Spectember 2025 Day 27: Phoenicopterusaurus lacustris
Phoenicopterusaurus lacustris is a 7 to 8-meter-long piscivorous relative of Allosaurus which inhabits the subtropical southwestern wetlands of Sekaia’s island continent of Aetherosia, which is home to a wide variety of other strange dinosaurs such as the brow horned-Carcharodontosaur Ceratovenator ferox, the herbivorous kangaroo-like Allosaurid Megapodosaurus gracilis, the tall-crested Lambeosaurine Lophosaurus magnificens, and the tall-spined Ankylosaur Spicosaurus. The “Hook-Jaw” is often seen around rivers and streams that are frequented by passing fish, and Its flamingo-shaped head, which is supported by a long, s-shaped neck, sports a long, downturned snout with a hook-shaped notch at the front which is useful for restraining captured slippery prey items and is brightly-colored with distinctive markings in order to attract any potential mates. The Phoenicopterusaurus was once widespread throughout its former range during the Fourth and Early Fifth Ages of Sekaia, when it was seen as a sacred water-magic creature by the Ancient Aetherosians and some of their descendants such as the Udolai, but it was nearly extirpated during the Arpanian-Thubanian War that began in the middle of the latter age on F.A. 1965 as the Goblins and Men destroyed much of its habitat, polluted the waters from where it drank and foraged, and consumed its eggs as a cheap source of protein, and the dinosaur’s population recovered to its former status soon after Keiko Yamamoto had fulfilled the Prophecy of the West and ushered in the peaceful Sixth Age.
