Aralosaurus tuberiferus by EmperorDinobot

Aralosaurus tuberiferus by EmperorDinobot

Aralosaurus lived in what is now Kazakhstan of Borat fame. This place looks like an awesome place for dinosaurs.
It's very similar to Lophorhoton, Gryposaurus, Kritosaurus and so on.

Maleiva Featured By Owner Apr 5, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

buen trabajo

EmperorDinobot Featured By Owner Apr 19, 2011

gracias

Dilong-paradoxus Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Nice. The forelimbs seem a little thin and long to me...I haven't seen a skeleton of this though, so that might be correct.

EmperorDinobot Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011

No skeleton. So who knows or cares lol

Dilong-paradoxus Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011 Hobbyist Photographer

Perfect.

EmperorDinobot Featured By Owner Apr 3, 2011

I know it's genius.

Kairu-Hakubi Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I guarantee its mouth goes BWAWWWK

EmperorDinobot Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011

It's been in the literature for quite some time. Since 1968 actually.

TheArchosaurQueen Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Very nice ED

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Granted, herbivorous animals in general don't usually get the spot-lite like carnivores do, but I cant remember hearing/seeing this Hadrosauroid's name before. Is it knew

Pristichampsus Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011 Professional General Artist

Also, I read Czerkas saying that the nose "bump" on gryposaurs may be the base for a nasal horn like those of some iguanas.

EmperorDinobot Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011

Interesting supposition. Its bump is very pronounced, and sort of sharp towards the back. The bump for other gryposaurs is solid and very round. But really I'd not classify it as a lambeosaurine. GP says it's synonymous with all other gryposaurs (Kritosaurus, Aralosaaurus, Gryposaurus, etc being all the same thing), and to be honest, I've always had a hard time distinguishing Kritosaurus from Gryposaurus. Aralosaurus, however, is quite obviously something different.

Pristichampsus Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011 Professional General Artist

yeah.

I really want to see a basal lambeosaur with an incipient crest.

EmperorDinobot Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011

I still don't think this is a lambeosaur.

Pristichampsus Featured By Owner Apr 2, 2011 Professional General Artist

fine, by all means, no argumemt. I mean, ultimately, the crested hadrosaurines seem to perhaps foreshadow what basal crested lambeosaurines looked like. Combine the nasal baloon of a kritosaur with the spike of a saurolophine, run the sinuses along it, and BAM, you've got a lambeosaur.