"The Ridge Ripper"
Carnosaur
MemberCompsognathusJune 13, 20142791 Views12 Repliesfound something interesting last night while looking around the internet...it seems australia has a new large predator. The discovery goes a couple years or so back...and the theropod has no scientific name as of yet.
It seemingly is a relative to Megaraptor, larger than Australovenator and described by a paleontologist as "a ripper of a dinosaur", which used its enormous claws to "catch and slash" at its prey.
Now if this hand isn't impressive I don´t know what is. Just look at the size of that hand and the claw!
It vaguely resembles an allosaurs hand. if it was similar to allosaurs it was certainly huge, and considering the 16 meter sauropods, the 10 meter iguanodontids....this thing may have been the apex predator of the area.
You guys have any more info on this thing?
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To me that seems more like a Spinosaurid. That hand is as far as I can see, identical to Suchomimus.
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From what I know the Ridge Ripper was about 9-10 meters long and 2-3 tons or so. Very similar in overall build and anatomy to Megaraptor or Australovenator. I found this artist rendition of the animal...
As far as the fossil goes, I think it looks allosaurian...
Ridge Ripper
Ausralovenator
