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The Northern Shield, A mummy of Armour, a Paladin from a bygone age.

Borealopelta.

Borealpelta actually means “Northern Shield” which is most likely due to the fact that is a heavily armoured nodosaur from Alberta, Canada. Known from only one single specimen, divbed the Suncor Nodosaur in 2017 when it was discovered in am oil sand mine. It is known to be NOT ONLY one of the best preserved fossils ever, with not just the armoured sites in their natural, in life positions, but with keratin and overlaying skin, it is also known to be ONE OF THE ONLY dinosaurs with a confirmed color pattern, a reddish back going down to a tan like color on the sides and neck amd finally a lighter pale beige on the underbelly. This is known as countershading, which is where an animal is lighter in the bottom so that it is almost hidden if something is looking up, and a darker top to blend with the ground if a taller carnivore is looking down.

Which shown here, much to a male Daspletosaurus’ dismay, this Borealopelta can take care of itself without camouflage.

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An old man compared to all, here is the ancestral cousin of the largest land animals to ever have walked the earth: the Sauropods.

Plateosaurus.

Plateosaurus, meaning “sturdy lizard”, is a basal sauropodomorph, often called a ‘prosauropod’, that lived in the Late Triassic over much of the world, especially Europe where hundreds have been found. It was the 5th Dinosaur ever named, discovered in the early 1810s. Plateosaurus has been through many different reconstructions on how it stood and moved, going from a lizard-like stance to that similar to a kangaroo, back to a lizard, and then finally to a mainly upright bipedal stance that js capable of going down on all fours. There are many ideas as to how Plateosaurus used it claws, from digging for termites to warding enemies to even gripping onto mates when mating.

But here, a herd of Plateosaurus are using their claws to dig for water in their desperate search for water at their once local watering hole.

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Income the apex predator of this pack, ruler of the domain, amd taker of lives.

Tarbosaurus bataar.

The second largest tyrannosaur at almost 40ft in length and weighing anywhere from 4-5 metric tons, this apex predator preyed on all animals that lived in Asia 70mya. Named the “Alarming Lizard”, it is a fitting name as Tarbosaurus had the smallest arms of any tyrannosaur, even smaller than T-Rex. Tarbosaurus also had a more robust jaw than many species of tyrannosaur, due to the fact that it evolved a robust head to help take down the Titanosaur Sauropods that lived alongside it and the other prey, whereas in North America and Europe there were little to no sauropods that lived alongsise the tyrannosaurs.

Though here, a pair of Tarbosaurus are content enough to feed on a duck bill haunch.