, Università degli Studi di Messina
    Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Scienze Fisiche e Scienze della Terra, Viale F. Stagno d'Alcontres 31, 98166 Messina

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Published

2021-09-30

Issue

Vol 99, SUPPL NO 1 (2021): New Horizons in Teaching Science 2019

Section

New Horizons in Teaching Science (Conference Proceedings)

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