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TrefRex — Walking with Dinosaurs: Tupandactylus

Published: 2016-11-24 04:12:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 18025; Favourites: 212; Downloads: 0
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Description Tupandactylus navigans
Named by David Martil and colleagues, 2003 (Originally Tapejara)
Diet: Probably herbivore/frugivore (Fruit-eater)
Type: Tapejaromorpha (Tapejarid) Pterodactyloid pterosaur
Size: 16.5 feet (5 meter) wingspan
Region: South America (Brazil)
Age: Early Cretaceous (120 to 112 million BC; Aptian to Early Aptian)
Enemies: Ground-dwelling theropod dinosaurs such as an unnamed spinosaurid that's known only from teeth remains found in the Crato Formation, Brazil
Episode: Giant of the Skies (as Tapejara)
Info: This bizarre Brazilian pterosaur had a large, fan-like crest on its head that was most likely brightly colored to attract members of the opposite sex and ward off rival males. While its unknown what the feeding strategies of Tupandactylus and other tapejarid pterosaurs were, some believe that it ate fruit of the Early Cretaceous plants as their toothless beaks were more suited to it.

Note: Based on an illustration by Mark P. Witton. Flight version based on a 3-D model of it (3.bp.blogspot.com/-dU9cc2eB86M… )

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Comments: 53

multidinoguy [2016-12-15 17:49:40 +0000 UTC]

Hi again pal. I was wondering that maybe you can do Ornithocheirus for my Birthday instead of T-Rex. Sound like a plan? Please be sure to let me know. Thanks!  

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TrefRex In reply to multidinoguy [2016-12-16 02:26:25 +0000 UTC]

Yeah that sounds like a plan! I'll try 'cause its busy! Anyways happy birthday!

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multidinoguy In reply to TrefRex [2016-12-16 02:28:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Pal!

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Tigon1Monster [2016-12-08 23:47:01 +0000 UTC]

How come you haven't replied to me?

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TrefRex In reply to Tigon1Monster [2016-12-09 01:35:58 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, it was 'cause I'm busy, lazy, and it was my birthday recently!

Yes I know what an actual Tapejara and Ornithocheirus is, but I'm requested to do these kinds of pterosaurs!

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Tigon1Monster In reply to TrefRex [2016-12-10 00:40:53 +0000 UTC]

Sorry. Didn't know it was your birthday. People have to know what the true crest of Tapejara looks like. Also an updated look for Ornithocherius.

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Atlantis536 In reply to Tigon1Monster [2017-09-19 23:58:31 +0000 UTC]

What if they don't care about prehistoric life at all? Do they really need to know that a rather obscure, frugivorous, South American flying reptile really looked like ?

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Tigon1Monster In reply to Atlantis536 [2017-09-20 00:17:09 +0000 UTC]

No. This what the crest looked like. dl.airtable.com/5DCAhKRnSuuRvB…

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SonicZilla150 [2016-12-06 01:25:06 +0000 UTC]

A question: Do you think you can also do Walking with Beasts and Monsters creatures too? After you're finished with WWD, of course.

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TrefRex In reply to SonicZilla150 [2016-12-06 15:22:58 +0000 UTC]

Well... Yeah I will

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ninjakingofhearts [2016-11-27 17:55:02 +0000 UTC]

After the Ornithocheirus you have creaturews from Land of Giants that are Pteranodon, Giganotosaurus, Argentinosaurus, Sarcosuchus and Iguanodon(outh American).

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TrefRex In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2016-11-27 20:01:41 +0000 UTC]

Well actually after the next pterosaur, there's Sarcosuchus as well as two Nigerian dinosaurs (Suchomimus and Ouranosaurus), the Austalian dinosaurs (such as Leallynasaura, Muttaburrasaurus, etc.) and animals, and then the South American giants like Giganotosaurus, Mapusaurus, and Argentinosaurus

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ninjakingofhearts In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-27 20:04:49 +0000 UTC]

You forgot Austravenator the dwarf Allosaur.

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TrefRex In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2016-11-27 20:16:25 +0000 UTC]

I know! That too

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ninjakingofhearts In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-27 20:23:15 +0000 UTC]

Along with Steropodon and those pterasaurs from Spirits of the Ice Forest.

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TrefRex In reply to ninjakingofhearts [2016-11-27 21:13:35 +0000 UTC]

Yes that! Not to mention Pterodaustro from Wonderbook video game

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Tigon1Monster [2016-11-27 12:53:56 +0000 UTC]

Wait! What about drawing the true Tapejara and Ornithocheirus?

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ThalassoAtrox [2016-11-26 22:47:21 +0000 UTC]

I think only Tupandactylus imperator had a 5 m wingspan , navigans would have been  smaller.

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PCAwesomeness In reply to ThalassoAtrox [2016-11-30 01:52:45 +0000 UTC]

That's what I thought when making my 4th episode as well.

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TrefRex In reply to ThalassoAtrox [2016-11-26 22:53:15 +0000 UTC]

How big?

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ThalassoAtrox In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-26 22:55:54 +0000 UTC]

Around 3 m I think.

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TrefRex In reply to ThalassoAtrox [2016-11-27 00:20:40 +0000 UTC]

Ok

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grisador [2016-11-25 10:59:43 +0000 UTC]

Nice !

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PCAwesomeness [2016-11-24 15:42:52 +0000 UTC]

Nice!

(I do like T.imperator a lot more, though)

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TrefRex In reply to PCAwesomeness [2016-11-24 15:56:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I admit that I like that species a lot more too!

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PCAwesomeness In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 15:57:42 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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54godamora [2016-11-24 14:54:15 +0000 UTC]

i thought the females had much shorter crests

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animalman57 In reply to 54godamora [2016-12-18 07:10:00 +0000 UTC]

There is no evidence of that so far.

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TrefRex In reply to 54godamora [2016-11-24 14:57:51 +0000 UTC]

Left is the original version and the right is the updated version

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54godamora In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 15:38:18 +0000 UTC]

i vividly remeber the crests looking like the keel of a boat

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TrefRex In reply to 54godamora [2016-11-24 15:42:12 +0000 UTC]

I think you're talking about the difference between two species of the genus: T. imperator and T. navigans (Shown)

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54godamora In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 15:51:49 +0000 UTC]

can i get an image of both so i can get a better understanding, please?

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TrefRex In reply to 54godamora [2016-11-24 15:54:42 +0000 UTC]

Sure:

T. navigans (upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia… )
T. imperator (upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia… )

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54godamora In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 16:04:40 +0000 UTC]

i see.

also, we both have the same avatar which is cool

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TrefRex In reply to 54godamora [2016-11-24 16:06:35 +0000 UTC]

Yeah the tyrannosaurs from Death of the Dynasty WWD

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54godamora In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 16:07:43 +0000 UTC]

one request when you do make your version of that: a few feathers or none at all. and no full body coat of feathers please

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TrefRex In reply to 54godamora [2016-11-24 16:09:40 +0000 UTC]

What would that be? T. rex?

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54godamora In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 16:13:33 +0000 UTC]

yes the t-rex since i see no reason why something under the effects of gigantothermy would have feathers in an enviornment that is similar to the gulf states

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TrefRex In reply to 54godamora [2016-11-24 17:36:04 +0000 UTC]

Well most scientists believe that T. rex and other members of the tyrannosaurids (such as Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurus, Tarbosaurus, etc.) were covered in feathers based on the discovery of earlier tyrannosauroids such as Yutyrannus (the largest, non-avian theropod dinosaur) and Dilong from Liaoning China (Yixian Formation) and the fact that these theropod dinosaurs were members of the coelurosauria which includes mostly smaller, bird-like predatory dinosaurs and the ancestors of modern birds. However, there is evidence of skin impressions on other tyrannosaurids like Gorgosaurus, Daspletosaurus, and Tarbosaurus, as well as the Tyrannosaurus rex specimen (Wyrex). So its likely that T. rex and other tyrannosaurids were either scaly-skinned with feathery filaments or a mixture of both since yeah, they lived in warmer areas (its likely that the pygmy tyrannosaurid, Nanuqsaurus, from northern Alaska was covered in downy feathers as the area it lived in was much closer to the North Pole with winter lasting several months of total darkness, freezing winters, and heavy snow). If you wanna see the info about this, here's the design of the T. rex from the Saurian video game which I'm basing the updated WWD T. rex on: arvalis.deviantart.com/art/Sau… and arvalis.deviantart.com/art/Sau…

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54godamora In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 20:35:13 +0000 UTC]

too much feathers

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animalman57 [2016-11-24 07:56:05 +0000 UTC]

Great job.

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TrefRex In reply to animalman57 [2016-11-24 14:58:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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XiaolinDinoMaster [2016-11-24 05:22:21 +0000 UTC]

That's a magnificent design you gave it.

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TrefRex In reply to XiaolinDinoMaster [2016-11-24 14:58:07 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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XiaolinDinoMaster In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 15:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Next up is the king of the skies.

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tcr11050 [2016-11-24 04:44:18 +0000 UTC]

How do you know that Pterosaurs' hands on the wings pointed backwards when they walk?

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TrefRex In reply to tcr11050 [2016-11-24 15:16:21 +0000 UTC]

Well the illustration that I based on was shown like that and there's even fossil footprints of pterosaurs like that archosaurmusings.files.wordpre…

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tcr11050 In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 19:31:09 +0000 UTC]

Oh Luis Rey.

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TrefRex In reply to tcr11050 [2016-11-24 19:32:56 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I love Luis V. Rey, me and my good friend are fans of his work!

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tcr11050 In reply to TrefRex [2016-11-24 19:49:20 +0000 UTC]

You can see with some of mine I adopted his design idea for some of his dinosaurs.
Some based on his color schemes:
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Je…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Am…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/St…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Ma…

And these based oh how he uses the feathers, quills, fur on the dinosaurs:
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Al…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Cr…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Da…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Eo…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Or…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Le…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Ga…
tcr11050.deviantart.com/art/Fa…

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