This is a size chart showing all the different species of enormacentaur. Perhaps in future I will edit them together into a single chart once my scanner problem is fixed. In the meantime, here they are!
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Species are left to right, up to down in order:
Moravian Enormacentaur (dynamotherium occidentalis):
Found on the grasslands of Moravia. The body is quite compack with pillar like legs which it balances on, with the front pair longer than the back. Behind its sloping back and thick mane of hair lies a tail making up about a third of the animal’s overall length, somewhat resembling a brachiosaur. Above the animals torso, is a secondary torso with two highly muscular arms with four digits, in a radial shape, ideal for tearing down trees and moving large objects. The most bizarre feature of all is the head, which has a spine coming out of it somewhat resembling the dinosaur parasaurolophus superficially, though attached to it is a blue crest that is used for signalling and sexual display, contrasting greatly with its overall orange body and black fur. The animal still has notable heterodonty, with a large pair of canines in the upper jaw that are often used in fighting with other individuals. The lower jaws are even stranger, having large lip extensions that resemble a proboscis on each jaw, somewhat like an elephant’s trunk. They help direct branches and shrubs towards the giant’s mouth, making them effective eating machines. An adult male enormocentaur measures about 22m in length, measures just over 6m at the middle shoulder, can reach about 8m tall overall and can weigh up to 27 tonnes. Females lack the brightly coloured crest on the head, and have smaller dimension around 15-20 tonnes. The females and calves will travel in small herds around the plains and forests, while the bulls are solitary in nature. Predators for these animals are almost non-existent.
Forest Enormacentaurs (Arbrotitan minimus)
Found throughout the Jaw Peninsulas
They have thin coatings of fur similar to mastodonts on prehistoric Earth, and they have a reduced surface area due to living in a cooler wetter climate, thus not having head crests or flaps on their tails. The trunks on the lower jaws are relatively larger as are the canines, with a more compact body overall. An adult forest enormacentaur stands about 17m long including the tail, 3.5m at the lower shoulder, about 5.4m tall overall due to the hunched back of the upper part and weighs in the region of 10-11 tonnes or so. Overall, the males are taller and slightly longer, but the females are relatively more robust, so they weigh about the same, which is unique among their clade. The arms have large claws similar to those of megatherium the ground sloth, and they use these to tear down branches and trees to get at the parts they need. They are quite fussy eaters and use their trunks to pick out the parts which they require. Unlike their relatives, they are solitary creatures which rarely encounter members of their own kind. In fact they will abandon their offspring at a young age, meaning they are more independent than their relatives. They will only come into contact with other members of their kind during the mating season, where males will fight using their canines and claws.
Woolly Enormacentaur (Dynamotherium primigenius)
Found in the southern coniferous forests and taigas off Terra Incognetia's far South, although it is even possible specimens are making their way on the Great Southern Steppe through the land-bridges.
These are some of hte most derived of the enormacentaurs, having significantly different anatomy to their northern relatives. They are adapted to a cold environment, to which they have the features necessary to survive. They have relatively small eyes, large nostrils, and tiny ears to conserve surface area, as well as a much shorter tail than their relatives, which is used to store fat during the winters in place of a hump. It is relatively more robust than its northern relative, with a bulky and fatty body. The hair is very long, and can reach lengths of almost a metre in places in their winter coat. In a region where winter temperatures can frequently drop below -20C, this is very essential. The males of the species have uintathere like canines which are used in fighting instead of the tusks that a woolly mammoth would possess. Their claws are relatively large too, though not as large as some other species. What makes them especially remarkably is that they are the largest land animal on Terra Incognetia in mass. An adult male stands about 7m tall, measures about 18m in length and can weigh a huge 30 tonnes or so. Females measure 17m long, 6.9m tall and weigh 28 tonnes. They will travel in pods, and unlike their northern relatives, contain both male and female members to lead them through the harsh winters.
Trojan Beast (epequus grandis)
Found across the East coast of Terra Incognetia, in Mediterreanean climated forests.
The least common of the giant enormacentaurs, these strange creatures diverged from their kin about 23 million years ago, and have lost the trunks of their iconic relatives, instead developing an unusual horse like appearance in the meantime. They are quite large browsers which resemble the ancient indricotheres in appearance and structure. Even their fur is horse-like, with a thin coat in most of the body and a thick main across the back. Unlike horses, they have forward facing canines, which work like tusks during browsing sessions. It is significantly more horizontal than the other species, with almost no slope in its back. It is also the most sexually dimorphic, with males standing 4.5m tall, 3.5m at the shoulder, 15m long and weighing about 10-12 tonnes, while the females are just 3.3m tall, 2.7m at the shoulder and weigh about 7 tonnes. They are more solitary than other species and live either alone or in a mating pair. The females are extremely protective parents from local predators, and given their size, there are few that can touch them.
pygmy enormacentaur (nanodynamotherium maritimus)
Found on the island of Seahorse
This little creature is a relatively recent arrival, only occuring within the last 3 million years. It is far smaller than its relatives elsewhere due to the pressures of living on an island, but otherwise is not that different proportionally from its ancestor. It does have a more upright gait than its mainland relative, as well as relatively thicker hair (though not as thick as the woolly enormacentaur) and an absence of its deadly tusks. The claws are also relatively small, as it has no predators to defend itself from. It is a bulky animal in overall design, with males measuring about 2.5m tall, 1.6m at the shoulder and weighing up to 1300kg, while the females are just under 1000kg and 2.2m tall. As they swam to the islands, they have retained and even developed their water staying abilities, and are thus decent swimmers despite their bulk, often spending time wading in the water like a hippopotamus. They live in a land with no predators to fear, and so little can undermine their habits beside the environment itself.
Enormass (allassinus divergiformus)
The southern Dike Dike Islands.
The most eccentric of all the enormacentaurs, it is believed this creature diverged from the others even earlier than the trojan. It is by far the smallest of all the enormacentaurs either living or in the fossil record. Not only this, but it is also the most sexually dimorphic. An adult male stands 1.9m tall, 3.4m long including the tail and weighs in the region of 400kg. The female on the other hand is no more than a metre tall and weighs about 120kg, lacking the blunted canines and flashy tail as well. It has the largest ears in proportion to its body, and it bears a strange resemblence to some kind of donkey, adapted to the more arid climate of the islands. The claws are relatively huge and help it grap large amounts of vegetation, or dig for roots and bulbs depending on its hunger. Its most unusual internal feature is that it has developed an ectothermic lifestyle, similar to the ancient goat myotragus of Earth. The males have a thick membrane between the prongs in the tail, which is filled with bright colours of yellow and orange spots, used for sexual display and signalling. The trunks on the lower jaws are quite simple and are no more than tentacle like extensions, with a rough upper layer that can scrape plants and make them easier to consume for the herbivores, who have relatively small teeth overall.
And those are the bizarre and eccentric enormacentaurs. More detail will be provided in their future faunal updates, so stay tuned!
i.imgur.com/khyRs8S.jpg
Species are left to right, up to down in order:
Moravian Enormacentaur (dynamotherium occidentalis):
Found on the grasslands of Moravia. The body is quite compack with pillar like legs which it balances on, with the front pair longer than the back. Behind its sloping back and thick mane of hair lies a tail making up about a third of the animal’s overall length, somewhat resembling a brachiosaur. Above the animals torso, is a secondary torso with two highly muscular arms with four digits, in a radial shape, ideal for tearing down trees and moving large objects. The most bizarre feature of all is the head, which has a spine coming out of it somewhat resembling the dinosaur parasaurolophus superficially, though attached to it is a blue crest that is used for signalling and sexual display, contrasting greatly with its overall orange body and black fur. The animal still has notable heterodonty, with a large pair of canines in the upper jaw that are often used in fighting with other individuals. The lower jaws are even stranger, having large lip extensions that resemble a proboscis on each jaw, somewhat like an elephant’s trunk. They help direct branches and shrubs towards the giant’s mouth, making them effective eating machines. An adult male enormocentaur measures about 22m in length, measures just over 6m at the middle shoulder, can reach about 8m tall overall and can weigh up to 27 tonnes. Females lack the brightly coloured crest on the head, and have smaller dimension around 15-20 tonnes. The females and calves will travel in small herds around the plains and forests, while the bulls are solitary in nature. Predators for these animals are almost non-existent.
Forest Enormacentaurs (Arbrotitan minimus)
Found throughout the Jaw Peninsulas
They have thin coatings of fur similar to mastodonts on prehistoric Earth, and they have a reduced surface area due to living in a cooler wetter climate, thus not having head crests or flaps on their tails. The trunks on the lower jaws are relatively larger as are the canines, with a more compact body overall. An adult forest enormacentaur stands about 17m long including the tail, 3.5m at the lower shoulder, about 5.4m tall overall due to the hunched back of the upper part and weighs in the region of 10-11 tonnes or so. Overall, the males are taller and slightly longer, but the females are relatively more robust, so they weigh about the same, which is unique among their clade. The arms have large claws similar to those of megatherium the ground sloth, and they use these to tear down branches and trees to get at the parts they need. They are quite fussy eaters and use their trunks to pick out the parts which they require. Unlike their relatives, they are solitary creatures which rarely encounter members of their own kind. In fact they will abandon their offspring at a young age, meaning they are more independent than their relatives. They will only come into contact with other members of their kind during the mating season, where males will fight using their canines and claws.
Woolly Enormacentaur (Dynamotherium primigenius)
Found in the southern coniferous forests and taigas off Terra Incognetia's far South, although it is even possible specimens are making their way on the Great Southern Steppe through the land-bridges.
These are some of hte most derived of the enormacentaurs, having significantly different anatomy to their northern relatives. They are adapted to a cold environment, to which they have the features necessary to survive. They have relatively small eyes, large nostrils, and tiny ears to conserve surface area, as well as a much shorter tail than their relatives, which is used to store fat during the winters in place of a hump. It is relatively more robust than its northern relative, with a bulky and fatty body. The hair is very long, and can reach lengths of almost a metre in places in their winter coat. In a region where winter temperatures can frequently drop below -20C, this is very essential. The males of the species have uintathere like canines which are used in fighting instead of the tusks that a woolly mammoth would possess. Their claws are relatively large too, though not as large as some other species. What makes them especially remarkably is that they are the largest land animal on Terra Incognetia in mass. An adult male stands about 7m tall, measures about 18m in length and can weigh a huge 30 tonnes or so. Females measure 17m long, 6.9m tall and weigh 28 tonnes. They will travel in pods, and unlike their northern relatives, contain both male and female members to lead them through the harsh winters.
Trojan Beast (epequus grandis)
Found across the East coast of Terra Incognetia, in Mediterreanean climated forests.
The least common of the giant enormacentaurs, these strange creatures diverged from their kin about 23 million years ago, and have lost the trunks of their iconic relatives, instead developing an unusual horse like appearance in the meantime. They are quite large browsers which resemble the ancient indricotheres in appearance and structure. Even their fur is horse-like, with a thin coat in most of the body and a thick main across the back. Unlike horses, they have forward facing canines, which work like tusks during browsing sessions. It is significantly more horizontal than the other species, with almost no slope in its back. It is also the most sexually dimorphic, with males standing 4.5m tall, 3.5m at the shoulder, 15m long and weighing about 10-12 tonnes, while the females are just 3.3m tall, 2.7m at the shoulder and weigh about 7 tonnes. They are more solitary than other species and live either alone or in a mating pair. The females are extremely protective parents from local predators, and given their size, there are few that can touch them.
pygmy enormacentaur (nanodynamotherium maritimus)
Found on the island of Seahorse
This little creature is a relatively recent arrival, only occuring within the last 3 million years. It is far smaller than its relatives elsewhere due to the pressures of living on an island, but otherwise is not that different proportionally from its ancestor. It does have a more upright gait than its mainland relative, as well as relatively thicker hair (though not as thick as the woolly enormacentaur) and an absence of its deadly tusks. The claws are also relatively small, as it has no predators to defend itself from. It is a bulky animal in overall design, with males measuring about 2.5m tall, 1.6m at the shoulder and weighing up to 1300kg, while the females are just under 1000kg and 2.2m tall. As they swam to the islands, they have retained and even developed their water staying abilities, and are thus decent swimmers despite their bulk, often spending time wading in the water like a hippopotamus. They live in a land with no predators to fear, and so little can undermine their habits beside the environment itself.
Enormass (allassinus divergiformus)
The southern Dike Dike Islands.
The most eccentric of all the enormacentaurs, it is believed this creature diverged from the others even earlier than the trojan. It is by far the smallest of all the enormacentaurs either living or in the fossil record. Not only this, but it is also the most sexually dimorphic. An adult male stands 1.9m tall, 3.4m long including the tail and weighs in the region of 400kg. The female on the other hand is no more than a metre tall and weighs about 120kg, lacking the blunted canines and flashy tail as well. It has the largest ears in proportion to its body, and it bears a strange resemblence to some kind of donkey, adapted to the more arid climate of the islands. The claws are relatively huge and help it grap large amounts of vegetation, or dig for roots and bulbs depending on its hunger. Its most unusual internal feature is that it has developed an ectothermic lifestyle, similar to the ancient goat myotragus of Earth. The males have a thick membrane between the prongs in the tail, which is filled with bright colours of yellow and orange spots, used for sexual display and signalling. The trunks on the lower jaws are quite simple and are no more than tentacle like extensions, with a rough upper layer that can scrape plants and make them easier to consume for the herbivores, who have relatively small teeth overall.
And those are the bizarre and eccentric enormacentaurs. More detail will be provided in their future faunal updates, so stay tuned!
Now that I know what they look like, I'll get right on that Merman! 
Good to know. Of course they're seperated by about 75 million years or so (for comparison genetic studies estimate manatees and elephants to be seperated by about 58-63 million years) so differences would be sustantial. I was thinking the arms would be like therizinosaurs in design but you can mess about with it if you like
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