What the heck is this dinosaur?

blubbit

blubbit
I've only seen a little bit of speculation to the identity of this dino on the reddit and I haven't seen it at all here

SO,

I have a mystery on my hands. In the second development diary, we get a small clip that shows off a dinosaur I cannot identify. I'm posting to ask what we think it all is.
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I'm going to start off by ruling out some things. My first thought was that it was part of the tree line, but upon examination of the video at reduced speed, it has a clearly distinct coloration and is unveiled from behind the trees as the camera pans up. Its shape clearly indicates that it is indeed a dinosaur. I can also confirm that what appears to be its neck is in fact just that and not a tree branch extending outward, as it also is behind the treeline.

Now, with that in mind, let's think of what dinosaur it could be, starting with Mamenchisaurus. The reason I say Mamenchisaurus is it shares a very notable characteristic with the Jurassic Park depiction: the neck.

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The two appear to have have very similar neck shapes and positions. This makes Mamenchisaurus a likely candidate for what this dinosaur might be. There is only one issue though that disrupts that likelihood. Mamenchisaurus, as a sauropod, is a very large animal.

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Here we see a wide shot from the moment we see this dinosaur. From this image, it appears that the mystery dinosaur is notably smaller than the shown sauropods, Brachiosaurus and Apatosaurus. Mamenchisaurus fits between those two in terms of height and length, but our mystery dinosaur appears to be smaller than the Apatosaurus in every dimension. In terms of size, I would say the sauropod it is closest to is Camarasaurus, but it doesn't appear to have the same overall shape of Camarasaurus, which is more bulky and its neck doesn't go nearly as upright.

Another important detail is a dinosaur that appears to be on the same level as our mystery dinosaur: Chasmosaurus.

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Here is an image of the Chasmosaurus put right up next to the mystery dino for comparison. The only thing that is troubling is the angles that which the dinosaurs are facing. This makes it difficult for a proper size comparison, but it does give us a general idea of about how large this dinosaur is compared to Chasmosaurus. With distance in mind, it appears larger than the standing hadrosaur behind it, which I believe to be a heavily distorted image of Edmontosaurus, as when the video plays a shot can be seen where shows off the longer head that Edmontosaurus possesses. There is a slight green tint to the head as well. While an exact comparison cannot be made, it does appear that this mystery dinosaur is larger than Edmontosaurus by some of its dimensions.

Based on my observations, I think this dinosaur is either Camarasaurus that is tilting its head up higher in the clip we see with the video quality distorting its appearance, or its a completely new dinosaur. If it's new, that only leads to more speculation, to which I have two ideas: another, small to medium sized sauropod which is my reasonable guess,

or my less reasonable guess

A Therizinosaur.

What do you think it is based off of the images I've shown? Feel free to get wild with your speculation.
 

Lora Craft69

Lora Craft69
BestInSlot thinks it's a Diplodocus because of the curve the neck has.

Edit: Andrew beat me to it. :)

[video=youtube;yOjy7uhAPEc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOjy7uhAPEc[/video]
 

blubbit

blubbit
Best In Slots video is based on a different clip entirely than mine (same paddock though, from the looks of it).

There is a big difference though with the animal(s) in the images BIS uses and the ones I posted. The sauropod in BIS's vid has a slight swoop in its neck. This one just goes straight upright, and slightly back a little from the looks of it. The posture of its neck and head is more similar to Mamenchisaurus, and the sauropod's neck and head posture BIS's video is what ruled it out as Mamenchi.

EDIT: Keeping Diplodocus in mind, they are larger than Apatosaurus, and this dinosaur is visibly smaller than the Apatosaurus we see in the images I posted. It might look like an diplodocid sauropod more at a different angle, and it just has its head raised up higher. The size of the dinosaur is what perplexes me though, which makes me think we either have a Camarasaurus or something new.
 
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Lora Craft69

Lora Craft69
Based on your pictures I would say a Mamenchisaurus, the only problem is, this dinosaur is much to small to be a Mamenchisaurus.
Camarasaurus probably, or else it's the same dinosaur from BIS his video but the screenshot is taken on a different time.

Also if it's a Camarasaurus, there is a possibility of 6 sauropods in the game.
 
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Lora Craft69

Lora Craft69
Would Frontier go this far to put a very obscure sauropod in the game as a Shunosaurus?
It has the right size and build but this is a very unknown dinosaur.
 

blubbit

blubbit
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Here's an image comparing the BIS sauropod and the treeline it stands by with the same treeline in my images.

By examining these, the BIS sauropod (which is undoubtedly a diplodocid in my opinion) and the dinosaur in my images may be the same animal, if not simply congruent in size. That raises a question though. How far back is that treeline from the treeline by the fence? The issue I have here now is that the the BIS sauropod doesn't appear to be that much larger than the hadrosaur we see in the other image, and I scaled the images so what they are depicting would be approximately the same size. How much larger are the Apatosaurus of JWE compared to Edmontosaurus?

This is one instance where I'd like a more clear cut answer rather than overthinking it. [noob]
 
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PCMR4Life

PCMR4Life
It looks like something, I just can't make out what it is. BIS seems have to have a different view of it. I would say it's some kind of sauropod. But it could be anything. It doesn't look like a log though.
 

Dinoken

Dinoken
Also please remember that while Diplodocus is generally longer than Apatosaurus. Diplodocus was about 25-33 meters long, compared to Apatosaurus' 22-28 meters long. It is also quite a bit slimmer, with a smaller body than Apatosaurus. As Diplodocus has a longer neck and tail than Apatosaurus. If Apatosaurus was estimated to have 20-35 tons, then Diplodocus was about 12-20 tons.

Mamenchisaurus does have a very long neck, but it's body and tail were proportionally shorter than Apatosaurus, as the Mamenchisaurus' neck was about 45-50% of it total length.
 

pollywog

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Its way too small to be a mamenchisaurus.

Someone mentioned Shunosaurus. It's about the right size. There are also other small sauropods like Amaragosaurs.

I think one possibility is that if Frontier went with Dilophosaurs Sinensis and decided to place it at the Lufeng dig site, this could be the pro-sauropod of this dig sites name; Lufengosaurus. Its very much the right size and shape.
 
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Exlare

Exlare
blubbit said:
Here's an image comparing the BIS sauropod and the treeline it stands by with the same treeline in my images.

By examining these, the BIS sauropod (which is undoubtedly a diplodocid in my opinion) and the dinosaur in my images may be the same animal, if not simply congruent in size. That raises a question though. How far back is that treeline from the treeline by the fence? The issue I have here now is that the the BIS sauropod doesn't appear to be that much larger than the hadrosaur we see in the other image, and I scaled the images so what they are depicting would be approximately the same size. How much larger are the Apatosaurus of JWE compared to Edmontosaurus?

This is one instance where I'd like a more clear cut answer rather than overthinking it. [noob]
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In that scene you can see how the Trex freeze before he starts the hunting..
 
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