Dinosaur deserving attention

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MemberCompsognathusJune 25, 20131123 Views5 Replies

Yangchuanosaurus was the Chinese cousin of Allosaurus. It was also 36 feet long and 13 feet tall, as big as Allosaurus. It had long sharp teeth backed by a powerful jaw. It almost surely hunted in packs, and would attack a large sauropod without thinking twice. Or it might settle for a large stegosaur. On odd thing about this predator is that it had four fingers, unlike the normal allosaurus three. It was a very fast runner with its long legs. This dinosaur deserves some serious respect.

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June 25, 2013

It may be the same as Metricanthosaurus. I thought it had 3 fingers, but I could be wrong. It averaged closer to 26-29 ft long, but may have been able to get to 33, but I don't think it could get much bigger than that. Probably had a weight in the ballpark of 2 tons. Seems kind of lightly built to me. Probably to hit 25 miles per hour. Definitely an interesting and a pretty cool dinosaur. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Yanchuanosaurus1.jpg/220px-Yanchuanosaurus1.jpg[/img]

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June 25, 2013

It is pretty cool. I think DinoFights has it scheduled in the DinoFights lineup, so hopefully that will get it some recognition.

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June 25, 2013

I think it was. Either as Yangchuanosaurus or Metricanthosaurus. I can't remember.

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June 25, 2013

It is NOT Metriacanthosaurus. China and England are two very different places. The dino did have four claws and and a shorter snout, more like the Aelisaurs. As for the length, it was, up to. Allosaurus length and height, 36 feet long 12 feet tall.

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June 26, 2013

Yangchuanosaurus was reclassified as a species of Metriacanthosaurus. Or at least a species of Yangchuanosaurus was. Sorry, but that's what the facts say. I am not being rude, just stating what I found. Everything I found about Yang/Metri size was in the ballpark of 26-33 ft. I don't really care if you think I'm right or wrong, just stating what I have found.

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