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Published: 2016-07-17 21:17:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 9638; Favourites: 270; Downloads: 0
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30 Day Retrosaur Challenge part nine - Spike Tailed GoliathErikidorsus (hedgehog back) lived during the early/mid Jurassic and was either a very ancient member or a bizarre offshoot of the Spike Tail family. Had a special organ within it’s lower spine to act as a ‘second brain’ in order to give it enough fine control over its tail, to that point that the tail was quasi-prehensile. How did this this thing mate? Most paleontologists agree that they don’t know.
Based on this piece of paleoart , which allegedly depicts a stegosaur.
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To be honest this creature has always been my favorite member of "outdated dinosaur designs" and I would love to see the looks on someones face if we actually discovered a real one some day.
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Love how the artist actually made a kaiju looking creature before the concept even existed. It would look cool on a Godzilla movie or Ultraman show.
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It looks like the very first monster Ultraman ever fought.
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It would definitely fit the aesthetic of pretty much any giant-monster series.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lUAnr…
looking at this thing do a roaring pose makes me think this is the noise that comes out of it's mouth
(1st one)
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The inspiration for this guy is among my favorite pieces of hilariously outdated paleoart. That thing is practically begging to be in a Showa Godzilla film.
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It definitely had that 'different dinosaur parts combined' design philosophy.
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I could easily see it as some sort of herbivorous Godzilla relative!
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Or a missing link between Godzilla and Anguirus
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Which would, based on their anatomy, make Titanosaurus a more primitive member of the Godzilla-Anguirus clade.
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A family tree of kaiju species could be an interesting endeavor, especially if theres a handful of 'missing links' like that retro stegosaur...
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I've spent a lot of time thinking about where in the tree of life a lot of kanji fit but I never really thought to connect it and make a cladogram or something like that. I think it would be a lot of fun!
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