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Deltadromeus

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When I was thinking about Spinosaurs, I realized that none of them live in America. At least North America, and this makes me wonder, "why"? Spinosaurs in the north isn't as rare as it might be. Suchosaurus, Baryonyx, and I bet even Icthiovenator lived above the equator sometimes. Also, why where they so big, and yet they lived in places where food was small, or just too big. Ie, in Africa the only real good food source is Ouranosaurus. It is the perfect size for a meal, and Aegyptosaurus is to big to be attacked regularly. It really lacks herbivores, and yet it grows huge. same of Oxalaia, it lived in a place of nearly no hadrosaurs and only sauropods that only the biggest or packs would take on. That means that they relied very heavily on fish for their diet. Hadrosaurs and Ceratopsians really aren't on the menu. Why haven't any Spinosaurs been found in America? Well I think that they where out competed by the tyrannosaurs, or even Acrocanthosaurus. And correct me if im wrong (and my ancient geography isnt good at all) but america wasnt the wettest country there was. spinosaurs seem to live in places where lost of water surrounded it, like africa, with its see going In the middle. there where rivers in america, but i dotn think anything lived in the rivers big enough to sustain a large spinosaur. But there is a very different side to this story. One, Siamosaurus and Siamotyrannus lived together and they both thrived. Two, and this is almost a life changing thing about Spinosaurus, is that Spino is probably a LOT heavier than we originally thought. In my theropod discussion, I DinoFights made a comment that basically said that compares a Ornithomimus to a Spinosaurus. And how an 18 meter Ornithomimus would be peretty heavy, and since Spino is sooo much thicker than Ornithomimus, that it would be calling a 12 ton Spinosaurus on the lighter side. I also have something to argue with that. A 12+ ton Spinosaurus wouldn't be able to stand, which means that it would need to be soley in the water for most of its life, and that can't really happen. There is only so much weight that two legs can support and the heavier you get, the stronger your legs need to be, which also means you get heavier, and that means that your legs have to support more. Even if you have shorter legs like Spinosaurus, you could only be able to support so much weight. Also, the strength of its legs would start to fall behind if a theropod gets just to big, fan even as they get thicker, the rest of the body gets thicker at a faster rate. Basically what I'm saying is an 11 tons Spinosaurus would have trouble standing without help, so a 12+ ton Spinosaur would need to be supported by the water, meaning it could catch fish, and really only fish, so then why is it so heavy? It would just waste energy, and nature doesn't waste. This happens for all theropods, so there is size limit for the size of a theropod and weight. I do apologize for the grammar and spelling mistakes, I really hate doing revising on any day, even if it is a dinosaur paper. All I'm saying is that Spinosaurs didn't live in America for a reason. The hadrosaurs and Ceratopsians. They are made to survive very strong dinosaur attacks, and the Spinosaurs really aren't durable enough. I'd like to hear what you say, of course, I'd need to turn up the adio on my IPad and you speak into a speaker. You know, what, just make a comment and we won't have to go thought eh trouble of figuring something out. These are my opinions too, and I don't want anybody saying that I'm wrong, okay. We all have opinions and I probably disagree with you. That doesn't mean you are wrong and I'm write. Just telling you, although you probably already know.

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The predators of North America tended to be more advanced than those in South America and Africa, the primary spinosaur homelands. That may have had something to do with it. BTW, North America was pretty wet. Keep in mind it was at one point cut in two by the Western Interior Seaway.
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Never really thought that Spino could be too heavy for its legs to support it. Interesting.

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There probably is a limit to having weight on two legs, but we don't know what it is. Spino could have dealt with the issue by A.) staying in water a lot of the time B.) Walking on all fours (they did have very long arms) C.) Ignoring cope's rule the same way bumble bees do. They're too heavy to fly with such tiny wings, yet they do. Spino could have walked on two legs because cope's rule was made when T. rex was considered the biggest thing ever to walk on two legs. Recently, footprints have indicated that sauropods could run on two legs for short periods of time. Spinosaurs went extinct before tyrannosaurs showed up for the most part, so they couldn't have been outcompeted. They went extinct when seas receded and they had to adapt to land and many went extinct. This explains why Spino, having isotopic ratios more adapted for land than the others, survived later than the others. They were eventually outcompeted by carcharodontosaurs who lost their food source (giant sauropods) and went extinct, being surpassed by the abelisaurs, who kept their position in the south, while dromaeosaurs and tyrannosaurs evolved in the predator-free north, crossing from Asia.
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That's an interesting point DinoFights. Walking on all fours would limit Spino though. I guess for short periods of time (if it was really heavy, 12 + tons), it could walk on just it's rear legs. It probably did stay in water a lot though.

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Spinosaurus has arms that are, what, 6, 7 feet long? I forgot. Anyways, it really couldn't walk on all fours. Its fron legs aren't long enough. Now just because the hadrosaurs have front legs doesn't mean that all dinosaurs with very long arms can. It is 20 feet tall at the hips, so its arms might stretch halfway down, but its hips and overall body isn't made like a hadrosaur with very tall hips and a torso closer to to ground. As for the sauropods running, I doubt it. The Prosauropods probably walked on thier back legs a lot, but they where really no runners, and they where lighter. I wouldn't be too suprised to see a Diploticus walk a few feet on its back legs, and by feet I mean steps. Remember, with sauropods, they would have to support thier torso, but thier tail is on the ground, which takes out a fair amount of weight.

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The theory that Spinosaurus walked on all fours is nothing new. The reason it's not talked about much is because most scientists find it unlikely. As far as Spinosaurus living in water it's whole life, unlikely. It had the most land based life of any spinosaur. You can only get so big and still walk on two legs. All the other big theropods max out at 7-10 tons. What that tells me, is that the heaviest an animal can be and still walk on two legs is 7-10 tons. That's one reason why I think Spinosaurus weighed no more than 7 or so tons.
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I agree,10 tons is about as much as you get for a theropod.

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Spinosaurus' arms have never been found, but if they were I imagine they would be just as proportionately long as any spinosaur's, nearly as long as their legs. It's either 1. Spinosaurs walked quadrupedally quite often 2. The weight limit for bipeds is higher than we thought 3. Spinosaurus was far lighter than any other spinosaur or even dinosaur period in build 4. Spino was smaller than we thought and just had a big skull 5. Spino spent almost all of its adult life in water. 1. Is possible but considered unlikely, 2. is probable, 3. Is very highly unlikely, 4. is usually only considered true by extreme Spino haters, 5. has been proven false by isotopic ratio analysis. Have you noticed that the bigger spinosaurs are, the bigger their sails/ridges? Irritator had a tiny ridge on its back, Baryonyx had a moderate ridge, Suchomimus had a tall ridge, Horror Mouth is rumored to have a pretty tall ridge, Spinosaurus has the tallest. Maybe it had something to do with helping hold their weight in a position that relieved stress on bones and joints?
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Dipoloducus was 80-100 ft long, but weighed only 10-20 tons. Deltadromeus was 25-30 ft long, yet it weighed only 1-1.5 tons, 2 at the absolute most. Light-Weight dinosaurs have been found. Spinosaurus may be one of them.
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10-20 t is for smaller Diplodocus species, not D. hollorum, which weighed at least 75 tons. Deltadromeus is just very light and so is Bahariasaurus, which is either its closest relative or its adult form. At 40 feet a Bahariasaurus would weigh 5 t. Spinosaurs weren't light weight though, and Spinosaurus would have to be lighter than Compsognathus, Troodon, Bahariasaurus, all the ornithomimids and even an ostrich to be under 13 tons. It would look like an anorexic snake with toothpick limbs at any less than 11.
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Man, Spino must be real light. Poor Spino.

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Spinosaurus probably was over 12 tons. No way this [img]http://paleopedia.free.fr/image/struthiomimus.jpg[/img] Was any heavier than this [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-q9BDfny53M0/TwxawxCboDI/AAAAAAAAHWY/HZoiAX4rPp0/s1600/spinosaurus.png[/img] At length parity. A 17-18 m Spino weighed at LEAST 12.5 tons.
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DinoFights, thanks for backing up my point that light-weight dinosaurs existed ;) BTW, no offence, but ornithomimids are a little different than spinosaurs in proportions and overall size.
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Yes, but they're still overall lighter. Smaller chest, lack of ribs near the hip, slanted stomach, thin arms, thin legs, long thin tails, scrawny neck and skull is lighter than average body, powerful arms, powerful legs, thick and decent length necks, long ridges, powerful tails and a possible coating of crocodilian armor. Spinosaurs in general were rather robust, while ornithomimids were not. 12 t still seems like minimum weight for MSNM V4047.
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Look,Spinosaurus wasn't weak,it was strong...and,it COULD HAVE defeated a T-Rex...maybe IT CAN do it,and i also believe that T-Rex was stronger and had stronger jaws and stuff,BUT...not the stronger one always win...!...probably the Spino was highly smart than the T-Rex and had so strong and sharp,huge claws...the battle's winner not always depend on strength,it can depend on the Battle environment,weight,atmosphere,height and even the LENGTH OF THE SNOUT...!...the Spino snout was larger and,it could cover more ground on the victim's body...so it may've had a tough jaw...who can say..?..maybe T-Rex or maybe Spino...50% 50%
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Spino was probably smart, being the last of spinosaur evolution and spinosaurs had fairly large cerebrums. T. Rex's was proportionately large. T. rex was as smart as an alligator, Spinosaurus likely was close to that. Both had binocular vision, both were amazingly powerful. Spinosaurus was bigger, just as fast, had deadly sharp claws, a strong bite with deeply rooted gripping teeth, powerful arms and legs, an intimidating sail, and handled T. rex sized predators on a daily basis. Tyrannosaurus had devastating teeth, a hyper powerful bite, better sense of smell, was slightly smarter, adapted for macrophagy of land animals and had a headbutting ability. Good match.
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guys... Spino and Rex fans... Listen to these kind words... Just because... someone disagrees with your opinions and may or may not have proof of it... does not mean... you get your knickers in a twist over it... Its pointless babbling over who's right and who's wrong.... Also, The chance of them meeting would not ever... [u]EVER[/u] happen, due to the: around, maybe (failed geography class here...) 2000-5000 kilometers in between them... Thus they would never meet... But... I know I may have pissed off some FBR spino or rex fans here so... who wants to see spino and or rex destroy the navy? (and y'know FBR4 season 3??)

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I will never say in a million (65-100 million years back in time accually) years that Spino is weak. I basically agree with DinoFights, but how did this become a Rex vs Spino debate? Basically, if a rex was to fight a Spino, then it could be over in a few seconds, or an hour, depending on who does what.

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Just needed to point out that the whole Bumble Bees shouldn't be able to fly thing is bogus. Not really that relevant to the discussion, but it's an old myth that still causes confusion and is mis-used to justify other claims. ([url=http://www.snopes.com/science/bumblebees.asp]Source[/url])
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If there's any mention of a Spinosaur being out-bested by a Tyrannosaur, or a statement that Spino can't support itself on two legs, that's basically recipe for a Rex/ Spino debate, yes?

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