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| DinosaurMichael | Dec 15 2012, 10:02 PM Post #1 |
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Saurophaganax maximus Saurophaganax ("lizard-eating master") is a genus of allosaurid dinosaur from the Morrison Formation of Late Jurassic Oklahoma (latest Kimmeridgian age, about 151 million years ago). Some paleontologists consider it to be a species of Allosaurus (A. maximus). Saurophaganax represents a very large (13 metres (43 ft) long). Saurophaganax was one of the largest carnivores of Late Jurassic North America. Ray even gave an estimate of the body length of fifteen metres and Chure of fourteen, though later estimations have been lower. The fossils known of Saurophaganax (both the possible New Mexican material and the Oklahoma material) are known from the latest part of the Morrison formation, suggesting that they were either always uncommon or appeared rather late in the fossil record. Saurophaganax was large for an allosaurid, and bigger than both its contemporaries Torvosaurus tanneri and Allosaurus fragilis. Being much rarer than its contemporaries, making up one percent or less of the Morrison theropod fauna, not much about its behavior is known. Stovall in Oklahoma also unearthed a considerable number of Apatosaurus specimens, a possible prey for a large theropod. ![]() Tyrannosaurus rex Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning "king" in Latin), commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the Maastrichtian age of the upper Cretaceous Period, 67 to 65.5 million years ago.[1] It was among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Like other tyrannosaurids, Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Relative to the large and powerful hindlimbs, Tyrannosaurus forelimbs were small, though unusually powerful for their size, and bore two clawed digits. Although other theropods rivaled or exceeded Tyrannosaurus rex in size, it was the largest known tyrannosaurid and one of the largest known land predators. By far the largest carnivore in its environment, Tyrannosaurus rex may have been an apex predator, preying upon hadrosaurs and ceratopsians, although some experts have suggested it was primarily a scavenger. The debate over Tyrannosaurus as apex predator or scavenger is among the longest running in paleontology. Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time; the largest complete specimen, FMNH PR2081 ("Sue"), measured 12.8 metres (42 ft) long, and was 4.0 metres (13.1 ft) tall at the hips. Mass estimates have varied widely over the years, from more than 7.2 metric tons (7.9 short tons), to less than 4.5 metric tons (5.0 short tons), with most modern estimates ranging between 5.4 and 6.8 metric tons (6.0 and 7.5 short tons). Packard et al. (2009) tested dinosaur mass estimation procedures on elephants and concluded that dinosaur estimations are flawed and produce over-estimations; thus, the weight of Tyrannosaurus could be much less than usually estimated. Other estimations have concluded that the largest known Tyrannosaurus specimens had a weight exceeding 9 tonnes.
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| blaze | Dec 17 2012, 04:29 AM Post #91 |
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Based on DINO it becomes Acroncanthosaurus sized, based on Big Al it becomes Sue sized (hindlimbs might be too long for an adult carnosaur) EDIT: I meant hindlimbs. Edited by blaze, Dec 17 2012, 05:37 AM.
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| MysteryMeat | Dec 17 2012, 05:19 AM Post #92 |
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![]() Here's Hartman's UUVP 6000 and UUVP 6000 scaled to have a 545mm humerus, representing Saurophaganax, per blaze' suggestion. It's about 11.2 meters long measuring along the curve. All credits and copyright goes to Scott Hartman. Edited by MysteryMeat, Dec 17 2012, 05:30 AM.
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| theropod | Dec 17 2012, 06:13 AM Post #93 |
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How do you measure along the curves? |
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| MysteryMeat | Dec 17 2012, 06:50 AM Post #94 |
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I use the ruler tool in photoshop to measure the length of the vertebra that are in straight line then I add up the numbers. |
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| MysteryMeat | Dec 17 2012, 06:54 AM Post #95 |
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![]() I scaled both articulated pelvis to the same proportion then matched the drawings to the fossil. Paul's robust rex drawing is not very accurate, and it certainly does not follow the proportion of Sue. I appears to me that he might have used Sue's left ilium, but drew the pubis too big. I don't know if any other rex specimen has a proportionally larger pubis, but sue sure doesn't. If anything, Paul drew his rex too short and fat. Hartman's drawing is pretty spot on, on the other hand. He used Sue's right ilium, which appears to be the more complete one(?) It's surprising to me how different the ilia are. ![]() And here is the comparison, from left to right: OMNH 1935 based on UUVP 6000 FMNH PR 2081 OMNH 1935 based on MOR 693, this one is actually longer than Sue, but still considerably smaller. Both Allosaurus skeletals are from Scott Hartman. Edited by MysteryMeat, Dec 17 2012, 07:33 AM.
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| blaze | Dec 17 2012, 08:51 AM Post #96 |
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It seems my method to measure along the curves, taking some shortcuts here and there was giving me lengths slightly longer than it actually was, you got 11.2m and I got 11.4m. I guess I'll start measuring them with the same attention to detail as you from now on. Incredible work MysteryMeat! EDIT: Is it right that the result is pretty much the same as from tip to tail? I wouldn't have expected that EDIT 2: I think its a problem of the ruler tool (or probably I just suck at using it haha) it works to measure straight lines but it acts weird if they're diagonal, measuring along the curve with the ruler tool was giving me lengths matching the tip to tip length and around 0.2m less on the two Ceratosaurus skeletals and ~0.7m less on Sue's than the (arguable unorthodox) method I was using before even if I make sure not to miss vertebrae. Edited by blaze, Dec 17 2012, 10:52 AM.
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| MysteryMeat | Dec 17 2012, 12:13 PM Post #97 |
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Thanks blaze! I think if the vetebral column is straightened out it should always be longer. I don't know if theropods can completely straighten out their necks so it might not matter much in the end. I took some shortcuts too; too lazy to measure each vert centrum lol. I think based on these two reconstructions we can have a good ballpark of how big Sarurophaganax is. About 11-13, 4000-7000kg. I will put my money on the 12.5 meter, 8000-9000kg rex. Edited by MysteryMeat, Dec 17 2012, 12:27 PM.
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| SpinoInWonderland | Dec 17 2012, 02:05 PM Post #98 |
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The madness has come back...
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Can people stop using that biased Tyrannosaurus estimate? It adds too much tissue into the skeleton and assumes that Tyrannosaurus was a fat sausage! |
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| MysteryMeat | Dec 17 2012, 02:40 PM Post #99 |
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That doesn't change the fact that Saurophaganax is probably significantly smaller. Read the paper yourself: http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026037&imageURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0026037.t003 I think the min model looks pretty good. It is perhaps even a little light on tail and leg muscles, and the model gives an estimate of 9500 kg. So my 8000-9000kg is more conservative compare to what the paper states. Sue could have weight 9500-10000kg in real life. Edited by MysteryMeat, Dec 17 2012, 02:44 PM.
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| SpinoInWonderland | Dec 17 2012, 02:43 PM Post #100 |
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The madness has come back...
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It may be a bit light on the tail and the legs but the torso is just a fat sausage, and most other estimates centered around 6 tonnes |
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| MysteryMeat | Dec 17 2012, 02:49 PM Post #101 |
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It basically follows the skeletal outline. ![]() Sue has a barrel chest, what do you expect? The min estimate is 9502kg. I give you 8000-9000kg estimate. I think the 500-1000kg decrease could have well covered a bit over sizing of the torso. |
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| Verdugo | Dec 17 2012, 11:39 PM Post #102 |
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Greg Paul T rex is actually not much more robust than those of Hartman And i use Paul T rex because it has the top view, which is useful for determining bulk, do you think that Hartman T rex would have smaller ribcage ?. The ribcage width of Paul T rex matchs perfectly with the mounted skeleton
Why don't you read my data ?? Is it so hard for you to read ?. If you are too lazy reading, i would give some emphasis ![]() http://s6.postimage.org/6dca0g4gx/Skull_strength01.png Is it easier to read now ? Don't you see Allosaurus skull strength scores very low compare to other Theropod, Allosaurus skull strength is 1,5 times lower than Gorgosaurus despite having slight larger skull Yes, i know it is not a very large Allosaurus specimen, but it is not the smaller either. Big Al is almost an adult specimen, he should represent the skull strength for adult specimen. Do you think that Allosaurus skull would be that MUCH stronger if it grew a little bit more ? This is the latest study on skull strength (2006), if you can't find any later study, those studies from the 1900s should be considered to be outdated now Allosaurus skull is actually opposite to strong
It's clearly that you didn't even spend seconds reading my data I posted TWO different pics, one shows cranium strength, the other shows dentary strength in vertical bending
I afraid that bite force study might overestimate some animals bite force while underestimate some others The scale-up Allosaurus (scale up Allosaurus to T rex size) bite force is actually almost as powerful as T rex !!. What does it mean ?. Allosaurus and T rex at size parity would have almost the same bite force, while is almost definitely that Allosaurus doesn't have the adaptation to bite that strong, the data on skull and mandible strength clearly refuse that Another thing implausible is the gator bite force, the gator bite force in that study is actually FAR lower than real life experience ![]() http://s6.postimage.org/roefigbz5/Theropod_bite_force.png T rex bite force in this study is actually not far from implausible like other animals. Sakamoto has estimated T rex bite force to be 50kN-80kN which is even higher than this study
Yes, but it is dimensionally much smaller than T rex skull
Unless the difference in agility is very great, i'm afraid agility wouldn't help much (see Tyrant posts for that) A cougar would never beat a jaguar because it is more agile, more agile ?
Oh, i didn't even notice to correct my grammar, you know it would waste you a lot of time typing than reading back to correct your grammar, i'm quite lazy doing that. Thanks for correct me then, hope i could improve it
Actually, Carcharodontosauridae are my favorite dinosaurs (of course only after Tyrannosauridae), but Allosaurus isn't as formidable as later generations, of course it would still beat smaller carnivores, but lb 4 lb Allosaurus isn't a very formidable Theropod imo
The tiny teeth and weak skull of Allosaurus would never been able to sever T rex massively thick muscles and hide
Great work dude !. Really nice ! Two questions: 1/ How long is Sue in your scale measured by the curve ? Did you scale Sue by Hartman scale bar ? 2/ How long is your Saurophaganx scaled up from Big Al (measured by the curve) ? Base on MysteryMeat scale: _ 11,2m Saurophaganax base on DINO proportion would be a massive MISMATCH, it is like putting a cougar against a male tiger, no chance for the cougar. T rex wins 100% _ ?m Saurophaganax base on Big Al proportion would be closer. I image it would like putting a cougar against a much more massively built jaguar, the cougar would manage to inflict some damages, but in the end it would still be destroyed. T rex wins 80% |
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| Verdugo | Dec 17 2012, 11:55 PM Post #103 |
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For more on T rex mass estimate Thomas Holtz stated that T rex would have weighed 8+ tonnes (2011)
The debate on T rex mass is actually over Broly, although you could dream happily in your fantasy world that any Theropod is larger and more powerful than T rex but don't poisoned people minds with your ridiculous, superficial, illogical, unreasonable, implausible, baseless, STUPID claims, you should be shamed of yourself I would definitely ignore you from now |
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| theropod | Dec 18 2012, 02:58 AM Post #104 |
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Verdugo, i read your data, but I think it should ahve been clear for sou that dentary strenght isn´t relevant here. you should have a look at: Cranial design and function in a large theropod dinosaur Emily J. Rayfield*, David B. Norman, Celeste C. Horner, John R. Horner, Paula May Smith, Jeffrey J. Thomason & Paul Upchurch It uses FEA analysis and states allosaurus had tremendous cranial strenght. For the rest, this "tiny teeth and weak skull" BS is bias, it is really starting to sound palaeosaurus-like, and I have never claimed an animal could beat a significantly alrger and more well armed one because of agility-it can be a decisive advantage nevertheless. also it is funny how you are picky even about estimates for the same study. of course you totally support T. rex bite force in there, but why on earth should that for allosaurus be correct, it is far too high! Just for your info, an allosaurus the weight of T. rex can mean many things depending on the weight estimate, if you are very conservative it could be an animal well above 14m, and it isn´t surprising at all that such a large animal might not have been that far behind the mighty king. I guess by dimensinally smaller you mean narrower-that´s true, and as already explained it also holds advantages, and regardless of that it has a deadly bite. |
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| Carcharadon | Dec 18 2012, 06:58 AM Post #105 |
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are you fucking kidding? of course allosaurus is VERY formidable lb for lb. Deadly cutting bite, claws, agility, etc.
tiny teeth? tell me how these teeth are "tiny"And it does not have a weak skull, it is actually really strong and is built to withstand huge forces. Relatively weak biting strength don't mean weak skull. Edited by Carcharadon, Dec 18 2012, 12:43 PM.
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tell me how these teeth are "tiny"
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