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Published: 2007-12-06 20:13:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 1557; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 54
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Description Updated painting of the tiny dinosaur Epidendrosaurus done for Wikipedia. This is just a modification of the original, with added wing feathers and some of the background taken out or toned down to better highlight the animal. I intentionally left out wing feathers in the original to highlight the weird, long fingers, as an artistic/aesthetic decision--this one is probably more scientifically accurate, which is what we need on wiki.

Please note this was done under a Creative Commons attribution license. Derivitive and modified works permitted but must be credited to Matt Martyniuk.

EDIT: In the spirit of keeping this version as up to date as possible, I've given it a higher skull and large, procumbant front teeth to match what's known from the related Epidexipteryx. Also removed retrices, which would have only been present on the tail tip following the description and Epidex.
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Comments: 6

DerKompsognatus [2009-04-04 14:58:39 +0000 UTC]

I want one! It is so cute!

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MattMart In reply to DerKompsognatus [2009-04-06 05:15:51 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm a firm believer in the fact that dinosaurs are severely misrepresented by the media, and were in fact all totally adorable. Even Velociraptor. *Especially* Velociraptor. And therizinosaurs looked like big fluffy Muppets.

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DerKompsognatus In reply to MattMart [2009-04-06 11:19:54 +0000 UTC]

I agree, but little Epi always had a special place in my heart!

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Xinorbis [2008-12-18 05:35:35 +0000 UTC]

My alltime favorite!

AT

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jconway [2008-02-12 14:13:42 +0000 UTC]

I really preferred the old background. This one's cool too though.

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Kakarotho [2007-12-06 22:40:42 +0000 UTC]

I like this one better.
Nice job

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