|
Post by themechabaryonyx789 on Mar 21, 2014 16:59:00 GMT
Acrocanthosaurus will have to pass through these various opponents to complete the gauntlet. Can it complete it? If it can't, where does it stop? Acrocanthosaurus atokensis; ~11.5 metres, ~5,500kg Round 1: 11 metre long 4 ton Saurophaganax maximus Round 2: 12 metre long 5 ton Siats meekerorum Round 3: 7 metre long 4 ton Triceratops horridus Round 4: 12 metre long 7 ton juvenile Shantungosaurus giganteus Round 5: 12 metre long 6 ton Sauroniops pachytholus
|
|
|
Post by Allosaurus on Mar 21, 2014 20:22:53 GMT
wtf, 4 ton triceratops?
|
|
|
Post by themechabaryonyx789 on Mar 22, 2014 7:06:06 GMT
I remember seeing a scientific article about it last night, I will try to find the link
|
|
|
Post by themechabaryonyx789 on Mar 22, 2014 7:08:37 GMT
|
|
|
Post by Allosaurus on Mar 22, 2014 16:42:20 GMT
it is also from 1999, it is damn dated.
|
|
|
Post by themechabaryonyx789 on Mar 22, 2014 18:52:29 GMT
Paul's studies are from the 1980s and we still use them as a valid reference today.
|
|
|
Post by Allosaurus on Mar 23, 2014 0:22:50 GMT
his princeton field guide is from 2010...
|
|
|
Post by themechabaryonyx789 on Mar 23, 2014 8:32:43 GMT
A lot of his estimates are from the 1980s as well...
|
|
|
Post by Hatzegopteryx on Mar 29, 2014 20:47:14 GMT
Paul's studies are from the 1980s and we still use them as a valid reference today. We use his 2010 vollumetric estimates, not the ones from the 80s. The 1999 4.3-ton estimate is outdated as well, it was also suggested 9 tons but it is now about 5 tons.
|
|
|
Post by thesporerex on Mar 30, 2014 15:29:15 GMT
no-one mentions how WHAT SIZE IS THE ACROCANTHOSAURUS
|
|
|
Post by Hatzegopteryx on Mar 31, 2014 23:29:51 GMT
Added the current figure to the OP.
|
|
|
Post by thesporerex on Apr 1, 2014 11:19:01 GMT
He definatly isn't clearing it. Either the Triceratops or the Sauroniops will stop it. Maybe siats though, we really need more information on that guy.
|
|
|
Post by Hatzegopteryx on Apr 1, 2014 17:00:37 GMT
The thread gives a Triceratops horridus that is actually smaller than the average male African Bush Elephant. I'm safe to say a 5.5-ton theropod would do it, but not with ease due to rotational inertia. The Siats meekerorum given is only 500kg smaller, which shouldn't be an advantage, but if we think about this: Neither of the two are far more well-armed than the foe. I can easily say that Acrocanthosaurus atokensis wins this.
Sauroniops pachytholus stops it.
|
|