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Hyrotrioskjan β€” Early dragons as prey

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Published: 2016-12-04 19:16:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 25971; Favourites: 682; Downloads: 161
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Description A large azhdarchid is surprised by the agility of his prey, a Appotomerus appalachia, and misses his meal by a few centimeters.

Appotomerus had surprisingly long legs and many experts argue today that the animal used them catch its food and to escape larger predators. Other think
that they had a extensive uropatagium and used these hind-limb wings in a similar way like it is proposed for the protorosaur Sharovipteryx. And a small third group argues that the long legs mostly evolved to look taller, to scare of predators and competition and to impress females (which would make the small wings originally display structures).

Not surprisingly the first models has become very popular in the public, but while most Paleoart* shows Appotomerus as a active hunter I wanted here to show it as a victim of another large predator, and of course I can break this way another meme regarding the diet of large azhdarchids

*fanart would be totally welcome.
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BlackDragon117 [2019-03-21 14:18:53 +0000 UTC]

Poor little guy I doubt his higher evolved cousins would stand for pterosaur predation hahaΒ 

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CartoonBen [2017-09-29 01:54:43 +0000 UTC]

Β Very clever. Pterosaurs have a lot in common with dragons. They were both winged reptiles, and of course they could fly (even though dragons were sometimes portrayed to bear a resemblance to some strange mammal instead of a reptile, and other dragons were flightless, not counting the Chinese dragons that had the ability to fly without the use of wings).

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RudolfHima [2017-08-26 11:21:09 +0000 UTC]

Β Beautiful azhdarchid!
And run wee dragon run!

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tascalo [2017-04-15 19:17:57 +0000 UTC]

Klasse Grafik!!

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william023 [2017-02-10 23:53:29 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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EternalReflux [2016-12-29 00:30:32 +0000 UTC]

This is exactly the kind of scenario I imagined in my own story. Props on the excellent visualisation! Love the work you're doing here.

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Dinosaurzzz [2016-12-26 23:10:07 +0000 UTC]

Are your dragons warm blooded?

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Lanval-de-Lai [2016-12-11 01:10:18 +0000 UTC]

RUN SWEETIE RUN!!! Good work!! I love it!!

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grisador [2016-12-06 20:03:50 +0000 UTC]

Nice !
Luckily the tables've turned; in the end...
Giant azhdarchids went bye-bye
Meanwhile dragons prospered !

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Constrict0r12 [2016-12-06 05:53:55 +0000 UTC]

OM NOM NOM!!!!!

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Davetriarchy [2016-12-06 03:36:17 +0000 UTC]

So bright and colourful!

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Jewel-Star [2016-12-06 00:28:26 +0000 UTC]

The poor little one is like "YEET oh uh oh"

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Luca9108 [2016-12-05 17:11:35 +0000 UTC]

Sehr schΓΆn !

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Viergacht [2016-12-05 14:28:32 +0000 UTC]

Aw, it reminds me of the time I brought my friend's Ameivas to a lecture I was giving on reptile care, and the pretty much exploded out of the carrier and ran arounf the room until ending up in a girl's backpack! It was a great way to illustrate how to catch and escaped lizard.Β 

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Macrocanthrosaurus [2016-12-05 13:12:36 +0000 UTC]

Are the dragons more related to reptilia proper or are they archosaurs or ornithodira like pterosaurs and dinosaurs?

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GRIMBLETOOTH In reply to Macrocanthrosaurus [2016-12-05 21:17:53 +0000 UTC]

well, he says that they are varanids so I guess so.

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Macrocanthrosaurus In reply to GRIMBLETOOTH [2016-12-06 15:22:27 +0000 UTC]

Oh, ok, thanks

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GRIMBLETOOTH In reply to Macrocanthrosaurus [2016-12-06 20:34:50 +0000 UTC]

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juniorWoodchuck [2016-12-05 12:14:31 +0000 UTC]

Fantastisch deine Drachen in einem realen Kontext zu sehen! Es wirkt sehr natΓΌrlich und echt, ganz also ob es Appotomerus tatsΓ€chlich gab

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TwoEyedOwl [2016-12-05 08:59:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that's super cool!

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JokerCarnage5 [2016-12-05 08:28:47 +0000 UTC]

Hahah, wonderful.

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Screwyoumimus [2016-12-05 06:14:22 +0000 UTC]

"False dragons eats real dragons back then."

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KyuremBlack646 In reply to Screwyoumimus [2021-02-10 03:13:39 +0000 UTC]

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gojimannn [2016-12-05 02:58:01 +0000 UTC]

gonna do my own interpretation of this guy

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AntFingers [2016-12-05 02:56:42 +0000 UTC]

Looks cool. It's rare for speculative-evolution art to show non-existent prehistoric animals.

Or are the non-existent??

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AGV120395 [2016-12-04 22:38:51 +0000 UTC]

Which azhdrachid meme?

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TheLOAD In reply to AGV120395 [2016-12-04 23:29:42 +0000 UTC]

I'm guessing them eating young sauropods. You see that a lot.

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IThinkOfaNameLater [2016-12-04 22:09:27 +0000 UTC]

Yes! Β Amazing.

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Leggurm [2016-12-04 21:52:20 +0000 UTC]

Glad to see your dragons back.

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DinoBirdMan [2016-12-04 21:23:26 +0000 UTC]

Meal time. "catch, missed" darn it!

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CJCroen [2016-12-04 20:49:55 +0000 UTC]

A dragon eats a dragon

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hans-sniekers-art [2016-12-04 20:05:00 +0000 UTC]

Ah this makes the dragon fit really well into its environment

The amount of detail in it is cool, and I could easily depict this scene in a documentary

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Stolpergeist [2016-12-04 19:56:08 +0000 UTC]

Dragons always had it tough

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HUBLERDON [2016-12-04 19:27:30 +0000 UTC]

Neat!

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DesOrages [2016-12-04 19:27:03 +0000 UTC]

I love this so much!

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Evodolka [2016-12-04 19:22:05 +0000 UTC]

looks FANTASTIC

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Corecin [2016-12-04 19:21:40 +0000 UTC]

I'll get my friend to make some paleoart right away.Β 

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SuperBuchi [2016-12-04 19:21:32 +0000 UTC]

I WANT IT IRL

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to SuperBuchi [2016-12-19 03:39:20 +0000 UTC]

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Danny-Buckle [2016-12-04 19:21:30 +0000 UTC]

Awesome.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Danny-Buckle [2016-12-19 03:39:13 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Danny-Buckle In reply to Hyrotrioskjan [2016-12-19 03:45:16 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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bhut [2016-12-04 19:18:57 +0000 UTC]

This certainly puts things in perspective.

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to bhut [2016-12-19 03:39:04 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, indeed ^^

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Corallianassa [2016-12-04 19:17:38 +0000 UTC]

Very nice!
I love the mix of fictional and real animalsΒ 

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Hyrotrioskjan In reply to Corallianassa [2016-12-19 03:38:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^^

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