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Post by ichthyostega on Oct 24, 2011 18:23:51 GMT
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Post by neurotic on Oct 24, 2011 18:38:51 GMT
The best defense is a good offense.
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Post by stemturtle on Oct 24, 2011 18:50:01 GMT
Desmatosuchus was tossed into the air by Postosuchus. The illustration by Douglas Henderson can be found in “Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Life in the Triassic,” by Nicholas Fraser, 2006, p. 151. |
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Post by stoneage on Oct 24, 2011 19:32:27 GMT
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Post by stoneage on Oct 24, 2011 19:36:19 GMT
Desmatosuchus was tossed into the air by Postosuchus. The illustration by Douglas Henderson can be found in “Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Life in the Triassic,” by Nicholas Fraser, 2006, p. 151. I don't think Postosuchus could throw Desmatosuchus in the air like that. It's much to heavy. |
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Post by Seijun on Oct 24, 2011 19:48:48 GMT
The best defense is a good offense. ;D |
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Post by stemturtle on Oct 24, 2011 19:58:00 GMT
Yes, an adult Desmatosuchus would be too heavy. The aetosaur is only half-grown. See ”Dawn of the Dinosaurs, The Triassic in Petrified Forest,” by R. Long and R. Houk, 1988, p. 49.
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Post by ichthyostega on Oct 24, 2011 21:17:20 GMT
Yes maybe it's falling.. that's the only think I can say about it... Whatever he's doing, it's WEIRD. Am I the only one who's thinking that? And if you zoom in, it looks lije he has 3 legs.  |
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Post by Seijun on Oct 24, 2011 21:58:04 GMT
You might only have three legs too if you were in the habit of jumping out of trees onto postosuchus backs.
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Post by arioch on Oct 24, 2011 23:14:23 GMT
Judging by the pose, seems like it stomped the phytosaur with the head! not very realistic but cool nonetheless.
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Post by DeadToothCrackKnuckle on Oct 25, 2011 2:15:10 GMT
I guess Desmatosuchuses are related to lemmings ;D
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Post by Libraraptor on Oct 25, 2011 9:21:03 GMT
I was irritated by the pic myself when I saw it the first time three years ago. I always thought the Postosuchus slapped the Desmatosuchus with the head, so that the latter was being threwn in the air. I don´t think it fell like an arrow. Maybe we should ask Mr. Henderson himself. Maybe someone here has contact?
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Post by simon on Oct 25, 2011 14:43:50 GMT
I was irritated by the pic myself when I saw it the first time three years ago. I always thought the Postosuchus slapped the Desmatosuchus with the head, so that the latter was being threwn in the air. I don´t think it fell like an arrow. Maybe we should ask Mr. Henderson himself. Maybe someone here has contact? My initial impression is that the Dermatosuchus was hiding from the predator, but as the Postosuchus got close, it "wet its britches", then slipped off the branch ... |
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Post by jhudstone on Oct 25, 2011 15:42:27 GMT
I believe the Dermatosuchus was attempting to imitate a branch by hanging from the log, then realized it didn't have a prehensile tail.
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Post by stemturtle on Oct 25, 2011 17:27:57 GMT
I believe the Dermatosuchus was attempting to imitate a branch by hanging from the log, then realized it didn't have a prehensile tail. No one has commented that Desmatosuchus lived in the UPPER Triassic  . It might help to understand the intention of the artist to look at the picture while covering up the overhead logs. Any illustration that can excite so many comments is clearly a success. |
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Post by paleoferroequine on Oct 25, 2011 18:05:33 GMT
I have that same picture in "Dinosaurs A Global View" by Czerkas revised 1995. The caption says "While battling its prey, a Postosuchus hurls a juvenile armoured aetosaur, Desmatosuchus, high over its back." Both are found in Garza county, Texas and are Norian in age
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Post by neurotic on Oct 25, 2011 20:03:20 GMT
It might help to understand the intention of the artist to look at the picture while covering up the overhead logs. Any illustration that can excite so many comments is clearly a success. Is there really someone who has problem to understand the picture after reading its description?  |
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Post by weaver on Oct 26, 2011 4:29:04 GMT
It's weird. I have to admit that a day later I'm still going, 'Huh?' The details are beautiful but again it is a weird illustration. The artist is very good and I like the piece but it's weird.
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Post by ichthyostega on Oct 26, 2011 8:32:10 GMT
It's weird. I have to admit that a day later I'm still going, 'Huh?' The details are beautiful but again it is a weird illustration. The artist is very good and I like the piece but it's weird. Same here |
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Post by takama on Nov 7, 2011 23:27:47 GMT
I just took this as a silly cartoon
where a baby Drasmatosuchus pretends to be his favorite hero and tries to do a nosedive on the predator.
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. It might help to understand the intention of the artist to look at the picture while covering up the overhead logs. Any illustration that can excite so many comments is clearly a success.
