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

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On the skull of Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, it is imporant to remember that the skull was incomplete and missed the front part, this is from the original document of Sereno et al., (1996):

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As we can see, the front and the back is fully recontructed, but not all people is agree. In fact Scott Harman call that a "Pinocchio nose" as is too much elongated with no reason.

Even then, the authors estimated that the skull measured about 1.6 meters in length and that figure is still supported, but Franois made a reconstruction without the long nose and got a length of 1.53 m, which is not far from the figure of Sereno and team:

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Finally the reconstruction of Carcharodon saharicus made by Franois, updated at 2018:

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As we can see, very few is know of this animal and the more complete holotype specimen is completelly lost in the WWII. So, some people reconstruct it longer, other shorter but base in the explanation of Franois himself, I can agree that this reconstruction is the most accurate one from this giant African predator, the true apex carnivor of northern Africa and a real menace for any animal in the area, including the fish-eater Spinosaurus.

By the way, C. iguidensis was smaller than the neotype of C. saharicus.
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RE: Carnivorous dinosaurs other than the famous t-rex and spinosaurus.. - GuateGojira - 01-14-2020, 05:15 AM



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