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Published: 2010-07-09 16:18:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 20122; Favourites: 268; Downloads: 0
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Maastrichtian sea somewhere in France - dead titanosaur with giant mosasaur Prognathodon ("Liodon") mososauroides. Also Squalicorax sharks and some birds.Related content
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That four-legged one was Ampelosaurus, right. Its remains were found in France and had knobbed back.
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Excellent! How long have I waited for the mosasaur tongue
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Interesting, this is the first image that I see representing a sauropod in this situation.
Hypselosaurus is not a valid name because its fragmentary remains (described in 1869) are indistinguishable from those of many other titanosaurians in the world.
But two species of titanosaurs from southern France are well defined, Ampelosaurus atacis from southwestern France (Languedoc region) and Atsinganosaurus velauciensis (described in July 2010) from southeastern France (Provence region). Atsinganosaurus is rather primitive and presents similarities with the african form Malawisaurus. The more advanced Ampelosaurus is remarkable for its osteoderms of various shapes including large spine.
A new almost complete skeleton of Ampelosaurus is known but not yet described; this specimen includes one of the most complete titanosaurs skulls in the world. Indeed, nearly all the skull bones have been collected.
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Thank you very much for information!
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Sorry for commenting so late, I've been quite "passive" in DeviantART lately. I like the contrast between the sky and the water. So very natural. The sky looks like there's going to be rain or a storm later on, and deep dark sky also gives this work a sort of "epicness".
The Hypselosaurus obviously hasn't been in the water for too long. Although inflated (looks like there's going to be a huge gas explosion when the mosasaur finally decides to take a bite) it hasn't yet attracted a bigger number of small fishes.
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I thinking about the storm passing and fresh dead sauropod fall in water from shore.
Thank you!
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For being bloated and floating in the ocean, that sauropod is in fairly good condition... -_O'
Still... I LOVE MOSOSAURS!
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I thinking about made sauropod headless (work of shark), but... The shore, by the way, is near.
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Actually the best thing you could do is to give it tissue discoloration. Look at pictures or things like dead whales to get a sense of how the body changes color after death.
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Hypselosaurus (but some unnamed saltasaurids are known from Late Cretaceous of France)
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I think Hypselosaurus isnt reasigned on a specific titanosaur family.
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Hypselosaurus is a titanosaurian of some sort (see -[link] )
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