Today's not-yet-posted-to-Mastodon post: a juvenile diplodocid. This combines skull data from a young Diplodocus with the proportions of a near-complete juvenile diplodocid skeleton: small #sauropods seem to have been more compact than their parents. The mottled body pattern is inspired by palaeocolour data, though it should be noted that the paper I took this from has since been seriously challenged. #dinosaurs #paleoart #paleontology