Dinosaur Article

Oct 25, 2013

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Some of you may have already read this, but for those who haven't, I'd say that this is a very interesting page. I haven't read all of it yet, but I had to read over and over again the part about a Torvosaurus. Just see for yourself. I'm not sure when it was written, but I think around 2004 or later, so kinda recent [url=http://www.museulourinha.org/pt/Omateus/Papers/Mateus%20et%20al%20(proofs).pdf]The article[/url]

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DinoSteve93
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DinoSteve93October 25, 2013

Just read it. Very interesting article. It could prove Torvo was maybe as long as Sue, but I still think not as heavy ;)

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DeltadromeusOctober 25, 2013

I think Torvo is about 7 tons instead of a good 9. But still, that means a bigger skull. I think it bites with about 5 tons of force. Tarbo and Torvo both have kinda thin skulls, and Torvo, being a Megalosaur, has a pretty bad bite. I bet that they could do about the same amount of damage.

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Dynamosaurus Imperiosus/ Raptorexxx 700October 25, 2013

yes you are both right :)

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EustreptospondylusOctober 25, 2013

Yay! I always thought Torvo could get up to around 35-40ft this at least gives me some support Torvosaurus is slowly becoming one of my favorite dinos.

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DinoSteve93October 25, 2013

Torvosaurus is already one of my favourite dinos, so I'm pretty happy about that. :D

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GigadinoOctober 25, 2013

The skull on this paper isn't 1,58 m. Try to measured it - it's "just" 1,2 m!

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Dynamosaurus Imperiosus/ Raptorexxx 700October 25, 2013

yes i'm with giga on this one the 158 cm estimation has been downed to 127 cm

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DinoSteve93October 25, 2013

Strange, gonna check it out!

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DinoSteve93October 25, 2013

They're right Delta, the skull seems to be most likely in the 120-130cm range

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DeltadromeusOctober 25, 2013

I'm just going to go with what they say on paper and now what they say on picture.

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Dynamosaurus Imperiosus/ Raptorexxx 700October 25, 2013

but anyway torvosaurus is my favorite jurassic dinosaurs

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Rex Fan 684October 25, 2013

Torvosaurus was, in my book, no bigger than 36 ft in length and 4 tons in weight. A massive predator and one of the largest from the Jurassic, but not T-rex sized. Most estimates put it(including the European species) at no more than 36 ft as well.

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