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It's Moon Day, so let's look at a dinosaur from the moon!
…Well, not literally. But Eoraptor lunensis' name means "dawn thief from the moon", in reference to it being discovered in the Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon) of Ischigualasto Provincial Park, Argentina.
Living during the Late Triassic, around 231-229 million years ago, Eoraptor was one of the earliest known of all dinosaurs. Originally classified as an early theropod, it's now thought to actually be a very early offshoot of the sauropodomorph lineage, closely related to other South American forms like Buriolestes and Pampadromeus.
It measured around 1.2m long (~4'), with leg proportions that indicate it was a fast runner. Its jaws contained both leaf-shaped and serrated pointed teeth, suggesting it may have been an opportunistic omnivore, feeding mainly on plant matter but occasionally supplementing its diet with smaller prey.
Unlike later dinosaurs it also still had vestigial palatal teeth on the roof of its mouth.
Eoraptor would have lived in a warm humid climate alongside several other early dinosaur species such as Herrerasaurus and Eodromaeus — but this was at a time before the dinosaurs had become the dominant terrestrial vertebrates, so other animals like rhynchosaurs, aetosaurs, rauisuchians, cynodonts and dicynodonts were also very abundant in the Ischigualasto ecosystem.
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Mancuso, Adriana C., et al. "Paleoenvironmental and biotic changes in the Late Triassic of Argentina: testing hypotheses of abiotic forcing at the basin scale." Frontiers in Earth Science 10 (2022): 883788. https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2022.883788
Sereno, Paul C., et al. "Primitive dinosaur skeleton from Argentina and the early evolution of Dinosauria." Nature 361.6407 (1993): 64-66. https://doi.org/10.1038/361064a0
Sereno, Paul C., Ricardo N. Martínez, and Oscar A. Alcober. "Osteology of Eoraptor lunensis (Dinosauria, sauropodomorpha)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32.sup1 (2012): 83-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.820113
Wikipedia contributors. “Eoraptor” Wikipedia, 23 May. 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eoraptor
Wikipedia contributors. “Ischigualasto Formation” Wikipedia, 23 Jun. 2026, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ischigualasto_Formation
Artfight attack numberrrr eight! Revenging Argil with their Dizz!
This has been fully an experience. Scene in the darkness, fully relying on the sources of light. I really hope I did a good job, because it's been stressing me the heck out. I think I did! I like how it looks.
It took so long. Soooo long. Procrastination demons are getting to me once more.
I think the biggest thing mascot horror things need to get a grip on is the reasonable balance of cute/creepy. The mascot in question needs to be cute enough to realistically be for children but scary enough to actually make for effective horror. Most games always lean too far in either direction and idk maybe it's just me but immersion with these kinds of games are important for me to actually find enjoyment in them.
A second heliolisk from me, because heliolisks are as good as they can be. This is Liora from @canidae-palesor.
Funnily enough, probably the first time I drew a heliolisk actually charging up from the sun? There have been a few frills up drawings I did but never really full charge. The edges of the frill have been annoying, I hope I did them right.
What else to say, the original idea for the picture was her running, but then I read through the toyhouse and got something better. She likes tall places, let's just put her on top of some underfined tower, amiright?
I grabbed a lizard guy and put him on a beach. So what if he's some senior alien scientist? Beach episode time. And he's blepping.
Featuring Tasek Kalgehrro belonging to Noo, and also a smaller Stranger for my sixth Artfight attack. And this one, honestly? I might've peaked for a while. I like it, it's good, it's not repeating a pose like the kyurem one, the character had a lot of details to consider
those feet. they are awful.
I definitely need to take it easier, if every piece will take me two days minimum I will not enjoy it.
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