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Manuelsaurus — Majungasaurus Male
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your quite welcome
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Interesting, but pretty odd...
The body seems hardly balanced byt the tail, and the rear legs not strong enough to carry it all...
Just googled some more, and there are various interpretations for the member disposition and balance:
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– The skull and vertebrae were very pneumatic (O’Connor & Claessens 2005, O’Connor 2007): amphibious or aquatic birds always – so far as I know – have strongly reduced pneumaticity compared to their terrestrial relatives.
– How did Majungasaurus balance its long thorax and neck, given that they ‘look’ so much weightier than the tail? I hypothesise that the large caudofemoral muscles would have made the tail relatively heavy compared to the long trunk (I am aware of unpublished data which shows that this was the case in some sauropods, and I think it’s reasonable to think that it was in ‘big-tailed’ theropods too).
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All the same, an unusual theropod
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Yes, true, that is a very strange and nice theropod.
I think it must have had a great caudofemoralis like the carnotaurus, that would help balance the body
Possibly would balance the body, thanks to large cavities in chest and neck and respiratory system.
I have to check the legs and proportions
Thank you very much for the info
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There is also one hypothesis about it being aquatic (and pushing with his legs?), which indeed suits well the look you gave him.
But the overall structure of the body gives no evidence it.
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Did not know the hypotheses that could be aquatic. It seems strange, but could be.
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Check this one about the aquatic hypothesis:
scienceblogs.com/tetrapodzoolo…
and also this one on DA (!) about the proportions:
scotthartman.deviantart.com/ar…
the final result seems betteer balanced.
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Yes, the truth that I made him the biggest head. I have reviewed the proportions and have more balanced.
Always use reference work Scott Hartman. This time I forgot to review the model.
I've done some rework on the head, legs and tail
Thanks for your help and info
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Right, and with a highly pneumatic front part of the body, it will be better balanced.
All the same, one wonders about the ecosystem it would fit into.
It looks adapted to be as low as possible, maybe to hide among high grass or bushes?
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It seems designed to lead to very low body height, could hide crouched in the grass.
With that design could be adapted to subject the victim to the ground, holding it with the jaws.
The elongated body as low and would help him take down easily.
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Yes. Unusual adaptation anyway
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