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T-PEKC — Kaatedocus siberi

Published: 2012-12-31 13:11:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 12665; Favourites: 214; Downloads: 0
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Description I'm closing the year with reconstruction of the recently described diplodocid sauropod from the Morrison Formation, Kaatedocus siberi. Except for the data from the beautifully preserved skull and neck, this saurpod is reconstructed after its close relatives. Being close to the base of the clade Diplodocine, and therefore close relative of Apatosaurus, I made the body's proportions a mash-up of those of Diplodocus,Barosaurus and Apatosaurus. The dewlaps are speculative, same with the keratinous spikes in the dorsal part of the torso. The latter are based on fossil evidence from Diplodocus.

I consider this my most detailed drawing to date. There are literally hundreds of thousands, if not even million dots creating the image you see, and it's all hand made. It took me about 15 hours to finish this artwork.

Reference: Tschopp, E., O. Mateus. 2012. The skull and neck of a new flagellicaudatan sauropod from the Morrison Formation and its implication for the evolution and ontogeny of diplodocid dinosaurs.- Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 1-36.

David Bonadonna's illustration was not used as reference in any form.

Skeletal reconstructions of Diplodocus,Barosaurus and Apatosaurus by Scott Hartman were used as references for the reconstruction of the body of Kaatedocus.

Medium: Ink (+ digital editing on Photoshop).
Done: 2012.
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Comments: 39

Gamejumped [2016-05-06 00:06:02 +0000 UTC]

the tail look like a noooooodle  ... its good btw

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Camacaw [2016-02-25 20:03:04 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I'm so watching!

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Terizinosaurus [2015-05-15 16:20:07 +0000 UTC]

It is very FANTASTIC , GREAT and GOOD!!!  

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T-PEKC In reply to Terizinosaurus [2015-06-17 17:49:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Algoroth [2013-01-31 19:21:26 +0000 UTC]

THIS...is TERRIBLE! What a gorgeous drawing! I'm jealous! Wonderful piece!

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T-PEKC In reply to Algoroth [2013-02-02 20:43:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Algoroth In reply to T-PEKC [2013-02-02 21:51:10 +0000 UTC]

You are quite welcome!

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Tarturus [2012-12-31 23:37:12 +0000 UTC]

Your patience is impressive. Those 15 hours payed off well, as this has come off as quite a great looking portrayal.

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T-PEKC In reply to Tarturus [2013-01-01 22:11:49 +0000 UTC]

Either my patience is impressive, or I'm plain and simple insane. This, and having nothing better to do have led to most of my artworks.

Thanks!

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Neranella [2012-12-31 22:00:24 +0000 UTC]

Very good drawing.

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T-PEKC In reply to Neranella [2013-01-01 22:11:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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Neranella In reply to T-PEKC [2013-01-02 08:53:25 +0000 UTC]

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abekowalski [2012-12-31 20:48:59 +0000 UTC]

Always great to see another great Dinosaur from T-PEKC! *adds to faves along with the many others of T-PEKC's in there

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T-PEKC In reply to abekowalski [2013-01-01 22:12:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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ShinyAquaBlueRibbon [2012-12-31 20:15:11 +0000 UTC]

D8 Awesome!!!!

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T-PEKC In reply to ShinyAquaBlueRibbon [2013-01-01 22:12:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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dinodanthetrainman [2012-12-31 18:48:24 +0000 UTC]

its a beautiful drawing

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T-PEKC In reply to dinodanthetrainman [2012-12-31 18:53:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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dinodanthetrainman In reply to T-PEKC [2012-12-31 19:09:21 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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pilsator [2012-12-31 18:10:41 +0000 UTC]

great drawing man, happy new year!

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T-PEKC In reply to pilsator [2012-12-31 18:41:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you man! Happy new year to you too!

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DinoBirdMan [2012-12-31 17:11:30 +0000 UTC]

Awesome drawing! And happy new year.

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T-PEKC In reply to DinoBirdMan [2012-12-31 17:32:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Happy new year to you too!

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DinoBirdMan In reply to T-PEKC [2012-12-31 17:39:02 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome.

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Irkenarmada1 [2012-12-31 15:36:34 +0000 UTC]

Very good work, and excellent detail. Also, you say that the spikes are based off of fossil evidence from Diplodocus. Was that dinosaur preserved with those torso spines?

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Jeholbird In reply to Irkenarmada1 [2014-06-02 04:02:19 +0000 UTC]

P.S.: Dammit, I re-read your comment and realized I completely misinterpreted it.

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Jeholbird In reply to Irkenarmada1 [2014-06-02 04:00:26 +0000 UTC]

I know that this is an old post, but I though I should say this: there is a Diplodocus specimen preserving "spikes", but there's no real reason to think that they represent a mid-line structure ala iguanas as they are usually depicted (e. g. WWD) - they probably represent keratinous spines distributed all along the dorsal surface. Czerkas did not publish his quite made-up hypothesis in a peer-reviewed paper (which is truly sad since there's nothing formally published yet), and even if you read the report you'll see that he didn't present any solid argument backing up said idea. 

TL; DR, the evidence favors this interpretation rather than anything else you see pretty much everywhere.

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T-PEKC In reply to Irkenarmada1 [2012-12-31 17:32:07 +0000 UTC]

Forgot to post the link, sorry!

[link]

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Irkenarmada1 In reply to T-PEKC [2012-12-31 20:57:42 +0000 UTC]

No problem! This makes sense. I always thought that most dinosaurs had more external adaptions than we knew. Speaking of which, have you heard of the book All Yesterdays by Darren Naish and John Conway? It talks about things like that.

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T-PEKC In reply to Irkenarmada1 [2013-01-01 22:26:17 +0000 UTC]

Of course I've herd about All yesterdays, but unfortunately I don't own a copy of it. I hope that I'll get one in future. Unusual concepts in paleoart and the way prehistoric animals can be reconstructed are subjects discussed a lot in the paleoart community, and I'm relatively awared of this problems. It's indeed an interestin matter.

I always try to portrait dinosaurs as having some extra ornamentation when possible, yet I'm trying not to stretch it beyond the realms of possibility.

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Irkenarmada1 In reply to T-PEKC [2013-01-02 01:45:37 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. I've ordered a copy, but (as usual) Amazon makes me impatient. Oh, well. I do like trying to imagine prehistoric animals realistically.

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T-PEKC In reply to Irkenarmada1 [2012-12-31 17:31:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

Here is a link to the paper presenting evidence for the presence of keratinous spikes in Diplodocus.

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TyrannosaurusPrime [2012-12-31 13:49:03 +0000 UTC]

Nice drawing! And Happy New Year!

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T-PEKC In reply to TyrannosaurusPrime [2012-12-31 17:32:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Happy new year!

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PivotShadow [2012-12-31 13:28:37 +0000 UTC]

Nice! In my opinion, diplodocids have the cutest faces!

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T-PEKC In reply to PivotShadow [2012-12-31 17:33:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Well, I prefer the faces of macronarian sauropods.

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Alexanderlovegrove [2012-12-31 13:21:49 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work! Love the spines and dewlap in particular! The form is excellent too. Happy drawing in 2013!

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T-PEKC In reply to Alexanderlovegrove [2012-12-31 17:34:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you man! Happy drawing in 2013 to you too!

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Alexanderlovegrove In reply to T-PEKC [2013-01-01 18:59:35 +0000 UTC]

Cheers!

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