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| Saberrex | Jul 15 2013, 01:50 AM Post #1 |
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Three female Australocarcharias attempt to bring down a juvenile Titanopus -Illustration by Saberrex Australocarcharias Australocarcharias Meaning: Southern Shark Description: Large carnosaur with a huge head and small arms Species: A. primus Family: Carnosauria, Neovenatoridae Length: 43-48 feet Lifestyle: Hunter and scavenger Range: Australia Distinguishing Features: Looking very much like a carcharodontosaur, Australocarcharias gets its name from the resemblance to its distant relatives from the cretaceous. It is also in many ways similar to primitive tyrannosaurs in that its arms are greatly reduced, its head is massive for a dinosaur its size and it is built for a lasting pursuit. The male is quite brightly colored, with a yellow throat pouch, red head crests, a blue saddle-like mark on his back and a sandy red pelage that is the color of Ayer’s rock. The female is similar in color, but the “saddle is gray. Adults live in packs that are ruled by a dominant female and her partner, her sisters and their mates, and the young that obediently follow. When leadership or territories are challenged, the combatants display with head-down, side-to-side dancing that involves roaring and wattle inflating. Eggs appear at the end of the rainy season in clutches of twenty to thirty five per mother and all these are laid in a single nest that is guarded in shifts by two pack members each to allow all members to hunt for prey. Habits and Habitat: This carnosaur is found wherever there is midsize to large game available. They do not like to hunt where there is no cover. They will skirt the edges of iguanadont herds from cover seeking the weak or sick. They will then show themselves and drive the herds to near exhaustion in order to find the sickest or weakest members. With sauropods it requires a different approach. Packs pick out an individual that is separated from the herd during feeding. They then use bloodletting to create vicious wounds. It is not uncommon for such an attack to last for a week or more. The feast that follows lasts for several weeks more as well. They fear only the massive Australospinos spinosaur as it is the only predator that will eat them when they meet. |
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