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Another species redesign of the book "The new Dinosaurs", now is time for more Neornithischia that are mentioned in the book, those that took over the niches of large herbivores, even some with peculiar adaptations as woolly tegument (speculated many years before the discovery of ornithischian with filaments) becoming predominant herbivores in some regions of the planet such as in the forests of Eurasia. I wanted to elaborate more on these descendants apart from giving them small touches in their anatomy, giving them a slightly more varied history, bringing them together in a group of which they could have proliferated in the new conditions of the Cenozoic. In this case I have grouped 4 species (three done and the fourth in progress) in a special group...

These are the Phasianosauria, a clade of ornitopods formed by medium-sized bipedal species most not larger than 2 tons, inhabitants of most of the north hemisphere; these possess a thick layer of filaments that help them withstand cold temperatures. These are the result of much more predominantly cold environments in the northern area where large hadrosaurs and other ornitopods have had to be limited in diversity, being more efficient to inhabit these environments during the neogene, becoming very predominant herbivores alongside other dinosaurs like ceratopsians and herbivorous theropods.

Coneater is a common species of the coniferous forest of eurasia (from a very widespread genus), this like its book counterpart is a large bipedal herbivore of more than 3 meters long that lives in small herds that move though the forests eating the leaves and fruits, using special molars convergent to those of large hadrosaurs, apart of having insulation tissue on its body it also possess a very considerable amount of filamentous fur around its body, covering every part except the legs, hands and part of the head.

Balaclav like the book version is a tall almost upright species of ornithopod, being around 2 m in height they are mostly mountain dwellers, inhabitant across the east mountains of north America reaching up to Alaska, is a robust species with a very great amount of tissue and also fur that covers all its body including its tail, they live in movement in small groups of few individuals, always in search of the flora that exist within the rocks. They are slow but well prepare to fight, with a long prominent spur on its hand similar to those of Iguanodontids.

Watergulp is another peculiar extreme of adaptations of this clade, unlike its more terrestrial cousins; this has become a more aquatic dwelling dinosaur, very well suited to inhabit the rivers of South America. This large animal of 2.5 meters long has adopted different features that allows it to live on water, but with different of its book counterpart: instead of having an almost uniform oval body with a chubby head and short neck, this has a more longer neck and tail, with a robust short body, limbs instead of being just protuberant paddle looking legs in this redesign the forelimbs are more bigger paddle like hands with still noticeable claws and the hind limbs are still similar to their terrestrial counterparts, but with webbed feet, the semi-fluked tail is preserved but in different shape.

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Another species redesign of the book "The new Dinosaurs", now is time for more Neornithischia that are mentioned in the book, those that took over the niches of large herbivores, even some with peculiar adaptations as woolly tegument (speculated many years before the discovery of ornithischian with filaments) becoming predominant herbivores in some regions of the planet such as in the forests of Eurasia. I wanted to elaborate more on these descendants apart from giving them small touches in their anatomy, giving them a slightly more varied history, bringing them together in a group of which they could have proliferated in the new conditions of the Cenozoic. In this case I have grouped 4 species (three done and the fourth in progress) in a special group...

These are the Phasianosauria, a clade of ornitopods formed by medium-sized bipedal species most not larger than 2 tons, inhabitants of most of the north hemisphere; these possess a thick layer of filaments that help them withstand cold temperatures. These are the result of much more predominantly cold environments in the northern area where large hadrosaurs and other ornitopods have had to be limited in diversity, being more efficient to inhabit these environments during the neogene, becoming very predominant herbivores alongside other dinosaurs like ceratopsians and herbivorous theropods.

Coneater is a common species of the coniferous forest of eurasia (from a very widespread genus), this like its book counterpart is a large bipedal herbivore of more than 3 meters long that lives in small herds that move though the forests eating the leaves and fruits, using special molars convergent to those of large hadrosaurs, apart of having insulation tissue on its body it also possess a very considerable amount of filamentous fur around its body, covering every part except the legs, hands and part of the head.

Balaclav like the book version is a tall almost upright species of ornithopod, being around 2 m in height they are mostly mountain dwellers, inhabitant across the east mountains of north America reaching up to Alaska, is a robust species with a very great amount of tissue and also fur that covers all its body including its tail, they live in movement in small groups of few individuals, always in search of the flora that exist within the rocks. They are slow but well prepare to fight, with a long prominent spur on its hand similar to those of Iguanodontids.

Watergulp is another peculiar extreme of adaptations of this clade, unlike its more terrestrial cousins; this has become a more aquatic dwelling dinosaur, very well suited to inhabit the rivers of South America. This large animal of 2.5 meters long has adopted different features that allows it to live on water, but with different of its book counterpart: instead of having an almost uniform oval body with a chubby head and short neck, this has a more longer neck and tail, with a robust short body, limbs instead of being just protuberant paddle looking legs in this redesign the forelimbs are more bigger paddle like hands with still noticeable claws and the hind limbs are still similar to their terrestrial counterparts, but with webbed feet, the semi-fluked tail is preserved but in different shape.