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Shenzhoupterus
Known from a single skeleton, their diet would have mostly consisted of smaller terrestrial animals, similar to other pterosaurs in the same site
ALT: Shenzhou, the word this pterosaur is named after, is actually an ancient name for china, where it was found
Sanqiaspis
A long galeaspid with a flat structure on the front of its head shield, the fossil was originally distorted, as it usually happens for these creatures
ALT: the shape of the structure tends to differ between species, some being shorter and wider and others thinner
i thought id do something different for other art day and share a few old dinoboies i did
30'saurus (2019) cartoons are funny
canyon rex (2020) based on a jp action figure
pachympact (2018) basically oc dream eater from kh3d
suchomimus (2017) i really like neon colors
Glyptodon
A car sized armored mammal related to modern armadillos, some of its fossils where believed to be megatherium before parts of the carapace where found
ALT: it was unable to withdraw its head into the caparace, but both the head and tail had osteoderms for protection
Giraffatitan
Originally believed to be a brachiosaurus, it used to be known as the largest dinosaur at the time, but many larger ones have been discovered since
ALT: The largest and tallest mounted skeleton in the world, size estimates for the genus are based on this specimen
YOU THOUGHT I FORGOT OTHER ART DAY, AND YOUD BE RIGHT
anyone remembers dinosaur king? i was never too big a fan of it, but the chibis where the best, i tried making some of my own imitating the style (to varying results)
also we reached the 100 followers, i luv u all 💗
Chaoyangopterus
Its classification history has been complicated, it was believed be closely related to nyctosaurus and more recently to azhdarchids but in its own group
ALT: named after a city on china, known as a "fossil city" for its many important paleontological discoveries
Brygmophyseter
A toothed predatory whale similar to modern orcas, it may have also lived in groups called pods
Fossil: an interesting thing about whale skeletons is how different they look from living whales due to the soft tissues, some even being misidentified as sea monsters
Asiaspis
A galeaspid, its likely that this type of fish only used their body for locomotion since at the moment none of them have been found with paired fins
ALT: the head shield of this fish had 3 long horn like structures, one in the front and 2 curving backwards at the top