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Achillobator giganticus ("Achilles' hero") is a massive dromaeosaurid (raptor) dinosaur, about 16 feet (5 metres) long, living in Central Asia in the Late Cretaceous. Like its relative cousins Deinonychus and Velociraptor, the Achillobator has a sickle-shaped claw on each foot. It was discovered in 1999, where the fossil bones of Achillobator were found mostly dis-articulated, but associated, including a fragment of the upper jaw with teeth, as well as vertebrae from all sections of the spinal column, ribs, and bones from the shoulder, pelvis, forelimbs, and hindlimbs. It was similar in size to the Northern American Utahraptor and was probably one of the most vicious hunters of its time. However, little is known about this new and unique dinosaur.

(I think I got its snout and lower jaw all wrong, particularly since I was working by memory only, without any references. Nevertheless, there isn't many bones to piece together exactly what the species exactly looked liked in the first place. Hey, I was bored in class! And I had to eke out the remaining ink from my highlighter when the ideas of "stripes" struck me.)

Medium - 6B graphite, highlighter yellow (Daniel, BIC).

© Diane N. Tran.

Description
Achillobator giganticus ("Achilles' hero") is a massive dromaeosaurid (raptor) dinosaur, about 16 feet (5 metres) long, living in Central Asia in the Late Cretaceous. Like its relative cousins Deinonychus and Velociraptor, the Achillobator has a sickle-shaped claw on each foot. It was discovered in 1999, where the fossil bones of Achillobator were found mostly dis-articulated, but associated, including a fragment of the upper jaw with teeth, as well as vertebrae from all sections of the spinal column, ribs, and bones from the shoulder, pelvis, forelimbs, and hindlimbs. It was similar in size to the Northern American Utahraptor and was probably one of the most vicious hunters of its time. However, little is known about this new and unique dinosaur.

(I think I got its snout and lower jaw all wrong, particularly since I was working by memory only, without any references. Nevertheless, there isn't many bones to piece together exactly what the species exactly looked liked in the first place. Hey, I was bored in class! And I had to eke out the remaining ink from my highlighter when the ideas of "stripes" struck me.)

Medium - 6B graphite, highlighter yellow (Daniel, BIC).

© Diane N. Tran.