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Favorite Dinosaur Reconstructions
Topic Started: Sep 28 2013, 09:05 PM (305,686 Views)
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The only criticism I could give is that shrink-wrapped Thalassdromeus.
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

perhaps it staved to death ;)
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CyborgIguana
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Because we can never have too much John Conway, I present the following works:

Masiakasaurus:

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Triceratops:

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Sinovenator:

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Avimimus:

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CyborgIguana
Oct 5 2014, 08:07 PM
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YES YES YES YES!

Finally someone got troodontids right! Is this Conway's? it sure as hell looks like his style, nonetheless it looks badass

see, troodontids had assymetrical ears, which would only be usefull if they had facial disks like owls do, add to that the fact that owls do not look even the least bit like their skeletons

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and its pretty safe to assume troodontids were atleast owl like in appearance.
Edited by Yi Qi, Oct 5 2014, 08:25 PM.
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Indeed, the chances seem very good that troodontids looked at least a little bit like owls in life.

And yes, it is indeed Conway's. All four of them are.
Edited by CyborgIguana, Oct 5 2014, 08:22 PM.
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Formerly Dilophoraptor

CyborgIguana
Oct 5 2014, 08:07 PM
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How i feel most school days.
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CyborgIguana
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Same, my last school photo looked almost exactly like that. xD
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Jules
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Mihi est imperare orbi universo

stargatedalek
Oct 5 2014, 07:14 PM
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vampirism, a very interesting bit of spec, no qualms with this
The problem is that none of these parts actually exist. They were all seen by Peters and by Peters alone.
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stargatedalek
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I'm not slow! That's just my moe!

xD
I didn't think any pterosaur with such adaptations came to mind...
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Ignacio
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Oct 5 2014, 08:15 PM
and its pretty safe to assume troodontids were atleast owl like in appearance.
Their similarities regarding anatomy suggest a similar lifestyle and probably hunting tactics but it doesn't mean that they looked like owls. I'm not saying is impossible, just that is no proof that they look like that. Alvarezsaurids like Heptasteornis or Bradycneme are more likely to have looked like owls than troodontids in my opinion. Although i agree there are anatomical similarities.
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I'd agree with you, but the presence of asymmetrical ears in troodontids does imply the possibility of large, owl-like facial disks.
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Pull my finger!

Sauroposeidon and Acrocanthosaurus
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Some pics I like.
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Ignacio
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Well their eyes also points forward so that is another point for that theory... and they were clearly nocturnal animals. It could be a possibility indeed, i'm just wouldn't go as far as to say that is proof that they looked like owls and that any other reconstruction is wrong.
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BossAggron
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ive never actually heard of Asymmetrical ears on Troodontids. Is the a good Skull to illustrate this or a paper i can check real quick?
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I'm just going by what Austroraptor said, I assume he has sources at hand.
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