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Tomozaurus β Velociraptor's Image Part 3 - Theropod parade
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Published: 2013-01-18 03:46:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 10495; Favourites: 90; Downloads: 81
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Follow up to this: [link] and this: [link]Sorry it's so big! Just don't zoom in all the way.
Yeah, this is the last one in this series, I promise, back to doing art that isn't rushed, stupid, and shit now. In any case, the idea just came to me and I had to do it, much like the other too.
To the people this is aimed at: please listen!
To the feathernazi's who are going to come in and go "but these guys were probably feathered too..." the answer is no. Let them have a few scaly theropods while they can, they might not be around for long.
Skeletals of Scott Hartman used, credit to him: shartman.deviantart.com
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What about the predators of Africa?
Each predator is deadlier than the other in different ways.
Not sure that I would say that, dogs have great endurance compared to the marsupial and even the theropods.
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Mammalian breathing systems take in only half the amount of oxygen compared to theropods if the animals are similarly sized.
On top of this terrestrial crocodilians and varanids have canid-like performance rates.
Really the marsupial is the only thing the dogs could outrun and I meant sophistication in hunting specializations, not who would kill the other.
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I guess, but the limbs are important for endurance as well.
Imagine that in Jurassic Park
They would fight or kill each other they were after each other's offspring or meal.
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I don't think theropods have poor limb structure for running, and they are definitely the better accelerators.Β
And yes, I hoped those two sauropsids would show up in the series, honestly there is a point in which a predator is too big to eat people, and these two are big enough to go after vehicles and small enough to attack people, and there would be no outrunning themΒ Β Β
Speaking of which, an actual killer pterosaur like Hatzegopteryx (AKA the giant carnosaur-giraffe-stork of doom) and Harpactognathus needs to make an appearance at some point.
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They can run grandly, but what about in short bursts or constant running? Β I mean, look at the tiger and the wolf.
Yeah, pretty much.
Yeah, a girafee-sized carnivorous pterosaur is a scary sight XD
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Short bursts-theropods would be superior
Long runs-Don't really know, but probably for a long time (though at slower speeds)
The scariest thing about that pterosaur is it is specialized for big-game hunting. A worthy JW villain.
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Yeah and canines are experts at long distance
Yeah and you would know how a worm feel XD
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With that species humans may be small fry, according to SVP 2013.
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Yeah. Β Now that I think about it, why is t-rex and spinosaurus going after humans? Β Are they going on a diet?
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Both would want bigger things (about 400kg to 3 tons) and wish for 6 ton things (except neither are particularly good at big game), so humans shouldn't really be food.
The giant pterosaur, though a big-game specialist, should still be small enough to go for people.
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Yeah, it would be like a tiger with a small rat.
Yeah
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So really the giant carnivores would be harmless for the most part and would keep the raptors away.
The pterosaur, though it would also keep raptors away, would also eat people.
BTW, heard about Harpactognathus? Seems like the pterosaur version of a raptor....
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Yeah, but NEVER push your luck with large predators, right?
Yeah, that's scary XD
The pterosaur of the dwarf dinosaur island?
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Never push your luck with any animal.
And as much as I want to see the largest flying animal ever I'm going to keep a distance unless it is already hunting something else.
If Hatzegopteryx is the pterosaur equivalent of Carcharodontosaurus, Harpactognathus (Morrison taxon) is the equivalent of Deinonychus. Medium sized (larger than most eagles), agile in trees, and with a devastating bite judging from the skull. Basically, stalking prey via air.
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Yup
Hmm, interesting
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And it seems we have more killer pterosaurs than these two.
Always wondered why there were no killer pterosaurs, turns out there were....
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I wouldn't be surprised.
Yeah, you just need to look
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Thalassodromeus (ironic, its name means ocean runner) was a terror bird equivalent, Sericipterus was seemingly an accipiter equivalent, Dsungaripterus was a bone-crushing specialist predator (it spent a lot of time on land hence why I don't think they are soaring scavengers), and I'm sure at least a few of the larger anurognathinnes were flacon-like insect hunters (Jeholopterus is most likely due to its dentition, I know what Dave Peters did but that doesn't mean a predatory lifestyle is impossible.)
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To hell with skim-feeders!
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Even the fish-eating species would kill themselves if they skim-fed (this also applies to Spino and quadrupedality)
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They bloody better find a giant Haast's eagle-sized killer pterosaur in 2015!
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Good to hear you are featuring such an interesting and underused animal.
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Or Coelophysis! Everyone forgets Coelophysis!
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Too small and not deadly enough even compared to the real Velociraptor.
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I'd say it is a bit small and lithe to quite fit the Jurassic Park "raptor" mould.
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Perhaps Dryptosaurus would be best. But then again, it's a coelurosaur.
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Or better yet, Carnotaurus which has been proven to be scaly all over. Plus it is has stubby forelimbs like T. Rex! A perfect alternative for those upset by feathered T. Rex.
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Plus it is the fastest theropod excluding birds.
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Ornithomimds aren't faster?
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They come close but not quite.
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Jeez, what did they hunt that they had to run fast to keep up with?
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Who the hell knows?
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You're forgetting Gallimimus and it's ilk.
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Carnotaurus had the largest leg muscles of all living or extinct taxa.
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Wouldn't that honor go to a sauropod?
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Largest leg muscles relative to body size, not in absolute terms.
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That does make sense, but I cannot see sauropods ever being able to move at 75m/hr like the meat-eating bull.
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The (awful) Disney's Dinosaur, the (also awful) television series Terra Nova and the (more bearable) animated adaption of Turok all made that exact descision already, so that one at least is catching on.
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What's interesting is that TvTropes claims that CarnotaurusΒ might beΒ responsible for the decline of Ceratosaurus appearences in popular media.
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Hmmm, well, I do not think portraying these animals like THIS is realistic no matter what. After all, even if they were featherless, they would probably be scaly. And even then, I personally believe that almost all theropods have at least some form of feathering, even if they are only present on small sections, like the tail tip, or a crest.Β
Then again, nobody has proven that, so this is, I suppose, not inaccurate, if unlikely.Β
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True.Β The big and/or primitiveΒ theropods probably weren't feathered. Feathers would have trapped heat.
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You do realize they trap whatever temperature there is? Feathers aren't for
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Why did you draw all those dinosaurs as weird, gross, naked monstrosities? .-. Tianyulong would like a word with you...
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"Weird, gross, naked monstrosities"
Feathernazi alert! xd
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