they deliberately forced a front heavy profile to sell the quadrupedal story). ![]() The controversy about limb size in the reconstruction vs the measurements aside, I dislike how they articulated the scapula, and the gastralia are contorted in such a way that they don't align with any possible hypothetical sternum, and they suck in the gut while deepening the chest region (ie. It's more parsimonious to assume it had a forelimb like its definitely bipedal relatives.ģ) Ibrahim and Sereno's skeletal is a mess. We have no complete Spinosaurus forelimb or pectoral girdle, and no known theropod has a shoulder or forelimb adapted for weight bearing. ![]() So I'm fairly confident that with the data available right now, his Spinosaurus is the best skeletal of the genus out there.Ģ) Quadrupedal Spinosaurus has to be ruled out. I have a lot of trust in the guy, and he's pretty chill as well which is always a plus. I've found his work to be about as reliable as you can get, and he's helped me out a lot with my own skeletal reconstructions. ![]() Spinosaurus's remake is a long ways off yet, mostly so that we can work on other things while what on earth Spinosaurus was doing is still being figured out.īut if you were to ask me, right now at least, I'd just roll with Franoys's skeletal for a few reasons:ġ) I talk to him a lot via discord.
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