SARMIENTOSAURUS MUSSACCHIOI

LAGARTO DE SARMIENTO (PUEBLO) EN HONOR A MUSSACCHIO

Tenía grandes órbitas oculares, lo que significa que puede haber tenido mejor vista que otros titanosaurios.

Basándose en el oído interno y el tendón osificado del cuello, Sarmientosaurus muy probablemente mantenía su cabeza y cuello hacia abajo.

Esta postura implica que Sarmientosaurus puede haber consumido principalmente vegetación baja en comparación con otros saurópodos.

Estas adaptaciones le permitían convivir a varias especies de herbívoros, sin competir por el alimento.

Los labios gruesos sujetaban las hojas duras de las coníferas, mientras los dientes las arrancaban, a modo de rastrillo.

La recreación, a 1/3 del tamaño real, lo muestra comiendo vegetación, que sería la mayor parte de su día.

HABITÓ: Santa Cruz / Chubut (Patagonia)

HACE: 100 -89 millones de años (Cretácico)

ES UN: Saurópodo, Titanosáurido

MEDÍA: 12 m de largo x 4 m de altura

PESABA: 10 toneladas

Last year I did two works with sauropodomorphs in a black ballpoint pen (mostly).

The "prosauropod" Riojasaurus incertus is menacingly approaching two young coelophysoids Powellvenator podocitus, who are in a hurry to get out of the way of a large dinosaur. Late Triassic (Norian) of the Los Colorados formation, Argentina. In this work, I decided to try another type of texture with a ballpoint pen, hatching, in a reptile with small scales. In the process, I had to face difficulties and resort to white gouache for corrections (however, as usual), but in the end it turned out well. :)

The next episode of Dinosaurs Lately, is up - see what's been published on the titanosaurs, lately.

Sarmientosaurus!

I’m starting off Dinovember a little late this year but now that school’s done I finally have the time to just sit down and draw dinosaur, so that’s what I’m gonna do! I didn’t get the chance to do Inktober either so I’m kinda combining the two, so it’s Dinovember but I’m also drawing them with pen and copics, and using the Inktober prompts that @lewisandquark generated using a neural network AI! I find some of the official prompt lists kinda boring but how could you go wrong with prompts like “knife-wrestling scream”, “hidden old man”, “profane words”, and “sqeakchugger”? So without further ado, here are my first four Dinovember/Inktober drawings!

Day 1, Prickly Skeleton: An emaciated carcass of a Sauropelta from the previous dry season lies on the floodplain as the waters of the wet season begin to rise.

Day 2, Water Discovery: A curious Umoonasaurus finds the skull of a megaraptoran hidden in the water weeds. I’m pretty sure I messed up the sizes on this one I’m sorry, but I am proud of the underwater effect!

Day 3, Bone Familiar: A baby Sarmientosaurus stumbles across the huge skull of an adult of its own species. This first set turned out to be very skeleton-heavy.

Named Sarmientosaurus musacchioi, this new dinosaur not only hung its head like a gigantic Eeyore but also has a rare claim to fame.

Sarmientosaurus musacchioi

Artwork by Joschua Knüppe

It had a small brain, but its massive eye sockets indicated a sharp vision, a unique discovery among the sauropods. Due to their gigantic size, sauropods are rarely preserved and found as a complete animal.

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