This Brazilian Theropod May Have Been The Biggest Ever... If It Was A Theropod At All
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- It seems like every few years the news cycle explodes with another new giant theropod set on dethroning Tyrannosaurus. The 90s were full of giant carcharodontosaurid hype and the early 2000s had Spinosaurus as their sweetheart. In 2024, Tyrannosaurus appears to be the reigning champion with its biggest representatives at 10-12 tonnes--but a new challenger approaches, this time from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Will the tyrant lizard king’s claim to the throne last?
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Finally, someone is talking sense about this with the proper context. Love your videos.
Thank you! I wanted to make sure to stress how fragmentary and unreliable this thing is, but also it is genuinely huge based on the measurements we have. I'm glad you liked the video!
@@TheVividen I strive to provide proper context in my videos as well, so it's always appreciated when I see others do it. Just someone who can say "Hold on folks, pump your breaks, we need more info" is refreshing. 👌
This therapod will get increasing hype for the next few years, it will get reviewed by less biased peers, and it will be downsized.
Calling it.
I’m calling it you’re going to be wrong.
@@therumbleinthejungleeok mr paleontology expert
@@therumbleinthejunglee he won't be wrong, same thing happened to carcharodontosaurus and many, many others
Oh golly, another paleontonthology debate that is gonna turn what we already know about dinosaurs upside down
@@johncasarino5627 I think he meant it partially as a joke I hope (therumbleinthejunglee) but I would also probably go with most likely downsized (that is if we even get more material to work with).
Remember when we thought Spinosaurus was a 60ft predator that weighed 20 tons?
Maybe it's 8-9 tons
I'm pretty sure Spinosaurus was still enourmous. I think it's still the longest carnivorous dinosaur. Its just they were wrong about the legs, the weight was overestimated, and they underestimated how semi-aquatic the animal was.
NHMUK 16421 spinosaurus weight 10.3 tons
ed cope was debunk so lets use sue trex only weieght 9.7 tons and giganotosaurus largest specimen only weight 8.7 tons
@@SpinoSpiny Proof?
@@Mr_Chubutensis Yes i have proof tgat fossilized spino was found on morrocan it was found by kevin they first saw its forelimbs its a lot larger than normal ones and the snout is larger too and some paleontologist said it may be a 10.3 tons spinosaurus date found 2023 may
A few ways to explain away the size of the centra is
A) That it belonged to a Sauropod
B) That the animal it belonged to had fewer tail vertebrae than other carcharodontosaurs, making each one longer on average to increase rigidity and balance
C) That the fragmentary nature of it indicates it could be misidentified as a middle caudal centra and instead be one closer to the hips and therefore longer.
16.8 meters does sound pretty outrageous and unlikely. Though isolated elements have broadened our understanding of what was possible in species size before, such as the big old Temnodontosaur bones that put the 10 meter size into question.
Sometimes though, there are just too many unknowns, this case seems to be one of those.
Excellently put!
I hope it doesn't come from a sauropod.
Better be, I’m done with South America trying to give us megatheropods
@@Train_lizard wdym ”trying to”, it just does
@@Sachicasaurusj’espère que un énorme theropode qui mesure aux moin plus de 14 m car sela reste plus moin probable
We all are laughing at the 20 ton estimates now 😂 I remember the good old days where an oversized Baryonyx with a sail on it's back was 21 tons😄
Oh gosh what a time
Dam life goes fast. It feels like yesterday I used to think spino was 15-21 tons
The giga is considered the most "intelligent" theropod when it was first discovered.
This is by far my favorite paleontology channel. Thanks for bringing attention to this specimen!
Thank you! I appreciate your support. I add an additional stress that this specimen is extraordinarily fragmentary and undiagnostic and shouldn't be involved in any serious discussions about theropod size, but it's certainly interesting!
In other news, the giant British ichthyosaur got named.
Working on a vid right now for it!
Good, good. Looking forward to seeing info on a proper 25 meter giant
What is the name?@@t-r-e-x452
Is this the Aust Colossus? What's the new name? I BEG OF YOU TELL ME
@@steveirwin3594 Ichthyotitan. From Lilstock.
First Ubirajara and now this, Brazil been going crazy lately for paleontology
"Where's Jeff? Is he sleeping outside? Where's Jeff? Did he go for a ride?"..
Sorry, memories of my teen's old Australian Kid's band came flooding back....
Kinda proud of bein' a Brazilian all of the sudden
Brazil is the dinosaurs' place of origin afterall
@@ShadeMeadows wait, you mean Samba, hot fisher chick Luiza and 'Girl from Ipanema' weren't' enough for you?
@@athos9293 Sounds like Gus from Big Fat Greek Wedding, where everything comes from Greece.
There are also some random isolated toe bones of T.Rex that ought to have belonged to stupidly large, far bigger than anything else we have, BUT again, way too fragmentary. They could have come from an idividual that had unusually large feet. This is why we shouldn't make much to do about specimens of anything that are too little to be certain on.
Agreed 100%!
Haha yeah I'll believe it when they can actually prove it. We've seen the paleo community try to dethrone the Rex for almost 30 years now, and the king has always come back to assert his tryanny.
That do be the pattern
Tyrannosaurus: hunts walking tanks bigger than itself in some cases, by itself a majority of the time
Some dumbasses on the internet: nah, tadpole is bigger because we said so
The Rex gets told he's no longer the King, then grinds till he's far superior again.
Can't wait for the downsizes if we find more fossils
Yeah, and as I mentioned you can scale it to as low as 12-13 tonnes using animals like Neovenator. I haven't experimented with megaraptoran scaling but I'm sure that gets lower results as well. I personally strongly doubt the higher estimates
20 tons? That's like an early 2000s Spinosaurus fanboy's wet dream right there
(I am a Spino fanboy)
i would name it Diovorasaurus
The god eating lizard
Magnasaurus
Imagine _Diovorosaurus brasilensis_
This would be such a beloved name honestly. People would make DIO jokes about it and it sounds absolutely awesome. I just pray if something like this happens it's taken by an actual record breaking theropod and not a random average sized shitter.
@@neuro.6650 Do you know how many JOJO memes would be made-
I would complain at first because I thought it was JOJOke, but when I openned the full thing it made more sense and sounded cooler than I expected it to
Unexpected Acro mentions are always welcome
Wow never heard about this. Thx for continuing to put out such good content. Mike from Prehistoric Magazine
20 tons is a ludicrous estimate
Agreed
After seeing the hype around other Carcharodontosaurids that were "bigger than T-Rex", I'm afraid that with enough research it's size will be estimated to be not bigger than T-Rex.
Still, Giganotosaurus is pretty much as big as T-Rex, but less thick. So may it be with any other Carcharodontosaur, I think. Maybe the speed of neural impulse(15 m/s) limits the size of the efective predator to 12 meters and 8-10 tons.
T rex is over 12 meters
20 tons is unrealistically large for a theropod. Who the hell came up with this estimate?!
It’s like when they estimated perucetus’ max weight to 300 tons, which would be impossible for it’s speculated niche of being a bottom feeder
Attention seekers made the estimate. What the hell happened to paleontology? Instead of trying to understand the past and the evolutionary history on our planet, they just want to get attention by making absurd and clearly incorrect estimates.
The brazilians
I mean as a specific adaptation for hunting sauropods and if they somehow managed to make that weight work on two limbs then why not?
I KNOW RIGHT! Plus ig a new challenger has appeared and it’s gonna reshape our understanding of mega theropods
Breaking News: Ichthyotitan severnensis waiting in the deep 👀👀👀
I'm working on the video today!
Watch this being an early abelisaur in 2 years
This was such a pleasant surprise. I was pondering how we could have know this caudal vertebrae even belonged to a theropod and you answered it, thanks!!
As for this potential discovery!wow! How fascinating. I wonder if this caudal may even belong to a spinosaurid? That group was doing very odd things with their vertebral column. I can’t wait to here more about this megatherapod. A TWENTY TON theropod!!!?! How did this thing even move around on two legs?
I'd name it Boitatavenator (" Boitatá - a giant snake with bull horns and enormous fiery eyes that crawls over the open fields at night. Sometimes described as a giant. fiery snake. Looking at its eyes blinds people. + venator "hunter")
no, the name of this animal should be Gargantuasaurus behemothi or Impavidus colossus in reference to the Brazilian national anthem
@@clairdias7729concordo 100%
@@clairdias7729 Gargantasaurus goes hard, and feels very memorable
@@clairdias7729 Curti o Impavidus colossus, hein. E se for referenciar o Boitatá, acho que o certo é usar mais a forma originária do nome, não? Acho que é M'boi-tata, ou algo assim, só espero que não façam nada no mesmo nível de Thanos de novo, aquilo foi horrível rs, alguém devia ter impedido kkk
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Soon the rex will go from 12 to 21 tons to reclaim it's throne, like it did before
Spino in background: just wait
NHMUK 16421 spinosaurus weight 10.3 tons
ed cope was debunk so lets use sue trex only weieght 9.7 tons and giganotosaurus largest specimen only weight 8.7 tons
@@SpinoSpiny what, I had an stroke reading that
@@Mr_bot-786 this is the truth NHMUK 16421 is just underrated that's why hes put to be 7 tons predator but he is not its just that people downgrading it
Lets just wait for next T-Rex Speciment xD
If the media was always correct with their outlandish "bigger than Rex" headlines, T.rex would only be considered a medium-sized carnivore at that point.
Watch it get downsized in a week
I bet it'll get downsized sooner. That's why I made sure to stress in the video how this specimen should not be taken seriously
@@TheVividenagreed
I give it 11 minutes.
A week? He will be 6tons in 5 days.
@qbgrindddd fair enough
T-Rex be like: Not in my kingdom you don’t!
Tyrannosaurus only gains in weight, the largest carnivorous theropod is Spinosaurus
@@sainjor3932weight is size spino is only longer btw
@@Steam537 No, Tyranosaurus only weighed more than Spinosaurus, but Spinosaurus was much bigger than it, including its sail and neck
Well, until it is confirmed or not. The largest carnivorous dinosaur in Brazil will continue to be Oxalaia/Spinosaurus.
Name idea: Natiaspectus
Nati is born, aspectus is favored. "Born to be favored." Because it's a big theropod.
Ah, yes! Another contender for the "Overhyped biggest theropod who turns out a lot smaller in real-life" awards. Spinosaurus was hyped as the T-Rex killer in JP3, then turned out to be Crocoduck a couple of decades later. Giganotosaurus was hyped to be double the size if T-Rex in the Ark games, just for it to be discovered that T-Rex is bulkier/heavier than it.
En fait les deux premiers spécimens giganotosaurus sont plus grands et plus lourd que les deux premières spécimens de tyrannosaurus rex donc il est encore possible que si ont fait plus de recherches sur giganotosaurus et sa formation d’origine et qu’ont découvert plus spécimens il pourrait s’avérée que giganotosaurus soit belle et bien plus grand et plus lourd que tyrannosaurus et même choses pour spinosaurus car la représentation crocoduck soit en faite plus semble a un Suchominus avec une queue particulière et une voile a 1/4 de sa longueur faite avec une basé musculaires donc se que je veut dire par la c’est qu’il n’est pas complètement sur que tyrannosaurus rex soit le plus grand theropode et il est donc possible qu’il existaient un theropode plus grands plus massif que t.rex
@@laseriedeladilophosaure9246Je suis d'accord avec vous, le Giganotosaurus est plus gros que le T-rex, car lorsque le Giganotosaurus a été découvert, il a immédiatement surpassé plusieurs spécimens de Tyrannosaurus rex, si je ne me trompe pas, le T-rex moyen mesure 11,2-12 mètres et 8- 9 tonnes et les plus grandes mesurent 12,1 à 12,6 mètres de long et les condoléances 11,5 à 12,4 tonnes. Le premier spécimen de Giganotosaurus mesure 12,8 mètres, il a surpassé tous les Tyrannosaures, c'est-à-dire que le premier spécimen de Giganotosaurus n'est pas encore le plus grand, le deuxième spécimen de Giganotosaurus est plus grand que le premier, avec 13,2 ou 13,6 mètres de long, et certains estiment le la seconde mesurait 14 mètres de long. En plus du Spinosaurus et du Giganotosaurus, y en a-t-il d'autres qui peuvent être plus gros que le T-rex ? Comme Mapussaurus, Carcharadontosaurus, Tirannotitan, Acrocantosaurus et autres ?
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@@rodrigopinto6676 🤦♂️
Having a big bite force doesnt mean its the strongest. Hyenas have a strong bite force but looses in a 1 on 1 on a lion. Jaguars sometimes looses on anacondas too
What would I name a giant theropod? Necrotitan, Titanovenator, Necrovenatorax. Something dramatic like that.
I even have a name for it Brazilotyrannus Imperator "the tyrannical emperor of Brazil"
Bostilssaurus
20.7 METRIC TONS !? WHAT THE HELL !?
Btw i calculated the height and is 7.4m tall 💀
Não duvido ser um megaraptoriano quadrúpede gigante. Megaraptores tem patas dianteiras muito longas, e poderiam ser quadrúpedes facultativos.
Então um Megaraptoriano totalmente quadrúpede não é tão estranho, e isso explicaria o peso deste espécime.
@@usuario-fz8eb Um terópode quadrúpede?! Um megaraptoriano com mais de 20 toneladas?!
Não. Simplesmente não.
@@hplovecraftcat olha o Spinosaurus, depois daquilo eu não duvido de mais nada
@@usuario-fz8eb o Spinosaurus não era quadrúpede. Essa hipótese foi desmentida à anos.
@@hplovecraftcat eu sei disso, eu dei o exemplo do Spinosaurus só pela anatomia bizarra para um Theropode
This is really fascinating stuff. So many amazing dinosaurs await discovery. Mike
Remember when people had Spinosaurus at the the 20 tonne range lmao
What kind of idiotic estimate is 20 tons? Wth?
Caudal vertebrae is 45% longer than Acrocanthosaurus, so extrapolate to say that the entire theropod is 45% longer than acrocanthosaurus. Then by square cubed law, a 45% increase in length yields a 200% increase in volume, and since density is basically the same for all animals, 200% increase in mass. Acrocathosaurus is thought to be around 6 tons, so a 200% increase would be roughly 18 tons.
The obvious problem is assuming that this new theropod and acrocanthosaurs have the same dimensions. There is no reason to believe this given the fact that we only have a caudal vertebrae and we aren't even sure if we have a carcharodontosaurid. But it's not an idiotic estimate, its pretty reasonable given our lack of information currently.
@@neptuneai8168you explained this perfectly, thanks for that🙏
@@Misp7423 It still doesn't make sense
@@resul3447It makes sense how they got the estament. It probably isn't accurate but it still is cool. I still can't imagine it being too small
@@neptuneai8168 Well summarized.
Vividen try not to overhype the most fragmentary remains ever challenge (impossible):
Absolutely impossible
For real though these remains are garbage, which is why I included so many disclaimers saying that this is not whatsoever a reliable specimen and that we have no actual idea of its size. Don't trust these estimates
Until more material is out, I won't believe it then. Im gonna hedge my bets on it being a long boi. That mass would be too detrimental.
16 meters long and twenty tons? Sounds like a Vastatosaurus Rex from Skull Island.
Ironically V.rex's canon weight is 8-10 tons despite being 40-50 feet (12-15 meters)
@@godzillakingofthemonsters5812mais si on veut etre précis un tyrannosaurus rex qui mesure 15.25 m de longueur aurait une masse entre 16.5 - 17.5 tonnes voir 18 tonnes en se base sur sue
Donc 16 m pour 20 tonnes reste logique
For real
@@godzillakingofthemonsters5812
Hey I Watched Your Video If Real Life T Rex Was In Skull Island
Someone are talking about 200 ton sauropod and nobody bats an eye.
Someone suggests that 20 ton theropod could exist and everybody loses their minds.
I only know about the new ichthyosaurs arguably the biggest marine reptile ever lived
A video on those is in the works!
Arguably, charcharodontosaurs could ill-afford record-breaking restrictions on their agility. How would a crocodile-brained ambush predator lug 20 metric tons into a pell-mell? Scattering a herd of colossal quadrupeds with little more than a gang of disorganized rivals, sidling up beside the nearest straggler, peeling off a worthwhile strip of flesh, turning tail, and navigating the gauntlet of fugitives ALL BEFORE drawing either a kick or a tail lash from any direction would have required nimble footwork as much as it would decent peripheral vision.
Somewhere in heaven, Giga and Meraxes are laughing.
Basically, the only TRUE challenger to T-Rex's throne is STILL Giganotosaurus.
T.Rex size is a bit of myth at this point, and I explain why. We have arround 35 well preserved adult T.Rex specimens, and the average weight is arround or even less than 6000kg. Why we are constantly using the 3-4 biggest ones (which are clearly massive comparing to the norm) to compare with other megaterophods? Does it make any sense?
Yes, some of them were build like tanks, but the average T.Rex was not that big or bulky. If we take a common sized individual arround 11.5 metres and 6000 kilograms and we compare it with Giganotosaurus, which in my opinion should be considered as the biggest terophod known for now, we see that this one is only represented by one quite well preserved especimen, and a very fragmentary second one. Just taking into consideration the holotype, we have a ~12.4 metres carcharodontosaurid, at 7000+ kilograms.
Probability says that most of the individuals of a given species are way closer to the average size than extreme sizes, so we can asume that size as normal for now, specially when the second individual could be 3-8% bigger.
In biology you take the average size to determinate which animal is bigger. If we got 35 adult gigas, or Carchas, ot any other megaterophod is very likely some of them would reach really huge sizes...
Totally wrong or wrong "arguments"😂😂😂😂😂 the giganotosaurus carolinii bones structure(very graceful and flattened skull,
Narrower neck, very narrower torso, narrower hips and narrower tail compared to tyrannosaurus rex bones structure is much more massive wider thicker heavier and robust.!!
"In my opinion" is your opinion.😂
"6000kg" is much more than that.😂😂😂😂
3:40 What would I name a giant mega theropod? Megatron.
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Man i can't belive it, I SO HAPPY that my country probaly have the biggest theropod( still i belive something larger have lived here) but for sure i don't thing it is like 20 tons, if i could think i think its a carcharadontosaurid, or its the carcharadontosaurus sp or a Giganotosaurus
I strongly doubt it's 20 tonnes, but whatever it was it was definitely big! How big, we can't tell for sure since it's so fragmentary
I would use the word probably sparingly in this case.
I hope we find something like that kaimeren aquatic megaraptoran monarch.
I would name it Megacuadalsaurus rex, translated to Big Tail Lizard King. Love you videos. Im currently try to use other therapods like carcharodontosaurids and megaraptora and 2 other genera tyrannosaurus for lols, and saurophaganax (my favourite along side Ceratosuchops and deinocherius) cuase of it possibly an ancestor to Carcharodontosaurs
Lembre-se meus manos e manas, esse fóssil é fragmentário, essa criatura pode ou não ser desse tamanho. E é mais provável que não.
Many of the dinosaurs that we found were killed in events such flash floods or died in tar pits.... Meaning that many or most of the dinosaurs we found died prematurely ..... Knowing that many of them kept growing for their whole life, we could assume that certain specimens, that had a longer life than those who died prematurely, would eventually reach bigger size and may never be discovered....
I honestly think the size of whatever that thing is, is more likely to be 9-10 tons but I might be just stupid
Though I agree that 20 tonnes is laughably exaggerated, there is still a possibility that a a predator rivaling T-Rex and Gigantosaurus in length (and maybe weight) isn't that big of a stretch. After all, this is the land of the titanosaurus
While I believe 20 tons is too much, I can see some sort of weight corelation here. Maybe T-Rex is the limit for Theropods, where they get heavier rather than longer? Which is why it gets so much heavier rather than longer? I mean T-Rex is possibly 12 tons, which is ENORMOUS
Il existe plus theropode qui aurait une taille supérieure a 12 m donc le t.rex n’est pas une limite de plus tyrannosaurus rex ne vivait pas avec beaucoup de sauropode géant contrairement aux theropode qui vivait plus aux sud comme ( en Afrique, Amérique du sud et en Asie du sud) il me semble logique que les plus grands et gros theropode apparaissent dans ces régions. Et pas dans le nord
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@@rodrigopinto6676 🤦♂️
@@rodrigopinto6676 No need to laugh, I'll just Google Translate his response and work it out, all good lol
Probably a fragment of a Sauropod or something: [Exists]
Jack Horners Existence: [Rubbing Hands together] MY CHILDREN, WE SHALL ATTACK ONCE MORE!! THEROPODIZE IT!
[Insert Rex battling the claims of a 20 TON CARNIVORE]
Meanwhile, there are other Carcharodontosauridae in Brazil
I remember when Spino and Giga were 20 tons.
and when giga were the most intelligent of the giant theropod
@@BrendonjacobDedaceI honestly never heard of that. I heard claims about Velociraptor being considered intelligent but back then the assumption is that most big predators are doo doo brain
Any 20 ton therapod is going to be next to immobile unfortunately. The T Rex is already shown to have been struggling at around 10 tons, IMAGINE DOUBLE THAT.
Giga never was 20 tons, only Spinosaurus fanboys were obsessed with such nonsense.
@@myusername3689 and the T Rex is on the bulkier side. Other mega theropods like Gigantosaurus or Carachodontosaurus are much skinnier
Brazil mentioned???????
If it ends up being the winner as biggest theropod, then they should call it Connorsaurus Immortra after the character Connor MacLeod from the film Highlander (1986), due to the famous line:
*There Can Be Only One!*
If this does turn out true, the dino crisis 2 giga does have a irl counterpart
Baryoreios (Bary = heavy, oreios = mountain) would be a cool name. Even if it isn't a Megatheropod
The giganotosaurus from Dino Crisis 2 is becoming more and more real XD (although in this case it is not known which family it is from, since it is only 1 bone)
1.Basically I am not convinced by the estimate that based on fragmentary material. Although if said creature was really a Carcharodontosaurid,I would like to name the species after Incan deities. It would more thrilling if the fragmentary material came from a Megaraptora.
Edit:
2. As some replies here wanted to name the dinosaur after Godzilla,I am curious about Vividen’s thoughts on Kenneth Carpenter’s thought experiment in 1998,in which he tried to classify Godzilla as some Abelisaur or Ceratosaur “Had Godzilla was a species of Theropod dinosaur.”
As a biased Brazilian, I have proof (that I won´t disclose) that this was actually a 40 tons theropod, 25 meters in lenght. That could shoot lasers from his eyes.
"Usurpator" would make the best genus name
paleontologist finds a single fragment of a single bone :
"this creature was 10 kilometers long and ate nothing but raw petrol based on my studies"
The mind blowing thing is that if every existing fossil on the planet is discovered it will still represent only a small fraction of ancient lifeforms that have existed.
Probably the only reason I watch these channels is because I know you are the kind of nerd that will directly take a look at the study and not just relay the click bait news from whatever garbage and clickbaity paleonews we usually get elsewhere.
Thanks you for doing that.
For mere tail fragments, this is not a solid claim at all. Still funny to think a giant came out of Brazil of all places.
All hype. In a few years, it will be downsized. I
Even so, it probably could not compete against t rex's massive bulk and muscle and forward binocular vision that uniquely only t rexes had.
And size !
I would call it Ultratyrannovenator
T-Rex, “hold my beer”
My dream giant theropod would be a giant abelisaur with Carnotaurus-like horns (basically the carno from disney's dinosaur) and i would name it "Ceratomoloch Rex" or "Horned Demon King)
Thats fossil is to fragmentary, they don't even know what it is. I,d take that with a huge grain of salt 😂
Agreed
What if there's a giant mammals lived with dinosaurs
I'm from Brazil and I live in the Northeast. It would be a great surprise that one of the largest known theropods lived here, unfortunately my country does not invest properly in paleontology field research, it is a shame.
But the t rex is the biggest
I'd probably name it Invictus Rex interfectorem: the undefeatable king of the killers.
Terribly edgy name for a bone fragment
@@PastaCool That's only assuming it's an actual carnivorous therapod dinosaur.
Gomez works. It's in the long tradition of giving giant theropods the most unintimidating names possible and I love that trend.
Wise words, Dr. T!
Lol yeah, but no usually Brazil and Argentina give cool names to their dinosaurs, it's Chile the one that gives the most horrible names
A theropod this size would only make sense if it was herbivorous or at least omnivorous like Deinocheirus, that’s i think the only possible way an animal this size could be sustainable, and that’s without addressing the possible limitations in terms of biomechanics
Ah shit, here we go again
>20 tons
Yeah that seems pretty fucking extreme.
T rex=hater😂
We have to name it Bostilssaurus
I doubt the 20 tones, especially since we don’t even freaking know what it is.🤣
They should name it Neoedsonraptor Rex in honor to the king Pele. Sorry, could not resist.
Brazil mentioned.
I live in the region, gotta start diggin'
So if this were any other type of theropod; what do you think the size assessments would be for it like if it were say an Abelisaur or a Megaraptoran?
If it is indeed a carcharodontosaurid, I would guess it is in the same size range as Mapusaurus and Giganotosaurus, so probably a 40 foot animal. Massive, but not astronomically huge.
Probably bigger than both Mapusaurus & Giganotosaurus. So it's in the 50-55 ft range & 15+ tons
it should be called Lustianisaurus after the fact that Portuguese is called lingua Lusitania in Latin, but also because of the giant ship called the Lusitania that is also the lesser known forgotten giant ship tragedy
The "Giganotosaurus" of JW is really a Acrocanthosaurus
Doesn't Bahariasaurus have longer dorsal vertebrae than Sue as well so maybe it's similar to that?
If i got a chance to name it id call it interfector tyrannus meaning killer tyrant in latin
I would totally name it Savrasaurus (respective to the giant tail verterbrae discovered) its name meaning High vertebrae lizard
I don't find it super surprising if there were T. rex and beyond sized theropods throughout history, what with the size of some of their prey.
Anyways I'd name it Jeff
Gomez is a scary thought experiment indeed. Hope he's real!
Lol I saw a few sources when I was a kid that claimed Giganotosaurus and Carcharodontosaurus were 16 and 15m respectively. I also recall 15m estimates for Saurophaganax.
Il existe une estimation de 2019 venant de (Fadéno sur devienart) selon lui Saurophaganax mesurait entre 10.5 - 14.3 m pour une masse jusqu'à 10 tonnes
03:00 Maybe already discovered super gigantic Megaraptora from Anacleto Fm. I found some blogs about this specimen size 13.6m / 8.9t from the anterior dorsal vertebra (MCF-PVPH 418), And the largest Theropod footprint is 115cm from Bolivia 80 Ma.
Both were probably the largest Theropods??? (maybe Megaraptora???).
Can you recap this please (I'm not sure about that)
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[1] DeviantArt
"Is the King of the Megaraptorans hidden among us?"
[2] REVISITING THEROPOD MATERIAL FROM THE LATE CRETACEOUS NESTING SITE AUCA MAHUEVO AND THE POSSIBLE RECORD OF A GIANT MEGARAPTORAN
[3] Nuevos dinosaurios terópodos de Auca Mahuevo,
provincia del Neuquén (Cretácico tardío, Argentina)
[4] Huge dinosaur footprint discovered in South America
[5] The Late Cretaceous dinosaur track record of Bolivia - Review and perspective
[6] DeviantArt The true giant megaraptoran
Where do you keep finding out about these dinosurs?
I believe in the potential 16.8 meter length of this theropod, by calculation!
It just seems like excess weight, evolution wouldn’t have made it this big if it doesn’t need to be. We have proof from other therapods that those sizes are not needed to be effective, and it’s more likely that this animal was filling a niche similar to other large carnivores not needing that extra weight. And the fact that discovering the new largest theropod could just be a desperate grab for popularity
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This is how I feel about this estimate. (But I would pleasantly surprised if it was even over 15 tons.)