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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 30, 2019 20:15:59 GMT 5
Gigantophis garstini snake-facts.weebly.com/uploads/6/5/5/3/6553869/published/gigantophis-garstini.jpg?1488853262Order: Serpentes Family: Madtsoiidae Length: 10.7 meters Mass: ~600 kg, based on relatives Diet: Large mammals Age and Location: 40 million years ago, Eocene epoch, Egypt Killing apparatus: Constriction, jaws One of the largest snakes ever to live, second only to Titanoboa. Thought to have preyed on ancestors of the elephant. Dakosaurus maximus upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Dakosaurus2.jpg/800px-Dakosaurus2.jpgOrder: Thalattosuchia Family: Metriorhynchidae Length: 4-5 meters Mass: 450-910 kg Diet: Marine reptiles and fish Age and Location: Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, 157-137 million years ago, Europe Killing apparatus: Slicing jaws One of the largest of the metriorhynchids. Had very large, serrated teeth and is thought to have had salt glands to help cope with oceanic conditions.
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Post by 6f5e4d on Dec 30, 2019 22:25:45 GMT 5
Dakosaurus can win, it has slicing jaws and a larger weight, plus could likely move in water better than Gigantophis.
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Post by dinosauria101 on Dec 30, 2019 22:58:13 GMT 5
I give my vote to Dakosaurus as well. A bit larger and a good set of jaws - I'd imagine it can avoid constriction long enough to land some fatal bites. Edit: Here's also a size comp. Dakosaurus is scaled to 4.5 meters, Gigantophis is 10.7. Scalebars are 1 meter each, Gigantophis by Gamma 124 and Dakosaurus/scalebar are by the people who wrote the description paper for Plesiosuchu
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