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It's just his opinion Bro. If you don't like, too bad, it's his opinion. I don't agree with it, but I don't call people who's opinion I don't agree with BS.

And he went crazy on us. Based off the title, my answer is now no, I did not miss you.

Very neat.

A bit of a scientific material, here's a list of the Megalodons individuals collected in the Gatun Formation. The Gatun Formation is particular in that it was a nursery for Megalodons, which explains a number of specimens collected (teeth) are of modest size. Under 10 m represents neonates and juveniles, between 10 and 14 m, young adult or subadult, and above 14 m definitive adults. Depiste the majority of young individuals, some adults individuals are very large, one reaching almost 18 m.

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One thing to note, is that the method of estimate used in this studys, Crown Height method, gives rather conservative estimates compared to others methods. Still, this shows some individuals reaching colossal proportions.

A lot of hogwash on that thread.

First, there are rigorous publications works made by experts on megalodon, which are used in scientific litterature. There are various methods far more rigorous and serious than the one in the first post. Enamel height, tooth vertical height, crown height measurement, tooth width, jaws perimeter...All these studies yeild various results but globally indicate that largest megalodons exceeded 18 m, perhaps approaching 20 m 

Hence, geek fanboy guess does not count here. I mean, you really think bunch of scientists and sharks experts have not been interested in megalodon studies before you ?

And no, no fish appears larger than Carcharocles megalodon. The latest study on Leedsichthys indicate a largest individual at 55 feet TL and supports that as they got older they were still growing, implying they could reach a bit larger than this (the 55 ft specimen was about 40 years old at the time of its death). 

But Leedsichthys was likely more gracile than Carcharocles megalodon, so there's a great doubt it was heavier.

The total body mass for megalodon proposed in litterature is about 48-103 tonnes, based on the regression known in 75 various white sharks specimens at various life stage.

So sorry if that disturbs some but C. megalodon is most likely the biggest fish of all time (depending the very maximum size in Leedsichthys and Rhincodon), and the largest marine macro-predator in records. Only the Miocene coexisting L. melvillei, at 44-57 feet, enters the same class than Megalodon.

Yes, that shark was bigger than any marine reptile. Don't start with the Liopleurodon myth...bs. The largest pliosaur in record is Pliosaurus macromerus, estimated up to 13 m and 20 tonne (McHenry 2009).

S. sikanniensis was 21 m long and lightly built, thus unlikely as heavy as the lamniform shark.

So no offense, but I 'd advise a bit more of modesty and more research in the REAL scientific works.

Sorry if I sound rude but I really dislike people who aren't able to perform an inch of a research in the available published works about one subject. 

Oh, last thing, there is a megalodon skeleton found somewhere in South America. Not collected or officially announced at now for various reasons. But IT IS larger than 45 feet...

Hilarious xD

A very interesting dinosaur indeed

Haha, nice.

I'm really hoping they find some more dinosaurs. Kinda sad when the largest predator from an area is only 1 ton in weight as oppossed to the 5+ ton giants from the north. Oh well. I was happy to include this dinosaur in Mesozic Marvels.

Yeah we could brainstorm ideas, because I really have no idea what. Y story would be about.

Great fight, I was rooting for both, so I'm glad that none of them died.

Good fight. I would have commented on the first fight, but I had work, so I was busy. It was good too.

Definitely an interesting dinosaur.

Nice, I wasn't really rooting for anyone, but I enjoyed the fight

Thanks guys.

I actually just realized (SPOILER ALERT) that BOTH Spinosaurs are eliminated by a TYRANNOSAUR (Daspletosaurus is in here, as is Torvosaurus, do you really expect Baryonyx and Suchomimus to be able to take Daspletosaurus).

One thing that pokes a hole (and by that I mean tears it to shreds) in that theory is that Ankylosaurus's armour could SURVIVE a BITE from TYRANNOSAURUS REX, the KING of the dinosaurs, so if Rex can't destroy it, no way could Spino (in my opinion, I'm not trying to pass that off as fact).

Score one for the Spinosaur!

Cryolophosaurus is a pretty cool dinosaur.

Dave14:

can you post a link for this,because that picture isn't an updated picture.

spino wasn't built for taking on the armored tank that is Ankylosaurus. Sure it had hand claws, but they would be basically useless against the heavily defended animal.

Nice Fight! Can't believe i didn't see it earlier.

P.S. @Paul click on the icon with your current profile pic. Then click on the green button that says:"CHANGE PROFILE PIC" and from there you should know what to do.

There's been a new study suggesting that Sue was 9.5 tons and there are larger specimen. UCMP 118742 for example, it would've been about 13.5 meters (44 feet) long and about 10-11 tons. The big twist was that UCMP was 16 years old and Sue was 28 years old, which means that UCMP would've had another 4-6 years of drastic growth and after that, 0.6-0.7% of body mass every year, which would put it at about 13-16 tons once it is as old as Sue (since we only have part of the skull for UCMP we can't calculate the weight as exactly as Sue's).

I think that the average Spinosaurus would've been about 5-7 tons, with some unaturally large specimens reaching 8-9 tons, and the Spinosaurus counterpart of UCMP 118742 would've been at about 12 tons.

Good Fight! I was rooting for Baryonyx.

18-20 tons is what Spino fanboys hold onto in their arguments as to why Spino is superior to Rex on every way. Recent studies actually put Spino at 55% of Tyrannosaurus Rex's weight, and T-Rex at over 9 tons in weight. That would put Spino at about 4.5-5 tons, which isn't too bad, I see it hitting 7 tons myself.

I agree with Mr. Happy.

(P.S. I do have a question though. As a new member I don't know how to change the picture of my profile. How do I do that? Open to help from anyone.)

Spino would destroy an ankyl, I hate  to say i, but this fight is bogus.Sorry. to me, spino would've just been too much for ankyl personally.

I thought Spino was around 18-20 tons.

T-rex didn't get that big, he was only 40-42ft. long and 7-8 tons. But in the end, I think Acro would lose 65-70% of the time.

And thanks for giving me props once again. :)

I was bummed when no one got crippled by a T. Rex and then got their face eaten of by its babies In the 2nd one. :) and you guys are right, they mushed Levine and ludlow into 1, same with Regis and gennaro, and Arby and Kelly. Interesting... ;)

Yah, forgot about that. It's kind of weird that they mashed up Kelly and Arby in the movie...

Well, they never removed him from the movie, just mushed him into another character... They did the same with Regis in the first one. 

Yah, it was a dissapointment when I found out that they removed him from the movie...

Thanks Carnosaur! I appreciate that!

I caught onto that. :)

The trans-fat free Lasagna was pretty funny, hahaha thanks for sharing this Svanya!

Thank you very much! Chapter 1 will most likely be posted tomorrow! I named the guy levine because in the book version of the Lost World, there is a character named Richard Levine.

Great story Raptor 401! I liked it! Love the name Levine, it's like Ken Levine from BioShock!! :)

I've been very busy lately, but I'll be sure to get you guys a copy too.