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Iguanodon v Baryonyx
Topic Started: May 13 2012, 04:06 PM (7,456 Views)
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Baryonyx walkeri
Baryonyx was the first carnivorous dinosaur to be discovered in England. It was an unusual theropod with huge foot-long claws on its hands. Most theropods had S-shaped necks, but Baryonyx had a long straight one that was fairly inflexible. The design of its hips and pelvis suggests that it was bipedal for the purposes of walking from place to place. However, its forelimbs were absurdly large for a theropod, suggesting that it also spent much of its time on all fours. It had a long long tail and a low-slung body. Skull & Jaws: The skull was set at an acute angle, not the 90° angle common in similar dinosaurs. The long jaw was distinctly crocodilian, and had 96 teeth, twice as many as its relatives. Sixty-four of the teeth were placed in the lower jaw (mandible), and 32 large ones in the upper (maxilla). The snout probably bore a small but distinctive crest. Baryonyx was about 2.60–2.75 m (8 ft 6 in–9 ft 0.3 in) tall, 9.5 m (31 ft) long, and weighed in the region of 1,700–2,700 kg (3,700–6,000 lb). However, analysis of the bones suggests that the most complete specimen was not yet fully grown, so Baryonyx may have grown even larger.

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Iguanodon bernissartensis
Iguanodon ( /ɪˈɡwɑːnədɒn/ i-gwah-nə-don; meaning "iguana-tooth") is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur that lived roughly halfway between the first of the swift bipedal hypsilophodontids and the ornithopods' culmination in the duck-billed dinosaurs. Many species of Iguanodon have been named, dating from the Kimmeridgian age of the Late Jurassic Period to the Cenomanian age of the Late Cretaceous Period from Asia, Europe, and North America. However, research in the first decade of the 21st century suggests that there is only one well-substantiated species: I. bernissartensis, that lived from the late Barremian to the earliest Aptian ages (Early Cretaceous) in Europe, between about 126 and 125 million years ago. Iguanodon's most distinctive features were its large thumb spikes, which were possibly used for defence against predators, combined with long prehensile fifth fingers able to forage for food. Iguanodon were bulky herbivores that could shift from bipedality to quadrupedality. The only well-supported species, I. bernissartensis, is estimated to have weighed about 3 tonnes (3.5 tons) on average, and measured about 10 metres long (33 ft) as an adult, with some specimens possibly as long as 13 metres (43 ft). These animals had large, tall but narrow skulls, with toothless beaks probably covered with keratin, and teeth like those of iguanas, but much larger and more closely packed.

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Baryonyx vs Iguanodon
Edited by Taipan, May 18 2013, 05:31 PM.
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I think a 10m iguanodon would have weighed more than 3t.
Imo iguanodon would win because of it´s size and strenght advantage.
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theropod
May 13 2012, 05:40 PM
I think a 10m iguanodon would have weighed more than 3t.
Imo iguanodon would win because of it´s size and strenght advantage.
Sorry, I'm gonna have to go with Baryonx on this. There have been fossilized remains of Iguanodon in Baryonxs stomach.
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Dracorex128
May 14 2012, 12:03 AM
theropod
May 13 2012, 05:40 PM
I think a 10m iguanodon would have weighed more than 3t.
Imo iguanodon would win because of it´s size and strenght advantage.
Sorry, I'm gonna have to go with Baryonx on this. There have been fossilized remains of Iguanodon in Baryonxs stomach.
Ever think that it might of been from scavenging?
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May 14 2012, 02:59 AM
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May 14 2012, 12:03 AM
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May 13 2012, 05:40 PM
I think a 10m iguanodon would have weighed more than 3t.
Imo iguanodon would win because of it´s size and strenght advantage.
Sorry, I'm gonna have to go with Baryonx on this. There have been fossilized remains of Iguanodon in Baryonxs stomach.
Ever think that it might of been from scavenging
True.
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And i'm pretty sure the remains were from youngsters. maybe not but i think I remember.
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Iguanodon has a major size advantage. It could probably trample the spinosaurid to death.
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Swarmlord2012
May 21 2012, 09:18 PM
Iguanodon has a major size advantage. It could probably trample the spinosaurid to death.
Baryonyx has that huge claw.
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I can't see it fatally wounding the Iguanodon before it just stomps it into the ground, though.
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May 13 2012, 05:40 PM
I think a 10m iguanodon would have weighed more than 3t.
Imo iguanodon would win because of it´s size and strenght advantage.
There is no way that iguanadon is stronger than baryonyx. Iguanadon was designed for eating plants, baryonyx is designed to eat fish and other dinosaurs. So of cause baryonyx is stronger, no doubt.
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Iguanadon is more likely the stronger of the two.
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JJ5893 - "There is no way that iguanadon is stronger than baryonyx. Iguanadon was designed for eating plants, baryonyx is designed to eat fish and other dinosaurs. So of cause baryonyx is stronger, no doubt."

Yeah it has a crocodile mouth........
But was it really designed to take down creatures bigger then itself?
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Iguanodon is bulkier, heavier and likely stronger. 10 m and over 3 ton Iguanodon is too big. @jj5893 Baryonyx wasn't really adapted to hunt larger than itself prey, also even Iguanodon is herbivore it doesn't mean that it would loose. So stop fanboying.
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Iguandon is MUCH heavier/stronger so it wins!
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jj5893
Aug 22 2012, 06:26 AM
There is no way that iguanadon is stronger than baryonyx. Iguanadon was designed for eating plants, baryonyx is designed to eat fish and other dinosaurs. So of cause baryonyx is stronger, no doubt.
So a Lion is more powerful than an Elephant? rolleyes
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