Dinosaurs Where You Would Not Expect Them

Many dinosaur groups are known to live in specific regions of the world. Abelisaurs were once thought to be primarily southern dinosaurs. Same goes for spinosaurs. Ornithomimids tend to be northern. But then, you get a few exceptions. Like these... Baryonyx- 26-33 ft long, 1.5-2.5 tons Most spinosaurs are southern dinosaurs. Spinosaurus is from Africa and so is Suchomimus. Irritator is South American. But Baryonyx breaks this rule, being found in England. [img]http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/23500000/Baryonyx-dinosaurs-23565668-750-302.jpg[/img] Tarascosaurus- 20-26 ft long, 2 tons Abelisaurs are primarily known from southern continents. Carnotaurus is from South America, Majunatholus is from Madagascar, Rugops and Kryptops are African. But Tarascosaurus is found in southern Europe. [img]http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/3Rz8qPYu9PQ/hqdefault.jpg[/img] Minmi and Antarctopelta- 8-13 ft long, 1,000 lbs Ankylosaurs are mainly northern dinosaurs. Ankylosaurus and Edmontonia are known from N. America while Talarurus is Asian. But these two are from Australia and Antarctica respectively. [img]http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/28200000/Minmi-dinosaurs-28287356-400-286.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.wikidino.com/wp-content/uploads/Antarctopelta-Berislav-Krzic.jpg[/img] Timimus- 10 ft long, 250 lbs Ornithomimids are mostly known from the north. Gallimimus from Asia and Struthiomimus from N. America. But Timimus is an Australian dinosaur. [img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121111032257/cooldinofacts/images/f/f4/Timimus.jpg[/img] "Aussie Rex"- 10-13 ft, 200-300 lbs? Tyrannosaurs. The tyrants of the north. Tyrannosaurus rex ruled N. America, Tarbosaurus was the king of Asia, and the early tyrannosaur Eotyrannus stalked Europe. But a recent find in Australia points to a basal tyrannosaur, like Eotyrannus and Guanlong, that is yet to be named. It seems the tyrant dinosaurs had a farther reach than we realized. [img]http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/assets/images/article/journal/6704/dinosaur-illustration.jpg[/img] So what does this all mean? It means that dinosaurs we commonly associate with particular regions, may have lived in other places. Dinosaur interactions that we have never considered could have happened. Tyrannosaurus vs Spinosaurus? Never, they were separated by millions of years and thousands of miles. Or were they? Life will find a way.