10 Large Theropods you've Never Heard of

Good list. I'd add pics myself, but that's just me. I got a thing for top 10s, so I always appreciate a good one.

I like the list even though I already herd of all of these. And it's all right to not have pictures I never have any and hey people like my threads, I hope. Btw I have a series that is only about top 10s list.

Thanks guys, I would add pictures, put my computer can't add them to posts for some reason.

I do find some of these sizes to be a tad high(the 9 ton Oxalaia for example), but the species chosen are good :)

I can understand that, after all a lot of these theropods have not been studied very well (that is sort of why they are on this list). I just looked at a lot of their closest relatives and went off of that, although that is definitely not the best way to get their sizes.

This is a good list, I never heard of Rapator and Beishanlong before!

I heard that Becklespinax was actually a new genus of torvosaur, but I consider the source unreliable b/c I don't have the link, nor do I remember the website.  Would anyone here think that there is some validity in that hypothesis?

I know when they first found it they classified it as a species of Megalosaurus, which is a close relative of Torvosaurus. Although I think the only Megalosaurs (Torvosaurs) that survived into the cretaceous were the Spinosaurs, except for some possible fossils of Afrovenator and that one theropod from New Zealand. But it is possible that it might have been a Megalosaur, especially because Megalosaurs were abundant in Europe during the Jurassic period.

ive only heard of about 4 of these. this is a cool and interesting list

Let me guess, you've heard of Oxalaia, Epanterias, Zhuchengtyrannus, and Siats. Anyways, thanks!

Personally, I've heard of all of these. But then again, I've been studying dinosaurs since age 2(ok, so not really studying then, but still).

Lets just admit it, anydody who didn't want to be a paleontologist at that age probably did not have a normal childhood.

I can see that, yes, lol. Of this list, "Z-Rex" is my favorite...

Yeah Zhuchengtyrannus is pretty cool. You being a Tyrannosaur expert, I actually have a question to ask about Zhuchengtyrannus. Did Zhuchengtyrannus have binocular vision like Tyrannosaurus? I know Tarbosaurus didn't, so thats why im asking that.

Same, I loved Dinos since I could first talk. My first movie was walking with the dinosaurs. And I am sure you love z- rex because it is the closest to t.rex.

And yes all tyrranosurs did though t.rex had the best. Zuncheng had a lesser vision because they were more placed on the side then forward as in t.rex. it provably ressembled tarbosaurus in terms of skull shape/size. Any more questions just PM me.

Hard to say for sure since a full skull isn't known. However, it seems Tarbosaurus was it's closest relative. If Zhuchengtyrannus had binocular vision, it was pretty limited.

And TK, not all tyrannosaurs had it. Tarbosaurus and Albertosaurus for example. Their vision was kind of limited. Better than earlier carnivores like Allosaurus, but not fully binocular either.

I meant they had at least some binocular vision.

Nice list. The the general population most likely hasn't heard any of these. However, I've heard of all but Beishanlong and Rapator. Interesting creatures they all are though. 

Oh I see, so it sort of had a combination of Binocular vision and Monocular vision.

Yes.

Thanks Mr. Happy! I'm glad there was at least some you have not heard of.

Yeah, kinda like that. A limited overlapping field of vision. It's vision was good enough for hunting, that's for sure. Tarbosaurus and Zhuchengtyrannus hunted more sauropods than T.rex probably did(though it did hunt Alamosaurus from time to time) and binocular vision wasn't quite as important for hunting huge sauropods. It was more important for hunting ceratopsians and hadrosaurs, which Tyrannosaurus did more often than the other two.

That actually makes a lot of sense, because most other large theropods (Carcharodontosaurus, Giganotosaurus) had large sauropods living alongside it. Plus I read something that said that Alamosaurus was only really in the Southern United States and Mexico, meaning Tyrannosaurus did not encounter it in all of its range.

Correct. Many sauropod hunters had somewhat poor vision. And yes, T.rex territory only overlapped with that of Alamosaurus in the south, but they did encounter each other once and a while.

And there is no fossil evidence suggesting that T. Rex preyed on them (Sauropods did get big to avoid predators after all). But imagin a Triceratops charging a straight at a T. Rex with Monocular vision, the T. Rex would not even see him coming! I would actually feel a little bit bad for the T. Rex.

Alamosaurus bones with T.rex bite marks have been found. Whether this indicates predation or scavenging, we don't know.

Where were the bite marks found on the skeleton?

Either way they encountered eachother and rex did not pass up the opportunity to eat the alamosaurus.

Near the neck bones I believe. 

PS- found this pic interesting...