Gigantoraptor

[DontOkapiMe]

Common Name: G-Raptor
Species: Gigantoraptor Erlianensis
Time: Late Cretaceous
Diet: Carnivore
Temperament: Maternal

Wild:
Gigantoraptor is a much bigger cousin of the Oviraptor that lives in completely different regions of the island. Instead of inhabiting mostly lush, tropical jungles, they only inhabit the arid deserts of the island, due to the variety of predators it has to worry about in other regions of the island.
Despite its size, Gigantoraptor is actually able to survive in these deserts by eating the smaller herbivores of the island, and even smaller oviraptors. With this said, these animals don't necessarily have to worry about predators. However, they do have to worry about their smaller counterparts for one main reason alone...
These dinosaurs are some of the first to actually sit on their eggs, due to being very light in weight compared to some of the other maternal creatures on the island. Gigantoraptor is also very protective of their hatchlings, meaning that almost no predator can snatch the eggs of this massive creature, except for smaller oviraptors.
Since small oviraptors are quicker than Gigantoraptor and could snatch an egg if it was fat enough, this feathered beast will use its beak to peck, stun, and possibly kill, smaller animals. This adaptation has allowed very few Gigantoraptor eggs to be stolen, and no human being has yet to be known for stealing eggs from this animal.

Domesticated:
When domesticated, a female Gigantoraptor's maternal effect takes over on any male Oviraptor, giving it a "queen of the flock" title, or the other way around with a male Gigantoraptor. Certainly having these minions has its advantages, as the Gigantoraptor can call, or screech its servants into battle for it.
Also, being of the same order allows two similar animals to be mate-boosted, but with a twist. If done correctly, Male Gigantoraptors being around can allow egg production from female Oviraptors to be thrice of what it originally was.
Although most animals have a hard time running on sand, Gigantoraptor's spread-out feet let it run fairly quickly, making this a perfect animal to explore the vast sand dunes with.
With Gigantoraptor's peck ability, it has the ability to knock out anything that is as big as, or smaller than it with no problem. If taken a step further, these animals are perfectly made for war, and its not uncommon to see a desert tribe with one of these specimens in their arsanal.

Author's Note:
Gigantoraptor is personally in my top five dinosaurs, besides Lambeosaurus. Imagine riding a gigantic chicken, and that would be the equivalent of this monster. This is truly a magnificent specimen! Hope you guys enjoyed, leave suggestions in the comments below.

[Lightning mcKeane]

Should this maybe be in the plains? i f you look at real life, the desert can't support such large animals. Alternatively, I suppose camels can survive in the desert. Anyway, I would loveto see this guy in game. It's just so amazing that I'm hyped just reading the dossier.

[DontOkapiMe]

Originally posted by jdkeane99:

Should this maybe be in the plains? i f you look at real life, the desert can't support such large animals. Alternatively, I suppose camels can survive in the desert. Anyway, I would loveto see this guy in game. It's just so amazing that I'm hyped just reading the dossier.

In real life, Gigantoraptors actually did live in the deserts of Asia, making this dossier accurate.

[Why Watt]

Really Neat idea! It sounds like an all-around useful creature, and I also have a softspot for Gigantoraptor.

[DontOkapiMe]

Originally posted by Kirito:

Really Neat idea! It sounds like an all-around useful creature, and I also have a softspot for Gigantoraptor.

Thank you! At least I know im not the only one who loves this animal so much!

[Awkward Mongoose]

Originally posted by Phex Playz:

Originally posted by jdkeane99:

Should this maybe be in the plains? i f you look at real life, the desert can't support such large animals. Alternatively, I suppose camels can survive in the desert. Anyway, I would loveto see this guy in game. It's just so amazing that I'm hyped just reading the dossier.

In real life, Gigantoraptors actually did live in the deserts of Asia, making this dossier accurate.

Well actually, where it was found and the time at which it would have lived was believed to be humid. Deserts are not humid. More likely it was a more tropical or riverland creature. Think southeast US maybe?

[I Want MY Burd]

Originally posted by Phex Playz:

Originally posted by jdkeane99:

Should this maybe be in the plains? i f you look at real life, the desert can't support such large animals. Alternatively, I suppose camels can survive in the desert. Anyway, I would loveto see this guy in game. It's just so amazing that I'm hyped just reading the dossier.

In real life, Gigantoraptors actually did live in the deserts of Asia, making this dossier accurate.

Keep in mind that the environments where we find fossils were probably quite different when the animals died.

Looks interesting! You might consider being a little less worry; you don't need to include EVERY ability and detail in a dossier. :)
I'll add this to the Directory later

[Awkward Mongoose]

Originally posted by ivantmyburd:

Originally posted by Phex Playz:

In real life, Gigantoraptors actually did live in the deserts of Asia, making this dossier accurate.

Keep in mind that the environments where we find fossils were probably quite different when the animals died.

Exactly :)

[Why Watt]

When I first learned of it in a National Geographic magazine, I was like "That's one big Oviraptor". I've found it such an interesting animal. Look at it's anatomy. It literally looks like a super-sized Oviraptor, simply speaking. Yet it begs so many questions and what ifs; Is the design effective enough to need very little adaptation to change roles completely in an ecosystem, as it seems? What roles did it fill exactly in it's native environment? Lethal Predator? Defensive, herbivorous mother? Did it live in colonies/flocks? There are so many interesting possibilities, and yet they all are possible because it is a super-sized Oviraptor!

Really an interesting Dino, and if they really start adding things from generic groups that are already in-game/planned, Gigantoraptor is a must for me.

[DontOkapiMe]

Originally posted by Kirito:

When I first learned of it in a National Geographic magazine, I was like "That's one big Oviraptor". I've found it such an interesting animal. Look at it's anatomy. It literally looks like a super-sized Oviraptor, simply speaking. Yet it begs so many questions and what ifs; Is the design effective enough to need very little adaptation to change roles completely in an ecosystem, as it seems? What roles did it fill exactly in it's native environment? Lethal Predator? Defensive, herbivorous mother? Did it live in colonies/flocks? There are so many interesting possibilities, and yet they all are possible because it is a super-sized Oviraptor!

Really an interesting Dino, and if they really start adding things from generic groups that are already in-game/planned, Gigantoraptor is a must for me.

Definently, and the generic groups sounds like a really cool idea, since you could go to into so many subgroups of one family of animals, it would be so diverse. Although, they might go a little deeper into something like that, I bet you it wouldnt be by much...

[Lightning mcKeane]

Originally posted by Kirito:

When I first learned of it in a National Geographic magazine, I was like "That's one big Oviraptor". I've found it such an interesting animal. Look at it's anatomy. It literally looks like a super-sized Oviraptor, simply speaking. Yet it begs so many questions and what ifs; Is the design effective enough to need very little adaptation to change roles completely in an ecosystem, as it seems? What roles did it fill exactly in it's native environment? Lethal Predator? Defensive, herbivorous mother? Did it live in colonies/flocks? There are so many interesting possibilities, and yet they all are possible because it is a super-sized Oviraptor!

Really an interesting Dino, and if they really start adding things from generic groups that are already in-game/planned, Gigantoraptor is a must for me.

They already are adding more than one from some generic groups. They have microraptor and compsognathus. Also, sarcosuchus and kaprosuchus, spinosaurus and baryonyx, and trilobite and whatever that sea scorpion thing is called. (I just forgot the name as I was typing this).

[Why Watt]

Well Micro is actually with Utahraptor but whatevs.... I get the SpinoxBaryonix and SarcoxKarpo I believe it is called Eurepteryd. :D

[I Want MY Burd]

Gigantoraptor has now been added to the Directory!

[The_Pastmaster]

Originally posted by {HURT} Ewok Jedi:

Originally posted by Phex Playz:

In real life, Gigantoraptors actually did live in the deserts of Asia, making this dossier accurate.

Well actually, where it was found and the time at which it would have lived was believed to be humid. Deserts are not humid. More likely it was a more tropical or riverland creature. Think southeast US maybe?

The arctic snow wastes are deserts as well and there's loads of water around. :P

[DontOkapiMe]

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

The arctic snow wastes are deserts as well and there's loads of water around. :P

Well, you have a point there...

[Lightning mcKeane]

Originally posted by Phex Playz:

Originally posted by The_Pastmaster:

The arctic snow wastes are deserts as well and there's loads of water around. :P

But those wastes are not humid and have little precipitation. despite all of that ice, all of the water is frozen, so it is still very dry there.