RE: RAJASAURUS

["Todd Marshall" <toddsmarshall@earthlink.net>]

Hello  Richard and everyone,

Yes, I was some what repaired for such questions. PLEASE bear with me and my
limited vocabulary while I explain a couple of things (correctly I hope).
I'm not a great talker, I just draw little pictures for a living. So here is
goes...

I know my illustration of the animal looks very robust and stocky, but I've
asked Paul about every aspect of the skeletal structure that is know before
I headed into the illustration. The head of the tibia and the process (the
cnemial crest, I believe) is apparently very massive. While the rest of the
tibia is very robust and comparatively short to the femur's length. I was
also instructed that astragalus was also very wide and large. The Phalanx on
the pes are almost longer in width than they are in length. They are still
recurved, but all most hoof-like! Paul approved every aspect of the
illustration before I completed it.
http://www.marshalls-art.com/PaleoPages/Dinosaurs13.html

I know there will be other questions regarding the illustration, and please
shoot them off to me. I'll be happy to try to explain if I can. I also thank
Darren and Fam for the nice responses. And I also know I can't please
everyone as much as I would like too. =)

Thanks all and cheers,
Todd "Chach-kas Forever" Marshall
www.Marshalls-art.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu]On Behalf Of
Richard W Travsky
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 9:55 AM
To: dinosaur@usc.edu
Subject: Re: RAJASAURUS


On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 darren.naish@port.ac.uk wrote:
> I haven't seen anyone on-line yet mention _Rajasaurus
> narmadensis_, a new Indian abelisaur described by Sereno,
> Wilson et al. There's a story about it (with artwork by Todd
> Marshall) on the NG website. Don't know if the actual paper
> is out yet though - the article says this is due to appear in the
> August edition of _Contributions of the Museum of
> Paleontology of the University of Michigan_. Judging from
> the comments and Todd's restoration, _Rajasaurus_ appears
> to be related to carnotaurines, if not a member of that clade.
>
> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/08/0812_03
> 0812_indiadinosaur.html
>
> Oh, and well done Todd!

Good heavens, the legs are done thick thick thick.

They don't show a picture of the leg bones; is that restoration *really*
what it works out to be???