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MemberCompsognathusJanuary 08, 20142300 Views13 Replies

Ceratosaurus

Name meaning: horned lizard

Length: 7 - 9 meters

Weight: 1.5 tons

Ceratosaurus has lived in the shadow of it's 'larger ' contemporary, allosaurus. In some documentaries, Ceratosaurus has been portrayed as a weak, shy theropod that allosaurus could easily kill or scare off. I don't believe this. Ceratosaurs probably got quite large( more then the 5 meters some would like to believe) and was next to Allosaurus at the top of the food chain.

Dilophosaurus

Length: 7 meters

weight: 0.5 tons

Jurassic park brought dilophosaurus into the minds of movie goers in the early 90's. However, the depiction had a bit of sc-fi to it and the animal shown was most likely a juvenile. Dilophosaurs were apex predators of the early Jurassic, although it's commonly thought to be a piscovore or scavenger. It had large hand and feet claws, and could use these to compensate for it's 'weak ' bite.

I only covered two, but this is because i was short on time. Feel free to put others down in the comments!

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Lord Vader
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Those are two good ones. Spino can be underated by some, and overated by others.

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Limusaurus.

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Well said Mr.Happy...

 

Dilo has been over looked a lot, Cera. Mmm, Its getting more information now a day then previously which is good...

 

They both made aperences in one of the jurassic parks... 

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I do have to agree, they are underrated. I think your estimates are a bit big, like, <1 meter off, but that's still three feet.

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Ceratosaurus is certainly one of the most underrated dinosaurs I know. Aucasaurus and Tarascosaurus are up there too.

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@deltadromeus they've found fossils indicating ceratosaurus got to be around 30 feet, even if it's one specimen i think it's pretty accurate.

I'll update it as soon as possible :)

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I see 9 meters as the max. I usually estimate it to be 8 meters long, but that's me. Either way, 1.5 tons is a little light for a 30 foot Ceratosaurus. 2 tons at least would be more likely :)

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Speaking of Ceratosaurus and Dilophosaurus, I actually did a fight between the two. I think it was a successful post.

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I liked it. Then again I told you about it, haha. Still, you took my idea and gave it life :)

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I asked for a suggestion, you gave me one, and I delivered.

 

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You got that right. It was originally an FBR Bonus Fight I was suppossed to do, but after FBR started slowing down, I lost a little interest in writing it. But you did a great job with it. FBR quality in my book :)

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I know, and thanks, worked hard on it.

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Both are very underrated dinosaurs, especially Ceratosaurus. Dilophosaurus has a slighty advantage due to its larger role in the JP franchise, that kind of launched it.

PS- I made a topic with the top ten most underrated dinosaurs some time ago. If you search the earlier threads, you could be able to find it. ;)

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