Re: Eofauna Scientific Research - New for 2025

[Quiversaurus]

I really like Eofauna's interpretation of the Ankylosaurus. I feel like they got the proportions right, especially the tail and the roundness. Might be my favourite Ankylosaurus thus far!

[Sim]

I wonder why Eofauna's Ankylosaurus has such a long and thin tail?  It doesn't look accurate to me, nor like it would fulfil its purpose.  For comparison, Getawaytrike's Ankyloasurus skeletal below.



Also, the tail club knob of Ankylosaurus has two smaller osteoderms at the tip, not one like in the Eofauna figure.

[edu]

I wonder why Eofauna's Ankylosaurus has such a long and thin tail?  It doesn't look accurate to me, nor like it would fulfil its purpose.  For comparison, Getawaytrike's Ankyloasurus skeletal below.

If that skeletal is correct, you are probably right, Sim: the tail seems to be two "segments" too long. But I am not an expert in Ankylosaurs, not by any means.

But this reconstruction by Fadeno (I've found it on deviantart) seems to show a longer tail, closer to Eofauna's reconstruction:

skeletal by Eduardo Vázquez, on Flickr

[DefinitelyNOTDilo]

To my knowledge Lancian's skeletal is the best atm, which seems to show a similarly long tail.

[Halichoeres]

Yeah, that's a handsome toy.

[Leyster]

I wonder why Eofauna's Ankylosaurus has such a long and thin tail?  It doesn't look accurate to me, nor like it would fulfil its purpose.  For comparison, Getawaytrike's Ankyloasurus skeletal below.



Also, the tail club knob of Ankylosaurus has two smaller osteoderms at the tip, not one like in the Eofauna figure.

That restoration has been updated by the same author, with a longer tail.

[Pinbacker]

Looks like a perfect match to me