Re: Speculative dino species

["aspidel" <aspidel@infonie.be>]

Daniel Bensen <dbensen@gotnet.net> wrote:

> Okay, I've stayed up far too late into the night, and put up a few rough
> sketches (and explainations) on the web.  These are all North American
> critters, because you have to start somewhere.
>
> http://members.gotnet.net/maier/Spec.html

Yeah, COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!

> Just a quick synopsis: For most of the Cenozoic, the large animals of
> North America were variations on familiar themes (tyrannosaurs,
> ceratopsians, hadrosaurs, etc.)  During the Ice Age, however, all of
> these dinosaurs (which had no downy coats) were squeezed down into the
> southern portions of North America, allowing the wolly therizinosaurs
> (re-colonizing America from Asia) to gain a foothold.

I guess therizinosaurs are dominating in Europe, too, with dromaeosaurs.
And what about Scipionyx?
And which big theropods?... Well, I'm gonna search...

I also imagine hypsilophodonts in the role of gazelles; I also imagine them
evolving into little species which live under the snow like some mice in
North Canada, and dromaeosaurs jumping to break the snow and catching them,
a bit like arctic foxes.
Remember WWD's antarctic scene featuring _Laellynasaura_!
Well, this reminds me... Migrations (like WWD's _Muttaburrasaurus_)...
Well..........

> I'm serious about people emailing me pictures (or me emailing somebody
> else pictures).  It'd be nice if we got some sort of consistancy out of
> this thing, and that'll be easier if all the pictures are in one place.

OK. I'll make some scenes when I get time.
Friendly - LJB.