Heterodontosaurus tucki
       
     
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Heterodontosaurus tucki
       
     
Heterodontosaurus tucki

Winner - Lanzendorf Paleoart Prize for 3-Dimensional Art, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2012.

I started with the restored skull as an armature for this model.  The sculpture process was documented with a simple time-lapse setup; I was able to work out the complicated occlusion of the beak, fangs, and molars, while incorporating vulture-like "cheeks", and bristly quills similar to those of Tianyulong.  The skull and flesh model were created under the direction of paleontologist Paul Sereno as a part of his large study of heterodontosaurids: 

Sereno PC (2012) Taxonomy, morphology, masticatory function and phylogeny of heterodontosaurid dinosaurs. ZooKeys 226: 1-225. doi:10.3897/zookeys.226.2840.

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Heterodontosaurus sculpture timelapse