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Reconstruction of the newly described feathered non-avian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China, Eosinopteryx brevipenna. Eosinopteyx is small, only 30 cm long, troodontid theropod similar to Anchiornis and Xiaotingia. Unlike those taxa, Eosinopteryx lacks leg-wings typical for most of the known primitive troodontids and dromaeosaurs, and also shows no signs of tail fan. These characteristics are interpreted as adaptation for cursorial life-style.

This drawing is also my fourth entry for “All Your Yesterdays” contest. The speculative concept I’m exploring here is the presence of albinism in some non-avian dinosaurs. It’s true that this is relatively rare condition in modern archosaurs (birds in general, I don’t know for albino crocodilians), and most albino individuals rarely survive for long in nature, but it still is possibility. In some cases, as with pigeons, in city environments where only few or no natural predators are present, albino animals are common sight. It’s typical for albino birds to face aggressive behavior from the normally colored birds of the same species.

Here, two “normal” individuals of Eosinopteryx are picking on their albino relative, due to its different look in comparison to the rest of their population.

References:

Godefroit, P., H. Demuynck, G. Dyke, D. Hu, F. Escuillie, P. Claeys. 2013. Reduced plumage and flight ability of a new Jurassic paravian theropod from China.- Nature Communications 4: 1394.

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*TheRealMaestro May 4, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Is it possible that Eosinopteryx is simply a juvenile troodontid and has undeveloped leg "wings" in the same sense today's birds don't have well-developed wings when young, rather than being a separate species?
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~T-PEKC May 4, 2013
It's possible scenarion if it's indeed an young animal, but I think this is unlikely to be the case here. It's true that there is no mentioning in the paper that the specimen is an adult animal, but if it was juvenile I'm sure the authors would have said that, because the ontogenetic state of the animal can greatly affects any conducted cladistic analysis.
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*TheRealMaestro May 4, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Well, thanks for the information anyway. I figured it would be a juvenile for the reason aforementioned, because only the one specimen was found, and because it seems better-fitting with Occam's razor as a juvenile troodontid would be less earth-shattering for bird evolution. I also thought that it looked so much like a baby chick here :D
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~Austroraptor Apr 21, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Those filthy dinoracists!

lol jokes apart, excellent work, thumbs up
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~T-PEKC Apr 26, 2013
Thank you!
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Mood: Love ~Aloodonguy67 Apr 18, 2013  Student Artist
I love it!!!!!
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~T-PEKC Apr 18, 2013
Thanks! :)
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Mood: Joy ~Aloodonguy67 Apr 20, 2013  Student Artist
you're welcome
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~stewmorg Feb 16, 2013
t-pekc there is a albino alligators at georgia aquarium
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but also there are also Leucism aligator whic are like white lion or tiger. the best place to see them are
[link] this was featured on of the life after man episodes.
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~T-PEKC Feb 18, 2013
Thank you for the links. I already commented on albino alligators in earlier comments. These animals look quite strange in comparison to their "normal" color condition.
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