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for those who have been watching me for a while know I have a thing with making various clips into creatures (like with Serpulace and Mouclap )

Anyways, my younger sister had been given a whole bunch of different hairpins, and I had been tossing around the idea for a while, so I thought it was a good time to try and sketch out some species concepts. Oh and Lugia wing for bonus

These are not Pokemon, they are meant to be non-magical tetrapods that lived in the early Triassic. They were relatively small and had anatomy that superficially resembled that of modern birds. Despite the avian appearance, they are more closely related to Pseudosuchia than other Archosaurs. Unlike birds and the extinct pterosaurs, their bones (other than their sporty crests) were not pneumatized (hollow). Instead, they were extremely long and thin, like that of modern bats. Their legs were unusually long, but were slender and lacked any form of grasping capabilities, lightening the load. Most sported large horns on the snout, and are thought to have aided in display. the largest flying species, Papiliocresta maximus (top left), had the largest crest, which superficially resembled large butterfly wings. The shape suggests that it may have actually been aerodynamically beneficial, able to generate lift enough lift to cancel out its own weight. Another unusual feature is a locking tooth on the upper mandible that hooks into a hole on the lower jaw. This locking mechanism is thought to have aided in grasping struggling prey. More primitive forms have two separate teeth, but as time went on these teeth gradually fused into one.

I am a christian, but I also enjoy thinking about how things could fit together both via creation AND evolution. Plus "because he felt like it" is kinda boring...

Description
for those who have been watching me for a while know I have a thing with making various clips into creatures (like with Serpulace and Mouclap )

Anyways, my younger sister had been given a whole bunch of different hairpins, and I had been tossing around the idea for a while, so I thought it was a good time to try and sketch out some species concepts. Oh and Lugia wing for bonus

These are not Pokemon, they are meant to be non-magical tetrapods that lived in the early Triassic. They were relatively small and had anatomy that superficially resembled that of modern birds. Despite the avian appearance, they are more closely related to Pseudosuchia than other Archosaurs. Unlike birds and the extinct pterosaurs, their bones (other than their sporty crests) were not pneumatized (hollow). Instead, they were extremely long and thin, like that of modern bats. Their legs were unusually long, but were slender and lacked any form of grasping capabilities, lightening the load. Most sported large horns on the snout, and are thought to have aided in display. the largest flying species, Papiliocresta maximus (top left), had the largest crest, which superficially resembled large butterfly wings. The shape suggests that it may have actually been aerodynamically beneficial, able to generate lift enough lift to cancel out its own weight. Another unusual feature is a locking tooth on the upper mandible that hooks into a hole on the lower jaw. This locking mechanism is thought to have aided in grasping struggling prey. More primitive forms have two separate teeth, but as time went on these teeth gradually fused into one.

I am a christian, but I also enjoy thinking about how things could fit together both via creation AND evolution. Plus "because he felt like it" is kinda boring...