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Cenomanian North Africa
Topic Started: Mar 31 2012, 01:27 PM (676 Views)
The Third Camel
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kem_Kem_Formation
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baharija_Formation

Two possible segments.
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The Third Camel
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Kem Kem beds
Araripesuchus
Carcharodontosaurus
Deltadromeus
Spinosaurus
Coloborhynchus
Alanqa
Onchopristis
Neoceratodus
Mawsonia

Baharija
Aegyptosaurus
Paralititan
Bahariasaurus
Carcharodontosaurus
Deltadromeus
Spinosaurus

Edited by The Third Camel, Apr 14 2012, 06:12 PM.
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Theropod Kid

Well, apperantly the spines above Spinosaurus's hips are heavily fused, which I think suggests it was for muscular attachments. Really damn big ones. The muscles which pull the thigh backwards attach to the tail, so the ones connecting to it's spines should pull the thigh foreward. Thus, it was probably pretty much for dragging very large things out of the water. Possibly even huge crocodilians like Kaprosuchus and even Sarcosuchus.
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The Third Camel
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Since neither Boar Croc or Super Croc lived with Spino, I imagine it would be more useful for giant sawfish.
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Pond

In addition, we knew that Spinosaurus had to haul giant fnucking sawfishes out of the water, so they had to be very powerful.

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See those fused vertebral bones over the pelvis? This thing didn't have a sail...
Edited by Pond, Apr 5 2012, 03:33 PM.
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Theropod Kid

I know, but I would've thought there was some kind of large crocodile living alongside it. How big are said Sawfish? What are they called?
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Onchopristis. 33 feet long.
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Theropod Kid

Oh shit. I thought fishes alongside Spino were at max about 20... 30 feet seems enough for sure, heh.
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The Admiral
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These also lived alongside Spinosaurus:

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The Third Camel
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Spinosaurus, to put it simply, had access to some real good seafood (or riverfood, if you wanna be technical).
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tentacles

I am in debt to you. I've always wanted to know the formal names for the giant coelacanths and lungfish.
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All debts go to Hyrotrioskjan at Deviantart.
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The Third Camel
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so.....

uh.....

um....

This segment just got a whole lot weirder.......
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