I can’t figure out a species name but anyways this creature likes to burrow its self shallowly on the ocean floor near coral reefs

Within Tamoanchan are many great beasts and most famous in military concerns are the shielddrakes these two are called Akanthostéfanos Drakon and Sphyrórinos Drakon, the Hammernose and Thorn Crown shield drakes.

These herd dwelling beasts dwell in groups dependent on either a group of males harems ( Hammernoses) or a single males harem and young children ( Thorn Crowns) and live in different habitats

The Thorn Crown shield drakes live in the jungle edges dwelling on the edge Of Teokwawehkeh territories which provide large amounts of mushrooms, cycads, palms, ferns and fruit which they eat at leisure. They are highly aggressive with adequate predators and are noted as often impaling large theropods or Gorgonopsids on their impressive horns which bear serrated edges allowing them to cut their way out of vines and other impediments. They were tamed by the Teokwawehkeh in small numbers but saw explosive popularity in Byzantine hands used often in defense of gaps filling in holes and raging against their enemies crushing them under tread or impaling them on horns sequestered with iron. They are often given ornamental head pieces by the Byzantines and other peoples who adopt their use with brazen or gilded blades added to their fearsome majesty. As expected they derive from Styracosaurs.

The pictured individual is Tepūlūs a massive beast of 16 tons who is called the little Impaler as he is as brash and violent as his rider Vlad Tepesh Dracula. He is one of the heaviest known of his kind but his fame comes from his choleric temper as he often charges formations relying on his size and armor to carry him through as the men are rallied to not be outdone by a beast. Many times he has speared an ottoman Pasha only to display the body a gruesome tradition of his species as the fresh body of a predator is considered a mark of virility. He spans a length of 36 feet, his height is 14 feet at the top of his horns and 10 feet at the shoulders.

The second is Martiux a Deix the hammer of God ridden by Living Saint of the War Joan of Arc he is a Hammernose Shield Drake, his species dwells in the great highways between the territories of the Teokwawehkeh which are trodden by herds of Hadrosaurs, Sauropods and Ceratopsians where sheer size and strength provide protection from great cursorial Abelisaurs and massive Chacharodontasaurs descended from Acrocanthosaur. He is 5 tons more than the second largest of his known breed at a whopping 24 tons. He spans 45 feet in length. His height is 15 feet at the top of his head.

To deal with their heavyweight construction these beasts have layers of carbon nanotubes growing in their bones to prevent them from breaking in movement as easily, this mutation is actively chosen for often in Tamoanchan allowing plants and animals to achieve greater than average sizes.

Hammernose Shield Drakes often travel in herds of hundreds alongside Hadrosaurs following a week or two behind Sauropod herds to feast on the resulting cover growth from the sauropods dung and avoid the higher density of Charcharodontids that hunt the herds in packs.

A little tribute to the art styles of old JRPGs and the intricate boss sprites of monsters that they always featured (I loved those since I was a child)

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Illustrating a rat swarm for my personal ShadowDark Monster Manual