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Post by Hatzegopteryx on Feb 20, 2014 19:03:44 GMT
Oxalaia quilombensis
Suchomimus tenerensis
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Post by themechabaryonyx789 on Feb 20, 2014 19:51:38 GMT
I would say around 50/50, both are similar sized Spinosaurids with similar weaponry.
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Post by Hatzegopteryx on Feb 20, 2014 20:26:01 GMT
Just a reminder: Those fight debates are not just places to say "k thx bai", we aim to have active threads all-in-all, so we can share information about the combatants, and debate the relevance of the factors. Anyway, that was just a heads up, since many threads on DPF were forgotten for that same reason.
I'd say it's 50/50, though slightly leaning towards Oxalaia quilombensis.
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Post by themechabaryonyx789 on Feb 21, 2014 8:50:31 GMT
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0065295"Despite the differences in the size and morphology of the tested regions between the Spinosaurus (estimate skull length 117.6 cm; longer, more gracile and a small terminal rosette relative to length) and B. walkeri rostra (97.1 cm estimated length; therefore shorter, relatively more robust with a larger terminal rosette), both spinosaur rostra perform in a similar manner, and due to their large size absolutely outperform all crocodilian taxa. This points to spinosaurid feeding methods potentially being very similar, at least between these two species. " Apparently, Baryonyx has a more robust skull than Spinosaurus in relation to its body size. Suchomimus is very similar to Baryonyx anatomically, and Oxalaia is very similar to Spinosaurus anatomically. Oxalaia and Suchomimus are also relatively similar in terms of size. Suchomimus probably has the superior bite here, if going by the study I have shown above.
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Post by thesporerex on Feb 21, 2014 11:35:28 GMT
This is pretty close, I say 50/50 but I don't know why I lean towards Oxalaia for whatever reason. I had a reason then I forgot.
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Post by themechabaryonyx789 on Feb 21, 2014 13:17:35 GMT
I don't exactly see what gives Oxalaia an advantage, but that's just me.
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Post by thesporerex on Feb 21, 2014 17:05:29 GMT
I see no real advantage to either of them either.
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Post by rexog90 on Mar 1, 2014 20:26:22 GMT
Probaly a draw, as Hatzegopteryx, we dont have much information about Oxalaia, maybe it dont even had a sail, or had a bulkier anatomy than Suchomimus, but, on the way that we know Oxalaia, yeah, it is a draw.
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Post by thesporerex on Mar 1, 2014 21:55:25 GMT
its suprising that oxalia is suprisingly well known through the community while we have found like 1% of the skeleton
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Post by Hatzegopteryx on Mar 1, 2014 22:49:20 GMT
It most likely didn't possess a dorsal and dorsoventral axial sail structure. As already suggested and generally accepted with Spinosaurus aegyptiacus, this potential structure would be most likely a muscular ridge, but we don't have evidence to support a dorsoventral ridge structure.
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<- imma rek u btichs