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masiakasaurus and scanners



Hey Everybody!

Quick Question:

Does anyone know what a good kind of scanner is? I'm asking because I have amassed a large about of recent dinosaur work and would like to put it on my site to get your all's opinion on it.

Real Post starts here!

I recently finished a drawing of Masiakasaurus knopfleri and I was wondering how many people have drawn this animal. I noticed drastic difference between Bill Parsons original drawing and the skeletal reconstruction by Matt Simmons. One is that Parsons' drawing has a larger series of teeth in the mandible and two is that Parsons' drawing gives the abelisaur large orbital bars. I remember from PDW that classic predatory dinosaurs aren't supposed to have the orbital bars seen in predatory birds.

Is it possible that Elaphrosaurus, Chuandongocoelurus (spell?), and Masiakasaurus form a clade within the Noasauridae, maybe a Masiakasaurinae or Elaphrosaurinae? I know that Mickey Mortimer suggested that the first two are closely related. Any one have an opinion on this?

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