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The omnivorous raptor

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Quite late to jump on the bandwagon, but whatever.

Fukuivenator paradoxus got published earlier this year as a basal Maniraptoriform. This 2,5 meter long animals comes from the Early Cretaceous of Japan, 120 million years ago.
It's not clear where it exactly belongs in the evolutionary tree, but it shares some interesting features, some derived and others basal. Most interesting is its dentition with the front teeth being quite similar to those of Incisivosaurus, the next looking like those of a carnivore and the ones in the back of the mouth being more robust again.
What that means for its diet is that it definitely isn't carnivorous. Omnivore is more likely. 

I tried to make it look not that much like a dromaeosaurid, because it shouldn't look like one of course regarding it being so basal. Don't know if I really succeeded in it.
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Canon
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MG5200 series
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gabbycat17's avatar
Ooo very interesting! Great drawing, too! :D