Cristatusaurus

Going to an art class in Cincinnati (book-binding), and today we just drew stuff. I only got three done and so brought more paper back to complete at home before next Saturday.

Irritator (plus Anhanguera)

Baryonyx

Cristatusaurus (plus Stolokrosuchus)

Also got a new fossil, a smol ammonite (the outline was not added by me)

Hello everyone and welcome to the sixth episode of Prehistoric Tournaments Cup! Stadium will take place on frozen waters in Antarctica. Here our are three contestants today: Alxasaurus, Oxalaia and Cristatusaurus

Alxasaurus walks onto the ice, freezing to death. The Therizinosaur looks behind him to see a Oxalaia coming his way! Alxasaurus runs for life when suddenly he hears the ice crack below him. Alxasaurus stops in terror but Oxalaia catches up to him and pins him down then eats him.

All that's left of Alxasaurus is a carcass. Oxalaia looks around him but hears the ice crack too when suddenly from out of know where a Cristatusaurus sinks his teeth into the flesh of Oxalaia, allowing the theropod to roar in agony.

The ice cracks even more and Cristatusaurus let's go of Oxalaia, who feels like fainting at this point. Without even knowing, the ice breaks under Cristatusaurus and he falls into the freezing water and drowns. Oxalaia almost thinks he won but then the ice breaks underneath him too. Oxalaia also falls into the freezing water and drowns.

Well looks like nobody won this round.

F to pay respects

Baryonx walkeri

Riparovenator milnerae

Ceratosuchops inferodois

Suchosaurus

Suchomimus teneresis

Critatusaurus lapparenti

Ever read or heard the names: Cristatusaurus, Vallibonavenatrix and Camarillasaurus? Or maybe Fukui Spinosaurid? All these dinosaurs were also spinosaurids in their own right and are usually overshadowed by the more popular spinosaurids such as Suchomimus, Oxalaia, Siamosaurus and Spinosaurus itself.

Cristatusaurus: An African spinosaurid that lives in the shadows of Suchomimus in its own time and in popular culture. At 30-33 feet this dinosaur wasn't the biggest in its area but it certainly was big enough to take down many dinosaurs, fishies and the like.

Vallibonavenatrix: a spinosaurid megalosauroid (have fun reading that) of Spain. Currently the most complete in the fossil record of that area, we see evidence of generalist behavior that would be similar to that of Suchomimus and Irritator as well as Itchyovenator. The dinosaurs mentioned are more related to this dinosaur than the likes of Baryonyx and possibly Suchosaurus. Fish and dinosaurs alike were its prey.

Camarillasaurus: not very popular because virtually nothing is known about it. Used to be considered a ceratosaur but after 2019 it was thought to be a member of the spinosaurid family. Hailing from Camarillas Spain, that's all we know about this dinosaur.

Fukui Spinosaurid: possibly the newest member of the spinosauridae, it was uncovered in Fukui, Japan. It likely lived during the early cretaceous period and that's about it.

Just cause dinosaurs like these aren't popular to the media, doesn't mean they weren't spectacular in paleoentology, and in life.

Source: Dinopedia

Image source: Dinopedia