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Post by dinosauria101 on Aug 3, 2019 0:52:46 GMT 5
I take it this was inspired by the Marshosaurus vs false gharial thread?
Anyhow, in my opinion, it would have been the Morrison's equivalent of a jackal/African wild dog, since the size ratio between it and Allosaurus fragilis seems similar to that of lions and AWDs, and it seems ecologically similar to jackal/AWD (big head, small size, cursorial anatomy).
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Post by dromaeosauridae117 on Aug 3, 2019 1:03:26 GMT 5
I take it this was inspired by the Marshosaurus vs false gharial thread? Anyhow, in my opinion, it would have been the Morrison's equivalent of a jackal/African wild dog, since the size ratio between it and Allosaurus fragilis seems similar to that of lions and AWDs, and it seems ecologically similar to jackal/AWD (big head, small size, cursorial anatomy). It was inspired by your thread! I must admit though, Marshosaurus has always been one of my favorite species of dinosaur. Aside from that, I agree with you on M. Bicentesimus being the Jurassic iteration of an AWD. However, I do believe that Marshosaurus was an active hunter, and relied upon scavenging secondly. |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Aug 3, 2019 1:06:23 GMT 5
I take it this was inspired by the Marshosaurus vs false gharial thread? Anyhow, in my opinion, it would have been the Morrison's equivalent of a jackal/African wild dog, since the size ratio between it and Allosaurus fragilis seems similar to that of lions and AWDs, and it seems ecologically similar to jackal/AWD (big head, small size, cursorial anatomy). It was inspired by your thread! I must admit though, Marshosaurus has always been one of my favorite species of dinosaur. Aside from that, I agree with you on M. Bicentesimus being the Jurassic iteration of an AWD. However, I do believe that Marshosaurus was an active hunter, and relied upon scavenging secondly. I agree with you there. The combination of a large head and cursorial build are ideal for running down and quickly dispatching of prey items like many cursorial predators today |
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Post by dromaeosauridae117 on Aug 3, 2019 1:27:29 GMT 5
It was inspired by your thread! I must admit though, Marshosaurus has always been one of my favorite species of dinosaur. Aside from that, I agree with you on M. Bicentesimus being the Jurassic iteration of an AWD. However, I do believe that Marshosaurus was an active hunter, and relied upon scavenging secondly. I agree with you there. The combination of a large head and cursorial build are ideal for running down and quickly dispatching of prey items like many cursorial predators today Would you agree that Ceratosaurus Nasicornis would have been a direct competitor for Marshosaurus? |
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Post by dinosauria101 on Aug 3, 2019 1:30:33 GMT 5
I agree with you there. The combination of a large head and cursorial build are ideal for running down and quickly dispatching of prey items like many cursorial predators today Would you agree that Ceratosaurus Nasicornis would have been a direct competitor for Marshosaurus? I agree it would be a competior (quite a serious one actually), but it's in an entirely different league. C. nasicornis is actually a juvenile dentisulcatus, of which the 7 meter estimate is 1.5 tons and the 8.8 meter estimate would be even bigger. So probably Marshosaurus could scavenge from Ceratosaurus, but in a head to head fight it's toast. |
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Post by Infinity Blade on Aug 3, 2019 3:28:38 GMT 5
Moved to the regular section of Nature-related discussions, news, and queries. The profile discussion section seems to be largely reserved for discussing actual animal profiles on here.
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