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Let me try hanging this one right here and see if it doesn't fall ;-) I rather think the Zhongda Zhang pic in Guanlong should be substituted in earnest. This was a bit rushed and the shading is not to my liking but I can correct it to some extent. I also took a few liberties in my interpretation but I don't terribly mind doing another one: I need the practice and the focus. Dracontes10:08, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There's certainly nothing wrong with it anatomically, and the technique is very good. As I mentioned before you might consider upping the contrast a bit, other than that I'd give it the OK. I think the press release image is probably better for the taxobox as it's a full-body perspective and color, but yours would be fine in the body of the article, I think.Dinoguy215:36, 1 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I really like it. I will chime in with Dinoguy here and say I'd prefer the full-body image be used for the taxobox, so people get an idea of what the whole body might have looked like. Your close-up of the head is quite lovely, though, Dracontes, and would make a great addition to the body of the article.
Is it possible you would create some for the dinosaurs which have no images? There are hundreds. I just wonder what made you decide to do this dinosaur in particular. Thanks again for this lovely image. I'm sure we can put it to good use. --Firsfron00:45, 4 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
People said it has somewhat flat and that the dirty background didn't flatter it so I grabbed my pencils, eraser, scanner, computer mouse and reworked the bugger during this weekend. Now this includes a better scan job and a whole lot of image treatment in Adobe Photoshop and PaintShop Pro 9.
First of all, thanks for the feedback :-)
Dinoguy2, I hope the contrast isn't up too much, I may've exaggerated a triffle in that respect.
Firsfron, fine by me, "Head detail with different interpretation of crest" would be a good caption. I'm in a Guanlong binge right now so would you like one of the animal sleeping curled up like Mei long or scratching its head all bird-like?
Actually it was just artistical whim: I spent €4.25 in a 500-sheet ream of printer paper for my drawing needs and decided the first thing I would do when I got home would be to take the top sheet and draw up something. Then it somehow came to me that Guanlong had been under-illustrated, as seemingly everyone respects paleoartist Zhongda Zhang, of whom I've never heard about before and for lack of a better thing to do... I do hope however that my reworking of it hasn't taken the brilliance out of it.
Maybe just list new images above this one and eventually archive if the page gets too long? I'm not familiar with the procedure on similar pages.Dinoguy202:15, 8 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Submitted for your approval- I did this drawing of V. mongoliensis based on Scott Hartman's skeletal reconstruction [1] (he was very rigorous about the measurements, etc on this one. It's partially based on unpublished material, though), specifically for the Velociraptor collaboration. Thoughts?Dinoguy220:23, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks really good. Only one minor issue I have is that it's based off unpublished material. Who knows if it's actually Velociraptor? In fact, it even says the skull is based on IGM 100/1015, which is not V. mongoliensis but a new species. Then again, as long as you get the head right, the rest of their bodies were all pretty similar so it probably doesn't matter.Sheep8108:33, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Good point. Maybe the caption should be changed to V. sp or just Velociraptor for now? On the off chance IGM 100/1015 is not Velociraptor, it will have to be moved to another article.Dinoguy213:10, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is really beautiful, Dinoguy. I mean it. It's really awesome. You're quite an artist. And I didn't know the lovely image of Amphicoelias that graces our pages was yours. About this Velociraptor picture... the tail seems really too long. In the reconstruction, the tail is approximately the same length as the rest of the body. However, in your drawing, the tail is much, much longer. Even accounting for feathers, it seems to me that the tail is far too long, even accounting for the angle the rest of the body is at. Otherwise, lovely picture. --Firsfron of Ronchester18:23, 13 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
After advise of Dinoguy2 and after I uploaded some old sketches I made when I was a kid of which at least one of them was not anatomically correct, I'd like to hear some comments on the body proportions and pose of a new one I made yesterday evening: image.
It was a rather quick and quite small sketch, have to keep that in mind if I'd make other sketches.
If the spikes are too small or too big, there must be another Pachycephalosaurid that looks more like the sketch than the 'regular' Pachycephalosaurus :), so hopefully it can be re-uploaded with another name. The head or parts of it can easily be made smaller or bigger. Tbc210:27, 19 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Here is the one picture I have uploaded from my recent visit to Berkeley. It is a baby Triceratops skull. The real specimen (consisting of the back half of the skull) is in the UC Museum of Paleontology collection. This cast is mounted in the library. I took a picture comparing it to the much larger adult skull mounted next to it, but the picture was blurry, unfortunately. More images to come as I upload them over the next few days.Sheep8102:39, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is really unique, Sheep. I wish the front of the face was actually known! Regarding the image itself: I suppose I'm being picky here, but as with some of Ballista's images, I think a quick edit might be advisable. The picture should, in my opinion, really either include the entire description plate, or none of it. The current picture shows half of it. I would recommend a crop to remove the rest of it, or, ideally, if you have an original showing the whole description plate and skull, that could be substituted. JMHO, as always. --Firsfron of Ronchester18:58, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Two pictures of my favorite dinosaur, Heterodontosaurus, taken on my latest visit to Berkeley. This is just mounted in the hallway of the life sciences building next to a bunch of other fossils... pretty cool. It's a cast, the original is in London. There was considerable glare on the full skeleton picture, most of which I took care of. Sheep8123:51, 23 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That article desperately needs a lot of things... ah well, one day. I think you are right about the taxobox. Sheep8104:34, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, these are great. One thing you might want to consider, just as an option, is doing a cut-out of the head, so that the article looks like it has two separate photos instead of one (+1 close-up). I only offer this as an option. I would love to see the close-up in the taxobox, as Ballista suggests, but the full-body shot must go on the page as well. Nice work! --Firsfron of Ronchester15:54, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree ref. both going in - just hadn't expressed myself clearly - now assume the bit Firsfron wants to 'scratch' is the bit about decapitation (i.e. not to scratch the recommendation to insert the images!). Whoops - forgot to sign! - Ballista16:24, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
hi, i am working on a posible ilustration on the page Prenoceratops. yet i am having some problems with my sources so i thought you could help me.
you see here and here it apears with shorter front legs. but here and here it apears with long thin legs. i took the second one becouse it is a picture of the bones, and yet i am not sure becouse the foto is so small.
Another thing i do not get is how many fingers it has. since in none of the sources apears clearly enough.
i made some changes. made the head biger and placed the figure a bit more dinamic. ( i still dont have clear how the feet should be). [here] you can see how things go. thankyou for the feedback.LadyofHats20:19, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
After a careful examination of the body, it does look pretty similar to the third link you provided. However, there should be no grass. Grass evolved during the Cenozoic [2], after this beastie became extinct. I'm also worried that the eye is overly large, but will research this.--Firsfron of Ronchester21:14, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As I suspected, the eye on your latest drawing is a bit too large, giving the animal a "cute factor". Also, according to this site, Psittacosaurus, not too distantly related, had four functional toes on the back legs, and three main "fingers" with two reduced side digits on the front legs. Hope this helps! Thanks for working on this image; we still are in need of many images. :) --Firsfron of Ronchester21:26, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Why would you go off-site to look up Psittacosaurus when we have a very nice featured article right here? Hmm? :)
Psittacosaurus does not in fact have five fingers on its hand, it has four. However, all other ceratopsians (including Prenoceratops) have five fingers and four toes. As for the rest of the skeleton, it has not been described yet. An entire skeleton is not known, just assorted bonebed material, all of which is from juveniles. However, the original paper did say that the material looks very similar to Leptoceratops so you might want to use that as a guide for the body. If anyone wants a PDF of the description I have it here.Sheep8102:02, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Heh. I knew I'd get busted for that. Actually, I wasn't going off-site to look up Psittacosaurus: I Googled "Ceratopsian"+"manus" and came up with that site. Our current article on Ceratopsia doesn't seem to include digit information (Ceratopsians and Ankylosaurs had 5 in the front, 4 in the back, but I wanted a link). And, Psittacosaurus is a bit of a freak. ;)--Firsfron of Ronchester02:11, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i did had a look at the Leptoceratops it helped me quite a lot to understand how the bone structure of the head conects to the body. ( since in the other images i had it was looking rather funny) in any case [here] is the result. i made the eye smaller and more round, removed the grass, and worked in a hand with 3 fingers and 2 reduced side digits. ( i placed them to the outside like dogs have them). if you have any more changes let me know.. oh yes and about the "cute factor" i have been told quite often already that all my drawings have it.. even when i draw monsters :PLadyofHats11:05, 27 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]
oh yes.. if you think the image doesnt need more changes let me know, do not post it yet. since i have a better resolution file. the one above is just for showing :) LadyofHats11:08, 27 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]
I like it. I'm not sure what anyone else will think, but I think you have a very nice image here. The cuteness factor is reduced, there's no grass, the tail is short, just as shown in the model pictures. The coloring and shading seem really realistic to me. The frill looks very much like the sample drawings. The parrot-like beak is absolutely correct. This gets my vote, and I really look forward to additional pictures! Thank you! Anyone else? --Firsfron of Ronchester13:58, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am going to administer myself a wiki-slapped-wrist for coming in so late on this. I have kept out of these discussions, for the reasons I have mentioned. As I have already explained, my knowledge and expertise on actual detailed dinosaur form (& flesh reconstruction) is vestigial. BUT, this image is presented in such glorious detail that a couple of points/questions occur to me, that I shall put to the assembled company.
1. In terms of the usual evolution of the pentadactyl limb (and I don't know the answer to my question!) would the vestigial digits have both been lateral (i.e. IV & V) as in pic, or would it have been more likely that the functional ones were II, III & IV? If one digit goes absent or vestigial, as in dogs for e.g., it's usually digit I (i.e. medial).
2. With ref. to the eye (& I assume that no-one can actually know the final answer to this question) might it be logical to assume that the reptile/crocodile model is more likely than the mammal model? If agreed, that would add a more 'devilish' air to the pic, as well.
As I said, these issues only arise because of the courageous detail clarity that is proffered. I feel utterly 'out of order' in bringing up these questions at the 13th hour.
In case handy, websites with potentially useful eye pics are:
Do not worry, better too late and right, than never :D...1.- i have readed the article and in some sence i agree in your question, it was also in the Abrictosaurus that the small fingers where the I and the II. but when i think in the human hand the smallest finger is on the outside (V). what i could do is to take the hand down and do not show it. unless someone has a better source on it. 2.-i actually took no mammal model for the eye. but if you want a diferent one please [here] you can chose your favorite reptilian eye, and i will do my best to do it ;).LadyofHats13:14, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for accepting my comment/queries - however, I would not wish to appear to be an authority on this, when I am not - should we await the comments of others, who usually come on line in a few hours time, before acting on this? Ref. the digits, the human confusion I can understand. It's because the human hand can be rotated, i.e. 'ulna' and 'radius' can slide/twist over one another, which cannot happen in most creatures, in whom they are either bound tightly together by strong ligamentar attachments or are actually fused. This means that, when the human hand is 'thumb outwards', the radius and ulna lie parallel. When 'thumb in', the radius and ulna partially cross and are not parallel (which is permanently the case in most animals). This is one of the potential problems of calling it a 'hand', when it's a front foot, in effect.
Neat collection of eyes - I suggest any one of A1, C1, C5, D2, D4, E2, E3, or my first URL that I put in my first message (crocodile eye). However, it's all conjecture, of course!
P.S.: There's also the eye of Velociraptor in , as per our Velociraptor article.
Digits are numbered from the inside out. In humans, it is when your hand is pronated (most other animals' forefeet are permanently pronated). So your thumb would be I, all the way to your pinky, which is V. Mammals frequently lose or shrink digits I and V. However, the same is not true in dinosaurs. The smaller digits on a ceratopsian forefoot are indeed IV and V. I is about half the length of II, but just as thick. II is the longest, with III close behind. Only I through III would have contacted the ground. IV and V were vestigial and were on their way out (as seen in theropods), until something allowed ceratopsids to explode in size, and they became needed for support again. In ceratopsids, IV and V were still very short but thickened and would have contacted the ground. If you are drawing any dinosaur and want to know which fingers were shortest, it is a good bet that it would be IV and V (if they are even present). It is also a good bet that II is the longest. Sheep8116:54, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Great exposition, thanks indeed - I knew I was out of my depth (other than knowing the 'thumb' is digit I) - thanks for rescuing me - I shouldn't have opened my mouth in ignorance about which ones would go vestigial in dinos. Any opinion to help us ref. eyes? - Ballista17:54, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Just one more dinosaur finger fun fact--one thing I always, always, always seen done wrong is sauropod feet (Darren Naish recently wrote about this). All eusauropods had zero digits on their front feet. They walked basically on modified palm-stubs. Most did retain the thumb claw, but when the thumb was lost it became fused to the metacarpal in some werid way with unknown fuction. Just for future reference :) Dinoguy221:24, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hey guys, just chiming in about the eye thing--remember that a "slit" pupil vs. "round" pupil is functional. Slit pupils usually occur only in nocturnal-hunting animals (many crocs, some lizards) as they are an adaptation to low light conditions. For most herbivorous dinosaurs, I'd go with a more standard round (though i'm not sure what the function of the horizontal-slit eyes in goats and relatives are for, but there's not seen much outside mammals so I'd shy away from them. (Almost?) all bird eyes (including uber-nocturnal hunters like owls) are round too, so round is probably the way to go, pupil-wise.Dinoguy221:17, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
AFAIK, caprines (goats, sheep, and cousins) have horizontal pupils for use in climbing. Horizontal pupils collect more light along a horizontal plane, meaning that when a goat moves its eyes up or down, it can more easily pick out crevices and ledges at elevations above and below it. They also have tall heads with relatively short snouts so that their vision is less impeded by the snout, giving them near-binocular vision, which is also useful in climbing as it allows you to judge distance better. Caprines are superbly well-adapted for mountainous habitats... haven't even started on their feet or middle ears yet. I have worked with bighorn sheep, which can pretty much sprint up a wall. BTW, octopi and kangaroos also have horizontal pupils, not sure why. Rectangular pupils are also good for night vision, whether horizontal or vertical (see: cats). Sheep8102:17, 1 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok i was thinking on doing the Abrictosaurus but then again there are some few aspects in wich i would need your opinion. here are the sources i found: [[9]], [[10]] ,[[11]], [[12]],[[13]],[[14]],[[15]].
now in the article you mention that none of the skulls found had the "tusks" and indeed none of the bone represantations on the sources had it. but then again all others do have it. so the question is with or without?
specially anoying i found [this one] did it had those spikes, or hair like things on head and arms?
another thing that i have noticed is that many dinosaur ilustrations have this human siluete for size comparation.. do you want something like that?
on the [skull] there is this bone like a needle that croses infront of the eye. is it a horn? or would be more like an eyelid?.. how should it look at the end?, no other source seems to really show it in any way. LadyofHats13:44, 27 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]
The head should be more lozenge-shaped, as shown here. As it is now, it's angular, much more like a theropod's. Abricto would have been a herbivore. Less bird-like, a little more turtle-like.--Firsfron of Ronchester19:51, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also, AFAIK, the specimens of Abricto that have been found did not have the fang-like teeth, so were either female or the genus didn't have them. All spines and such are speculative, and probably shouldn't be added to the picture. It had no horns; that one picture is confusing.--Firsfron of Ronchester19:57, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
[here] is the advance. changed the head to make it more turtle like, shorten the head, neck and the body to fix proportion, changed leg position, actually changed the whole position, to have a clear 4 legs walking.
from the pictures i have it has 3 fingers and one small "bump" like a chiken would have.. right?
would like to hear your opinion.LadyofHats22:28, 27 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]
Thanks for the changes, LadyofHats. The hands: Heterodontosaurus, a closely-related animal, had five fingers. The shortest two are the ones on the outside. The back legs had four digits; the fourth digit was a little bit longer than a bump. The toes on the feet should be longer, less like cat's paws, and more like lizard feet. The animal would have been only 4 feet long, including the tail, if this helps you with scale.--Firsfron of Ronchester08:17, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The "spike" over the eye is called the palpebral bone and forms a ridge over the eye, underneath the skin. Abrictosaurus is not very well known compared to Heterodontosaurus but probably was pretty similar if you are looking for a model. Sheep8109:49, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok, removed thw oversized mushrooms, made the "eyebrow" more marked to show the "palpebral" bone. fixed the feet and hands... and well all the rest. [here] is the final version ( if you dont have any more changes, ofcouse)LadyofHats12:47, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The forefingers need to be reduced: maybe not smaller, now, but thinner. The back foot still looks "wrong" to me, somehow. Still too cat-like, I think, although in my opinion the rest looks good. I don't know what the rest think, though. You can kind of see [Heterodontosaurus' foot here] (they were related).--Firsfron of Ronchester22:15, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well for one thing, the small toe is on the outside of the foot instead of the inside. First toe is small, and the fourth toe is the longest (it is the middle of the three which actually contact the ground. Sheep8122:31, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Clarification: The little toe should be on the inside of the foot, as opposed to the outside as in the picture. Other than that I really like it! Sheep8108:26, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
actually i found the problem with the legs, while making the whole body more compact they went out of proportion, [here] you can have a look on what i mean. it will take me much longer than i though to fix it :P. I realised the mistake after looking at the [Heterodontosaurus' foot here] and compared with [the one here]...will let you know when it is fixed.LadyofHats10:34, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Really good, although the fourth and fifth fingers are a little long, they should be smaller. Here is a picture of the right hand looking down from the top. So the small fingers would be on the outside. See?Sheep8120:47, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also, as you can see, the first (inside) should be like half as long as the others but just as thick and with a claw. The fourth and fifth fingers don't have claws at all. Thanks for all your hard work on these pictures!! Sheep8120:56, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Actually, now your fingers are the right proportions, but they're in the wrong positions. This is so close! The picture I showed you was of the right hand, meaning that the tiny fingers (IV and V) are on the outside of the hand. Basically you just have to swap the hands. I wrote a bunch about fingers down below under Prenoceratops.
Anatomically it's very good, though the face is, again, a bit anthropomorphic for my tastes, and hard to pin down why. The position of the mouth almost makes it look like he's talking... maybe a closed mouth would look a bit more realistic?Dinoguy201:56, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think what you call "anthropomorphic" is the already mention "cute factor" in wich i declare myself guilty it is a style deviation that i would really like to control sometimes. in any case i closed the mouth and changed the eye. even removed some of the shines on it to make it less evident.
about the beak i am not completly sure. you see on the webpage it says that none of the skulls found had none, and even when you already mention that it could be that only the male had the beak, it is also posible that none had it. so if the ilustration has no beak it covers the two posibilities (as the ilustration of female without beak or a species without a beak ) so i think it has more posibilities to be acurate.. i mean i dont mind changing the image as often as is necesary but i am not sure if that would be a good idea.[here] you have it. what do you think LadyofHats10:58, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Which source says it didn't have a beak? All the images you linked too show one, inlcuding the skeletal. Maybe it meant that parto f the skull was never found? All known ornithischians had beaks, so as far as I know, this one should have too, barring a very bizarre one-time reversal.Dinoguy214:45, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok, the next one on the list is the Abrosaurus. the sources i have are: [16],[17] and [18]
becouse of lack of references i am tempted to only do the head this time. but before starting i wanted to ask if anyone of you would have some other images i could use. i would apreciate the help LadyofHats13:21, 28 June 2006 (UTC).[reply]
I would just do the head as the body has not been adequately described (neither has the skull, really, but at least we have pictures of it). Sheep8108:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The nose looks a little big and overall it looks a bit cartoonish. I think the skull should be really boxy with a little step down on the end of the snout. That make sense? Sheep8120:54, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Is there a way to make it look more life-like, and a bit less like Disney's "Dinosaur" movie? The big grin and cute eyes would be perfect for an animated film, but it just doesn't look quite scientific yet, in my opinion. --Firsfron of Ronchester23:13, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
While it still looks a bit... --not really "anthropomorphic", maybe "mammalian"?--, the new one is very good. I think the slightly mammalian look stems from the skin wrinkles around the eye, which sort of imply musculature there (birds and reptiles have tight-skinned, mostly inexpressive faces). Still, a lot of sauropod skulls are pretty weird, so I'm not dead-set against some degree of artistic lisence here.Dinoguy220:50, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, also, research by Whitmer and others notes that the nostril position in all tetrapods occurs at the very bottom tip of the bony nasal opening, and there's evidence in sauropods that the soft tissue nasal chamber actually brought the nostril down to the very tip of the snout (contrary to the old "aquatic-sauropod" standby that sauropods had nostrils on top of their head), so yours is probably too high up.Dinoguy220:53, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Funny or not, that latest version is much more scientifically accurate :) The only thing I'd question now is the slight indication of mammal-like flexed cheek musculature at the back corner of the mouth (sauropods, as far as I know, had no cheeks, and certainly not musclular ones).Dinoguy201:46, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
aded the image into the article, i can still change it if anyone has another comment :P.. i can only say puff puff puff xP.LadyofHats21:06, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Somebody on Velociraptor requested a scale graph comparing it to a human. I made this using my Velociraptor sketch and the taxobox image from Human. Dinoguy217:25, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is really nice, Dinoguy. However, all charts and diagrams should be saved in .png format. The reason is because of pixelation. PNG images of charts and graphs come out cleaner and sharper than JPEGs. There's a lot about this in WP's Image Help section. I hate to ask this... but would it be possible for you to remake this in PNG format, especially as this potential image is going into a Featured Article?--Firsfron of Ronchester15:47, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is always why I save several stages of progress for images ;) I'll re-save the original photoshop file as .png and re-upload.Dinoguy221:24, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, it's up. I also modified the skull profile a bit so it's clearly V. mongoliensis and not Norell's velociraptorine, should that turn out to be a new genus.Dinoguy221:50, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Nice! And as far as creation and editing of images go: you are exactly right. Saving stages along the way often saves a lot of trouble later. Thanks for the new upload. It really looks great.--Firsfron of Ronchester21:53, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
still will take some work but i wanted to show it already in case there is a change i can save some time starting to fix it xP. [edmontonia] what do you think?LadyofHats15:12, 4 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]
I'm not use to putting pictures up yet. So please excuse my noviceness. That is a picture of a Avaceratops
Are you the author of this image? If not, as I mentioned in my comment to the image of Callovosaurus, If we do not have an approval from the copyright holder, we cant use any image unless its not copyrighted. Have you any information on its copyright? --Dudo214:11, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Your Parasaurolophus is absolutely gorgeous. It definitely gets my vote, and, from what I can tell, appears to be anatomically correct. It's also quite a striking drawing.--Firsfron of Ronchester18:49, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Project - I've taken a few photographs at the Oxford Uni NH Museum. I've uploaded them to a sub-page: User:Ballista/images/OUMNH to elicit your comments, before blasting photographs all over the project, that might not meet the Project's approval. Please comment asap. Thanks :-) - Ballista05:28, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Awesome! These are (mostly) really great. I'll discuss each one individually on the page itself, but I do want to say right now that I'm immensely jealous, as the nearest dinosaur museum to me is about a four hour drive. You've taken some lovely photos (and a few not so lovely). OK, I'm headed over for commentary right now! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester05:50, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, I've made my comments. I think at least 20 of them should definitely go up. I'm not sure what the status of those prints of the paleontologists from the 1800s are: they look like they could be copyright-protected (the prints are old, but what about the matting and text?), but I don't know, and thus didn't review them at all. Of the remaining photos, you've taken some nice ones, Ballista. Well done. If my comments seem overly picky, it's possible that's because I recently left the field of professional photography, and my employers were quite stringent on "image quality". You may have just singlehandedly about doubled our number of recent photographs. We won't have to rely so much on outdated illustrations from before 1923. Thanks again for these awesome contributions, Ballista. :)--Firsfron of Ronchester07:05, 16 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for this last comment - OK - but how should I caption them (e.g. Richard owen article definitely could benefit from extra image)? - Ballista20:40, 22 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
No feedback, so I've created a 'gallery' on Megalosaurus, so that folk can take a look - I'll put a message on the 'talk' page, too, so it turns up on people's 'watchlist'. - Ballista17:15, 25 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi - is there any mileage in photographs like this? The models are sold by the Natural History Museum in London and bear the stamp of the British Museum, so are reasonably 'authentic'. I just set them up in an open-air situation.
While I appreciate the trouble you went to, they just look like toys to me. It reminds me of something you'd see on Uncyclopedia more than a real encyclopedia. My vote would be against this, although I don't know how the rest of you feel. I could be persuaded, I guess, if there was a good argument for their inclusion. --Firsfron of Ronchester16:49, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Toys they are, indeed. However, I wondered if there might be an argument for inclusion, to show what is believed to be the appearance of the beasts in question. No offence taken if folk hate the idea and it wasn't much trouble to take the pictures - just an experiment. - Ballista17:09, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If you want the opinion of some other people: I'm not enthousiastic about it either. They don't look encyclopedic, but "toyish". You tell me if this and this article look like they were written by serious, (semi) scientific people or by a kid with toys. I should stick with photographs of fossil remains and realistic sketches. Tbc217:28, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wow. Those look like rejects from a Gumby episode. I can't believe they're actually used in WP articles, even if they're not on the English-language editions. And in the taxobox, no less! Thanks for the links, Tbc. *shudders* I think we can all agree the British Museum models are better than these, but I'd still like to steer clear of toy-like images used in articles, unless no other suitable images can be found. In the case of both Brachiosaurus and Diplodocus, either Jurassic Park or Walking With Dinosaurs Fair Use images can surely be used (where appropriate) to indicate what they looked like in real life. Are there dinosaurs you have models for, Ballista, which have no WWD or JP images?--Firsfron of Ronchester17:50, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Of course I admit the models of Ballista are more lifelike, but this is what you eventually going to get when you start accepting toy models. I would draw a line and say "no". By the way, those images aren't the worst ones: I deleted Image:Archaeoceratops_colorsketch.jpg from the es:Archaeoceratops article (yes, in the taxobox) and started a deletion request on Commons: [19]. Extra votes for deletion are welcome. Tbc218:02, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
well you should read the explination. the guy is making a cartoon on flash macromedia. he doesnt pretend to make it real... by the way his cartoonh would be in flash macromedia and named Dinosauria X.. naaa does it help to know other languages? ;)--LadyofHats21:37, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I read his explanation a while ago (I understand Spanish) and for me that still definitely did not justify his uploads... And what about "images" like ms paint made ones or this one: [20]? No cartoon drafts, I guess Tbc221:46, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok that one i will not comment about.. i mean one thing is to upload it for other propouse.. but to post it there.. :P oh man he has bad taste --LadyofHats21:53, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I agree fully with deletion of such photographs - it is only because there are some out there, that I offered these. No loss to me to reject these. If this has helped tp clean up other articles, great! - Ballista22:01, 24 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
These are certainly better than Tbc2's examples. And if we had no other pictures available of how they looked, I'd definitely consider sticking these up, as a way of showing what they looked like. However, in the case of both of these dinosaurs, we can use WWD or JP images, as least in the popular culture sections. Also, it's highly unlikely that Diplodocus was solid elephant gray and Brachiosaurus was solid green: reptiles and birds of today usually sport at least a little variety of color, while these are monochrome. Lambert's Ultimate Dinosaur Book illustrates many dinosaurs using models like these, to great effect, but each model is colored, with realistic (although entirely speculative) shading.--Firsfron of Ronchester04:10, 26 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
If there were to be mileage in this, still, I would consider re-doing with a 'speculative' colour sheme. However, I sense that it would be against consensus. (BTW does 'speculative' mean to paint spectacles on them???????????????? [OK, I'm not that daft, really, just conjured up a lovely image in my facetious mind]) - Ballista04:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hee! Please, no spectacles, although it is a lovely image. I'm not sure if you'd be going against consensus, per se, as only two of us made any objections. Dunno where the rest of us are (aside from Dinoguy, who has already said he can't be around much). I'll send out some prompts, because your idea at least deserves some consideration, and a lot of these images are languishing for lack of attention.--Firsfron of Ronchester08:24, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, I've just drawn a Suchomimus. Is it ok if I place this in the taxobox? It was drawn after a mounted skeleton (the skeleton has the jaws more opened), so body proportions should be right. The next one will probably be a Tuojiangosaurus. Tbc217:10, 28 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's exactly what I thought: unbalanced and the torso seems too long, however this is exactly how the skeleton is. To avoid anatomical inaccuracies, I based this drawing on a photograph of a mounted skeleton (photo by Sereno): [21]. So about the "torso is too long": there's really nothing I can do about that as the skeleton is like this. The only thing I changed was making the opening angle of the jaws smaller. The angle he's standing is the one of the mounted skeleton (and I assume that's a pose approved by Sereno), I can try to make him stand more upright if that's want you want. Tbc201:05, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, you're right. I've never seen that mount before. Huh. Just looks wrong, but... if that's how the bones are, what are you going to do? I'm fine with the picture now that I've seen that mount, but if you want to experiment with poses that maybe look a little less awkward, be my guest. Sheep8108:22, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I think the problem with the drawing is the perspective. The mount photo is looking towards the animal almost from the front. You don't really get a sense of this in the drawing, so the legs end up looking really short and puny. I'd reccomend modifying it into a lateral view, using a good lateral skeletal drawing (such as [22]) for the leg proportions. Then it'd be perfect! Dinoguy220:59, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is almost perfect. You got the flattish, lozenge-shaped head right. The tail should perhaps be a little thinner in the middle, but assuming the rest of the tail is short because it's far from our line of sight, I guess the length is okay. I'd like to see his stomach a bit bulkier (because right now he he looks too much like the love-child of Anchisaurus and Plateosaurus), and the front "hands" are a bit off. There should be five fingers, with the longest finger closest to the inside, 2nd and 3rd fingers slightly smaller, and tiny 4th and 5th digits (claws only, really).--Firsfron of Ronchester02:59, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I made him a little bulkier: Image:Sketch plateosaurus bulky.jpg, but I didn't exaggerate, because the chest of Plateosaurus is really small compared to regular sauropods for example. I also thinned the tail a little bit, as far as the skeleton permits (which was very little as this dinosaur has a heavy tail). I will rework the hands tomorrow (I drawed 3 claws with only 2 really visible). Thanks for the comments, Tbc203:25, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Some great-looking drawings coming thru' - please don't take my lack of comment as lack of interest - far from it, it's purely down to lack of expertise in passing any form of judgement, either artistic or technical. 'Silence' is the best friend, at such times. I'm really appreciative of the great effort being put in, nonetheless. - Ballista03:37, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I know exactly how you feel, Ballista. I've basically been using Lambert's Ultimate Dinosaur book, which has over 500 photographs and drawings of skeletons and models, as a guide. And even that's a bit outdated, now, with the recent feathering of Dromaeosaurs, etc.--Firsfron of Ronchester03:58, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
would be posible to create generic silhouettes of certain sorts of dinosaurs. so that they are used on the pages where there is not enough information for a more detailed image? just to give a slight idea without compromising. somthing like a image onsauropodsfo the [Adamantisaurus], and [23] .. dunno is a simpleidea but would like your opinion.-LadyofHats14:39, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's not a bad idea. The old version of The Dinosauricon had this kind of thing. One silouette for each family should probably cover it...Dinoguy220:33, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Woah, this is excellent! Really nice job. You got the frill down exactly right: rounded near the bottom, squarish on the top, but with two bulges near the extreme top of the frill. The animal is shown in a realistic pose, with no unbalanced look to it, the three major horns are all depicted quite accurately, and you remembered the 'cheek horns', too. Great job! :) --Firsfron of Ronchester19:57, 30 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i have been joining material to do the acanthopholis. but the i discovered there are about 5 dinosaurs with this name. on a book ( my only dinosaur book i have) this [ilustration] but in the net i have found more of the acanthopholis horridus. and yet no bones or suposed bone structure. so if i do it will be an interpretation from interpretations.
Do you have any other material about them?-LadyofHats11:30, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Alright, Acanthopholis is known from pretty sparce material (nomen dubium), so not a whole lot is known, and I salute your courage in trying to do one of the lesser-known ones.
First off, do not trust the image you have provided. I'm not sure how old that image is, but it's not accurate. The sinuous back, shown like that, is completely innaccurate. The feet are also wrong, and should be large and heavy, with splayed toes. The head should be more potato-shaped. Acanthopholis was related to Edmontonia, so if you can't find any good images for Acanthopholis, you could maybe substitute Ed, remembering Acanthopholis is about 1/2 to 2/3rds the size of Ed.--Firsfron of Ronchester12:42, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, Acanthopholis is only known from very incomplete specimens, so most of the skeleton is hypothesis only. The most complete ankylosaurs I guess would be Gastonia and Minmi. They will have images of bone material somewhere abouts on the web. If you want to go that way we can help hunt down best images. Cas Liber12:47, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Bwah! Those links probably won't help her, Cas, unless she is to draw an Asian singer, or a disambiguation page. Plus, Acanthopholis was probably a nodosaurid, which is why I recommended Edmontonia instead. Minmi probably predates the ankylosaur split, and our current Wikipedia article on Gastonia (the dinosaur) calls it a polacanthine ankylosaur.--Firsfron of Ronchester13:53, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i wouldnt call it courage, but more a naive desire to help :P. and i didnt chose it so to say. it is just that it seems all dinosaurs that start with A are rather complicated..LOL. :)
After all you are the experts on the group i am only an ilustrator ;). i found quite some images of "Edmontonia" , "Gastonia", "Hylaeosaurus" and even a "Anoplosaurus". and i indeed can see the similarities. but then what makes the acanthopholis diferent from them.. apart from the size i mean.LadyofHats21:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well that's the thing. Ultimately we don't know about acanthopholis, it is mostly guesswork on what it is related to....:) Anyway, if you want to do acanthopholis, I would give it cheeks and a stiffer tail. cheersCas Liber21:46, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
well i was posting it to see if you knew :). in any case in the inter i started making the Edmontonia, since there is also no image from it on wikipedia. [here] you can see the sketch and give me your opinion.
About the "Acantholopis" well i would really like to do an image, would be posible to add a text on the page to say that the form sugested in the image is purely hypotetical? LadyofHats22:46, 2 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]
Your Edmontonia is looking really good, Lady. As far as Acanthopholis, as long as you used a nodosaur and not an ankylosaur, you shouldn't wander too far from what it might have looked like: There is no question that Acanthopholis horridus wasn't a nodosaur [24]. It's certainly possible to base illustrations on it, then, using the known remains along with what's known of other related nodosaurs. --Firsfron of Ronchester00:02, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok some few questions to what is known...
did it had this bone shild over the hips like the Gastonia? or more just like little pieces like the Edmontonia?
did it had this horns behind and below the eyes like the minmi or just a masive skull lke the Edmontonia?
was it probable that it had a mace on the tiail, ot at least bone like point?
if you dont know at least give me a guess. LadyofHats14:52, 9 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]
It was a nodosaur, and thus was more closely related to Edmontonia than to Gastonia, which comes from a different branch of the family, or Minmi, which seems to have predated the split. Nodosaurs lack the clubbed tails seen in many ankylosaurs.--Firsfron of Ronchester16:34, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Some are really dark, and some are really great. Editing can fix some of the dark ones. The ones with support cables are somewhat distracting, but that can be fixed. A few just need cropping. The Troodon could go up right now, unless there are objections about no feathers. Cas selected one Diplodocus pic for that page already. I'm amazed you got so many! And that, for the most part, they weren't duplicate animals from the other museums! Iguanodon manus #1 is a better image, I think, than the one taken at the other museum. The only problem is that the Iguanodon article would need some expansion in order to add even more photos to it, IMO.--Firsfron of Ronchester19:19, 4 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
That's awesome. You got the beak right, you got the feet right, and the spines and scutes look terrific. Gets my vote. Not sure why no one else has responded. --Firsfron of Ronchester19:12, 8 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Sure looks really grand. However, I'm keeping out of any 'accuracy' issues on images, as stated before - please don't mistake that for lack of enthusiasm and support for all this great work of yours, Lady. - Ballista05:16, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
hi, [here] is the initial sketch. even when i would have a question. the horns it has on the hips. do they go there?
[here] and [here] are on the hips [here] and[here] are on the tail [here] and [here] there are not there at all. so what do you think?
PS. i also posted on Acanthopholis LadyofHats15:54, 9 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]
It seems you/we have struck gold when it comes to Ankylosaurs! I think you've done a really nice job on all of them, Lady. :) If you plan to create more ankylosaur images, in my opinion, it might be best to "flip" some of these (horizontally) at the end of the process. That way, all of our ankylosaur pages don't end up looking similar to one another. About Minmi: It did have spikes around the hip area. Don't trust any restoration where they are missing [25]. And definitely do not use that fifth picture you linked here. Your current image looks pretty nice.--Firsfron of Ronchester17:01, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'd also like to ask, Lady, how did you come to our project? Don't get me wrong; I'm really thrilled that you've made so many great images for our project. I just want to know how you knew we were so desperate for images (and we are!); did you find out from someone, or just happen to notice us?--Firsfron of Ronchester17:15, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i will flip the minmi but is hard to not make similar what is indeed similar. what i found funny is that of the dinnosaurs the more i do the less acurate seems to be the whole thing. from the Acanthopholis i have desided to make a siluete. it should give the idea of what shape it mazbe had without pretending to invent unacurate information.
as how did i landed here, it was with "random article". after i finished the blue baby sindrom and all linked heart problems i didnt got to find an interesting project on the "requested images" so i was just loosing time cliking random article ( and wondering what kind of strange things people write on wikipedia). there i got into the article for Prenoceratops.. and i thought in giving it a try. Later on when i found that it wasnt as easy as i thought i searched for the author of the article.. that would be you.
as for why i am still here.. you told me ".. You may or may not know that Wikipedia:WikiProject Dinosaurs is in desperate need for accurate dinosaur illustrations. We've got more than 1,000 articles, most of which do not have even one illustration.." and i thought.. well why not, they look like dragons after all..lol ;P --LadyofHats20:05, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
So it was random. Wow, that's pretty cool. And I'm glad you've stuck around for a while, despite the often confusing situations surrounding these dinosaurs. I bet after this, you'd have an easy time working as, say, a police sketch artist: "He was tall! No, short! Fat, but also somewhat thin..." ;)--Firsfron of Ronchester21:33, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
have been busy with some work. will probably remain busy for another week. but i havent forgot you. i will finish the dino as soon as i can. LadyofHats21:05, 16 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I prefer the first one, because he looks a little tougher. The second one looks a bit doe-eyed, and the scaling on the face shows up much better on the first image. Neat! :)--Firsfron of Ronchester16:09, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I like the second one more. The less contrasting colours have a more "real-life" look to me. On the other hand, I have no problem with the first one either, since both are great, as usual ;) I think it would be a good idea to upload both versions to represent both alternatives at least in the ankylosaur gallery on wiki commons. --Dudo220:52, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I like the 2nd one as it is different to the stamps I was using for ages. Both great though. The first reminds me of my little golden dinosaur book when all dinosaurs were monochrome tan-coloured I recall. Both great though :) Cas Liber22:57, 25 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
it is the next on the list. the images i found are basically on here. does anyone of you have other i could use as resource? maybe a skull diagram or skeleton or so. whatever you have will be ok -LadyofHats13:04, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Great that is exactly what i was looking for. here is the sketch. do you have any correction? the 5 fingers infront and 4 behind is ok right?-LadyofHats23:41, 26 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure on Achelousaurus but probably yes, since this pattern is found in Triceratops, Styracosaurus, Centrosaurus and other Ceratopsids.--Dudo200:06, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I prefer the first one ...as the markings are more marked on the frill. One hypothesis is that the frills were for interspecific identification - thus if the critter has gone to all the trouble of growin' a frill, it wouldn't be muted beige/brown/grey but brighter colours (orange/red anyone?)Cas Liber21:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Are you sure? As far as I know and according to my refs, Psittacosaurus had four fingers on the front leg, which is said to be an "unique trait among cerapsians". In every book I looked into were the hind feet of ceratopsians described as having four fingers. --Dudo223:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
acording to my references it could be 5and4 ,3and3,or5and4. so i took the one that apeared mor often. as for the color since it seems you can not deside yourselves i made a color3
so, wichone will it be?-LadyofHats09:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It didn't appear to me on the original image that the tail was exactly dragging on the ground. However, you have lifted the tail on your new version (the commons image), and that image is less ambiguous. I like your new improvement. :)--Firsfron of Ronchester18:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
the Acrocanthosaurus is the next one without an image on the list. i found more than enough material to start but i also found other things that i want to ask you.
oops i just realised there is already a sketch in this list on this dinosaur. so maybe i should leave this and just go to the next. :) -LadyofHats13:48, 28 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
One other thing, Lady: You've done so many great illustrations, most of which are dinosaurs beginning with the letter A. You are a great illustrator, and I would fear to lose you on our project. I worry, though, that you will eventually get bored with us, and want to move on to greener pastures, and we will be left with, say, B-Z. Someone above (was it Cas? Dudo? I don't remember) mentions there are still some really big-name dinosaurs without illustrations, such as Styracosaurus. I worry that important articles like this will never get illustrations because they're at the end of the alphabet, and it would take months, even years, to work down that far. You are, of course, more than welcome to work on whichever ones you want, in any order you want, but I would be remiss not to mention my reservations. Well, that's it. --Firsfron of Ronchester20:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The man has a point! Yes, it'd be lovely if you could magic up some of your wonderful illustrations for some of the 'big' names, in whose articles we are very short of pictures. No pressure! - Ballista20:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
There had been a list of top 20 "big" dinos on the wikiproject dinosaurs page. As for now, all of the listed dinos have their pictures except Oviraptor. Other well known dinos without a picture a are in my opinion (as I already mentioned) Saltasasaurus, Lesothosaurus, Centrosaurus and Styracosaurus. --Dudo200:12, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Dudo is exactly right. There is also a list of ~50 well-known dinosaurs here. These were dinosaurs selected for being well-known, representative of all major groups, and which will eventually be included on the Wikipedia CD. If you could do any of these that have no images, that would be really great. It's just a suggestion, and if you'd rather continue down thru A, of course that would still be cool too. :) --Firsfron of Ronchester03:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I've been trying to work on a drawing for Oviraptor, but after a couple false starts I dunno when I'll actually sit down and finish one. If someone else were to pull one together (one that's NOT actually Citipati! ;) ), it'd be very cool.Dinoguy203:27, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
from the 50 well known dinosaurs. it is a disaster i must said :P there are not 2 images that have the same proportions and fron the images of skeletons. meaning this and this they seem to come from 2 diferent animals. the hips have diferent construction and the neck have diferent proportions with the rest of the body. does anyone has a book or something where a more fiable image is to be found? -LadyofHats20:49, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the second link has two reconstructions that show a diplodocus like animal (if not Diplodocus itself!) and diplodocus is far from being related to Alamosaurus. The first link shows a reconstruction that is far more accurate. --Dudo221:16, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I checked several web-search machines and I have to agree, it't really a disaster. On the other hand, I found a site containing three images of Alamosaurus by the famous illustrator John Sibbick [27]. The image on the top and the two on the bottom are his. The only inaccuracies they have (since they were drawn couple years ago) is the tail being dragged on the ground (image on the top) and the necks, that are held in a too upright position. The neck position as shown on your first link is far more realistic. --Dudo221:28, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The skelton in your first link Lady looks the most accurate (I think--it's most titanosaur-like). I'd go by that.Dinoguy222:53, 31 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok i do have some questions.
here it says that it had a broad head with the teeth on the front and the nosetrills up in between the eyes. would be something like this ok?
it also says that the front legs are shorter than the ones behind. something like this? or thisor as few as this?
it also says that it didnt had scooped out spine, what does this means?
it also said that they had a hard skin often with bone plates or thorns. but they do not show on the picture. should i add them ?
1. Well, they had the teeth in the front and nostrills up in between the eyes. Here is a reconstructed skull and head of another relative of Alamosaurus, Rapetosaurus (the skull of Nemegtosaurus in your link has a slightly modified shape). The skull not really broad, but still broader than in diplodocids. As you can see, on this skeletal reconstruction of Rapetosaurus, the skull was approx. two times longer than it was wide. 2. It's true, the front legs were shorter. On the other hand, the back was still rather horizontal, than lowering towards the fron legs. Similar to the skeletal reconstruction on your very first link or similar to this skeletal reconstruction of Rapetosaurus. 3. If you meant "ausgehöhlten Wirbel" part, it means, they had solid vertebrae, not hollow. 4. It's true, many titanosaurs had armoured skin, but it seems Alamosaurus was an exception. No armour had been found. --Dudo212:08, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i do not know weather the tails are too long, but this whole thing has been like drawing a horse and having only pictures of cows. here is the sketch, what do you think? -LadyofHats16:07, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"Well, they had the teeth in the front and nostrills up in between the eyes." Their nasal openings in the skull were up between the eyes. Recent studies show the nostrils would have been closer to the tip of the snout, connected to the nasal openings by some kind of soft tissue structure (like a small resonating chamber).Dinoguy219:22, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Dinoguy is right (dont know why, but not I considered this study to be somewhat speculative and had to check it again...), the nostrils would look something like this or this. --Dudo219:41, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, this is a dinosaur whose front half has not been found so any skull representation is speculative. Ones we do have skulls for include Shunosaurus, Datousaurus, Diplodocus, Camarasaurus, Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus and........some others I'm sure.Cas Liber21:45, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
here it is the final version. i have clear that this whole thing is purely speculative, but i am in the hope that even to speculate there is some logic to aply...:P -LadyofHats15:01, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
ok from the list of "big" dinosaurs the Allosaurus has a lot of pictures and i have found absolutly nothing on the Ammosaurus. so the next logically would be the Ankylosaurus. herethere is a speculative skeleton. and another one here yet my problem on this one has more to do with the armor. on the second image i showed you the animal has a an armor that covers the whole front, similar to the one gastonia has on the hips. no other one has such a thing. later on both on wikipedia and in here they mention that the bone armor was rather smoother and round. but in all its images it is shown quite spiky. so what do you think should be? -LadyofHats08:09, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
They were rather rounded and smooth. If you want a good reconstruction of Ankylosaurus (both skeletal and life appearance) there is the redescription of Ankylosaurus by Carpenter available online. I dont have the link (since I have some technical problems due to which Im almost unable to contribute to wiki or open most web pages), but its the top result for „ankylosaurus redescription pdf“ in google. --Dudo210:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks good! My only (minor) criticism is that the horns on the rear of the head should be broader. Here is Ken Carpenter's reconstruction from his definitive paper on Ankylosaurus appearance: [28]Dinoguy216:29, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
...and for some real fun (i.e. adding flora from Hell Creek), check this out - [29]. A cone of something closely resembling Metasequoia glyptostroboides may be fun to draw next to it. Just a thought. Cas Liber21:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I am sorry I was not around earlier when this image was being discussed, but I have a few points. First of all, the picture looks reall great. But I have issues with the armor. If you look at the image Dinoguy provided, you can see the armor is made up of large, discrete plates arranged in rows on the body, with smaller pebbly scales between them. Currently it is just a mass of little osteoderms. Also, the tail club is slightly off, right now you can see the pointy tip of the tail poking out between the two large masses, when actually there would have been another large mass there so that the club would be a big oval. You can download Dr. Ken Carpenter's paper redescribing Ankylosaurushere and look on page 984 for a good reconstruction. If you don't care to download the whole paper, I have cropped the image and posted it here. It's a little more clear than the one Dinoguy linked to, I think. Sheep8121:57, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
what does it mean "The mandible is proportionally lower to its length,...suggesting a retention of a primitive character."? i couldnt found any example.
It is kind of awkward, but the full quote was comparing the mandible (lower jaw) to several other ankylosaurids. The mandible of Ankylosaurus is not as tall relative to its length compared to other advanced ankylosaurids, but more like that of Shamosaurus, generally considered a primitive member of the family.Sheep8122:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
what deoes it mean "As in most ankylosaurids,when articulated to the cranium, the mandibles cant or slope lingually to accommodate the medial placement of the maxillary teeth due to the maxillary shelf...This canted position also makes the ventral margin visible in lateral view."?what is a vental margin?
Precisely what Ballista said. The ventral margin is the edge closer to the ground, which points outwards in most ankylosaurids.Sheep8122:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Specifically, it is a pointy bit of bone that sticks up from the lower jaw where some of the main jaw muscles attached... but no, you couldn't see it from the outside so it probably shouldn't influence your drawing too much.Sheep8122:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
What does it means "The facet for the predentary (not yet found) is a shallow groove along the front of the symphyseal ramus. The symphysis surface is smooth, except for a groove that splits the surface horizontally."?
This is to do with an appendage on the front of the lower jaw bone and the features described would not affect a drawing. - Ballista18:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The predentary bone is the beak on the front of the lower jaw. It hasn't yet been found for Ankylosaurus but we know it had one. Carpenter is describing how the predentary would attach to the rest of the lower jaw. Interesting, but this articulation would have been between two bones so it probably wouldn't affect the drawing much either.Sheep8122:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
on the figure 11 of the Cervical vertebrae, there are some spikes marked as "ns" do they go out of the skin? meaning like spikes? he seems to only have them on the neck.
'ns' stands for 'neural spine', which is the dorsal process of the cervical vertebra and no it doesn't protrude through the skin. - Ballista18:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
You have neural spines too, which you can feel if you run your finger down your spine... they are the bumps that you feel. In Ankylosaurus they would not be visible, but in other dinosaurs (like Spinosaurus) they might have been.
what does it mean "their ribs are coossified to them indicating that these ribs were not involved in the bellows-like action of the more anterior ribs during respiration"?
It means 'co-ossified' or 'fused' to each other, so making them rigidly attached and not articulated, so couldn't move during breathing. - Ballista18:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
When you take a breath, your ribcage expands and then contracts, because your ribs are not firmly attached to your vertebrae. The same thing for Ankylosaurus, except for the last four ribs (8 to 11), which were fused to the back vertebrae, so they couldn't flex when the animal breathed in or out.Sheep8122:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
what is a L-shaped and a T-shaped rip? i thought all rips look like C
Amphicoelous vertebrae are vertebrae in which the main body is concave in the front (anterior) and back (posterior). Compare with opisthocoelous vertebrae, which are vertebrae in which the main body is convex in the front (anterior) and concave in the back (posterior). Not a worry for a drawing. - Ballista18:51, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
in general i get what you mean and i agree that the image is not right. but i also have my problems with the two images that apear on the odf. you see from all the armor is not the same in between them, specially the lower one seems to have a armor plate like the Gastonia had on his hips. he actually seems to have two, one on the front and one on the hips. maybe is was like the text said becouse the dinosaur was often mixed with Euoplocephalus. from waht i understood on the text the armor plates were having a pronounced keel, only on the neck and as line at the sides. a bit like the horned lizard the rest of the plates should be more rounded and rather flat. right? plus i think that it is more reasonable to think that the plates had a progresive change of size and form. and not just a simple collage of diferent forms like the one that is visible on the second image.
i also have my doubths on the second image becouse it shows him rather slim on the front and with a round tummy. while all other images and skeletons i have got to see from ankylosaurus and family seem to have a more round bulky form.
Carpenter has done the most work on examining the armor of Ankylosaurus and several other ankylosaurids like Euoplocephalus. He believes that the plates were mostly arranged in even rows and were very flat, with almost no keel. He believes there would have been large rings around the shoulders and the hips. Also, there were kind of triangular point plates sticking out from the edge of the tail. This is his reconstruction, and of course you should take your own artistic license to some extent, but it seems very common for ankylosaurs to have bands of armor protecting the shoulders and hips, so I think that part is accurate at least.Sheep8122:19, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Lady - In case it's of any help in drawing the tail club, here are two pics of Euoplocephalus, that has a similar type of arrangement. I stand in awe of what you have done, so far, with your lovely illustrations. - Ballista04:30, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
any source i can get is for help. thankyou. here is the sketch. i moved the head upand made the neck shorter. i made the back legs longer. i made the shoulders a bit up. made the tail shorter and thiner. corrected the mace. and made a new arrange on the armor. .. oh yes the head is still just in sketch i have to make the skin on the side of the mouth so that no all teeth will be visible.. any corrections?-LadyofHats09:51, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The tail at least looks right. I cannot comment on the rest of the armor, having not read Carpenter's redescriptions. I assume Sheep will want to make other suggestions, but I don't know. :) --Firsfron of Ronchester10:18, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It looks a little heaftier than Carpenter's reconstructions from the redescription paper, but the armor looks correct. The tail might need to be stiffer and skinnier for more of its length, but I'm not sure.Dinoguy215:45, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
here it is the sketch. i will be working on a "real" proyect next month so probable i will not be able to advance here. please be pacient i will come back and finish this when i can. -LadyofHats12:40, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks pretty good, but the tail is still unusually fat (the rest of it looks a little too bulky as well). The stiff part especially wouldn't have had that much meat on it, it was pretty skinny.Dinoguy220:31, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I like it a lot too. Like Dinoguy said, the tail could be slightly narrower, and don't forget to add some short triangular scutes on the sides of the tail. Can't wait to see where you go with this when you get back!Sheep8122:04, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hello everyone. i am back :) here is the link for the fixed tail. let me know if you had any changes.
on other subject. i was on paris during this time and i got to visit the evolution museum. the have thousands from skeletons from living and extinct species. something that i found anoying is that when looking at living animals i would hardly draw them like they actually would be. mainly becouse i have few or no idea about muscular volume and function. is there a good dinosaur book that explains a bit more on the subject? or at least one with enough reconstructed images to have a better idea in what i am geting in? -LadyofHats09:58, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Welcome back! Your sketch looks pretty good to me, can't wait to see what it looks like colored in. Tracy Ford is an excellent artist and has some books available here. I hear they are pretty good. You can also check out this website. Sheep8108:10, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Whipped up this Oviraptor profile in photoshop. didn't come out as nice as I like, but if it's not too bad, might still be good to use in the article? Sometime soon I'm also going to try to draw a sort of comparison chart with the different oviraptorids, sort of like the one we've got for Psittacosaurus.Dinoguy223:30, 3 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Like the picture! - Even more, I like his sideburns! Good idea for the comparison chart but a lot of work ...... - Ballista04:49, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it would be great in the article! More like this, please! Also, a comparison showing the various skulls of oviraptorids would be great, and could be used on multiple pages! Great idea! :)--Firsfron of Ronchester05:58, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's a courageous effort to recosntruct such a controversial sauropod as Antarcosaurus since it is not certain how much of the type material belongs in the same taxon. On the other hand, the sketch is good except the neck seems to be a little bit too long for a titanosaur. --Dudo214:08, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i just try to be bold. here is the image. it is dark as the one of the [acanthopolis]to show that is just speculative. but i hope it still gives an idea on how it was.-LadyofHats14:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
there are some images on the net but as usual they seem to come from diferent animals. the must wide colection of images is herei also found a small skeleton here my main question is on the head form since in some is thin and long and in others rather round and short. so wichone would be more acurate?-LadyofHats15:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The skull was rather short and high, lowering towards the snout - like the skull on the skeltal reconstruction of your second link. On the other hand, the skull on that skeletal reconstruction is somewhat big. The body proportions are correctly shown on the image on the very top and the green model on the very bottom of your first link. --Dudo218:15, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The hands were similar to the hands of Abrictosaurus. Your sketch has one error - the hind limbs had only four fingers (three fully developped and one reduced). The left individual on your sketch has his hands held in an unusual positon compared to the neutral position of the right individual. --Dudo211:52, 10 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Looks great! I like the first color scheme--a bit more vibrant, and the scales on the belly stand out better for a neat effect.Dinoguy217:26, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
the article has only old ilustrations and i wonder if it would be usefull to make a drawing for it. yet i just found some partial skeletons diagrams here so you have a more complete one?-LadyofHats15:29, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi - you are still doing good work. Thank you. I believe the top diagram of Megalosaurus is the material found by Buckland and mounted in the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (see picture in article). I'm not sure how much more material has been found, beyond what you have shown in those three pictures. - Ballista16:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Cool! The body, I think should be more parallel with the ground and the head a little bigger (?). I just saw the french site as well. Cas Liber01:38, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i made it more parallel to the floor, even when the front one seems to be raising on propouse. i also made the heads a bit longer. here have a look and let me know what you think :)-LadyofHats09:57, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I found this picture, it's of a Callovosaurus. I thought you might want to use it.Punk18
This looks like an image drawn by John Sibbick. If we do not have an approval from the copyright holder, we cant use it unless the picture is not copyrighted. Have you any information on its copyright? best wishes --Dudo214:08, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Profiles based mainly on reconstructions by Jaime Headden (slightly different take on Oviraptor itself this time, that skull is in really bad shape). Almost done with the Ingeniines, just have to finish Heyuannia. Any issues with these?Dinoguy204:15, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Dinoguy,
These are really great. You've really paid attention to detail, and since you placed six heads on one image, this is awesome because it means it can be used on multiple pages (four or five genus-level pages plus higher-level pages, too).
Is it possible for you to colorize these? Considering these crests were probably used for display, presenting them in black and white seems to lessen their effect, even though, as we well know, coloration is entirely speculative...
The only one I want to ask about is Oviraptor philoceratops. David Lambert's book (The Ultimate Dinosaur Book) shows several Oviraptorid heads, including this one, but shows the crest a bit more squarish than in your reconstruction, where it's quite rounded. That said, the book's from the mid-90's, so I guess new discoveries have been made since then which have altered our perception of O. philo's head-crest? I also look forward to seeing the Ingeniines. :) --Firsfron of Ronchester06:21, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Amazing clarification of a very difficult 'area' - thanks - sorry to have been pretty 'quiet' for the last few days, so not seen until now. - Ballista06:58, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks guys! The crest of O. philoceratops is unknown (it's only implied by small fragments at the tip of the snout, which is why early reconstructions gave it a little "horn" like Ornitholestes). Depictions prior to the naming of Citipati either were based directly on C. sp or were inspired by it. I've also seen O. reconstructed with a high dome as in Rinchenia. I used a much lower crest because a recent study shows O. might be the most primitive oviraptorine, so it's reasonable to guess it might have had a smaller crest than the more advanced species.
Perfectly reasoned explanations. Thanks for these lovely images, which I see you have added to the appropriate pages. Do please consider colorization, although they really are just fine in black and white.--Firsfron of Ronchester00:25, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
some images i got on the natural history museum in paris. i have much more but will add them here as i get them on commons :)-LadyofHats12:11, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I know until now they have only been mammals, i also have dinnos but it takes soooo long to get them clasified and such.. :P-LadyofHats21:24, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Lady! These are really great photos! :) Thank you for taking so many. I want to comment on the ones below tomorrow, but I did want to make some comments on the ones above. The mammals are beyond the purview of this project. But I feel comfortable saying the images of Tarbosaurus and Protoceratops should definitely be added to the pages, and I see you've already added one image to Protoceratops. I'm worried that we already have a ton of images on the Iguanodon page, and any more may overload it to the point where the page is more of a gallery than an actual article. The giant bird shots (Aepyornis) should also definitely go up. :) More comments after I've slept. Best, Firsfron of Ronchester10:17, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
i have been looking for material on the monoclonius, yet the only skeleton i found is thisone do you have a better link? (p.s. also posted a new sketch on megalosaurus)-LadyofHats21:31, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This outdated pic seems to show a Centrosaurus, a similar, closely related and far better known horned dinosaur. Monoclonius itself is poorly known. Thus, many pictures of "Monoclonius" show a Centrosaurus instead. If you dont mind, it would be better to draw a Centrosaurus (it would be easier for you since you'd have a lot of more sources ;) --Dudo222:28, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Centrosaurus then. :)here is the sketch. still have not clear how the back feet should be. do you have any source about it?.. as for the Monoclonius i will make a silhouete. is there anything sure on how it looks like?-LadyofHats12:06, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
As I mentioned when we discussed you image of achelousaurus, horned dinosaurs had 5 fingers in front and 4 on the hind legs. Several technical or even popular publications mention this (such as the Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric Animals). btw, the picture looks great ;) --Dudo220:37, 11 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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