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I would say that Saurophaganax is a tiger, allosaurus is a pack of lions. Torvosaurus is a jaguar and Ceratosaurus is the cheetah.

It's nearly impossible to say how smart something that's extinct is. Therizinosaur, as far as other predators go, you're forgetting Alectrosaurus, Zhuchengtyrannus, and others. Anyways, I think Velociraptors were as smart as wolves or lions. Birds are extremely smart too, but it's too hard to say which is smarter when one is dead. BTW, I don't go by what Jack Horner says. He may be the most controversial paleontologist out there.

Saurophaganax was like the lion. Torvosaurus was the hyena. Allosaurus was the leopard. Ceratosaurus was the wild dog. Not a perfect analogy, but the best I could come up with. Torvosaurus may be more of a leopard and Allosaurus is more of a cheetah, but it's debatable.

I like Ceratosaurus and would like to see it get more screen time. The problem with Proceratosaurus is, it's small. They already have the raptors and Compies. Big predators are the ones that make impressions on people, with the exception of the raptors. I don't see them having a third small species. BTW, despite it's name, Proceratosaurus is actually a tyrannosaur. [img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101129204852/jurassicpark/images/e/eb/Proceratosaurus.jpg[/img]

Well, it was fuzzy. All tyrannosaurs that are fuzzy is automatically Yutyrannus.

Good idea Deltadromeus. Sorry if it was hard to follow, I was really tired when I wrote it. @Makaveli actually it's not Yutyrannus. Albertosaurus, I think, but it really reminded me of Yutyrannus so I used it.

Agreed. If Carnotaurus appears, Ceratosaurus won't. I really hope one of them appears.

It's proceratosaurus, not protoceratosaurus. And I'm guessing that carnotaurus will finally make an appearance, and therefore ceratosaurus will not make an appearance in JP4 (to avoid confusion between the two, like the confusion about ceratosaurus that arose when JP3 came out).

Interesting. AI really ant wait for jp4. It better be good for all the time we have to wait.

I'd imagine colin would if he could put it in, But, we're on nublar, not sorena, meaning that we're only going to see the previous speices on the island, BUT.... heres an idea, they did hatch some eggs on the island, in the book there was a large cradle rocking eggs mark xxxx, meaning they didn't know what species it was... colin might try this vantage point for the mysterious predator horner mentioned...

@Therizinosaur... Have you lost your mind? Are you saying that a chicken is smarter than a raptor??? Deltadromeus needs to see this. Velociraptors were coordinated pack hunters which planned attacks on much larger animals. Who cares if they didn't have to [i]worry?[/i] This has nothing to do with being smart. And who knows if raptors worried? Maybe young raptors worried about being eaten by their elders. Maybe a lone raptor worried about surviving without the protection and community of a pack. But to say that a CHICKEN is smarter than a VELOCIRAPTOR is just plain madness. Not trying to be rude, just attempting to protect an amazing dinosaur from a sub-chicken disposition.

You know, me too. And I hope a raptor eats somebody, and it would be really cool to have Ceratosaurus in jp4.

Great fight and awesome Yutyrannus pictures.

I'm sure Ceratosaurus will show up. Just a feeling, but I'm sure somebody gets eaten...

Same here but I knew I could see Giganotosaurus putting up a good fight, in the end though, T-Rex once again proves why he's the king of the dinosaurs.

Oh, and I'm rooting for Yangchuanosaurus. I really thnk it is an even fight though. Unless you are using the yang from before, then it is toast.

I really liked the fight, great job doing it in a cave, I think. It was a bit hard to follow for a bit, but it was still a great fight. I really liked the ttj, do I like it better than ingen files, its hard to say. Both are really good. Random places and jurassic park would be great. How about you have one fight on jurassic park and one fight elsewhere. With ingen files on jp, and ttj on the other places, that way well get a bit of both of your great fights.

I'm sure they all have unique niches as predators. Saurophaganax and Allosaurus fragilis were likely pack hunting sauropod hunters that would also occasionally hunt stegosaurs. Ceratosaurus were generalistic predators, eating anything they could, primarily small stegosaurs. Torvosaurus and Edmarka (if not synonymous) hunted large prey like Dacentrurus, Dinheirosaurus, Allosaurus(?) and etc.

This is very close, being that they're all very closely related, similar in size and everything. Of course, being a fight writer that has yet to write of these dinosaurs, I cannot voice my opinion at the risk of spoiling the outcome of clashes that could happen in season 3.

Next fight is Yangchuanosaurus vs Medusaceratops

A little hard to follow, but still a decent fight. Tyrannosaurus was stronger and more powerfully built, so I see it winning this fight.

Nice fight. I was rooting for Yutyrannus and the environment was certainly important to this fight. The TTF was alright. Not sure if it's better than the iNGEN files, but it was alright.

I want to see the classic jp dinosaurs and 4 new species:the first is the giganotosaurus,the second is the carnotaurus,the third is the iguanodon,and the fourth is the shantungosaurus

Good idea!but i think that a t.rex could kill a lone giga 50% of the time,because if the giga do a frontal attack like bite its neck and slash it,after that the giga just need to wait untill the rex out off blood. Sorry for my english,im hungarian

Good fight as usual. The TTF was interesting. What's the next fight?

C. iguidensis ISN'T 12 m+. He get dwarfism by the largest Giganotosaurus, T.rex and Carcharodontosaurus individuals, as he is in the region of 83 % the size of C. saharicus. 13*0.83=10.8 m

Saurophaganax is just 38 ft long and 4-5 t, based on a homerus of 480 mm (instead 545 mm as originally reported). Torvosaurus sp. is just 30 ft long, as his skull isn't 158 cm, but 117 cm. Allosaurus is about 36 feet long.

Carcharodontosaurus: Length: 12-13 m Weigth: 5.6-8 t Skull: 160 cm Giganotosaurus: Length: 12.4-13.2 m Weigth: 6.5-8 t Skull: 164 cm Mapusaurus: Length: 12.2-13.6 meters Weigth: 5-8 t Skull: 169 cm Giganotosaurus win, it's the bulkiest/more robust of them.

I think I can come to grips with losing everyone in the cast other than Goldbloom. Jeff Goldman's character was not only comedic relief in extremely dire situation, he was also the glue that held the surviving cast, whatever his perhaps lecherous intentions were. Due to his arrogance and charm we expect him to be the type of person to care for nothing but himself. The development of his character in the allotted time was fairly impress. Without him and the quality of his acting, not to mention his anchor to the original Parks, it will be difficult to consider this movie another book to the series rather than a stand alone piece. Having some more of the original characters would be great, as long as the children aren't, well, children.

Saurophaganax is considered by some paleontologists to be a species of Allosaurus, but I guess that it counts as a separate genus. And who says that Torvosaurus and Saurophaganax weren't as common as Allosaurus? They might just be less common in the fossil record...

Wikipedia says "over" 33 feet because the largest specimen known from relatively complete remains is only 33 feet. The larger fragmentary individuals are estimated at 43-46 feet based on femur pieces and a pubis that is 10% larger than that of the nearly 13 meter Giganotosaurus holotype, making it at least 43 feet with 47.5 as the upper size estimate.

It also lived in a different area. Allosaurus, Torvosaurus, and Saurophaganax all had overlapping territories in Europe and North America while Yangchuanosaurus lived in Asia.

As for timeline, Yangchuanosaurus was late-middle to middle-late jurassic, so I would consider it a valid choice.

Yeah, I figured.

Makeveli, Planet Dinosaur states Mapusaurus was 10 meters and so does Wikipedia. Both of those sources, while not perfect, are somewhat accurate. Both "agree" with many of your size estimates except for Mapusaurus. I've seen more Mapusaurus estimates between 30 and 40 ft long and 3-5 tons than 40-46 ft and 5-8 tons. Frankly, I don't understand why you say my Mapusaurus estimate is tiny. That's huge no matter what. Maybe not as big as Carcharodontosaurus or Giganotosaurus, but huge nonetheless. [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Mapusaurus]Planet Dinosaur[/url] [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapusaurus]Wikipedia[/url]

The only reason I used species names is because a amplexus was bigger than a fragilis. And y magnus was bigger than y shangyouensis.

I should have mentioned I was not getting into exact species. My bad. Yangchuanosaurus lived slightly before the other dinosaurs, so I don't include it. Like I said, everything stated was my opinion.

You know as well as I do about the presumidly Giganotosaurus Allosaur form brazil. I was at least 48, and at max 54 feet long.

Okay, I don't agree with your sizes, but I'm not arguing, they are your sizes. These are my opinions. Top four predators of jurassic, Yangchuanosaurus magnus, Torvosaurus, Allosaurus amplexus, Saurophaganax. Saurophaganax is 40+ feet and I think it would have been one of the dead.iest, even though it wasn't in great numbers. Torvosaurus had a wicked bite, and was 35-40 feet long. Yangchuanosaurus magnus was 36 feet long, and was 5 tons. A amplexus was 38 feet long and also five tons. Not sure on weight for sauro or Torvosaurus, but I think Saurophaganax is the winner,if it is not das monster Von Midan.

Okay, a few criticisms, all on size. Saurophaganax is 36 feet from the smallest specimen, the rest are between 40 and 43 feet and the largest is undescribed though rumored to be around 50. Weight on average was about 6 or 6.5 tons based on Allosaurus. Torvosaurus t., the American Torvosaurus, was around 30-33 feet on average and maxed at 35. Weight centered around 4 tons. The European Torvosaurus, Torvosaurus s., averaged 40 feet and was up to 43 feet based on a skull. Weight averaged 7 tons based on Edmarka rex. Allosaurus fragilis measured around 30-33 feet on average while the largest, "Epanterias", was 40 feet and was just very likely an extremely old A. fragilis, like sue was a very old Tyrannosaurus rex. Weight centered around 3 tons based on numerous specimens. The way I see it, Allosaurus was likely the apex predator, being far more numerous, but then again, it could be like the coyote to Saurophaganax's wolf and Torvosaurus' mountain lion, and Ceratosaurus was the wolverine.