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| Carlos | Jun 11 2009, 05:15 AM Post #1 |
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Adveho in me Lucifero
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Maastrichian North America had the Tyrannosaurus rex as the main predator. The only other dinosaur that competed with it was a Saurornitholestes, and yet it was not much bigger than the average dog, so it would only hunt things as big as small ornithopods. And yet there was another predator around. Who? Quetzalcoaltus, which, being a terrestrial stalker not unlike a secretary bird, had jaws big enough to grab a man and was likely big and powerfull enough to eat Saurornitholestes (mind you that the fossil of the quetz with dromeosaur teeth marks was likely already dead prior to being eaten, as it would be physically impossible for a dog sized animal to bring down a giraffe sized beast, specially considering it wasn't a pack hunter). Thus, isn't it ironic that an animal once portrayed as a giant seabird was actually the dominant predator of late Cretaceous North America right after T-rex? Makes one wonder why people keep portraying pterosaurs and birds as weak animals, when in fact they produced incredible predators, and the avian terror birds ruled South America and kept the native metatherians at smaller niches. Makes one wonder what would happen if the almost terror-bird like azhdarchids had survived. |
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| Spinosaurus Rex | Jun 11 2009, 05:19 AM Post #2 |
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Yes. It is VERY ironic. If they had survived... yikes. |
The Dreaded AOL Dial-Up has left me afraid to spend more than 5 minutes posting at risk of losing it all. Arghhh.
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