The Sauropod Club
This was another drawing where my decision to use a sketchpad limited my illustration options. Instead of showing a full Shunosaurus lurching forward on one page or bestriding two, I chose to draw two partially-concealed individuals in order to highlight the animal's odd extremities.
This sauropod is one of a handful known to have had tail clubs. Each of these animals lived during the mid-to-late Jurassic and all but one were native to modern-day China (the exception being Spinophorosaurus, from Niger). It would have been especially useful for Shunosaurus, which as adults grew only about 30 ft in length and a few tons in weight -- not a whole lot bigger than some of the local predatory dinosaurs.
This was another drawing where my decision to use a sketchpad limited my illustration options. Instead of showing a full Shunosaurus lurching forward on one page or bestriding two, I chose to draw two partially-concealed individuals in order to highlight the animal's odd extremities.
This sauropod is one of a handful known to have had tail clubs. Each of these animals lived during the mid-to-late Jurassic and all but one were native to modern-day China (the exception being Spinophorosaurus, from Niger). It would have been especially useful for Shunosaurus, which as adults grew only about 30 ft in length and a few tons in weight -- not a whole lot bigger than some of the local predatory dinosaurs.
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