Spinosaurus new look!

[Arul]

Wahh another masterpiece thats nice dinomike 

[Chad]

That is brilliant Dinomike. If Collecta makes one, I hope it's half as good as yours.

I'm on the fence as far as the proportions of the legs go, but I'm totally sold on spinosaurus as mostly aquatic. It actually solves a puzzle that has long bothered me--where are the aquatic dinosaurs? The answer is that they've been with us all along. Excellent.

[suspsy]

There is supposedly more Spinosaurus info to come from other groups, including a study that is going to seperate Spinosaurus into two distinct species.

Seth Sorensen of Fossilshack remarked on that coming down the pipeline from people he knows, and he also completely disagreed with their proportions, saying he had Spinosaurus leg bones, that if scaling by the studies proportions, would make the animal that his came from twice as big as their proposed model. He said they will be donating their material to some universities soon.

Yes, I saw him say that on Scott Hartman's blog, but as Ibrahim himself responded, those purported leg bones mean precisely squat until they are properly studied by real paleontologists.

[Chad]

There is supposedly more Spinosaurus info to come from other groups, including a study that is going to seperate Spinosaurus into two distinct species.

Seth Sorensen of Fossilshack remarked on that coming down the pipeline from people he knows, and he also completely disagreed with their proportions, saying he had Spinosaurus leg bones, that if scaling by the studies proportions, would make the animal that his came from twice as big as their proposed model. He said they will be donating their material to some universities soon.

Yes, I saw him say that on Scott Hartman's blog, but as Ibrahim himself responded, those purported leg bones mean precisely squat until they are properly studied by real paleontologists.

Right. That's the problem with private fossil collections. The scientists can only use the data they have access to. It's pretty useless to say "I have proof you're wrong" when no one has access to that "proof".

[A.Garcia]

Dinomike, I like your sculpture- it has a graceful swimming motion.

[Concavenator]

I really hope ColleftA makes a neo-Spinosaurus at some point.

[suspsy]

Amen to that!

[Dinomike]

Everybody! Have you seen what Dan just posted on his Facebook wall?! CollectA rocks!!!!

[Dinomike]

Look at this everybody! Look look! Awesome! Photo from Dan's dinosaurs.

[Alexxitator]

Everybody! Have you seen what Dan just posted on his Facebook wall?! CollectA rocks!!!!

Yes I have seen it. Lowered my head in sadness and clicked on. My that thing is hideous. It looks like a dachshund.
I like the sail and the croc-tail, but there it ends.
imho

[Arul]

I'n no specialist on the topic but I got rather excited about seeing this new Spinosaurus!  Spinosaurus has never been my favorite dinosaur but it has certainly become one now! What an amazing creature it is! I have been following this thread for a while and I also bought a copy of the National Geographic October 2014 issue with its wonderful illustrations by Davide Bonadonna. After I saw people speculating which toy company would be the first to produce a revised Spinosaurus, well, I got excited I decided to make my own based on Nizar Ibrahim and his team's reconstructions. This creature here is in 1:50 scale and the colors have been heavily influenced by Bonadonna. I will later build a stand of some sort to have the Spinosaurus actually swim in water. (Now it kinda looks like a boat on dry land.) I will be sharing more stuff on this Spinosaurus project of mine under my diorama thread as soon as I get started on the base. (Oh, and CollectA, I'll be happy to sculpt one Spino for you too! Haha! )

Honestly i prefer your spinosaurus Dinomike hehehe i love the gesture

[Concavenator]

Everybody! Have you seen what Dan just posted on his Facebook wall?! CollectA rocks!!!!

Yes I have seen it. Lowered my head in sadness and clicked on. My that thing is hideous. It looks like a dachshund.
I like the sail and the croc-tail, but there it ends.
imho

That's like everything.Spinosaurus was this way in life.Yoy may or may not like it,but it was this way,really.

[Dinomike]

Thank you Arul and everydody else for the kind comments!

[Concavenator]

You made an awesome sculpt Dinomike!

[Alexxitator]

Everybody! Have you seen what Dan just posted on his Facebook wall?! CollectA rocks!!!!

Yes I have seen it. Lowered my head in sadness and clicked on. My that thing is hideous. It looks like a dachshund.
I like the sail and the croc-tail, but there it ends.
imho

That's like everything.Spinosaurus was this way in life.Yoy may or may not like it,but it was this way,really.

It's not the fact Spino lost his long elegant legs I have a problem with. It's this specific sculpt. Take Dinomike's for instance; that's gorgeous!

[thelordsgym]

Everybody! Have you seen what Dan just posted on his Facebook wall?! CollectA rocks!!!!

Yes I have seen it. Lowered my head in sadness and clicked on. My that thing is hideous. It looks like a dachshund.
I like the sail and the croc-tail, but there it ends.
imho

That's like everything.Spinosaurus was this way in life.Yoy may or may not like it,but it was this way,really.

It's not the fact Spino lost his long elegant legs I have a problem with. It's this specific sculpt. Take Dinomike's for instance; that's gorgeous!

I agree with you....although the Collecta model is unique, I definitely prefer the stance and portrayal of Dinomikes Model....it seems more natural to what the Animal/reptile looked like in real life....as much as I like Collecta, theirs just doesn't look right, and I will disagree with those who think that that particular look of the beast is the correct one....

[HD-man]

That's like everything.Spinosaurus was this way in life.Yoy may or may not like it,but it was this way,really.

No offense, but that's not necessarily true given all the uncertainties surrounding Ibrahim et al. 2014 ( http://waxing-paleontological.blogspot.com/2014/10/spinosaurus-world-problems.html ).

[spinosaurus1]

i love the added girth, something that would most likely be seen in most large semi-aquatic animals with spinosaurus not being the exception

[Concavenator]

Getting into the dinosaur itself...I was wondering...The new Spinosaurus specimen was Spino C I think.But it was a subadult.Why did it die so young?My personal interpretation is that Spinosaurus didn't just live in rivers,but probably in shallow oceams,where it could've been even predated by marine reptiles like pliosaurus,etc.

[Dinomike]

Thanks guys for the comments! *blushes*