Hi agian, sorry about the dealy in new posts. While we were homeless, waiting for our new home to be completed, I was not able to post because we had no access to a scanner. We were staying with fanily or in hotels / motels. We got into our new home a few weeks ago but we have been very busy unpacking and our printer - scanner was malfunctioing so I could not post anything. But we finally got it working so I'm back and today's new drawing is of a Salutitan that was discovered recently in China. It was a large Sauropod dinosaur that was 70 feet long! It may have had longer front legs like a Brachiosaurus, but it was NOT a Brachiosaur.
By the way, I have several drawings I have done over the past few weeks and I will be posting one or two each day until I am caught up on posts. Again, sorry for the lack of new posts for so long.
New Sauropod Dinosaur from China Silutitan
Silutitan was a large long-necked dinosaur called a Sauropod. It was found in China and its name refers to the Silk Road which is near where this large dinosaur was found. It is thought to have been 65-70 feet long. That is around 20+ meters!
With this type of size, a Silutitan could have reached up into the very tall cycad and other conifer trees to get leaves or needles to eat. Another large Sauropod was also found in China. It is called Hamititan.
The full name for this pictured dinosaur is Silutitan sinensis. Like all Sauropods it probably swallowed rocks to help grind up its tough food of conifer leaves and needles. Of course pine needles or fir needles or spruce needles are all a type of leaf in a conifer tree. In this new drawing the Silutitan is feeding on the leaves of a tall cycad tree.
NOTE: This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the "Paleontology" button and scrolling down to the bottom of the drop-down menu. New drawings are always at the bottom of the correct list.
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