[adding the tail on a Canidacervus skeleton]
Most fossil species remain dry scientific
descriptions in papers known only to a small elite of experts. But
some species attract more attention and therefore skeletal mounts
and life reconstructions are made. Actually most extinct species are known
to the general public (and in many cases to paleontologists of far away disciplines)
as mounts or reconstructions. In Greece, despite the large amount of fossils collected
and studied, no attempt was ever made to mount skeletons of extinct animals.
In collaboration with Alexandra Van der Geer and John De Vos
I started the mounting of skeletons with actual fossils.
The skeleton of a fossil otter from Crete.
The skeleton of Candiacervus sp.II., a
fossil deer from Crete.
The skeleton of Phanourios minor a
fossil hippo from Cyprus.
