Giant theropods overview thread

[Dakotaraptor]

There is hope that we will know more about this giant ornithomimosaur due new materials.

[stomatopod]

I have additional information on the abelisaur and Deinocheirus. People(who have not insulted me recently) might contact me in private and make an informal NDA with me, as the stuff is not published.

[stomatopod]

Well, it seems that Deinocheirus already hit the net, so there is no problem talking about it.
As I can deduce from the information, Deinocheirus grew to 11 meters in lenght (It is unclear to me if the holotype or the new specimen was meant, as I did not were there in person)
It also has a sail on his back and was freaking tall.

[Fragillimus335]

Nov 3, 2013 20:04:27 GMT 5 stomatopod said:

Well, it seems that Deinocheirus already hit the net, so there is no problem talking about it.
As I can deduce from the information, Deinocheirus grew to 11 meters in lenght (It is unclear to me if the holotype or the new specimen was meant, as I did not were there in person)
It also has a sail on his back and was freaking tall.

Where did you get this info?

[stomatopod]

Someone who attended the talk. Also, it seems that Hodari Nidu already made an illustration, though I just found about that, so the cat is out of the bag.
Edit: Also, no one did pm me about the other information, which makes wonder... BTW, an informal NDA is just someone promising that he will keep his mouth shut until something is finally published/leaked.

On another note, the featered ornithopod was not presented, it seems that it shoots for the publication in a high profile journal where spoilering is not permitted.

[creature386]

Nov 3, 2013 15:17:09 GMT 5 stomatopod said:

I have additional information on the abelisaur and Deinocheirus. People(who have not insulted me recently) might contact me in private and make an informal NDA with me, as the stuff is not published.

I would like to see that information.
(You can send it to me via mail, my @ address can be seen now in my profile)

[blaze]

I want the info on the abelisaur too

and btw, a little scaling exercise with Ekrixinatosaurus

[Grey]

[creature386]

Do you have a source for this image?

[theropod]

It looks like it was done by the Wikipedia-user "Conty"

Yup, it was: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tyrannosauridae_hand_elements_01.JPG

[theropod]

www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056417999
Is anyone aware of information regarding the date of description of those supposed new Spinosaurus remains? Many have been hinting at it, many have been doing speculations and restorations, there is even a model that looks quite elaborate, but nothing solid has sunk through yet, despite rumours of it going to be published very soon.

[creature386]

Weren't these ones where Grey said they would be described in summer 2014?

[theropod]

Wasn't it the past summer?

[creature386]

Grey first said that it would be released in 2014, then he said it would already appear this year, but after he got further information, he changed back to the first option.

[blaze]

My versión of the genoholotype of Carcharodontosaurus, at 135cm in length. Save for the perspective differences between ortographic view vs articulated, the parts appear to fit perfectly in a skull only 87% the size of SGM DIN-1, I can't see how you'll fit it into a smaller skull without altering the proportions considerably.

Theropod, a thing I saw in your versión is that you put around 13 teeth into the length of the larger part of the maxilla, this does not fit with the fossil as it only has 10 alveoli.