Asian Straight-tusked Elephant vs. Dreadnoughtus schrani

[dinosauria101]

Asian Straight-tusked Elephant - Palaeoloxodon namadicus

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Order: Proboscidea
Family: Elephantidae
Height: Estimated to be ~500 cm tall as an adult
Mass: Estimated to be ~22 tonnes as an adult
Age and location: Pleistocene of India
Diet: Plants
Killing apparatus: Tusks
Potentially the largest land mammal ever. Hunted by early people for food.

Dreadnoughtus schrani

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Order: Sauropoda
Family: Titanosauria
Length: 26 meters; this specimen is not fully grown so the adult would be larger
Mass: 48.4 tonnes; this specimen is not fully grown so the adult would be larger
Diet: Plants
Age and Location: 75 million years ago, Late Cretaceous, Argentina
Killing apparatus: Manual and pedal claws, tail slapping, spike osteoderms (based on relatives)
One of the most complete giant sauropods. Had its weight somewhat overestimated by using limb-bone regressions.

denis, as per yesterday's suggestions, here it is!

[denis]

I wanted Palaeoloxodon Namadicus vs Eotriceratops but ok.

[dinosauria101]

You can make that matchup yourself if you'd like it. Go right ahead.

I favor Dreadnoughtus here due to size and durability. It can tank many gores from the tusks while shoving and crushing the smaller elephant.

[6f5e4d]

Even if the Asian straight-tusked elephant was the largest land mammal, Dreadnoughtus was still even larger, and its size, plus having a neck and tail better suited for combat than the elephant's tusks, clearly gives the sauropod a victory.

[DonaldCengXiongAzuma]

The sauropod is more than twice the weight of the elephant. Mismatch in favour of the sauropod.