Jul 8
There should be a law against reconstructing scrappy remains in paleoart. In today’s issue of “I continue to hate sauropods” we have
Expectation:
(by Pakorn Chotchaiyaporn)
Reality:
Holotype is the one dorsal vertebra -_-
Anyway, say hello to Uragasaurus kalasinensis and not sure I’m on board with the new “let’s name sauropods after snakes” trend either.
Especially if they’re fragmentary.
Mamenchisauridae is a group of long-necked non-neosauropodan eusauropod dinosaurs that were abundant in East Asia during the Middle to Late
Really tho, it’s just “ah, it’s a sauropod.”
*Draws the most generic sauropod”
“All in a hard day’s work”.
#and I do agree with you#it’s kind of like how Troodon was described from a few teeth fragments#I mean#most of this sauropod’s reconstruction is just. built off of other related sauropods#how the fuck do you expect me to tell the difference between it and a mamanchiasaurus?#they’re both Chinese sauropods with extra long necks
