The Most Accurate Ankylosaur Ever Reconstructed?

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  @alioramus1637 · 3 years ago

  The fact that borealopelta was countershaded shows how much pressure it was under from predators despite all it's armor.

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  @Slowly_decaying_in_time · 3 years ago

  I saw this dinosaur in person, and it was incredible. It looked like it was a sleeping animal, covered in dust. And the wires that showed the rest of the body was a beautiful addition.

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• AL

  @Alfonso88279 · 3 years ago

  This fossil is breathtaking. A window to a different time of the world.

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• GA

  @gauravvj1090 · 3 years ago

  I always think of how many Fossil we have destroyed through mining where we might have over looked something incredible and destroyed it, feels really lucky to see something this incredibly preserved

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• DO

  @dont-hurt-me2519 · 3 years ago

  Please consider continuing this &quot;Most Accurate...Ever Reconstructed&quot; Series!!!<br><br>If you&apos;d like suggestions, here are a few:<br>-Pterosaurs<br>-Marine Reptiles such as Ichthyosaurs, Plesiosaurs &amp; Mosasaurs<br>-Small Invertebrates that got trapped/fossilized in Amber<br>-Feathered Theropods such as Archaeopteryx, Incayaku the Penguin or the ones from the various formations in the Liaoning Province of China (i.e. Anchiornis, Sinosauropteryx, Microraptor, Beipiaosaurus, etc.)<br>-Mammals of the Ice Age that were preserved as frozen carcasses and/or featured in cave art

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• RA

  @rabidspatula1013 · 3 years ago

  Seeing boreapelta in person at the Royal Terrel is something else. Its an incredible specimin in a truly world class institution. Well worth visiting!

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• AL

  @alisav8394 · 3 years ago

  That&apos;s a great idea for a series! I knew about borealopelta but not about psittacosaurus. My next suggestion would be the foot of that duck-billed dinosaur.

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• JE

  @jellybingey2850 · 3 years ago

  I remember seeing about this as a kid in some paleo news article and thinking that we were going to finally bring dinosaurs back from the dead

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• AL

  @AlmightyRawks · 3 years ago

  I have lived most of my life assuming we would never truly know what dinosaurs and ancient creatures looked like. Just artist interpretations. Then we began to calculate muscle and build based on walking patterns. Then we found specimens like this, ridiculously well preserved. And now we are finding out what colors they had. And even the behavior that goes along with it. It&apos;s mind boggling how much research gets done to bring us this information. Thank you for sharing it! <br><br>Bonus: and may all this information about accurate reconstruction inspire even more artistic expression! Without the paleo artists we wouldn&apos;t even know where to begin. &lt;3

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• EV

  @evelynlamoy · 3 years ago

  Also worth noting, countershading may have given them better survival odds during youth, before reaching the size needed to defend themselves properly. So it may not actually be something thats important to them as adults, just a holdover from when they were young, and countershading would have greatly aided survival.

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• AC

  @aceundead4750 · 3 years ago

  Any number of the small feathered dinosaurs out of China would be fun to see you cover if you do continue this series.

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• MI

  @Mikailodon · 3 years ago

  I love ankylosaurs so much

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