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Diabloceratops eatonibloodypencil sketch
study for the miniature-sculpture by Paleomaster
Scientific supervision by James Kirkland:
"Possessing brow horns and two nasal horns, Diabloceratops eatoni is the most primitive centrosaur described so far. It was discovered in 2002 by the Utah Geological Survey in the middle Campanian (~80 MA) Wahweap Formation in southern Utah. It took several years of excavation, with a helicoptor lift, and many hundreds of hours of preparation to reveal the beauty of this skull before it was described formally in 2010 by Jim Kirkland and its discoverer and preparator Don DeBlieux. Diabloceratops is unique in that, other than the long ornamental horns at the back of its narrow, upright frill, the horns on the side of the frill decrease in size from the front to the back. Additionally, the presence of an accessory antorbital fenestra or hole behind naries, shared by Zuniceratops indicates the origin of the large ceratopsids is not via Protoceratops, but through the less well know Bagaceratops and Magnirostra".
Jim Kirkland
Utah State Paleontologist
Utah Geological Survey
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Comments: 14
Β Very nice. I like how you drew the front view of the diabloceratops' face.
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Omg This is......is.... ;-; idk Amazing ? ;o; Do you used reference ?
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I'll admit from the start I know absolutely nothing about dinosaurs, but I love this for the dynamic poses. Instilling a sense of movement in something you have never seen, without having the liberty of making it all up, is quite a skill in my book.
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but protocera is the "first cera", isn't it? (Psittacosaurus doesn't count)
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Utatsuceratops is even more primitive centrosaurine.
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I'm not a fan of GSP's lumping of the dinos, but this isn't all that different from Albertaceratops. Might me a male or...something.
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Man..that looks so AWESOME ! I wish it were also available as a bigger kit of statue. ;D
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Beautifully rendered as always. I enjoy the dynamic pose you went with too, you really don't see ceratopsids with their front feet off the ground very often. Diabloceratops is also a personal favorite of mine- Utah had such interesting horned dinosaurs.
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fucking awesome!!
I seriously want you as my art teacher, not only because you do dinosaurs, but because I like your art style, and they way you set up your drawings. cheers!
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