Drytosaurus, from the late cretaceous of N. America. New Jersey to be exact. A three fingered tyrannosaur, more closely related to Eotyrannus than those other two fingered guys from the west coast. Hippies and their tiny little arms;)Best,
Brett
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Hey Brett! Sorry I was very busy with some examns and God of War 3:P Dryptosaurus is a basal tyrannosaurid survivour from basal form like eotyrannus? I didnt see a good pic of this guy since the famous paint of Knight.
ReplyDeleteHi Spartan,
ReplyDeleteYep, it's closely related to another 3 fingered tyrannosaur called Appalachisaurus. Dryptosaurs is known from very fragmentary remains but the newer Appalachisaurus has a lot more to go from.
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Brett
Really nice works youve been doing lately, how big were these beasts?
ReplyDeleteMarco.
Hi Marco,
ReplyDeleteThe type specimen is around 20 feet. But if I remember correctly it's thought to be a sub adult or something. But don't quote me on that;)
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Brett
Very neat....I have a new page on the site coming soon featuring art about Drypto. Drop me a line at paleogary@yahoo.com The website is dryptosaurus.com or njdino.com. Rhoda Knight is a very dear personal friend of mine :-)
ReplyDeleteHey Brett! I just found this: http://beta.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article304951.ece?homepage=true
ReplyDeleteThe first tyrannosaur found in south hemisphere!
Hi Dryptosaurus,
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming this is Gary? I read Brian Switek's blog with the link to your website, that's were I got the skull from for this sketch;) I'll drop you a line in a few:)
Spartan,
Thanks for the link! I was out all day and would have missed the fun!
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Brett
Just saw this, sounds good. I just e-mailed you. Basically, my artist page is coming together. If you could e-mail me this pic with your full name and such, I'll put it on the site with a link to your blog :-)
ReplyDeleteBrett,
ReplyDeleteThere are no evidence that Appalachiosaurus was 3-fingered. It is closer to "true" tyrannosaurids than Raptorex and Dryptosaurus, so, we suggest it was 2-fingered.
The position of Dryptosaurus (as, therefore, the number of manual fingers) in uncertain. We know it has 2 robust fingers, but we cannot say if he retained a 3rd or lost it. Pending new fossil, I consider your 3-fingered version a good compromise between data and phylogenetic interpretation.Probably, Eotyrannus was more primitive.
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Andrea,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info! I had a hard time finding out anything about the fingers on his guy, everything said 3 but a few restorations had 2. I went with 3 but I can get rid of the 3rd no problem, photoshop is amazing.
I thought I heard something like that for Appalachiosaurus, but all the restorations I've see keep it with 3, and then the mount... which the skull looks nothing like the fossil restorations I've seen.. well it's very confusing so I tend to stay away from it.
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Brett