Cretaceous carnage #9
Carnosaur
MemberCompsognathusSeptember 06, 20141507 Views15 RepliesTorvosaurus
Torvosaurus is a genus of megalosaurid that lived approximately 153 to 148 million years ago during the later part of the Jurassic Period in what is now Colorado and Portugal. It contains two currently recognized species,Torvosaurus tanneri and Torvosaurus gurneyi.In 1979 the type species Torvosaurus tanneri was named. T. tanneri was a large, heavily built, bipedal carnivore, that could grow to a length of about 10 m (32.8 ft). T. tanneri was among the largest carnivores of its time, together with Epanterias (which may have actually been a large individual of Allosaurus) and Saurophaganax. Specimens referred to Torvosaurus gurneyi were initially claimed to be up to eleven metres long, but later shown to be smaller. Based on bone morphology Torvosaurus is thought to have had short but very powerful arms.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus is a genus of tyrannosaurid that lived in western North America between 77 and 74 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous Period. Fossils of the only namedspecies (D. torosus) were found in Alberta, although other possible species from Alberta and Montana await description. Including theseundescribed species makes Daspletosaurus the most species-rich genus of tyrannosaur.While very large by the standard of modern predators, Daspletosaurus was not the largest tyrannosaurid. Adults could reach a length of 8–9 meters (26–30 ft) from snout to tail. Mass estimates have centered around 2.5 tonnes(2.75 short tons) but have ranged between 1.8 and 3.8 tonnes (2.0 and 4.1 short tons).
Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
Torvo has the weight advantage here, really.
Here's a neat comparison i just found of the two..
Torvo has the size advantage(height and weight) while the Tyrannosaur has a lethal set of jaws. But, Torvo likely had jaws that high jaw mechanic efficiency, close to that of the tyrannosaurs in fact. Dr. Sakamoto's papers revealed that megalosauroids may have a greater mechanical advantage in their skulls than tyrannosaurids, which could mean that Torvosaurus' bite could have surpassed Tyrannosaurus' bite. That would be the fabled 12 meter portuguesespecimen though, and not T.Tanneri or T. Gurneyi. We don't really have a base for megalosaur bite force, but i'd say it would be a correspondingly large amount pound for pound as in the Tyrannosaurs.
~8 meter T. Tanneri would have bite force around 2.5-3 tons
~ 10 meter T. Gurneyi would have a bite force of 3 - 5 tons
Daspletosaurus Torusus, scaling down from Tyrannosaurus(in this case i'm using a 9 meter Das) would have a bite force of Approximately 3 tons
Both predators lived with equally sized contemporary theropods, but the bigger and more massive Torvo should take this 65-35
Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
