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Rex Fan 684
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 4:12 PMSo how do you guys classify dinosaurian super predators? I classify them based on size. The minimum size is 40 ft long, 15 ft tall, and 5 tons. If a carnivore does not meet all 3, it is not a super predator. In no particular order and sizes based on my estimations, super predators include:
Carcharodontosaurus- 40 ft long, 15 ft tall, 5-6.5 tons
[img]http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130412132331/planetdinosaur/images/a/a7/Carcharodontosaurus-roar.png[/img]
Spinosaurus- 45-56 ft long, 20-24 ft tall(Head), 5-7 tons
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Spinosaurus_BW2.png[/img]
Tarbosaurus- 40 ft long, 16 ft tall, 5-6 tons
[img]http://gigadino.pagesperso-orange.fr/images_dinosaures/Tarbosaurus5.JPG[/img]
Zhuchengtyrannus- 36-40 ft long, 15 ft tall, 5 tons
[img]http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/files/2011/04/zhuchengtyrannus-nicholls.jpg[/img]
Tyrannotitan- 40 ft long, 15 ft tall, 5 tons
[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120829235810/dinosaurs/images/6/6a/TyrannotitanFeed.jpg[/img]
Giganotosaurus- 40-46 ft long, 18-23 ft tall, 7-8.5 tons
[img]http://files.truedinos.webnode.com/200000795-6ea326fa19/Giganotosaurus6.jpg[/img]
Tyrannosaurus rex- 40-50 ft long, 17-23 ft tall, 7-9 tons
[img]http://www.popstarsplus.com/images/trexpicture.jpg[/img]
This is not about what dinosaur is bigger than another. No need to question why someone has a dinosaur on their list or why they have one at a certain size. Simply post your size requirements and what dinosaurs you include in your list. Thanks guys.
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Rex Fan 684
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 4:14 PMSorry, Tarbo pic did not work...
[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100725000818/walkingwith/images/7/70/Tarbosaurus2d-1-.jpg[/img]
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Deltadromeus
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 4:20 PMI don't have a size limit. I consider a super predator the top or one of the top in the ecosystem. Dilophosaurus is the super predator of the early jurassic North America, but that doesn't make Ceratosaurus the super predator of the jurassic. Utahraptor and Acrocanthosaurus where the biggest predators of early Cretaceous North America, and there were little they couldn't hunt. All the allosaurs were super predators of the late jurassic North America, and in South America, Giganotosaurus, Mapusaurus, and Tyrannotitian. I consider a super predator the largest, or in the top of the ecosystem at the time and place.
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Rex Fan 684
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 4:43 PMI guess that's one way you could do it.
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DinoFights
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 5:34 PMI classify it as something higher in ranking than an apex predator. I see a super predator as at least 36 feet long and 4 tons, something that could take prey as large as itself or larger. Anything from Ekrixinatosaurus to Tyrannosaurus to Spinosaurus, no matter what their primary diet was, as long as they could take a large animal without the help of a pack. Not my exact definition, but it's what comes to mind.
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Makaveli7
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 5:53 PMHmm... Sounds like a good definition.
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Makaveli7
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 5:53 PMSuper predators are carnivore swith no predators of their own.
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Lord Vader
MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-14-2013 6:16 PMI like Makaveli's definition. I would have worded it different and said "A super predator is at the top of the food chain".
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Makaveli7
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 6:51 PMI would have said that but I thought of the Spinosaurus-Bahariasaurus-Carcharodontosaurus-Sauroniops situation, all of which were 40+ foot predators that lived at the same time in the same place.
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Lord Vader
MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-14-2013 7:26 PMI forgot about that. Spino and Carchar could ignore each other due to the difference in diet, but I'm not sure about Bahariasaurus and Sauroniops (don't know much about them).
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t-rex90
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 8:43 PMI classify super predator based on size as well and something that has no predators of it's own either.
Deltadromeus
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2013 9:50 PMRex Fan, I just realized that Giganotosaurus has been found at 50 feet long, so I was wondering why you put it down as 46 feet long?
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DinoFights
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2013 4:48 AMIt was estimated at anywhere from 48-54 feet, and may not be a Giganotosaurus at all but rather some new carcharodontosaur. It was described as likely being one and was said to be at least 50 feet long and then was sold. But can you imagine how big the skull of a 50+ foot Giganotosaurus was? If a 43 foot one has a 6.4 foot skull.... Man. That's just flat out impressive.
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Deltadromeus
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2013 9:16 AMLet me do the math, that is a head that was 7.1 feet long. Why did it get sold before anyone could really look at it. People must know how big Giganotosaurus could get, if it is Giganotosaurus.
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Rex Fan 684
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2013 3:19 PMTo answer your question Delta, I put 46 ft because I don't like to get ahead of myself. Also, there's a chance it could be something completely new. After all, Giga is known from Argentina, Patagonia to be more specific. This one was found in Brazil. It could be a Giga, but it might not be. So I went with the maximum size on the average. If it is a Giga, it could just be an abnormally large one. Not a really good representation of the size these animals could achieve, you know what I mean?
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