Carnivorous dinosaurs other than the famous t-rex and spinosaurus..

[Spalea]

Short acrocanthosaurus, - depicted here as a social predator -, animation.

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[DinoFan83]

@GuateGojira 

Since we have discussed the size of Carcharodontosaurus a couple times before, I think you may be interested to hear about what is in this post.
At the Theropod Database, Mickey Mortimer lists a cervical vertebra of Carcharodontosaurus (CMN 50792) at 14.8 centimeters long, compared to 10 cm for the anterior cervicals of IPHG 1922 X 46, which would suggests an animal over 15-16 meters long(!) using isometry. However, Evers et al. 2015 lists it as a posterior cervical, and I find that to be a more reasonable choice based on their linked figure. It also doesn't yield 15-16 meter sizes as a posterior cervical (as will be gone over below), as opposed to being sized up from the anterior cervicals of the holotype, and 15-16 meters or more is rather unlikely for obvious reasons. 

What does this mean for the size of Carcharodontosaurus, you may ask?

Well, let's just say that even if we were to disregard all the very large but very plausible estimations for SGM-DIN 1 that I have outlined in the past, and take Franoys' estimate for it as the correct choice, this suggests an animal significantly larger than that and lends credence to my larger estimations. To put that into perspective, the very largest cervical in SpinoInWonderland's SGM-DIN 1 estimate (which is 13.2 meters long and likely masses more than 9 tonnes) is 14.4 cm long - smaller than CMN 50792.
Given all this, I find it quite plausible for Carcharodontosaurus to have reached the very large sizes in the 13-13.7 meter and 9-9.8 tonne range that I have outlined previously, even if we were to give you the benefit of the doubt and take Franoys' estimation for SGM-DIN 1 over SpinoInWonderland's estimate or my estimates. And if we do use 13-13.7 meters and 9-9.8 tonnes for SGM-DIN 1, this cervical only solidifies Carcharodontosaurus generally reaching those sizes based on known specimens. Reply

[Anchiornis]

In Acrocanthosaurus posterior cervicals are even longer than this Carcharodontosaurus cervical, and i am not sure about specimen size Reply

[Ediacaran]

Enormous Dromaeosaurs potentially bigger than Utahraptor lived during the Turonian stage of the late Cretaceous. However, estimates derived from singular toe bones should be taken with a healthy dose of caution.

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[Ediacaran]

Published Kenyan Abelisaur and T. rex (Stan). Reply

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[Spalea]

Interesting comments about the Tarbosaurus Bataar:

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