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What if, way back when, the asteroid that finished the dinosaurs and many other species at the time had missed?
What if the end of the ice age and the coming of man hadn't sent species extinct?
Many dinosaurs were dying ANYWAY and there are good reasons why these things died out but let's say for the sake of concept drawings that they recover after a long time living in small isolated pockets.
This way we get many of the species we already have now, plus these.
Liopleurodon survived in the warm Mediterranean seas, numbering only a few thousand in total for many millennia. While whales and other shark types evolved elsewhere the liopleurodon also changed.
With no large prey animals frequenting it's habitat, the creatures that tended to survive were smaller, more nimble.
The main fins (the 4 where the arms and legs were) shortened, allowing for less power but greater maneuverability and speed of movement. As they shrunk they didn't need as much power and even got faster.
The tail broadened vertically, making maneuverability even greater
The head got narrower and equally less powerful like the fins, but with no large prey animals this wasn't a disadvantage, indeed it added to the streamlining of the animal.
A fairly large brain accompanies the greater speed and maneuverability, bringing them into a similar niche as dolphins and killer whales.
Sometime after the last ice age, liopleurodon novus (pictured) broke out of the Mediterranean and into the wider ocean at large.
While it perhaps should have died out given Killer Whales already fill the same niche, the fact that Liopleurodon Novus can hear sonar (but not produce it) meant they could form an almost symbiotic relationship with Killer Whales and even some Dolphin pods.
Being slightly bigger than Killer Whales, Liopleurodon Novus will attack and feed on larger predators that are also drawn in by sonar.
In this way, the whales gain protection and the Liopleurodon gain a food supply.
Liopleurodon Novus can be found today in most oceans that Killer Whales can, living in large communal pods comprised of both species.
Drawn on the bus lol
Really proud of this one too :D -I didn't draw the markings cause I didn't want to ruin it (and I know I draw Liopleurodon a lot)
What if the end of the ice age and the coming of man hadn't sent species extinct?
Many dinosaurs were dying ANYWAY and there are good reasons why these things died out but let's say for the sake of concept drawings that they recover after a long time living in small isolated pockets.
This way we get many of the species we already have now, plus these.
Liopleurodon survived in the warm Mediterranean seas, numbering only a few thousand in total for many millennia. While whales and other shark types evolved elsewhere the liopleurodon also changed.
With no large prey animals frequenting it's habitat, the creatures that tended to survive were smaller, more nimble.
The main fins (the 4 where the arms and legs were) shortened, allowing for less power but greater maneuverability and speed of movement. As they shrunk they didn't need as much power and even got faster.
The tail broadened vertically, making maneuverability even greater
The head got narrower and equally less powerful like the fins, but with no large prey animals this wasn't a disadvantage, indeed it added to the streamlining of the animal.
A fairly large brain accompanies the greater speed and maneuverability, bringing them into a similar niche as dolphins and killer whales.
Sometime after the last ice age, liopleurodon novus (pictured) broke out of the Mediterranean and into the wider ocean at large.
While it perhaps should have died out given Killer Whales already fill the same niche, the fact that Liopleurodon Novus can hear sonar (but not produce it) meant they could form an almost symbiotic relationship with Killer Whales and even some Dolphin pods.
Being slightly bigger than Killer Whales, Liopleurodon Novus will attack and feed on larger predators that are also drawn in by sonar.
In this way, the whales gain protection and the Liopleurodon gain a food supply.
Liopleurodon Novus can be found today in most oceans that Killer Whales can, living in large communal pods comprised of both species.
Drawn on the bus lol
Really proud of this one too :D -I didn't draw the markings cause I didn't want to ruin it (and I know I draw Liopleurodon a lot)
Category Artwork (Traditional) / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Unspecified / Any
Size 1186 x 859px
File Size 183.2 kB
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