#erectopus

So, I’m drawing my irl friends as dinosaurs now. This is a trend I like to do. Here we have an Erectopus. And yes, yes my friend did choose this dinosaur just for the name.

Erectopus

(E-rekt-oh-pus)(Early Cretaceous Period)

Inspired by Fox colors and patterns.

This piece is part of a project that fell through, the "ABC of Dinosaurs", where I illustrated a selection of extinct animals, some famous, others less well known in fanciful depictions. I do not claim full realism, only giving my take on one of my greatest passions in life.

Hey palaeoblr! Dino March Madness is back and you know what that means: I get crazy passionate about a theropod!

As most of you probably remember, I campaigned hard for Allosaurus last time, and with your help it managed to get an absolute ridiculously large amount of votes! Now this year a relative of our beloved Allosaurus is running, Erectopus superbus, and they need your help.

You may recognize Erectopus because it’s been my icon on tumblr for ages (it’s even part of the inspiration for my URL), however in general it’s not a very well known dinosaur, even with such a... phallic name. Hailing from Early Cretaceous France, Erectopus is on the smaller side (estimated at around 400lbs) and is known from fragmentary remains.

Now here’s where you all come in, we’re only in the preliminary stage but your votes still matter so so much.

So go forth and vote! Vote for Erectopus superbus! Give it the chance at recognition it deserves!

Erectopus

Erectopus — базальний алозавроїдний теропод з нижньої крейди (129,4—93,5 млн років тому) Франції. Етимологія назви заснована на будові кісток ноги: лат. erectus – “прямий” та др.-грец. pous – “ступня”. Видова назва одного з видів лат. superbus означає “гордий”.

Повний текст на сайті "Вимерлий світ":

https://extinctworld.in.ua/erectopus/