Sci-Fi King25
MemberAllosaurusJul-14-2015 4:13 PMFor the first time, a large carnivore was found in Japan! Here's the discovery-
They say the creature lived about 81 million years ago and about 10 meters in height.
The article itself is pretty short, but here it is-
First Fossils of Large-Size Carnivorous Dinosaur Found in Japan
“Banana oil.”- George Takei, Gigantis: The Fire Monster
shambs
MemberCompsognathusJul-14-2015 6:29 PMI thought of tyrannosaurids as a North American group of dinosaurs, with the exception of Tarbosaurus (and not counting the ancestors as Guanlong or dilong). Indeed a fantastic discovery!
Something Real
MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-14-2015 7:16 PMSCI-FI KING25 - Wow! That is fantastic! I have a feeling that the 10m "height" is supposed to be "length" as Mr. Miyata compared it to the 5-12m expressions found amongst American Tyrannosaurids. Can you imagine a 33ft tall Tyrannosaurus?! YIKES! This was a very neat find! Thank you so much for sharing this with us! :)
Rex Fan 684
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2015 7:36 AMCool.
And Shambs, there are actually a lot of Asian tyrannosaurs...
Tarbosaurus
Alioramus
Zhuchengtyrannus
Guanlong
Dilong
Yutyrannus
Sinotyrannus
Probably others I forgot
And they've also been found in Europe(Eotyrannus)
Tyrannosaurus practically rulled the whole Northern Hempisphere
Rex Fan 684
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2015 10:55 AMDaspletosaurus was North American
bioniczillafan04
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2015 11:55 AMWho knows it could have swam the oceans, breathed fire, had spines on it's back, and reeked havok on everything. ;) ;)
Phorusrhacos
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2015 2:39 PMIf it's a new genus, I wonder what they will name it. Nihonotyrannus or Nipponotyranus maybe?
Saitama
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2015 4:49 PMoh yeah I guess confused it with something else
I don't know what to put here
shambs
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2015 9:31 PM@Rex,
Yes, you are right. In addition, according to Wikipedia (which is not an entirely reliable source) tyrannosaurs existed in South America and Australia. Is that true?
"Fossils of tyrannosauroids have been recovered on what are now the continents of North America, Europe, Asia, South America and Australia."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrannosauroidea
Although I think that this article is about Tyrannosauroidea superfamily, and not about Tyrannosauridae family.
Phorusrhacos
MemberCompsognathusJul-15-2015 11:04 PMSHAMBS: The statement about tyrannosauroid fossil finds refers to the Superfamily as a whole rather than just Tyrannosauridae (Tyrannosaurus, Tarbosaurus, Gorgosaurus, etc.). It takes in account Proceratosauridae, Coeluridae, and several other members that don't fall into the aforementioned families. Though the only members that come from South America and Australia are members of Megaraptora, which has a disputed ancestry, so they might not be tyrannosaurs at all.
Therizinosaurus Rex(aka Kaijusaurs)
MemberCompsognathusJul-16-2015 7:37 AMCool find.
Therizinosaurus for JW2!
Dynamosaurus Imperiosus/ Raptorexxx 700
MemberCompsognathusJul-16-2015 7:57 AMWell that's enough for me to infer that Tyrannosaurs were pretty widely ditributed :D
Dynamosaurus Imperiosus/ Raptorexxx 700
MemberCompsognathusJul-16-2015 7:58 AMWell that's enough for me to infer that Tyrannosaurs were pretty widely ditributed :D
Gojira2K
MemberCompsognathusJul-19-2015 4:27 PMAwesome! The more giant carnivores the better.
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway.
futurepaleontologist1
MemberCompsognathusJul-23-2015 4:20 PMSee but over has to remember that the largest of the Asian Tyrannosaurs (that being Tarbosaurus) is comparable in size to Abelisaurus. Such an animal only stands at about six feet tall, kind of retaining a reverse therapod posture. If this animal is indeed it's own species, it's gonna be in a league of it's own