Inaccurate paleoart as monsters.

Inaccurate paleoart as monsters. These demonic and wildly wrong quetzalcoatlus could be a good illustration of wyverns, dragons, or vrocks.


https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/quetzalcoatlus-the-evil-pin-headed-toothy-nightmare-monster-that-wants-to-eat-your-soul/

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  1. Paul VermerenFebruary 13, 2017 at 9:51 AM

    Dougal Dixon books were... odd.

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  2. Casey G.February 13, 2017 at 9:53 AM

    In a good way, I think. But these...Jeez. 😨

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  3. Paul VermerenFebruary 13, 2017 at 9:55 AM

    Casey G. I mostly remember him being absolutely fanatical about Tyrannosaurus being a fatassed lumbering scavenger, whose teeth would pop out of its skull if it tried biting anything that wasn't already rotten.

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  4. Paul VermerenFebruary 13, 2017 at 9:59 AM

    That one even made it into his The New Dinosaurs, where tyrannosaurs eventually evolve into two-legged fatassed lumbering scavengers called "gourmands."

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  5. Paul VermerenFebruary 13, 2017 at 10:27 AM

    One more thing: These weird Gorgosaurus (by Heilmann) would make pretty good monsters: lindahall.org

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  6. Jay ExonautsFebruary 13, 2017 at 10:51 AM

    You could make an entire monster manual from out-of-date or off-the-mark dinosaur illos!

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  7. Paul VermerenFebruary 13, 2017 at 10:54 AM

    Jay Exonauts The further back you go, the weirder they usually get.

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  8. Casey G.February 13, 2017 at 11:13 AM

    I've read After Man and Man After Man, but not New Dinosaurs. Talk about alternative Monster Manuals...

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  9. Paul VermerenFebruary 13, 2017 at 11:15 AM

    Casey G. The New Dinosaurs was already super wrong-headed when it came out in the 90s. I remember getting it for Christmas and thinking it was really weird how Dixon gave all the dinosaurs fur. Because the idea of them having feathers was obviously nonsense.

    Still, some cool-looking monsters in there, for sure.

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  10. Larry LadeFebruary 13, 2017 at 11:17 AM

    I'm pretty sure Caucasian Jesus rides this demonic quetzalcoatlus into battle.

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  11. Casey G.February 13, 2017 at 6:45 PM

    sivatherium.narod.ru - Dougal Dixon "The New Dinosaurs"
    Ah ha. All of The New Dinosaurs.

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