GulopithecuZ

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Media/Art, Zoology, Anthropology, and Spec-Evo Enthusiast. He/Him, 26 yrs May or may not be a megatheriid sloth trapped in the modern day.

A dryptosaur drags a baculitid ammonite shell down the beach - it is a long way to his bower, but a centrepiece like this will be worth the hassle. Trying out different styles for a book proposal I am working on!

A dryptosaur in grayscale, dragging a giant half-crescent cone ammonite with its mouth

The #pterosaurs have been much repaired and revamped. They have new heads based on new discoveries made about the originals: they had dragony, curved snouts and slit pupils! The mosasaur (currently out of water due to the drought) was, it seems, originally purple!

Both big pterosaurs seen from distance, stood on chalk cliff.3D print of pterosaur head behind held in front of actual models in the distance. Iguanodon at left.Mosasaur, looking right with open mouth, one flipper visible. Fully exposed and surrounded by mud.Setting for the mosasaur at the edge of the lake, fringed with large trees.

The Iguanodon are masterpieces in design and art, look at all the detail. Mark Witton pointed out that they have TWO horns, something I had never noticed. Every single scale and tooth has been sculpted individually. Again, these new colour schemes (which are accurate to the originals) look great.

Right hindlimb of reclining Iguanodon.Standing Iguanodon in profile, conifer obscuring part of its face. Stood on Wealden sandstone.Head of standing Iguanodon showing two horns, one anterior and a smaller one more posterior.Standing Iguanodon part facing viewer.

On to actual dinosaurs, we have Megalosaurus from the Jurassic, and the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) herbivores Hylaeosaurus (facing away!) and the two Iguanodons. The use of white paint to pick out the detail between the scales is genius and allows you to really see the intricacies of the designs...

Megalosaurus looking left, small conifers soon to complete obscure it from view...Hylaeosaurus, stood on rocks, facing toward trees.Reclining Iguanodon, right hand resting on a cycad branch. The left hand was previously obscured by sediment and is newly visible.All the dinosaurs as seen from another view, some trees part obscuring the view.

Among my favourite are the teleosaurs, sea-going thalattosuchian crocodylomorphs (they're not crocodiles, stop calling them that). Fantastic amount of detail. The scute pattern on the back was copied from that of living crocodiles... incorrectly, but it does look good....

Two teleosaurs, one with jaws raised, one lower and looking in its direction.Left hindlimb of teleosaur showing tons of detailed scalation.Teleosaur jaws showing individually sculpted teeth.

Several Lower Jurassic (Liassic) #plesiosaurs and #ichthyosaurs are present and have had repairs, though damage from bird droppings needs to be kept in check. The visibility of the giant sclerotic rings and 'ossicles' of the limbs are an oddity; it's still not clear why Hawkins chose to show them...

Plesiosaur and two ichthyosaurs, maintenance bridge in the background.The big ichthyosaur Temnodontosaurus looming towards a plesiosaur.An ichthyosaur seen from behind: this is Ichthyosaurus tenuirostris, today known as Leptonectes.The big Temnodontosaurus, foreparts only, showing eye with big sclerotic ring and flipper with ossicles and associated structures.