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Elasmosaurus sp.by ~Ashere

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Everyone loves Elasmosaurus. Because, I mean, seriously. Look at it. Long neck. Teeth. Like a snake threaded through a turtle. I chose to give it coloration similar to a Leatherback Sea Turtle, which is the largest oceangoing reptile and has a certain dignified something to it. Again, this fellow isn't known from Alabama, but almost certainly came through at one point or another.

*dinobatfan Feb 9, 2013

Wow! This is excellent!

Grand artistry here!

~Ashere Feb 10, 2013 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it.

*dinobatfan Feb 10, 2013

You're quite welcome.

~JWArtwork Nov 13, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

Great pose!

~julius2611 Oct 25, 2012 Professional General Artist

awesome representation of this species!!!!! this is one of my favorites marine reptiles, and i love the way u draw it!!!

~geekspace Oct 24, 2012

Loving the elegant, solid curve of that neck. Given that these critters don't exactly look built for speed or self-defense, I have to wonder how they kept off the mosasaurs' menu (well, often enough to perpetuate, anyhow). Kelp beds? Regions too shallow for Tylosaurus & its ilk to easily maneuver? Bit of a head-scratcher, that.

~Ashere Oct 24, 2012 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I've wondered that myself. I think when they got to be fully grown they were just too damn big for anything but a Tylosaur to really deal with effectively. Maybe they schooled in addition to kelp beds and shallow waters? The image of an elasmosaur hanging suspended in a kelp forest is a pretty evocative one; it might be worth illustrating.

Also, it's worth keeping in mind that while a marine predator can often tackle something larger then it is, they generally don't. It's less trouble.

~geekspace Oct 24, 2012

Conservation of energy for two or three-bite prey seems like a valid reason for the middle/bantamweight hunters to bother something else. Didn't even think of schooling, so good call there. I could easily imagine earlier/smaller plesiosaurs & elasmosaur young making use of kelp cover as well.

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