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Name: Proinfaucibusaurus arborum "Tower neck lizard of the forest"
Family: Mamenchisaur
Length: Mature size is between 130-145 feet long and stand at 42 feet tall at the shoulder. This species does grow all its life, with mating size limit at 310 feet long. Once this happens, it'll grow until it dies, with the largest on record being 642 feet long and 120 feet high at the shoulder before it died due to some yet to be discussed complications. Mature weight is 60-80 tons, with the largest on record weighing 384 tons.
Speed: max running speed is 10 mph.
Lifespan: Potentially can reach ages of 1200 to 1400 years of age.
Diet: Completely herbivorous, they feed primarily on fruits, seeds and the juicy leaves in the canopy without having to knock down trees. This allows it to be a counter to the titanosaurs' habit of tree clearing.
Social/Parenting: Much like many of their relatives, they nest in herds comprising of females, with adult males living alone. The nesting season is the only time where this species would clear forests to make space for nesting. Nesting takes place for about three months, for which the young still stay near the herd or hide in the undergrowth. Even though with massive amounts of young are hatched, only 2% survive their first 10 years. The first 20 years of this species life is when they are a generalist feeder, but after that, they are allowed into an adult herd. When adults reach 300 years of age, their urges and capability to breed shut off and wander off, living alone for the rest of their life.
Conflicts: Other than Titanosaurs and their carcharodontosaur & rare Monstrum predators, they have nothing to worry about. Along with this, humans don't interact or conflict with them, though it's speculated that ancient humans who survived used these beasts as siege beasts, along with other beasts, but this is only rumor by archeologists. The positive interactions with this species are actually from monkeys, birds, small pterosaurs and small dinosaurs using them as transport and in return, they give the massive animal free grooming service, picking off parasites and cleaning minor wounds to prevent infections. With massive animals basically being mobile ecosystems, these beasts usually have moss, small plants and animals living on them during their lifespan.
Distribution and Habitat: This species has a few subspecies across the globe. This species lives in rainforests where it shares its environment with titanosaurs. These 2 subspecies live in the tropical Americas and the other lives in tropical Asia. There is a closely related species that lives in Australia that has taken over the role of the titanosaur and its normal species, clearing trees and spreading seeds, with the main difference is that it doesn't have the tail club and don't have as dramatic osteoderms.
Unique facts: The males of this mamenchisaur species have dramatic spikes on its neck so the males can fight each other during the mating season, in a similar way to giraffes, along with using its heavily osteodermed shoulders to fight with as well. Both males and females have the tail club they use in defense against predators. Another big trait that can be seen with these sauropods is the fact that they have an opposing role to titanosaurs. When you see titanosaurs and mamennchisaurs in the same local environment, you can the titanosaur being the clearer of forests, creating open woodland. Mamenchisaur, on the other hand, prefer closed forests and will spread seeds all through out the forests with their dung, depositing them in areas cleared by titanosaurs. So there is always a balanced ecological role that these two families have in a given environment when shared.
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Artist is: https://mobile.twitter.com/GeekGoji
Family: Mamenchisaur
Length: Mature size is between 130-145 feet long and stand at 42 feet tall at the shoulder. This species does grow all its life, with mating size limit at 310 feet long. Once this happens, it'll grow until it dies, with the largest on record being 642 feet long and 120 feet high at the shoulder before it died due to some yet to be discussed complications. Mature weight is 60-80 tons, with the largest on record weighing 384 tons.
Speed: max running speed is 10 mph.
Lifespan: Potentially can reach ages of 1200 to 1400 years of age.
Diet: Completely herbivorous, they feed primarily on fruits, seeds and the juicy leaves in the canopy without having to knock down trees. This allows it to be a counter to the titanosaurs' habit of tree clearing.
Social/Parenting: Much like many of their relatives, they nest in herds comprising of females, with adult males living alone. The nesting season is the only time where this species would clear forests to make space for nesting. Nesting takes place for about three months, for which the young still stay near the herd or hide in the undergrowth. Even though with massive amounts of young are hatched, only 2% survive their first 10 years. The first 20 years of this species life is when they are a generalist feeder, but after that, they are allowed into an adult herd. When adults reach 300 years of age, their urges and capability to breed shut off and wander off, living alone for the rest of their life.
Conflicts: Other than Titanosaurs and their carcharodontosaur & rare Monstrum predators, they have nothing to worry about. Along with this, humans don't interact or conflict with them, though it's speculated that ancient humans who survived used these beasts as siege beasts, along with other beasts, but this is only rumor by archeologists. The positive interactions with this species are actually from monkeys, birds, small pterosaurs and small dinosaurs using them as transport and in return, they give the massive animal free grooming service, picking off parasites and cleaning minor wounds to prevent infections. With massive animals basically being mobile ecosystems, these beasts usually have moss, small plants and animals living on them during their lifespan.
Distribution and Habitat: This species has a few subspecies across the globe. This species lives in rainforests where it shares its environment with titanosaurs. These 2 subspecies live in the tropical Americas and the other lives in tropical Asia. There is a closely related species that lives in Australia that has taken over the role of the titanosaur and its normal species, clearing trees and spreading seeds, with the main difference is that it doesn't have the tail club and don't have as dramatic osteoderms.
Unique facts: The males of this mamenchisaur species have dramatic spikes on its neck so the males can fight each other during the mating season, in a similar way to giraffes, along with using its heavily osteodermed shoulders to fight with as well. Both males and females have the tail club they use in defense against predators. Another big trait that can be seen with these sauropods is the fact that they have an opposing role to titanosaurs. When you see titanosaurs and mamennchisaurs in the same local environment, you can the titanosaur being the clearer of forests, creating open woodland. Mamenchisaur, on the other hand, prefer closed forests and will spread seeds all through out the forests with their dung, depositing them in areas cleared by titanosaurs. So there is always a balanced ecological role that these two families have in a given environment when shared.
Creature is mine
Artist is: https://mobile.twitter.com/GeekGoji
Category Artwork (Digital) / Doodle
Species Dinosaur
Size 2883 x 1278px
File Size 1.68 MB
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