HOME | DD

palaeozoologist ā€” Alert Diplodocus

Published: 2011-08-25 17:49:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 2629; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 0
Redirect to original
Description This is a drawing illustrating a possible alert posture for Diplodocus. While recent research by Whitlock (2011) suggests that it fed near the ground, it is of note that a number of modern low feeding animals raise their necks above horizontal while not grazing or feeding low (see rabits, geese, ostriches, horses, etc.).

A small rhamphorhynchid pterosaur flies above.

Refs--

Whitlock, J.A. 2011. Inferences of diplodocoid (Sauropoda: Dinosauria) feedingbehavior from snout shape and microwear analyses. PLoS ONE 6(4):e18304. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0018304
Related content

palaeozoologist - Coelophysis kayentakatae

palaeozoologist - Nemegtosaurus skull

palaeozoologist - Tyrannosaurus with rhampotheca

palaeozoologist - Andesaurus life reconstruction

palaeozoologist - Yutyrannus skull

palaeozoologist - Atlasaurus drawing

palaeozoologist - Marshosaurus _again_

palaeozoologist - Albertosaurus skull

palaeozoologist - Could sauropods sit?

Brutonyx - Juvenile Daspletosaurus horneri

BlackPariahDog - Crocodile skull dorsal view

Franz-Josef73 - Gannet and Cormorant skulls

pilsator - Seabird pterosaur

Qilong - Henodus, An Oddity

nikolabjovanovic - Raised by Wolves

PyroRaptor315 - Tyrannotitan [old]

TITANOSAUR - Cephalogalionus

AtolmAzel - Sketch Pure-Type 02
Comments: 7

ilTassista [2014-02-01 20:54:26 +0000 UTC]

fine

šŸ‘: 0 ā©: 0

futurepaleoxeno123 [2011-09-06 16:09:21 +0000 UTC]

Love the patterns on it's neck and the pterosaur in the background.

šŸ‘: 0 ā©: 1

palaeozoologist In reply to futurepaleoxeno123 [2011-09-15 00:17:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

šŸ‘: 0 ā©: 0

vasix [2011-08-26 16:01:23 +0000 UTC]

Very tribal-looking patterns

šŸ‘: 0 ā©: 0

pilsator [2011-08-25 19:47:46 +0000 UTC]

Nice, I really like the color patterns on the neck

šŸ‘: 0 ā©: 1

palaeozoologist In reply to pilsator [2011-08-29 01:53:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

šŸ‘: 0 ā©: 0

TheArchosaurQueen [2011-08-25 18:17:03 +0000 UTC]

This is very nice . Despite how more realistic or unrealistic it may be, I must admit to liking the "S" necked Sauropods of the "old school style". So this seems to be a happy compromise .

By the way, just asking. But would you like to join my Jurassic Park group? Iā€™m trying to capture the essence of real dinosaurs in a story format and the group is also acting as a hub for more realistic paleo-art/paleo-anatomy restorations and some JP fan-art.

šŸ‘: 0 ā©: 0