Hey there, i was wondering about how effective were spino's arms in a head to head combat? If we look at this pic, which is pretty reasonable, I dont see how its arms could slash out at a preadtor of equal size, unless they started huging!
Because I thought that most preadtors arms couldnt sviel that far up or something like that! What are your thoughts, I think im complety wrong though!
I'd imagine, Just like a humans arm, They'd be able to manuver them into multiple positions, As to swat at flies, Or deliver killed fish or such to their mouth.
They'd use them like human arms.
They'd also use them in Combat, As, an arm like that could slice open A dinosaurs belly.
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lxlplictz Group: Member Rank: Compsognathus View Profile
The arms of Acrocanthosaurus had a poor range of motion, and i recently read the arms of the therizinosaurs had the same problem. Not entirely sure, as we haven't found the arms of Spinosaurus yet...But since we're already in this hypothetical mindset, why not. The new spino reconstruction had suprisingly short arms and legs.
I wouldn't say they really had a large range of motion. Acro had a whole whopping 45 degrees in every direction, my best guess is it wouldn't be a whole lot more then this
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Tyrant king Group: Member Rank: Compsognathus View Profile
Yeah, the nat geo reconstruction. It suprised the hell out of everybody i think, it pretty much confirms Spino wasn't the biggest theropod now. Still in the top 5 though, 6 tons isn't any thing to laugh at
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I think that was from planet dinosaur. AND WHHHHAT! 6 tons and that short, I think It might be outclasses by the other big three! My god, can't wait until someone brings this up on carnivoria!
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The consensus over there is they now believe spino wasn't as big as they previously thought...and i'm pretty sure theres a 'register' button up in the top right corner
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lxlplictz Group: Member Rank: Compsognathus View Profile
Sometimes they are, towards both dinos. They say stuff like OMG SPINO IS 20m LONG and 20tons, ONE SWIPE KILL DA TREX! and vise versa! But alot of people are actually very knowledge filled!
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it hasn't been too active lately, i posted about the new ornithiscian a couple days ago, usualy there's a lot of people with something to say but lately, not really
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if it is, we have no word really yet. Sereno was saying the find was gonna make spino the largest theropod...but the info presented...i'm not sure. It may just be poor journalism at large and that's why the numbers are the way they are...time will tell. We should get word here within a month
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lxlplictz Group: Member Rank: Compsognathus View Profile
Any time! i can see where this would cause confusion.
he confirmed the finds, and they're being studied right now. Pretty sure he approved the exhibit, but he most certainly didn't write that article, which i suspect is faulty the more i read it.
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lxlplictz Group: Member Rank: Compsognathus View Profile
Ya you did! :) You just said "so it went from being 18 meters to 12 meters"
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