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That's what a lot of paleontologists compare spinosaurs to. Well, I didn't get much sleep so I'm going to catch some z's. Later guys!

I noticed that too. It was more adapted for land than the others. It was like a grizzly bear, which hunt salmon in rivers as well as land prey, while the other spinosaurs were like polar bears and hippos, spending almost all of their time in water.

Upon further inspection, I now think that Suchomimus was a little lighter than 5.5, but its possible. Spino got heavier than other spinosaurids because it was more of a land dinosaur than the others, having different bone structure and a crocodile-like skull, while the others had gharial-like skulls.

It would also follow your stats that Spino was up 12 tons. Seems reasonable for a 59 foot Spino.

According to some estimates, yes. It makes sense that if a 43 foot T-Rex could weigh over 7 tons, an equal sized Suchomimus would be only 5 or so, being lightly built.

Was Suchomimus really that heavy?

I have a hard time seeing them as used for defense. They were pretty frail and chalky. All other points you make are valid though!

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I love the end where the T-Rex and Spino are walking together.

They were probably used for many things: Thermoregulation, attracting mates, scaring rivals/predators and for a little defense if predators tried to bite its back.

Pretty much no chance Rugops could win, even in a pack of 3.

Very realistic. The fight is pretty realistically played. Rugops is screwed from the beginning.

Glad to help, dinosaur.fanatic. I'm writing my own plotline with the stuff I posted a few days ago; I'll post it on a new topic soon.

Interesting idea. It would keep the super-predators from fighting. That would mean diehard fans of the different carnivores would not get upset if their favorite were to lose.

I forgot to include speed. Spinosaurus- Top Speed=15-20 miles per hour Rugops- Top Speed= 25+ miles per hour

This kind of thing has always been a bit of a sticky situation. I specialize in dinosaurs though, so I don't really know more than the basics when it comes to this stuff.

Raptor Red was very good too.

You really should. Best books I ever read followed closely by the Hunger Games trilogy, haha

Yes, well, as we all know, I am one who believes Spino is smaller than most think. That's a whole other discussion though.

A bunch of people still call it Majungatholus but Majungasaurus is starting to catch on.

It's officially Majungasaurus but it used to be Majungatholus.

So is it Majungasaurus or Majungatholus?

I've never actually read the books. I think based on this discussion, they are good, so I will look for them in a book store.

This is a good top 10. I figured Rex Fan's Quote had something to do with Rex. A feathered Rex would look so funny. If I saw one in a zoo, I would probably think they did something to a chicken to make it grow huge and look like a dinosaur. The raptors are ok with a few feathers though. T-Rex's head was about 6 feet long, so I am leaning closer to S-Rex's head size idea. Because Spino's head is shaped like a crocodile's it may have equal bite force, but for all we know, since that's the case, the muscles for opening the jaws could be extremely weak like crocodiles (just a suggestion).

i think it was funny in how the first book when Tim is in the tree and he keeps repeating "shit"

I think it would be very cool if the island was divided into four territories belonging to the four apex predators which would be T-Rex, Giganotosaurus, Spinosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus with the other predators existing within these territories correspondingly with fauna to match (ex- Carnotaurus and Triceratops would wander around in T-Rex territory, Baryonix and Shantungosaurus in Spinosaurus's and such based on certain common traits.) That way the cast would constantly be escaping but would have to adjust to the structure of the new territories.

The Carnotaurus part was not bad either.

Yes it was! Mine would have to be when Nedry gets eaten in the first book, and when they meet the Carnotourus in the second

The part where the Tyrannosaur breaks out of the enclosure for the first and the part where the T-rex takes Dodgson back to the nest. The part where the male rex takes a crap on the car in the second was pretty funny though.

Yup. So what's ur guys favorite part in either of the books?

i know, it been a little while since i read the first book, i think i remember Hammond hurting his ankle or leg in it.

I read the first book in 2 days and the second in a day. The first was closer to the first movie than the second and the second movie. I love the books and think the movies are great. Books are slightly better than the movies in my opinion.

They're considered organisms eurkaryotes. Not really animals. The point of this argument is whether or not to consider these primiteve blob-like creatures animals.

Yeah. I feel like maybe Yutyrannus needs a spot here. There are some things I may have changed, but overall I like it.

Or in the first book, Hammond. It changed the whole course of the second book, and set the book The lost world waaaay apart from the movie. I'm not gonna spoil it for anyone, but I'm assuming you know what happened to Hammond in the end. But, I agree with you. The boos were definitely more violent than the movies, and a lot different in many ways.

Yea i know, if i saw a feathered T-Rex chasing me, i wouldnt know whether to laugh my ass off or scream and run, HAHA

This includes the tyrannosaurs.

To me, i would think dinosaurs would look preety stupid with feathers, but there is some evidence of some dinosaurs having feathers.

Yeah, I forgot to include it likely had feathers. Can you imagine a creature like that? Guess it existed, haha

i agree that Therizinosaurus was the more bizarre because it was the tallest therepod, had really long arms, and its claws were really long and sharp, 4 ft long.