Are you sure this is right? I thought it was the other way around, with the Euoplocephalus being extinct millions of years when the Deinonychus walked the earth.

Yep. Consulted two different sources. While both existed during the Cretaceous, Deinonychus lived between 115–108 MYA, while Euoplocephalus lived to about the time dinosaurs went extinct, 76–65.5 MYA.

The "raptors" actually got smaller with each species in their family. Utahraptor > Deinonychus > Velociraptor. The last of those three is the most recent one.

okay. i have to admit i wouldn't have thought. thanks for claryfying though

Interesting, its nice to see their feral forms ^.=.^

I should draw Darkthunder one day while he is in a full hunter trance -- his body leans forward almost like shown here.

that would be very interesting to see ^.=.^

So I guess, the sex would still require a lot of preparation and training? :P

Very Nice

Sweet, was wondering when ya were going to post another rendering.

I thought Darkthunder was a Velociraptor, surprising...

Understandable. Though if Darkie were a velociraptor, his snout would had been quite a bit different.

yay im so glad ur posting stuff again i missed the old Kaa ^^

very nice and I'm guess 3D DAZ Studio is what you use

Woh! This is cool! I could never imagine them like this. Great job on it! ^.=.^

*was a long time fan of Deinonychus before Jurassic Park was even published* Makes me laugh to hear people talk about badass velociraptors when they have no idea they were the size of a turkey XD

I think you might be a bit confused. Deinonychus was only about 3ft tall from ground to top of crown and measured something shy of 10ft in lentgh.
Utahraptor on the other hand (being the largest know member of the Dromeaosauridae family) was about 6-7ft from ground to the top of it's head and maybe about 20-25ft from snout to tail-tip.

I'll double check my sources to be certain, but I'm pretty sure that's correct.

According to Wikipedia (a layman's best tool) Deinonychus measured about 2.8ft from the hip down (which would make the height from ground to head around the area of 3ft+ ), and 11ft from snout to tail.
Utahraptor (remains of which are still somewhat fragmented) seemed to be something along the order of 23ft long and something slightly over 3 meters in height.

Of course, Utahraptor wasn't discovered until "Jurassic Park" was already in production (1991), so it was too late to make the switch. And while Mr. Crichton is a fantastic author, even paleontologists themselves get tripped up with the details.

I would take whatever Wikipedia says with a grain of sodium chloride -- the two sources I have with Deinonychus scaled show that it was just a tad smaller than the average (6' tall) human. And that is when standing still, not the forward leaning pose when running, which would make it look smaller.

Utahraptor, on the other claw, was much larger than a human, and thus it could not be the one featured in Jurassic Park -- http://media.photobucket.com/image/.....ptor_scale.png

While not a valid reference, I'm inclined to trust DinoRaul's models. The guy is known for the accuracy of his dinosaur recreations.

They have a Deinonychus at the local museum, and I can confirm that they are only about 3-feet tall. I used to read a Dinosaur book in elementary school about the breed and the illustrations made them look as big as T-rex. I was surprised myself to learn they were the size of a large dog.

I've been meaning to post the photos from the museum online, otherwise I would show you. I'll send them along sometime when I get around to it.

The absolute largest estimate I've seen for Deinonychus, since you inspired me to look again, put it at 11ft by 5.75ft (69in) and 180lbs, which is admittedly a lot closer to the JP 'raptor size then Velociraptor (way to small) or even Utahraptor (way too big).
Of course, I'm not an actual paleontologist, and haven't actually been able to measure any remains myself (being just an amateur "armchair" paleontologist myself), but the majority of estimates I've seen via net, and in my multitude of Dino Encyclopedias, average D. antirrhopus out to be significantly smaller then 5.75ft; most often in the range of 4ft to barely 5ft). Whether they take into account different postures, I don't know. But I would hazard to say that if the 'raptors in JP were indeed Deinonychus, they were fairly large ones. Which, considering movies and the suspension of disbelief, isn't that hard to swallow.
As you've said, they're certainly a better fit.

Interesting. I always thought he was an Ankylosaurus. Very nice render, though. Gives a neat sort of "alternate universe" feel to their meeting.

It's the same family. I chose Euoplocephalus because it has less spikes, and I like those two big ones that would go more or less when an anthro would have the shoulder blades.

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Just goes to show... can't expect real life and fantasy to be one and the same.