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Fragillimus335 β Giant Stork of Doom
Published: 2012-09-29 02:28:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 7591; Favourites: 203; Downloads: 43
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Giganotosaurus has one of the largest skulls of any known theropod, only Spinosaurus might exceed it. But both pale in comparison to the largest pterosaur,...Hatzegopteryx. Giganotosaurus's 1.8 meter skull is small when compared to this 10 foot monster. When stalking along the ground this monster might have stood taller than a giraffe.Related content
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Because that's what pterosaurs are?
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Easy there cowboy, I thought you meant reptile by lizard, most laypeople do. Also, spikes scales, and feathers are not mutually exclusive. Β
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Most people who are not paleontologists use the word lizard and reptile interchangeably. Β I'm a paleontology grad student, I know what pterosaurs are.
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The largest skull of any terrestrial apex predator.
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Beautiful!! Yet again! 
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Probably not, Giganotosaurus had a longer skull, but Tyrannosaurus had the more powerful bite, and was more "muscular" overall. Β If the two were to fight, I assume it would be a tie almost every time.
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Giganotosaurus didn't need powerful bites, its teeth were designed to slash meat. Its gape was very wide as well. If Bakker (1998) is right about Allosaurus' jaws, we can also apply the same thing to Giganotosaurus, as both were brontophagus. Giganotosaurus' gape could have been over 2 m wide.
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Yes, that doesn't invalidate my previous statement. Β Gig was a big slasher, rex was a strong crusher. Β Both are roughly tied in the body strength department.
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Yeah your probably right, and if one were to be stronger than the other (whether the rex or giga) the ratio would probably be like 49:51 unless the giga individual was much larger or the other way around.
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Perfect! I love the way you drew the Hatzegopteryx and the details you made on the Giganotosaurus. You're awesome
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Are you having a Hatzegopterxy day today? You've certainly posted enough pictures of them
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Haha, some of them are older!
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Thanks!
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Why not use Spinosaurus? A 1.8 meters skull is more impressive than 1.5-1.7m skull. However, nice, but Hatzegopteryx isn't larger than Quetzalcoatlus, both were 10-11 meters of wingspam.
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I would...but I'm LAZY and already had the Giganotosaurus head done!
Hatzeg's size is up for debate, it would be safer to say it was at least as big as Quetz, maybe a tad bigger, and almost certainly more massive!
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I'm always wondering how on earth an animal with such an absurdely huge skull could only be a fraction of the weight if Giganotosaurus. seems reriously hard to imagint, the skull and neck alone seem as if they could comfortably weigh as much as those of T. rex. It must be highly pneumatic indeed.
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I know, I too have a hard time believing these things only weigh as much as a tiger...
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Thanks! That means a lot coming from such a talented artist!
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I've never seen anybody put spines on a pterosaur before.
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The species is Hatzegopteryx, perhaps the only pterosaur larger than Quetzalcoatlus.
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I'm sorry, I didn't see it
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This is the abbreviation..
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It's one of my favorites! I like how impressive Hatzegopteryx looks!
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mindblowingly impressive
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Giganotosaurus's skull exceeded Spinosaurus's skull by a few centimetres.
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Gig's holotype skull has been downsized 1.68m, and Spino's was likely longer than 1.75 meters.
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I will need to hide away on the day that the Giraffe-Storks come back.
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The ironic thing is, that the one with the small-looking skull here, was actually the much larger one of the two...
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