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Well, my last depiction of V. mongoliensis was getting old...so I made a new one. Not only because in during this time (a year or so) I developed somewhat better artistic skills, but because I took it more seriously (i.e. color) this time. Also, it's my first dinosaur wearing the wing feather arrengement proposed by Longrich et al. (2012).
If you are wondering if I will upgrade this infographic, the answer is absolutely yes. Not soon, tough, as it needs a total revamp (i.e. wing feathers diagram is now old) and I currently lack of the necessary time.

The proposed sexual dimorphism (dichromatism) is quite conservative, featuring an owl-ish plumage (no species in particular) in males, in contrast with the uniform brown plumage in females.
The height of the human silhouette is 175cm.



References used:
:bulletblack:Skeletal drawings by Scott Hartman and GSP (top-view was indispensable for modelling).
:bulletblack:Longrich et al., Primitive Wing Feather Arrengement in Archaeopteryx lithographica and Anchiornis huxleyi, Current Biology (2012).

As usual, many thanks to dracontes, Tomozaurus, albertonykus, and jobaria for their help.

Color variation due to congenital disorders:
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TheTobinator2145's avatar
awesome detail on the feathers!
the one detail i don't like as much though is the coloration (or rather the shade). it should be more sandy colored like a lion or a Kit Fox to blend in with ancient Mongolia (which like today was hot during the day cold during the night (making a thick layer of feathers essential to not roasting during the day or getting hypothermia during the night) and really sunny and sandy. but aside from the shading the general shape of the feathers and the size of the animals depicted (i like how they aren't Jurassic park's 6-foot turkey lizards) i would give this a 4 to 4.5 out of 5.