Flocking Together
Gallimimus/Megalodon (the clam)
Phosphatodraco/Lusovenator
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Drew this
The scale is a little weird but do this by myself at night
You ever fall in love with a prehistoric animal not because of other reconstructions but because of your own?
can we go back to Simurghia yet
Discount Pteranodont (jk love you tethydraco)
The child predator
and Jerry
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Month drawing recap time!
This month's drawings:
- Johanna goes fishing for crabs, and a pair of Corythosaurus decide to feast while she does so
- Hilda, wearing a cape @lamhildaboo made for her, gets in the way of a picture of a Sauropelta and the raven
- David spots two Phosphatodraco feasting on a dead salt lion after a storm
- A mother troll risks it all to steal a carcass from two adult Allosaurus
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favourite shots from prehistoric planet - episode one
Part 1 / 2
Scaphitid ammonite | Barbaridactylus
Tuarangisaurus | Tethydraco
Tyrannosaurus rex | Tyrannosaurus rex
Tuarangisaurus | Phosphatodraco
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Phosphatodraco mauritanicus (Mauritania’s phosphate dragon) was an azhdarchid pterosaur from North Africa. Being in the same family as skybound giants such as Quetzalcoatlus and Hatzegopteryx, but only being 9 feet tall. Despite its smaller size when compared to its much larger relatives, Phosphatodraco was still a terrifying predator to behold. As well as being extremely good flyers, these creatures were also adapted for life on the ground, serving as predators to any small animal that was unlucky enough to get in its way.
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Phosphatodraco
Phosphatodraco — рід птерозаврів-аждархідів із пізньої крейди Марокко. Типовий і єдиний відомий вид — Phosphatodraco mauritanicus. Phosphatodraco був аждархідом помірного розміру з приблизним розмахом крил близько 5 метрів. Він заснований на ряді шийних хребців з фосфатних пластів басейну Улед-Абдун, відкладів самого кінця крейди. Це був перший птерозавр, який отримав назву від фосфатних пластів, хоча багато…
Повний текст на сайті "Вимерлий світ":
https://extinctworld.in.ua/phosphatodraco/
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Somewhere in Maastrichtian Morocco, a lone Phosphatodraco has wandered into a nesting colony of Tethydraco, looking for any tasty chicks to eat…
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I love that PP was very pterosaur-heavy, but I'm mildly let down at how all of them were rather drably-colored. Would have been neat to see some really vivid pterosaur colors than just the seabird shades of whites, yellows and greys.
As far as I'm aware, the range of colours in the pycnofibres of pterosaurs in Prehistoric Planet are pretty much at the limit of what is possible in terms of colour. There's some evidence of branching pycnofibres being present in pterosaurs, but more pycnofibres were monofilaments. Think the same as fur and our hair.
Birdlike feathers can carry a complex array of coloured pigments from ingested food, and these pigments create the bright colours of many bird species! However, monofilaments like hair, or like most pycnofibres and early dinosaur feathers, aren't structurally complex enough to hold those dietary pigments. There are a couple minor exceptions, but as far as we know generally the only way for monofilaments to be coloured is via melanin.
So basically, this is what limits the pterosaur colours in the show to browns, whites, reds and greys, because those are actually the only colours monofilamentous pycnofibres are capable of being! That doesn't mean pterosaurs can't be colourful, and I'd argue that the Prehistoric Planet pterosaurs do have some lovely colour in them!
Phosphatodraco has a lovely pop of colour around the eye
They're not front and centre, but the adult Alcione have blue faces, which is something I would've loved to see in more detail!
And of course there's the lovely reds and yellows of the Barbaridactylus.
So basically I reckon the pterosaurs in Prehistoric Planet have plenty of colour on them, and the vibrance is realistically constrained by the physical structure of their pycnofibres! Honestly having more neutrally-coloured feathers with bright faces is something I'd definitely expect to see if we could ever see real pterosaurs!
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