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Published: 2017-04-11 01:57:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 3973; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 0
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Description A titanic Duck-Billed Goliath from the Late Cretaceous of Montana and Canada, Edmontotitan was among the largest members of its family, measuring 45 feet long, standing over 30 feet tall, and weighing in at over 15 tons. Coexisting with the likes of Manospondylus and Dynamosaurus, these immense herbivores relied on their powerful beaked jaws and tails for defense, both of which they could swing about to devastating effect.

Priaposauron was an inhabitant of Late Cretaceous China that measured roughly 35 feet long and 23 feet tall, where it used its long central horn to gore would-be predators and duel over mates. The two inflatable frog-like sacs flanking the horns are believed to have been brightly colored - they're typically depicted as blue for males and red for females.

Casuarisaurus was native to Eastern North America during the Late Cretaceous Period, where it grew to over 30 feet long and 25 feet tall, moving in herds of anywhere from 80 to 200 individuals. Their crests were made out of solid bone, and are believed to have been primarily used for defensive heabutting and for display - males had larger ones than females.

Gigavocalisaurus was a 25-foot-long inhabitant of Late Cretaceous central Asia, where it used its large frog-like throat sac to create loud booming calls to others of their kind that would probably cause brain damage in a human being at point blank range. They were fairly low-slung animals, standing mostly horizontal unlike their other relatives with a definite 'stoop' in their posture, their knuckles almost dragging on the ground like their tails did.

Cuchulhainasaura was a fairly large Duck-Billed Goliath from Mid-Cretaceous Ireland measuring over 35 feet long and weighing more than eight tons, which, unlike most of its relatives, was fully capable of combatting carnivorous retrosaurs on their own terms. Its crest was solid and ridged with bone for use as a bludgeoning weapon, its tail was lined with retractable blades like those of a surgeonfish, its hind legs had cassowary-like claws on the feet for a vicious kick, and its hands sported a vicious curved blade-like talon on each thumb that measured nearly half a meter long in some individuals.

Acutacrista was a fairly common herd-dwelling herbivore measuring roughly 36 feet long and standing about 14 feet tall at the shoulder from all across Late Cretaceous North America, where it moved in herds numbering in the hundreds of animals. Having the same 'stooped' posture as the closely related Gigavocalisaurus of Asia, it's believed that these two were closely related species; unlike the Gigavocalisaurus, however, Acutacrista sported a razor-sharp two-pronged crest used to slash and gore both competitors of its own species and would-be predators.



Edmontotitan is based on Edmontosaurus and Anatotitan.

Priaposauron is based on Tsintaosaurus, and was basically my excuse to cram in as many dick jokes as I possibly could.

Casuarisaurus is another Corythosaurus expy, but in Appalachia, a location that's actually very poorly understood in our own timeline's fossil record.

Gigavocalisaurus is based off of Saurolophus, as well as various depictions of duckbills with fleshy tissues used in broadcasting their calls. Its posture is based off of how older hadrosaur depictions are sometimes shown in a weird stooping horizontal pose, almost like kangaroos at rest.

Cuchulhainnasaura is based upon Parasaurolophus, specifically their carnivorous depiction in Dinosaurs Attack! and the brawling version of Fossil Fighters, as well as Iguanodon itself and the legend of Cuchulhain, a giant warrior from Irish mythology. I basically wanted a Duck-Bill that was sick and tired of the True Tyrants' bullshit and decided to fight back.

Acutacrista is yet another Parasaurolophus expy, and is partially based upon one of 's entries in the 100 Creatures Challenge for COW; specifically, the Hadrosore from this piece.
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Crumpscringly08 [2024-07-16 05:36:25 +0000 UTC]

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DinoBrian47 [2017-09-13 16:22:05 +0000 UTC]

Priaposauron = "Priapus lizard"?

Edmontotitan = "giant from Edmonton"

Casuarisaurus = "cassowary lizard"

Gigavocalisaurus = "giant-voiced lizard"

Cuchulhainnasaura = "Cuchulhain lizard"

Acutacrista = "acute crest"

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Lediblock2 In reply to DinoBrian47 [2017-09-13 17:06:51 +0000 UTC]

Got 'em all right!

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DinoBrian47 [2017-04-11 19:43:25 +0000 UTC]

Geez, many of your interpretations of the Duck-Billed Goliath clade of retrosaurs make my Telmatosetes seem weak and cowardly in comparison! I suppose not all herbivores simply retreated at the first sight of predators.

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Lediblock2 In reply to DinoBrian47 [2017-04-11 23:01:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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DinoHunter2 [2017-04-11 02:28:37 +0000 UTC]

Ah yes, Acutacrista does look familiar! Neat!

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Lediblock2 In reply to DinoHunter2 [2017-04-11 13:34:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, man! I always liked the design, and I figured that this would be the best place to homage it.

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