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NRD23456 — A toothy seagull: Iaceornis marshi
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Published: 2020-11-20 09:23:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 1467; Favourites: 46; Downloads: 3
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Not an entry for Dinovember 2020, but still a dinosaur. It's not the first time I draw this avian but unlike what I did in the past, now it's a profile of it. The coloration comes from the image of seagulls I have in my memory, and added elements from my imagination. This small ornithuran (25cm long), lived in what is now Kansas, specific in Gove County and it is known from single fossil specimen- a partial skeleton lacking a skull. It also lived during early Campanian of late Cretaceous (83.5 M.y.a.).I found some free time, and I thought it would be nice to draw again. It was not supposed to be part of my Appalachian project; I just wanted to draw a Cretaceous avian.
I hope that you'll like it!
The reference I used was Iaceornis marshi and pictures of Ichthyornis' skeleton.
