Today’s sketch: essence of Dracorex hogwartsia in ink and watercolor wash
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Today’s sketch was of Dracorex hogwartsia, a flat-headed, spike-covered member of the pachycephalosaur family. Only one fossil of this thing has ever been found so theyre no sure if it’s a juvenile or a new species. I don’t buy the idea that it’s just a juvenile Pachycephalosaurus. Everything I’ve learned from other animal like goats, cassowaries, crocodiles, ankylosaurs, ceratopsians… tells me juveniles still show some adult traits early on. This one doesn’t.
I talked about how I’m a science nerd who was reading Jack Horner and Robert Bakker’s books 30+ years ago in the 7th grade. Science works best when we admit what we don’t know and there is plenty we dont know about this guy. It might be its own species. It might be an oddball, handi-capable one-off with no dome. Maybe he’s just a little dino doing his best.
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