Current Events > Was t-rex the largest land carnivore in earth's history?

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or was it spinosaurus? something else?

No, it's Trump.

The spinosaurus was much bigger than a Rex, so why would you act like there was contention there?

the spinosaurus fossils that have been found have been very very few compared to t rex. It also could have been another land dinosaur

There were actually multiple predatory dinosaurs bigger than T Rex. I think we've just found mostly compete T Rex skeletons unlike other big ones so that's why it's our favorite.

ellis123 posted...

The spinosaurus was much bigger than a Rex, so why would you act like there was contention there?

There's a lot of contention on whether Spinosaurus was a terrestrial predator, or more aquatic.

Recent evidence suggests it was mostly aquatic, though everything is up in the air.

There is no evidence Brachiosaurus wasnt a carnivore.

It's more that Jurassic Park romanticized the crap out of Raptors and the T-Rex and now it's all people want to think about with dinosaurs.

meestermj posted...

There's a lot of contention on whether Spinosaurus was a terrestrial predator, or more aquatic.

Recent evidence suggests it was mostly aquatic, though everything is up in the air.

That's fair though it still hunted on land and is thus available for the comparison.

BurmesePenguin posted...

There is no evidence Brachiosaurus wasnt a carnivore.

Wat

ellis123 posted...

That's fair though it still hunted on land and is thus available for the comparison.

What I'm saying is, there is contention over whether it did hunt on land or not.
With recent evidence, scientists are moving more towards it feeding on fish and other sea animals.

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Oxygen.

meestermj posted...

What I'm saying is, there is contention over whether it did hunt on land or not.
With recent evidence, scientists are moving more towards it feeding on fish and other sea animals.

Ah, kk.

Strongest bite of any land animal ever though

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Strongest bite of any land animal ever though

is this for certain? how do they know that? maybe megalodon might have had the biggest bite force ever , in the seas also

Dire ogres were larger

CedarPointcp posted...

is this for certain? how do they know that? maybe megalodon might have had the biggest bite force ever , in the seas also

Jaw shape, mouth size, and musculature are all things taken into consideration by paleontologists.
Not all fossils are just bone, many have skin or other bits fossilized as well.

Hell there's a fossil on display at Drumheller that's almost a perfect ankylosaur mummy.

BurmesePenguin posted...

There is no evidence Brachiosaurus wasnt a carnivore.

MarcoRubio posted...

Wat

Don't kid yourself, Jimmy. If a brachiosaurus ever got the chance he'd eat you and everyone you cared about!

CedarPointcp posted...

is this for certain? how do they know that?

They more or less just estimate it from things they can verify it bit through and from knowing the build of it's jaw. It outclasses everything else by a sizeable margin. They fairly recently reestimated it's bite and the numbers are even bigger than they thought before.