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Dinalfos5 — Creatures of Zaldor- Razor Bird
Published: 2016-01-07 14:22:12 +0000 UTC; Views: 798; Favourites: 11; Downloads: 4
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This is a picture of another fictitious creature from my Zaldor Fantasy setting.This is a so called "Razor Bird" another hybrid theropod created by the Zeruins using magical gene splicing, much like the Carnovakis and Ravage Raptor. In this case, the Theropods are a Titanis, a Phorusrhacidae Terror Bird, and a Dakotaraptor, a Dromaeosaur. The Zeruin did not distinguish from Mesozoic Theropods and ones that survived to the Cenozoic, and so mixed raptor and modern avian into a terrible predator. They have the hooked beak and long legs of a Titanis, as well as the clawed hands, sickle clawed feet and body tail of a Dakotaraptor. Though not as strong as a Raage Raptor, they were much faster, and could take a light rider into battle, becoming fierce mounts with their terrifying beak and clawed feet.
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The Razor Bird looks very cool. I like the use of primary colors on it. I also find the DNA mixture to be quite unique and clever
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Thanks, I'm glad you like it then. Yeah, I like how the final colours turned out, I think its a goof mix. Glad you like the concept of the Hybrid too, and thanks for the fave as well.
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This one looks really neat. I can see the Titanis DNA in its very thick bill and head. I like the color scheme as well. It reminds me a bit of one...I think it was the Gastornis from Walking With Prehistoric Beasts? But I think the colors you used look a bit better. 
I also like how you made the long feathers on the tail go all the way up to the base of the tail. This is an idea I've been exploring in my own paleoart in regards to large dromaeosaurs and feathered dinosaurs - I don't think they necessarily just had a tail fan. Maybe they did, but I like seeing other ways of them depicted that are a bit less, well, cliche' so to speak.
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Thank you, I'm glad you like it. Yeah, I thought the big thick beak was a nice, distinctive addition. As for the colours, I just looked at other pictures of Titanis and other terror birds and used my favorite traits to make my own combination of colours.
As for the tail, I kind of just based it on the idea of an elongated tail, without just a fan like on modern birds. But I based the idea on dinosaurs with feather impressions like Archeopteryx. Since it's supposed to have a Dakotaraptor's tail, I went with that appearance. Thanks for the fave too.
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Ah, I see. Yeah, Archaeopteryx would be the most famous avian with the feature of having a fan that goes all the way up to the base of the tail. Well, I think you chose a good combination of colors for it, then.
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Yeah, it might not have been close to Dromeosaurs, but it was close enough that that's how I think it's feathers would have worked. With the exception of juveniles, something as big as Dakotaraptor is not going to be flying or gliding, so it had no need for any kind of flight feathers, so I doubt they would have been elaborate compared to modern birds. By the End Cretaceous, Dromeosaurs wouldn't have been flighted for long enough that any flight feathers wouldn't have even reasonably been vestigial at this point. Still, if they served other purposes like mating display, it might have made sense.
That's why I kind of bauf at the idea of big theropods having elaborate flights feathers on their arms. What use would a giant Tyrannosaur have for elaborate primary feathers on its tiny arms when they would have been flightless for so long. Look at how pathetic the wings and flight feathers are on modern ratite birds, and you can see how I don't imagine them having arms that look anything close to a bird wing. What are your opinion on the arms of large theropods in relation to flight feathers?
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Thank you, I am glad you like my pictures of them then.
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