Ceratosuchops

Working on a couple different sketches currently and figured I'd give a sneak peak as to what's to come.

Hyaenodon

(the most recent one I've started)

Goniopholis

(going well, scales are a challenge)

Ceratosuchops

(honestly probably the hardest to do given the angle)

Whatcha think so far? Any details you think need adjusting before I do shading (or complete the outline and basic details)?

Suggested by @Alphastar NGSS

I don't know why but its name gives me 'shades of light brown' vibes, so I went with it and it turned out pretty well.

Although it was mentioned by @Ornithomimus65 last post, I already had plans to draw Ceratosuchops. Wanted to continue the "horned" theme and also test out its colors again (the last time I sketched it was late 2022, and this is a considerable improvement from that).

“East-African lizard”

SpinoD (?)

L: 10.3m - W: 2-3t

Tanzania-Jurassic (149mya)

Previous: Ceratosuchops inferodios

Next up: Riparovenator milnerae

I know there’s a ton of debate on this guy but he’s currently considered a Spinosaurid by most so…

If there are any inaccuracies in the description, let me know it

Ceratosuchops inferodios (2021)

“Horned crocodile face”

SpinosD-BaryonN-CeratoN

L: 7.8m/25.6ft - W: 1.4-2t

Britain-Early Cretaceous

Previous: Vallibonavenatrix cani

Next up: Ostafrikasaurus crassiserratus

If there are any inaccuracies in the description or measurements, tell me and I’ll change them

Previous: Irritator Challengeri

Next up: Ceratosuchops inferodios

(I’m preparing 20 Spinosaurids for a video on yt so I’ll probably spam spinos for a while)

Baryonyichinae is a clade of Spinosaurid Theropods consisting off

• Baryonyx

• Ceratosuchops

• Riparovenator

• Iberospinus

• Suchomimus

These 5 all share similarities,their very tally built with every member exceeding 3 Meters in Height and they had LONG and powerful arms and if Suchomimus is a base they also had massive shoulder bones that probably anchored massive muscles,now(Excluding Suchomimus) most of them were probably swimmers and fish eaters but if they NEEDED to hunt land prey this is a theory I made on how they hunted

Their shoulder bones allowed them to move their hands forwards Backwards but most importantly to the side

So…..that got me thinking about how they hunted prey

I will use Ceratosuchops and Brighstoneus as a base

Part 1:Ceratosuchops stalks a herd of Brightstoneus

Part 2:Ceratosuchops goes for the chase

Part 3:Ceratosuchops singles into a single Brighstoneus

Part 4:Ceratosuchops runs over Brighstoneus and then….

BAM

Ceratosuchops digs it’s claws deep into the Brighstoneus’s Shoulders and immobilizes the Brighstoneus before biting down onto the Brighstoneus’s neck and killing it

This is my theory on how Baryonychinae Spinosaurids ate

And all 5 lived with smaller ornithopods they could reasonably hunt

Baryonyx lived with Mantellisaurus(Which is evidently hunted)

Iberispinus lived with an unamed Iguanodon species the same size as Mantellisaurus

Ceratosuchops lived with Brighstoneus and Mantellisaurus and Riparovenator could have hunted Iguanodon(If Dan Folkes’s Riparovenator is accurate)

Suchomimus lived with both Ouranosaurus and Lurdusaurus

BUT HEY THAT’S JUST A THEORY,A DINOSAUR THEORY