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With the infamous "Triebold caenagnathid" soon being described and probably named Now it is.

Back then I thought I give it another try, as i didn't like my previous attempt at all. Matt Lamanna and colleagues will publish it probably within the course of this year, while it's been well-known to dinosaur enthusiasts for quite a time. Interesting features noted in the SVP abstract include the last three caudal verts being "greatly modified" but not quite fused into a fake pygostyle/"caudostyle", so I gave this guy a fairly impressive tail fan (even more impressive for an animal tipping the scales at >3 m without it). I originally wanted to depict the tail being further tilted upwards/forwards, as oviraptorosaur tails were surprisingly mobile, but that fell victim to balance-related and spatial (speaking in terms of the size of the paper sheet) issues. The long, thin feathers sprouting from the pelvic area are inspired by some older work made by Dan Bensen . No idea what they're properly called in modern birds.

Crouched into a low-to-the-ground posture, it's probably searching for something tasty-looking. I imagine caenagnathids like this one as generalist omnivores.

In fact, it's probably the single dinosaur I've drawn most often without ever being satisfied. I'm still not quite happy with it, but this attempt of mine comes closest.

The skeletal reconstruction I used was made by Scott Hartman .

Description
With the infamous "Triebold caenagnathid" soon being described and probably named Now it is.

Back then I thought I give it another try, as i didn't like my previous attempt at all. Matt Lamanna and colleagues will publish it probably within the course of this year, while it's been well-known to dinosaur enthusiasts for quite a time. Interesting features noted in the SVP abstract include the last three caudal verts being "greatly modified" but not quite fused into a fake pygostyle/"caudostyle", so I gave this guy a fairly impressive tail fan (even more impressive for an animal tipping the scales at >3 m without it). I originally wanted to depict the tail being further tilted upwards/forwards, as oviraptorosaur tails were surprisingly mobile, but that fell victim to balance-related and spatial (speaking in terms of the size of the paper sheet) issues. The long, thin feathers sprouting from the pelvic area are inspired by some older work made by Dan Bensen . No idea what they're properly called in modern birds.

Crouched into a low-to-the-ground posture, it's probably searching for something tasty-looking. I imagine caenagnathids like this one as generalist omnivores.

In fact, it's probably the single dinosaur I've drawn most often without ever being satisfied. I'm still not quite happy with it, but this attempt of mine comes closest.

The skeletal reconstruction I used was made by Scott Hartman .