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Modern Dinosaurs of the Great Plains

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    Thunder Cera: Also known as the Thunderbeast, the thunder cera is the largest modern species of ceratopsian, reaching weights of up to 15 tons when fully grown. This huge size, plus their vast, thick neck frill and fierce array of facial horns, gives the thunder cera virtual immunity to any of the predators of mid-western North Americas great plains, with the exception of large saber tyrants. Calves are more vulnerable, falling victim to dromaeosaurs, tyrannosaurs, pterosaurs, and the occasional indian brave, but usually calves are VERY well protected. These enormous, temperamental beasts not only use their size and horns on predators, but during late summer/ early fall males engage in violent, often fatal battles over dominance in the herd. During such duals, nearly every carnivore within a radius of several dozen miles, including native Americans will linger in the background, waiting for one of the bulls to become wounded to the point were he will make an easy meal.

    Sprintoceratops: While some of the descendants of Triceratops have become massive, heavily armed behemoths, a couple of species living on the great plains have developed more graceful ways of life. Sprintoceratops are around a few hundred pounds at most, with thin, yet muscular limbs, slim bodies, thin neck frills, and faces only modestly adorned with horns, help make Sprintoceratops' well adapted to sprint across the open prairies to evade danger. Their speed is their main defense, having sacrificed great size and strength, they are quite vulnerable to giant tyrannosuars, but can still be pretty protective of themselves, and once their speed fails them during a chase, they will hold their own quite well against raptors and human hunters. Their legs are marked with stripes to help confuse predators when their gathered in a herd, and their thin, yet still impressive frills can flush with vibrant colors to impress females.
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DinoLover09's avatar
Not bad. The only thing I've been good at is making up modern species but using actual genera.