Super-Therapod-Fight

[Crotalus Horridus]

This is a fight between the deadliest therapods with the most superb weaponry. Let's begin, shall we?

Allosaurus
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- This large predator had a bite force as powerful as a lion's and conquered many parts of the world like North America, Europe, Australia, Africa, and Asia. Most fossils are around 30ft in length, however some fossils suggest they grew up to 40ft in length or more in some cases.

Carcharodontosaurus
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- The second largest carnivores dinosaur. It's named so because of it's 8 inch long sharp teeth that it sports in it's 6 foot head.

Dilophosaurus
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- At 20ft in length, this dinosaur may seem like a joke. But, it was in fact a superb killer. At 20ft in length, it had 4 fingered hands that were evolved to grip and violently slash it's prey and had the speed to outrun most fast running prey items, however, they do not have a frill and spit venom like the ones in Jurassic Park. A pack of these animals would be a very scary opponent, giving them a reason to be on the list.

Deinocheirus
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- This Ornithomimid sported massive arms larger than a man. Which, by the way, is the only known fossil of this animal. That hands resemble that of an Ornithomimid's, so it's safe to say that this animal was probably such. The diet is debated. Some say it might of been an herbivore, while others say that the hands were used to slash at prey.

Giganotosaurus
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- The third largest predatory dinosaur. It's one of the largest predatory dinosaurs that ever lived in Argentina and hunted large sauropods like Argentinosaurus in packs.

Oxalaia
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- This giant Spinosaurid lived along side Giganotosaurus in Argentina. Not much is known about it. However, it is believed to look quite a lot like Spinosaurus in shape and probably ate the same things like smaller dinosaurs and fish.

Spinosaurus
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- This was the largest therapod dinosaur ever, being at 59ft or more. It had teeth like a crocodile and a bite force stronger than Carcharodontosaurus. It also sported three clawed hands that it could grip it's prey with. However, unlike the film Jurassic Park ///, it could not turn it's wrist enough to were it could snap the neck of an animal. The size alone is intimidating to think about, but the sail would make this animal scary beyond belief. It's teeth were evolved to gore the prey item while it's claws would grip it, meaning it would probably eat mainly on fish.

Therizinosaurus
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- Originally thought to be the flippers of a giant turtle, Therizinosaurs' claws were like giant meat hooks that could deal serious damage to a predator such as Tarbosaurus, a large relative of Tyrannosaurus Rex. It is thought to be a herbivore, however not skull matter has been found and thus is still debatable.

Tyrannosaurus Rex
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- This giant meat eater had the strongest bite force of any animal. Each tooth packed a punch of about 35,000 to 57,000 newtons. Females were much larger and much more aggressive (Take for example Sue), thus making it a very scary animal. It's believed to either live in a group or alone, however this is still debated. It's teeth had evolved to crush bone and rip out huge chunks of meat, making it an extremely deadly predator.

Edited for pictures and spelling. The pictures are in links because some of them are gigantic.
Edited again because I've added two more extremely deadly therapods.

[Makoes]

It was a toss up between Carchar and T-Rex. Carchar won by a small anount (mostly because its picture was cooler )

Initially I was leaning towards Giganto, but generally I feel that creatures that hunt in packs do so because they are not strong enough to take down prey by themselves reliantly.

Like-wise, dinosaurs that have fish as a part of there diet would also like-wise not be as strong as something that hunted tougher prey.

The Therizino...anything with a neck that long and slender would probably not survive long once a predatory dino got the bite on it.

[Crotalus Horridus]

Giganotosaurus had to hunt incredibly large prey, one of which being Argentinosaurus, was one of the largest herbivores ever at 100ft in length. So, hunting in a pack obviously doesn't sound too far fetched. However, hunting in a pack is still a theory, as no remains of Giganotosaurs have been found together. The theory rose because of a relative, Mapusaurus, lived in packs and hunted sauropods like Giganotosaurus.

I have a better picture of the Therizinosaurs' claw and stance.



So, the claws are basically the size of a man. Any smart predator would be cautious of them, making it a very dangerous enemy.

[Miacoda]

I'm biased and wanted to say Tyrannosaurus, but I feel like Spinosaurus would be more likely just with its size, axtra finger, and teeth/jaws. I think it'd be close though. Tyrannosaurus could have had more speed, but not enough to not get hit every now and then.