Talk:Zalmoxes

message: I suggest a review and probable removal of the second restoration from the top (The orange one.); it has a weirdly shaped skull (Almost looks warped ._.); shrink-wrapping; weird "webbed" hands; highly under-muscled arms ("Man arms"; one the more common ornithopod restoration mistakes.); lack of extensive "cheeks"; odd tail proportions; and "bird-feet"http://dinogoss.blogspot.ca/2013/09/youre-doing-it-wrong-dino-foot-scales.html.142.176.114.76 (talk) 14:39, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The eyes are way too big on both restorations. The top one benefits from seemingly being traced after a skeletal restoration. FunkMonk (talk) 15:11, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Is it a good idea to have a bristled restoration on this site? I know the Siberian ornithopod is being described soon, but until then they should probably be avoided. Do we replace them then? At least the bottom one?142.176.114.76 (talk) 19:28, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: We don't really have anything to replace them with at this point, so we can only remove. Bristles should be alright, there's no direct evidence against... FunkMonk (talk) 19:30, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm all for the enfluffening; I'm simply not sure we should go that way on this kinda site yet; thought the Siberian ornithopod could change that. As for restorations, think we could get permission to use this: http://www.deviantart.com/art/Zalmoxes-robustus-9863421 ? Looks good to me, the same guy has quite a few other good ornithopod restorations as well; Dakotadon: http://sputatrix.deviantart.com/art/Iguanodon-lakotaensis-43606364 (Accuracy debatable.); Agilisaurus: http://sputatrix.deviantart.com/art/Agilisaurus-louderbacki-69280634 ; Hexinlusaurus: http://sputatrix.deviantart.com/art/Hexinlusaurus-multidens-69258041 ; Oryctodromeus: http://sputatrix.deviantart.com/art/Oryctodromeus-cubicularis-69823130 ; and Lesothosaurus: http://sputatrix.deviantart.com/art/Lesothosaurus-diagnosticus-44725391 . The accuracy of these are debatable to some extent, but they are fairly good, and many of these pages lack restorations. Of course, I again note that we would need permission for use of these.142.176.114.76 (talk) 20:16, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The poses there seem a bit unnatural/exaggerated, though, and we have restorations of several of them already. And as for "shrinkwrapping"... FunkMonk (talk) 23:14, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The physical characteristics are good however; and we are lacking one for Dakotadon, Hexinlusaurus, and the subject of this talk is a replacement restoration for the second one on this page. Also, aldo extreme, they are within the range of possibility.142.176.114.76 (talk) 23:25, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: The large species (Zalmoxes, Dakotadon) are ok, but the legs of the smaller ones seem way too extended, you never see birds with their legs stretched out to the very extreme like that. By the way, here's a free image of a Zalmoxes model, sadly it has pronated hands. FunkMonk (talk) 16:44, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That flikr user has uploaded many free images, such as this inaccurate ("sigh") Struthiosaurus . IJReid (talk) 02:15, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah, did they actually pay someone for that? Looks like a bad suit from an old Godzilla movie. FunkMonk (talk) 09:17, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: That Zalmoxes (The flikr thing) also has a questionably upright posture, forward facing eyes, a lack of muscle (Thought not quite shrink wrapping.) and what appears to have an overly long tail. Also, a model isn't the best restoration available.142.176.114.76 (talk) 23:05, 19 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Restoration review 

message: Last year, Onychosaurus was  as a synonym of Zalmoxes, though no supporting reference was given. However, Onychosaurus currently redirects to Rhabodon, and over at the list of dinosaur genera, it is noted as a "junior synonym of Rhabdodon, or a dubious ankylosaurian". So which is it? Zigongosaurus1138 (talk) 23:22, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Onychosaurus