Cretaceous carnage #3
Carnosaur
MemberCompsognathusAugust 23, 20146113 Views41 RepliesEpanterias(Allosaurus) Amplexus vs Carcharodontosaurus Saharicus
Epanterias
Epanterias is a genus of allosaurid from the Jurassic period of Colorado. It was described by Edward Drinker Cope in 1878. The type speciesis Epanterias amplexus. This genus is based on AMNH 5767, parts of three vertebrate, a coracoid, and a Metatarsal. Although Cope thought it was a sauropod it was later shown to be a theropod. Gregory S. Paul reassessed the material as pertaining to a large species of Allosaurus in 1988 (which he classified as Allosaurus amplexus) Other authors have gone further and considered E. amplexus as simply a large individual of Allosaurus fragilis. In 2010, Gregory S. Paul and Kenneth Carpenter noted that the E. amplexus specimen comes from higher in the Morrison Formation than the type specimen of Allosaurus fragilis, and is therefore "probably a different taxon".
Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurusis a genus of carcharodontosaurid during the mid- Cretaceous period.It is currently known to include two species, C.saharicus andC.iguidensis, which were among the larger theropods, as large as or slightly bigger than Tyrannosaurus and possibly slightly larger than Giganotosaurus, but not quite as large as Spinosaurus. At the time being, it appears C.Saharicus is larger then C.Iguidensis.
Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
more or less....Allo had a pound for pound weaker bite force then that of a juvenile rex
Hatchet jaw function is one purposed because of this, but did allo really need a high bite force? short answer - no.
It had slicing dentition, and these were designed for cutting deep into the flesh of its prey, creating gruesome yet effective bites. These bites would lead to blood loss, ultimately killing the prey animal. So, Allosaurids had no need for a high bite force, as they had their own killing techniques.
Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
