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Published: 2021-03-23 14:43:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 9207; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 0
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A slight expansion of one of my previous drawings exploring speculative nesting behavior in desert-dwelling ankylosaurs. www.deviantart.com/roukaryu/ar…
My idea was that desert-dwelling ankylosaurs like Saichania and Tarchia broke into termite mounds and lay their eggs inside for protection against predators, a behavior seen in modern-era Nile monitor lizards.
Recent research on in situ ankylosaurid remains excavated from 2008 to 2012 in the Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia has found fused vertebrae and ribs that made the body more rigid, even compared to North American ankylosaurs. Coupled with heavily built forelimbs and forefeet suited for digging, it is thought that this rigid body in Asian ankylosaurs helps to stabilize the animal while digging into the ground below. Ideas range from simply digging for food and water, to digging trenches to wedge themselves in so predators cannot flip them over.
Perhaps even to undergo dormant periods during times of famine:
www.deviantart.com/roukaryu/ar…
You can read more about this awesome new finding in the links below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41598…
www.newscientist.com/article/2…
gizmodo.com/armored-dinos-may-…
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Btw, my favorite dino is the one with the spine flag thing, like J.P.3
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