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Utahraptor

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MemberCompsognathusJune 29, 20132455 Views6 Replies
Partially because my first story focuses on Utahraptor, and partially because I like this raptor, I'm making a discussion about him. Utahraptor was the largest dromeasaur so far. It's current standing in size is 25 feet long, 6 feet tall, and 1000lbs, but I think it could get up to 8 feet tall and 1500 pounds. He was armed with extra long hand claws, amazing eye sight, a large brain for a dinosaur, and a 1 foot toe claw backed by extremely powerful legs. It could run at 20 mph for a short time, probably to get away from its one main threat, Acrocanthosaurus. It also lived with Dienonychus, but it probably wasn't to much of a threat to Utahraptor. Utahraptor also lived in a place and time where there was an occasional sauropod. It is wondered whether or not Utahraptor hunted in packs, but I think they would have a large gathering to take down a lost sauropod, which, if the kill was successful, would last them a long time. Utahraptor was a more primitive raptor, and most likely didn't have feathers, except for maybe a bright neck plume. It also wasn't the smartest raptor, but it didn't have to be because its main prey where probably Iguanadon and Tenontosaurus, which would provide a very decent meal. It also might have encountered Gastonia from time to time, but most likely just ignored it. As for Utahraptor visuals, they are below. [img]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110119152931/jurassicpark/images/0/0b/Utahraptor_JPI.jpg[/img] [img]http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/1631/utahraptor5.jpg[/img] [img]http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4788/utahraptor4.jpg[/img] [img]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110923130848/jurassicfightclub/images/2/20/Utahraptor.png[/img] [img]http://images.wikia.com/dinosaurs/images/9/9e/Turok_Utahraptor.jpg[/img] I'd love to hear your ideas on this. Thank you for reading.

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Without doubt the most powerful of all dromeosaurids. Now, and probably out of topic, there is a curious dromaeosaurid velociraptor-like but with a size close to Utharaptor (16 ft) and, as if that were not enough, with short arms like a T.Rex. It is called [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austroraptor]Austroraptor[/url], look at some illustrations... [img]http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj636/skybeast3/austroraptor_01_zps8565dfb7.jpg[/img] [img]http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/jj636/skybeast3/Austroraptor_face_by_IRIRIV_zps70bb48b4.jpg[/img]
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Back to the topic was so great to see these predators, grouped in packs, chasing a Iguanodon in Walking with Dinosaur. That was better than the battle against Gastonia IMO.
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Some undescribed Utahraptor fossils are estimated to put it at 35 feet long, but these fossils are awaiting study.
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I've herd about Ausrtraptor's short arms, but Akillibator has long droeasaur arms. Also I don't think Utahraptor could get to 35 feet long. I've read about that two.

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I estimate Utahraptor to be a little smaller than most think. About 16 ft long, 6.5 ft tall, and 800-1000 lbs on the average. Max size of 20 ft long and 1,500 lbs. But that's just me. Because it was a more primitive raptor, I don't think they hunted in packs. Maybe as a mated pair, but not in packs like Velociraptor or Deinonychus. If you want a good book about Utahraptor, read Raptor Red. Really good book.
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I mean like more of a mated pair, but to take down something big, they might form a temporary alience, like the one Dinofights had in his Akillobator vs Dienonychus.

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