My Torvosaurus Finds

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MemberCompsognathusNovember 15, 20131893 Views20 RepliesOkay, I've been looking through the Internet and I found many different places saying that Torvosaurus had a mostly complete maxilla found in Portugal that would say it is around 40 feet long. Now, using the estimated skull length (158 cm) I compared it to the American Torvosaurus estimated skull length (118 cm) and uses fractions, cross multiplication, and a calculator to figure out that the bone belongs to a 40.17 foot long Torvosaurus. Now for the weight. If I just use an increment of weight and size, then I'll get a 4 ton max for this guy using the American Torvo as a reference (with the highest estimate at 3 tons). But, that's not how animals work. Bones would need to thicken, skulls would be heavier, you would have more blood, more organs, more muscle, and you would need more the heavier you are. So, there is a small self sustaining increment in the bone and muscle that finally goes away, and you should get another ton out of it. So 5 tons. Then I got thinking, the maxilla is a lot thicker than the one of the American Torvosaurus, so I would assume it would be thicker too. Maybe it adds another half ton or so, because I would assume that the body gets thicker when the skull does. Maybe around 5.5 tons. Then I got comparing Torvosaurus to Allosaurus. Allosaurus is about as heavy as Torvosaurus, and yet it is thinner? That doesn't make sense, so maybe the American Torvo is around 4 tons, which would give the maxilla Torvo more than just the extra ton, like I said. Nature doesn't work that way. It will probably end up at around 6.8-7 tons. Well, that's all I have to say.
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Torvosaurus Maxilla
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T. rex and Torvossurus skull comparison
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