Sunday, August 14, 2011

Tarbosaurus

Tarbosaurus was a powerful dinosaur, discovered first in China, but now more fossils from Mongolia. It lived 80 million years ago and was the top predator of Asia in it's time. It, being a close relative of Tyrannosaurus is also the same size but has a stronger bite, making it more powerful. Unlike it's close cousin, Tyrannosaurus, it hunted larger prey like the Sauropod Nemgetosaurus. It also hunted well armoured prey which even Tyrannosaurus couldn't kill, like Ankylosaurus, Euplocephalas and Tricerotops. It was a more formidable competitor to the tiny Velociraptor and could have fed on even Therizinosaurus despite it's formidable claws.

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Predator X

Recently, Jorn Harald Hurum uncovered Predator X, which he called either 'The Monster', 'Monster' or 'Ultimate Predator'. It lived approximately 147.43 million years ago, when it patrolled the oceans. It was found in Svalbard, Norway and it also lived in Oxfordshire. Predator X weighed 45 tonnes, as much as 5 nine tonne elephants. It could be 15 meters (49.6 feet) in length, making it the largest and most powerful apex predator of all. It could swim at 19.3897634 mph, making it a turbo charged predator. 'The Monster' had a bite force of 150 kilo-newtons, or 33, 000 pound force. It was an expert ambush. It fed mainly on Plesiosaurs, and sometimes Icthyosaurs. It hunted even the giant fish, Leedsichthys, and, if living at the same time, could kill a blue whale, 6/10 battles, 60%.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Giant Mosasaur (Tylosaurus Proriger)

Giant Mosasaurs were large prehistoric predators. They were armed with venom, bacteria, razor sharp teeth, a deadly bite and were ambush predators. They hunted in groups of up to 94 and were powerful enough to kill an elephant or even a blue whale. Their massive 1 meter jaws had tar too. They could be longer than a greyhound bus at 49 feet in length and weigh 30 tonnes. They hunted Hesperornis, Archelon, jellyfish, Mosasaurs, other Tylosaurus (but never their own family, in fact they would protect the family) and even Plesiosaurs.