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Lurdusaurus was hippo, not sloth?

  • 14-12-2011 08:22PM
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    Read recently about this- Lurdusaurus, the African iguanodont that coexisted with Suchomimus (if Im not mistaken), has been always described as a ground-sloth-like animal, yet now it seems that it was probably a semiaquatic creature, with a low-to-the-ground body and short thick legs, like a hippo... but with a very long neck almost like a sauropod!

    Lurdusaurus-P-Buchholz-skeletal-honest-June-2011.jpg

    This would make it a nice addition to the list of dinosaurs that are not happy being what they are and try hard to be something else, which already includes:

    Miragaia, a stegosaur that wants to be a sauropod too;
    Miragaia+2..jpg

    Brachytrachelopan, a sauropod that wants to be an ornithopod:
    Brachytrachelopan01.jpg

    and Ampelosaurus, a sauropod that wants to be a nodosaur

    ampelosaurus.jpg

    to say nothing of Dracorex who dreams of spitting fire...
    dracorex.jpg


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