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Thanks for stating your comment Carnosaur, really does help, because I was trying to find the correct way to state that. Seriously, why do people always want to make Spinosaurus look like some weak fish?

Holy crap...

Spino looks very....heron like here..

Like S-rex, i don't buy the quadrupedal gait..

It's not conventional, and most if not all quadrupedal predators died out at the end of the triassic.

Adressing the feathered dino debate going on here, Nothing really outside of the Coelurisauria had feathers. Quill like structures have been found on primative ceratopsians(Psitaccosaurus namely), but one thing is for sure, we have evidence of feathered theropods, as large as Yutyrannus as a matter of fact(Basal Tyrannosauroid). Yutyrannus was ~23 feet long, 1.5 tons in weight, and approx. 8 feet tall(head height.) So, it's possibe large bodied theropods had feathers, if not likely.

Happy, there's a few Large theropods that could take Tyrannosaurus one on one, saying otherwise is kind of nonsensical. Rex wasn't an unstoppable monster...It was just an animal..

A few contenders would have to be Torvosaurus(Edmarka) rex, , Mapusaurus(?) Rosaeae, Giganotosaurus Carolinii, Carcharodontosaurus Saharicus. But, that's an entirely new topic.

Aside from that, Myoverall size estimate based on this mount was what they have it at(15.2 meters)

It looks like we have to rearrange the order of the biggest theropod dinosaurs though, based on this find Spino would weigh 6-7 tons, not the meager 3-5 tons some of you are so intent on putting it at though..

My God, why the hell did people bring Rex into this topic? So freaking annoying, this discussion was made to discuss about Spino, not Rex vs. Spino. And seriosuly Mr. happy, you need to stop criticizing and saying biased comments about Spinosaurus fans, it honestly is rude and annyoing, to be 100% honest. Saying stuff like our dreams our crushed and stuff like that is just childish, just as childish as boys saying girls have the "cooties", if not even more.

And seriously, even if Rex had a storng bite force, who's to say it would win against all other animals? What if animals were smart enough to develop defense manuevers that wouldn't allow Rex to bite them at all?

Anyways, I think the article was kind of cool, I still think Spinosaurus was liek the one depcited in the BBC video.

I really do think that is hwo dinosaurs looked liked, mostly.

The species name for the Predator, kind of like Xenomorphs with Alien

poison could also be a factor for the d-rex but yeah

An interesting read. As stated before, possible, but I find it quite unlikely. Spinosaurus certainly had massive arms, but strong enough to be a quadruped? No way in hell! I see it as a 95% bipedal creature, which would switch to a quadrupedal stance to get through a thick swamp, a stronger than usual river etc. Besides, if Spinosaurus would've actually lived so low to the ground, then it would be literally impossible for it to catch anything other than a crab or a very old, small and slow fish, assuming that it didn't drown before it caught something.

Camouflage itself, similar attributes to Rex, similar attributes to JP Velociraptors. I still say Rex because I think D-Rex will be smaller than Rex (Velociraptor and cuttlefish would likely reduce it's size). 

@ Mr.happy Why do you favor rex over giga,charcardontosaurs,and spino causi I say it is 50/50.

we dont really know what d-rex can do yet catzilla :P

That sounds awesome, do it. 

Yhea The Drex could own rwex.............

It's possible there's a theropod that could kick the crap out of Rex. Anything's possible with the fossil record. I was more so referring to what we have, not what we may discover. 

Im sure theres one dino that coud layeth the smackdown on the Rex, just a case of looking and/or discovering - maybe something with longer arms... LOL

Haha, sorry to say, but one on one, no predator would "own" Rex. As stated earlier, it was muscled and had a hell of a bite. On top of that, it had true binocular vision, which would likely help. 

Really though, statistics on the predators themselves aside, the battle would probably come down to something out of their control. 

Lone Rex vs Giga/Spino/Carchar in normal situation, Rex.

Lone Rex vs G/S/C with chick, G/S/C.

Rex with chick vs G/S/C, Rex.

And so on. The possibilities are endless. 

Mr Happy, it would probably be a good idea to address each other through PM's, because i know a LOT of things that prove you arent the picture you paint of yourself.

looks like you found a constructive new topic there Happy, which Dinosaur Predator would own T-Rex, one on one...

Team Carcharodontosaur anyone?

Gavin, of course the were dinosaurs that could kick Rex's ass. Any herbivore that outweighed Rex by about 4 tons for example. It's not Rex vs any herbivore people really care about though. It's predator vs predator where people get nasty. In a one on one predator vs predator, I'm of the opinion that Rex would win more often then not, but that's because there were no predators that outweighed Rex by a significant margin. 

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I suppose in this ongoing war I would be called a Spino Fan, And as such such heres my two cents...

1. I chose the Spino over the T.Rex simply because the Rex is the predictable choice - I have seen so many images and TV shows and movies about the T.Rex that too be quite frankly honest with you the creature bores me. Granted rex was big, muscular, powerful with one hell of a bite. Was it the toughest Dino, probably not. Is it the most popular, yes. But in terms of appearance, the creature isnt really all that inspiring, for me.

2. Regards this opinion, this educated guess linked to in the OP - IMO the Spinosaurus was most likely a hunter of both land and water based prey, and as such I susect that it was neither bipedal or a quadraped, but both, much like the Iguanadon.

In a one on one fight the Rex would most likely win against the Spino, but Im sure theres a dozen other breed of Dinos capable of whupping Rexs arse. Maybe we should add them as teams to this site...

Personally, I think a blend of the two might be more likely. I find sereno's version's legs to be too small and thin. On the other side, I do not think spino was an unstoppable super-predator, and think it was more adapted to a lazy life by (and in) the swamps. I think it was a loner, that took perfect advantage of an open and easily exploited niche.

TL:DR: OPINIONS BLARGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Actually S-Rex, I haven't said Jack about that. It's all regarding this new look, and none of it is me seeing it as 100% fact. I doubt this is the real thing, but it's possible. Anything is possible. 

Now then, you can say what you want about me, wether it's calling me a "Rex Fan Extremist," saying I get away with my claims because I'm a mod (not true may I add), and various other things. I really don't care what you say about me, but please, unless otherwise stated, view what I say regarding Spino as an opinion, and something as radical as this, view as jokes. 

Also, regarding the whole "It's all opinions" deal. I know I could state that EVERY time I post, but god does that ever get mind dullingly annoying and boring, especially considering that pretty much every discussion we ever have (not counting Carno's Cretaceous Carnage series) is nothing but our opinions. I'd expect someone who's been around as long as you have to know we all mean our opinions. 

Cool video. I want some bloodshed too. 

When the kid said,"It's a dinosaur!" 

I was like: 

Interesting article.

i prefer Spino as a water based, but upright predator. If it is a more crocodile-based in lifestyle, then I guess there are such thing as water dinosaurs

UPLOAD IT!

It sounds awesome.

Also I'm going Muldoon on this he has better weaponry 

I believe Sue has found her match lol, time for a new Rex!

So you should have said the "everybody has their own opinion" thing before everybody started spewing that crap.

Mr Happy, almost all of the comments you and others have said on this topic is "Oh i just feel so sorry for the spino fans finding out their favorite dino isnt what it seems" or " geez, the spino fans' dreams must be crushed"

I'm sure only smaller theropods had feathers. To each their own I guess.

I just don't think an dinosaur that large is a quadraped.

well spinosaurus rex is right it is indeed just a theory. it could be right or wrong

I've said this countless times at this point, but here we go again. Everyone has different opinions. That won't change wether you like it or not. You can say this "Spino is aquatic" and whatnot stuff makes no sense, I can say your "T-Rex was an overweight scavenger" theory makes no sense. It's all opinions. 

You are also in deniall that Trex and other terophods had feathers?

Not "all" dinosaurs had feathers, they just made that claim due to the impressions in rock that showed that some of the smaller dinosaurs had feathers. None of this here is evidence, its just yet another claim made by a scientist that has some sense, let me emphasize "sense" with what he is saying.

Indeed Cat. Especially if you look at it in the perspective of the first image. 

I too, may not look at Spino the same way again. Or I'll completely forget about this and have my old opinion back by 9. 

I can't see it as mainly water based.

Well at least its not very uggly, it looks kinda cool in its own whay

You know what, it's kind of growing on me. I'll never look at it the same way again, but I am ok with this. I guess.

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