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Scott Hartman has recently released his silhouette of the new Utahraptor to Phylopic. Even though the paper hasn't actually come out yet, Scott gave me permission to upload my own drawing as well, which he has approved as being accurate (at least from a distance - any more subtle anatomy differences would be likely hidden by feathers).
Clearly, the new material will completely revamp our perception of what this animal looked like and probably how it behaved as well. Note the downturned jaw with its procumbent teeth and the much shorter limbs and tail. I've heard people say the new material makes Utahraptor "ugly", but I don't see ugly, I just see very, very strange - like an "ostrich bulldog", to use Kirkland's words.
Hopefully we'll see the paper out soon. I don't know much detail beyond what you see here, so I'm as excited as the rest of you. And now to let the ecological speculation on what it was actually doing with that weird jaw and extra-short limbs begin!
This is not technically a new illustration, but a modification of an old one. To compare it to the prevailing paradigm of Utahraptor anatomy as we've known it for many years, see here.
Clearly, the new material will completely revamp our perception of what this animal looked like and probably how it behaved as well. Note the downturned jaw with its procumbent teeth and the much shorter limbs and tail. I've heard people say the new material makes Utahraptor "ugly", but I don't see ugly, I just see very, very strange - like an "ostrich bulldog", to use Kirkland's words.
Hopefully we'll see the paper out soon. I don't know much detail beyond what you see here, so I'm as excited as the rest of you. And now to let the ecological speculation on what it was actually doing with that weird jaw and extra-short limbs begin!
This is not technically a new illustration, but a modification of an old one. To compare it to the prevailing paradigm of Utahraptor anatomy as we've known it for many years, see here.
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I’ve heard complaints from other people about raptors having a Mohawk like feather feature on their head and saying its not accurate and the raptor must not have any feathers sticking out of their head similar to the Pyroraptor from JWD or just perked up with feathers separated from each other. This Utahraptor though has a really good feather design for how its perked up, and the feathers are altogether and not fanned out. Personally, this would be a good male Utahraptor since it could use the extra feathers on its head for mating or dominance, especially how the orange feathers on the arm stand out. Back to the whole Mohawk thing, I really love this artwork and probably one of the best I’ve seen of any Dromaeosaur.