#Gigantoraptor

[fossillad123]

[ G - Raptor ]

" High LP and Auto-Life Recovery allows G - Raptor to compete with the big leagues. Also, a natural at stealing FP and scaring foes. "

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

Results from the Flocking #paleostream Gigantoraptor, Micropachycephalosaurus, Parvancorina and Cymbospondylus.

[dragonthunders01]

The gentlemen's featherless theropods, in front Argentavis, followed by Therizinosaurus, Gigantoraptor and Utahraptor.

Often we reconstruct them by default with feathers to some degree, this was mostly done in this way because I wanted to understand better their anatomy, they all are plucked.

[percivalias]

The Maniraptoran Alphabet (Part 2)

Part 2 of my dinosaur alphabet! A lot of super interesting species in this batch. I find it very amusing that Halszkaraptor is pretty much just an extra long duck... convergent evolution is wild.

[theantiazdarcho]

Gigantoraptor in a Gingko Forest

[dinobeates]

I will be participating in a #Dinovember Prompt List this year! My current plan is to make one chibi-ish design a day to sell as an adoptable, which can be claimed on my Telegram art channel, my FurAffinity, my Instagram, or my BlueSky.

Prompt List: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBrsoNsMfRC/

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Day 14: Turkey Gigantoraptor Claim: $10 [comment or message to claim]

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

Trick or treat :D

Gigantoraptor!

[drawolfknight]

[Before the storm] - Sky's journey -

My Ark OC in Ragnarok, the beginning of her story

[shoguns-second]

Various Dino things from the past few weeks as me and @speromintpatty are making a Dino island set in One Piece~

The red Gigantoraptor is my sona for this setting The T.Rex with him is my wife's

Sweeney is a struthiomimus

The green S.Rex is my lovely Spitz

And lastly the I.Rex ripping the tail is her oc~ Guava 💜

[saritapaleo]

Now that I’ve introduced the major groups of Oviraptorosaurs (oviraptorids, caenognathids, and outliers), we can begin to talk about their diversity. And we simply must begin with the largest oviraptorosaur: the truly gigantic caenognathid Gigantoraptor erlianensis.

Gigantoraptor was 8 metres (26 ft) long and weighed around 2 metric tons. Unusual for giant theropods, it also had long limbs, with both its tibia and femur measuring over 1 m (3.3 ft) long. Giant ovoraptorosaurian eggs have been found that were likely laid by Gigantoraptor or similar, yet unknown giant caenognathids. These eggs were placed in a ring around their nest, with no eggs in the center, likely to mimimize the chance of the parents crushing their own eggs under their weight. Gigantoraptor’s toothless, shearing beak indicates a herbivorous or omnivorous diet, similar to other oviraptorosaurs, however it could have also engaged in carnivory occasionally. And who would stop it?

Living in the Iren Dabasu Formation of Late Cretaceous Mongolia, Gigantoraptor was one of the largest dinosaurs in its humid, floodplain, river valley habitat. The largest predator (that has been found so far) was the tyrannosauroid Alectrosaurus, a 5 to 6 meter (16 to 20 ft) long pursuit predator that was probably about as tall as a human. If Alectrosaurus had any hope of catching a Gigantoraptor, it would have had to hunt in a group and target young and weak individuals. But there were plenty of other species they could have hunted, most of them far easier prey than Gigantoraptor. These could have included the ornithopods Bactrosaurus and Gilmoreosaurus and the speedy ornithomimosaur Archaeornithomimus. Other, smaller, oviraptorosaurs lived alongside Gigantoraptor, including the caenognathid Caenagnathasia and indeterminate avimimids. The therizinosauroids Erliansaurus and Neimongosaurus would have also shared the habitat. The only thing larger than Gigantoraptor in the Iren Dabasu Formation was the 9 meter (30 ft) long titanosaur Sonidosaurus.

While Gigantoraptor is the largest oviraptorosaur I’ll be covering, other giant species did exist. Giant oviraptorosaur nests and eggs have been found in multiple formations, including within North America, but the remains of adults have yet to be found…

This art may be used for educational purposes, with credit, but please contact me first for permission before using my art. I would like to know where and how it is being used. If you don’t have something to add that was not already addressed in this caption, please do not repost this art. Thank you!

[rem26-art]

Vestia Zeta riding a Gigantoraptor

Happy Birthday, Chief!!!! I know she likes dinosaurs a lot so I made this. It's totally not to scale and I'm just gonna assume this thing had feathers

[troythecatfish]

[jonahs-arks]

Got myself a Gigantoraptor! First time taming one of these guys and they're fun! A tad annoying, but super fun ^^

One of my new favourite mounts, honestly

[fangtalksdragons]

Woops leave it to little ol me to forget to post last Fridays #paleostream

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Micropachycephalosaurus

Parvancorina

Cymbospondylus

[impulseimpact]

SPREEM TIME, time for critters

[bewareofjabberwock]

I've been on suuuuch a dinosaur kick lately Help

I hate this about my brain but oh well. It's less stressful than not having a current fixation unfortunately enough!