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Lucifer's Cockatrice

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Another one of :iconsheather888:'s creatures from the Sheatheria project (I hope you don't mind that I drew another one of your creatures)!

The Cockatrices are a type of Griffon; highly derived, mostly volant Ornithopods that have developed a menagerie of forms, from small Passerine-like animals that range in as much diversity as true avians, to larger animals such as this.  Many griffons look more like their mythological namesake, with Eagle-like heads, cat-like bodies, and pterosaur-like wings.  Those would be the Feliforme griffons.  A separate clade known as the Draconiforme griffons include animals like the cockatrices. 

Cockatrices are ill tempered carnivores with ugly, bare faces and scraggly feathers.  Unlike the hooked eagle-like beaks adorned by their relatives, Cockatrices have sharp "pseudo teeth" edging their bill.  This particular species, Lucifer's Cockatrice, is among the largest of the group, growing up to 2.5 m (8 ft) at the withers and growing a wingspan of about 6.7 m (22 ft) at full adult size.  They are powerful predators that will also gladly bully any smaller carnivore for carrion, as well as larger ones like the Emperor Swiftlet. 

To learn more about the Cockatrice, visit this link:  s1.zetaboards.com/Conceptual_E…
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Lediblock2's avatar
Huh. I thought that these guys were pterosaurs, myself.