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@Dinosaur.Fanatic, I have the complete Calvin and Hobbes collection, and there is on many occasions where a T. rex runs through a city and eats people. @x_Paden_x, we don't know for sure if T. rex had a huge bit force, and I think that Spino had a strong bite force too, like modern Crocodiles. My reason to back this up is Crocs have wider, shorter jaws, like Spino, not longer, thinner jaws, like an allogator. And plus, Spino was huge, a saltwater Crocodile is huge, I think they Spino would have a nasty bite force, but that's just me.

I don't know. Mostly everything I read says it was in the 5-6 ton range. Give or take a few pounds.

Or you could look at it like the tall kid is skinnier, say 130 lbs. The short kid could be stockier, say 140 lbs. Who weighs more? When scientists look at size, they go by weight. Tyrannosaurus seems more "stocky". Overall, more muscle and therefore, more weight. Long and lean is possible. So is short and heavy. In MY opinion, Spino is long and lean. Rex is short and heavy.

If you compare skeletons, Spino is longer and taller, yes. But add the sail, longer neck, longer skull, longer legs, and longer arms, and this makes for a predator larger than Rex. It has always appeared to me that Rex's smaller size is taken up mostly by body, while Spino's larger size is taken up mostly by limbs, sail, etc. But let us say that we have a the body of a Rex and a Spino laying at our feet. Both are missing the head, arms, legs, tail, and for Spino, the sail. I think that rather than bigger, Spino's body would be the same size as Rex's. But add the longer limbs of the Spino, and it makes it larger than Rex with limbs. The body size is the same. Spinosaurus was a sleek, muscled predator. I don't agree that Rex was bigger, but I agree that, [i]relative to the overall size of the dinosaur[/i], Rex was more body. Take for example a short kid and a tall kid. The tall kid has everything the short kid has, except the neck is longer, the arms and legs are longer. The tall kid is considered bigger. Take away the [i]long[/i] limbs and replace with short, and the tall kid's body size will resemble the short kid's. Spino is the larger predator. (This is my opinion; anyone else feel free to back me up or dispute.)

Well, Tarbosaurus was 4.5-5 tons, the less heavy in my ranking is 6.2t.

@Deltadromeus -- That is SO funny that you bring that up! I have that Calvin and Hobbes comic book. The raptors come out and eat Susie on the school playground. Makes me laugh every time I read it!! Great solution - let dinosaurs loose to solve over-population. @x_paden_x -- I appreciate FBR for this reason. However, (please don't take any offense to this), I feel that sometimes, not always, the fights to not fully examine [i]all[/i] the useful features of the fighter. However, mostly, you guys have done a great job. I will definitely be reading fight 4! I feel like so many people on these forums always say that, yes, Spino was powerful, but in a fight, it was Rex that would have the advantage, and my point in opening this thread was to emphasize that this is certainly not true.

Those were all ones I had in mind. I wanted to do a few that most people don't really think of at first like Tyrannosaurus and Stegosaurus. The ones you gave are perfect honorable mentions though.

I like em just fine. I find them interesting.

awesome

FBR was created for the purpose of showing this, But, its more of a luck draw then a determined accuracy... we will never know for sure, but we know how close we can coem to the real thing... spino has size mass and claws rex has neck jaws and feet They're even odds, But if ive learned anything, youve gotta have an ace up your sleeve to win, theirs advantages to rex, yes, but spino has advantages too, as its size, its giant fore claws... FBR was created off of these facts... evens and odds... (You'll like FBR's ace for fight 4)

Little uh... confused, you never stated if you were requesting a written fight or if you were stating how cool it would be? also we see 3/4 of one in JPTG... the last 1/4 being what we dont see when they get inside the supply shed

ian malcolm has to be the main character for this movie to work.

I wish that T. rex and Spino are still living today. I have seen a Calvin and Hobbes in which Calvin solved the problem of world over population by letting a pack of raptors loose to eat whoever they want. It was an essay of course, but it was still and interesting, and very funny.

Dinosaurs like-birds are great, I don't understand why some people don't like them.

God! I love the Brontoscorpio, is a badass creature. For the rest I agree, s time to take the next evolutionary step to the land.

and [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigantoraptor]Gigantoraptor[/url] [img]http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p589/jokerdeldesierto/gigantoraptor-alectrosaurus_zps0fb19c4b.jpg[/img]

I love that fossil, is like a time capsule.

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracorex]Dracorex[/url] [img]http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p589/jokerdeldesierto/wp_large_20071214_7_zps71aa3096.jpg[/img]

i have a comment on this post, but not an opinion. maybe it will shed light on the unknown reason for the fossil. anyone see an old show quite a few years back on animal planet about lions where a young sub adult lion was being chased off by dominant males? he freaked out and would do anything for his life, even the researchers said it was bizarre... he went into a huge floodplain that was reduced to thick mud. the other male lions would not chase him because they knew they would get stuck and die, but that poor little young male stuck it out and kept getting more stuck and deeper into mud. ( makes me think of never ending story and the poor horse). luckily he DID get away... no small teenage lion should have survived an attack from 2 large adult males, but he did... by risking death in another way. perhaps the death in the fossil you showed was another freak occurrence from a smart animal on either side?

A cousin of Acrocanthosaurus? [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becklespinax]Becklespinax[/url] [img]http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p589/jokerdeldesierto/altispinax-becklespinax_zps9372d8bc.jpg[/img]

Technically not a dinosaur, but still a strange creature... [img]http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p589/jokerdeldesierto/s3reutersmedianet_zpsa5f0f41b.jpg[/img] [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeholopterus]Jeholopterus[/url] [img]http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p589/jokerdeldesierto/Jeholopterus_NT_zps5a0ce26c.jpg[/img]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegomastax]Pegomastax[/url] [img]http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p589/jokerdeldesierto/uchicagodino_zpsaf4add2c.jpg[/img]

It actually had very aerodynamic feathers and almost certainly could glide Rex Fan. As for it being venomous, the research team identified possible venom sacks on the skeleton, but it isn't a lock. I liked the story very much. Keep up the good work!

Me too. I loved this episode Rex Fan. I liked the new twist on an age old find. Niff work

I give you six more [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concavenator]Concavenator[/url] [img]http://i1157.photobucket.com/albums/p589/jokerdeldesierto/dinosaur-420x0_zps4f02888e.jpg[/img]

Hyneria wins! I will now begin writing episode five! Thanks guys!

Well that did not help. I love both, but I shall give an answer to help. Hyneria. We've seen saltwater creatures already. Time for some freshwater. Now, let's get on with this so we can see how this goes down.

It exceeds length and height yes, but in my opinion, not weight. Spinosaurus is, in my opinion, up to 56 ft long and 25 ft tall at the top of the sail. 6 ft longer and 2 ft taller than the max length and height for Rex. However, Spinosaurus seems more slender and not as heavily muscled as Tyrannosaurus. I give Spino a weight of 5-7 tons and Rex a weight of 7-10 tons. Spino is longer, but not heavier. It's like Diplodocus being longer than Brachiosaurus, but Brachio is heavier. Who's considered bigger? Brachio. Same goes for Spino and Rex in my opinion. Does that help? If not I can give more reasons on why I think that way.

Hyneria!

yes, i totally agree it is all up to chance! especially since every species has had creatures that act way out of character for their kind. also depends on the fighting experience each animal had to endure growing up, if dinos had dominance and social ranks like many animals do. a dominant animal will tear a submissive one to shreds if it wants no matter what species it is. i think there are SO many factors involved there would be no clear cut winner, most animals havent become extinct because of a similar sized animal in its territory (well, except for humans... we like to wipe animals off the planet).

@Rex Fan -- Why do you believe Spino is smaller when there is a complete reconstruction of a Spinosaurus Aegypticus skeleton in Egypt that exceeds the size of Rex, not to mention every other discovered therapod?

So you're basically reaffirming that Rex and Spino both have their unique attack methods, unique features, and so forth that would aid their attacks, but because they are evenly matched, it's all up to chance. I completely agree.

in my opinion, VS fights are all up to chance. tiny creatures like parasites will kill anything from an ant to an elephant, and speaking of ants... a big swarm of army ants will strip many live healthy animals down to the bone. there are all sorts of shows and videos of animals acting out of character and attacking and winning fights with a much larger more vicious animal. my female iguana is a vegetarian and my male tegu is a carnivore, my iguana is smaller but i bet she would kick the crap out of my tegu based on behavior i have observed from both of them. exactly why i NEVER let more than one reptile free-roam the house at the same time! but i know who the winner of any reptile fight would be in my house... my python and my boa. those monsters were made for crushing and eating anything that doesnt kill them first. besides from the aquatic dinos i mentioned a LONG time ago that i wanted to see, i also would love to see prehistoric snakes. there is one that is so ridiculously massive, even most snake lovers would probably pee their pants if it came near them.

I agree. While the sail was small compared to the overall body size, any resistance from the sail would have made Spino more agile in turning.

Spino's sail would have made it more agile for it to turn while running because of air resistance, so i disagree with your statement Rex Fan, no disreguards.

Dunckleosteus.

Come on guys! I can't star writing episode five until someone breaks the tie!

Tons of dinosaurs, lots of sea creatures, some aviaries, more options, a lot more buildings, more dinosaurs, more realistic dinosaurs, choice between island and mainland, tons of disaster possibility, ie electrical, dinosaurical, natural. Much more control over how the natural environment looks like.

What can I say, they are the perfect killing machines.

Accually, the best kind of tooth design, besides serrated railroad spike, is conical. A slashing tooth makes a clean slice, while, if a conical tooth moves up or down through flesh, it will make an ugly, open, most likly to get infected wound, but it takes a lot of force to move it.