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Artist's impression of a Thecodontosaurus, next to a castle it probably carved out with its teeth.
Thecodontosaurus is also known as the 'Bristol dinosaur', due to the discovery of the first thecodontosaur specimens taking place in and around the South West of England. However, thecodontosaurus is often misrepresented by palaeontologists who are jealous of Bristol and therefore prone to playing down the creature's size and ferocity. Despite such slander, the simple fact remains that thecodontosaurus could have taken on any of the superpredators that arose in the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous period - one at a time, or altogether. It really made no difference to thecodontosaurus.
Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, of course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in pouches running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest everything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
Due to the close proximity of all discovered specimens, it has been theorized that Thecodontosaurus was a brutal and intelligent pack hunter, although it seems far more likely that Thecodontosaurus hunted alone and instead met up with other Thecodontosaurs in large groups occasionally for the purpose of mating, fighting, and psionically exploding each other's brains for fun. Thecodontosaurus was not considered a particularly good parent until the early 1980s, when a fossil was discovered with some unhatched eggs in it's mouth - as if it were carrying them to more suitable grounds. Given that other, more recent specimens have been found with partially digested eggs in their stomachs, however, it seems far more likely that they were simply fond of eating their own young.
Thecodontosaurus was quite possibly the most awesome dinosaur ever to have lived, despite what those jealous, lying palaeontologists from other areas say, and although not as well known as some dinosaurs (such as triceratops, for instance), could have had them all in a fight.
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Artist's impression of a Thecodontosaurus, next to a castle it probably carved out with its teeth.
Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, or course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in puched running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest anything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
Due to the close proximity of all discovered specimens, it has been theorized that Thecodontosaurus was a brutal and intelligent pack hunter, although it seems far more likely that Thecodontosaurus hunted alone and instead met up with other Thecodontosaurs in large groups occassionaly, for the purposes of mating, fighting, and psionically exploding each other's brains for fun. Thecodontosaurus was not considered a particularly good parent, until a recent fossil was discovered with some unhatched eggs in it's mouth, as if it were carrying them to more suitable grounds. Given that other, more recent specimens have been found with partially digested eggs in their stomachs, however, it seems far more likely that they were simply fond of eating their own young.
Thecodontosaurus, therefore, was quite possibly the most awesome dinosaur ever to have lived, despite what those jealous, lying palaeontologists from other areas say, and although not as well known as some dinosaurs (such as triceratops, for instance), could have had them all in a fight.
Edited on 2008-03-11 21:31:59 by IgorsWarpedBrain [Restored from cache after db update crashage]
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Artist's impression of a Thecodontosaurus, next to a castle it probably carved out with its teeth.
Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, or course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in puched running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest anything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
Due to the close proximity of all discovered specimens, it has been theorized that Thecodontosaurus was a brutal and intelligent pack hunter, although it seems far more likely that Thecodontosaurus hunted alone and instead met up with other Thecodontosaurs in large groups occassionaly, for the purposes of mating, fighting, and psionically exploding each other's brains for fun. Thecodontosaurus was not considered a particularly good parent, until a recent fossil was discovered with some unhatched eggs in it's mouth, as if it were carrying them to more suitable grounds. Given that other, more recent specimens have been found with partially digested eggs in their stomachs, however, it seems far more likely that they were simply fond of eating their own young.
Thecodontosaurus, therefore, was quite possibly the most awesome dinosaur ever to have lived, despite what those jealous, lying palaeontologists from other areas say, and although not as well known as some dinosaurs (such as triceratops, for instance), could have had them all in a fight.
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Artist's impression of a Thecodontosaurus, next to a castle it probably carved out with its teeth.
Thecodontosaurus is also known as the 'Bristol dinosaur', due to the discovery of the first thecodontosaur specimens taking place in and around the South West of England. However, thecodontosaurus is often misrepresented by palaeontologists who are jealous of Bristol and therefore prone to playing down the creature's size and ferocity. Despite such slander, the simple fact remains that thecodontosaurus could have taken on any of the superpredators that arose in the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous period - one at a time, or altogether. It really made no difference to thecodontosaurus.
Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, of course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in pouches running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest everything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
Due to the close proximity of all discovered specimens, it has been theorized that Thecodontosaurus was a brutal and intelligent pack hunter, although it seems far more likely that Thecodontosaurus hunted alone and instead met up with other Thecodontosaurs in large groups occasionally for the purpose of mating, fighting, and psionically exploding each other's brains for fun. Thecodontosaurus was not considered a particularly good parent until the early 1980s, when a fossil was discovered with some unhatched eggs in it's mouth - as if it were carrying them to more suitable grounds. Given that other, more recent specimens have been found with partially digested eggs in their stomachs, however, it seems far more likely that they were simply fond of eating their own young.
Thecodontosaurus was quite possibly the most awesome dinosaur ever to have lived, despite what those jealous, lying palaeontologists from other areas say, and although not as well known as some dinosaurs (such as triceratops, for instance), could have had them all in a fight.
Edited on 2008-03-11 17:23:12 by IgorsWarpedBrain
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Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, of course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in pouches running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
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Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, or course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in pouches running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
Edited on 2008-03-11 12:36:53 by IgorsWarpedBrain
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Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest everything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
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Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest everything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
Edited on 2008-03-11 11:56:02 by IgorsWarpedBrain
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Due to the close proximity of all discovered specimens, it has been theorized that Thecodontosaurus was a brutal and intelligent pack hunter, although it seems far more likely that Thecodontosaurus hunted alone and instead met up with other Thecodontosaurs in large groups occasionally for the purpose of mating, fighting, and psionically exploding each other's brains for fun. Thecodontosaurus was not considered a particularly good parent until the early 1980s, when a fossil was discovered with some unhatched eggs in it's mouth - as if it were carrying them to more suitable grounds. Given that other, more recent specimens have been found with partially digested eggs in their stomachs, however, it seems far more likely that they were simply fond of eating their own young.
Thecodontosaurus was quite possibly the most awesome dinosaur ever to have lived, despite what those jealous, lying palaeontologists from other areas say, and although not as well known as some dinosaurs (such as triceratops, for instance), could have had them all in a fight.
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Due to the close proximity of all discovered specimens, it has been theorized that Thecodontosaurus was a brutal and intelligent pack hunter, although it seems far more likely that Thecodontosaurus hunted alone and instead met up with other Thecodontosaurs in large groups occassionaly, for the purposes of mating, fighting, and psionically exploding each other's brains for fun. Thecodontosaurus was not considered a particularly good parent, until a recent fossil was discovered with some unhatched eggs in it's mouth, as if it were carrying them to more suitable grounds. Given that other, more recent specimens have been found with partially digested eggs in their stomachs, however, it seems far more likely that they were simply fond of eating their own young.
Thecodontosaurus, therefore, was quite possibly the most awesome dinosaur ever to have lived, despite what those jealous, lying palaeontologists from other areas say, and although not as well known as some dinosaurs (such as triceratops, for instance), could have had them all in a fight.
Edited on 2008-03-11 11:53:50 by IgorsWarpedBrain
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Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest everything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
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Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest anything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
Edited on 2008-03-11 11:52:54 by IgorsWarpedBrain
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Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, or course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in pouches running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
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Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, or course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in puched running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
Edited on 2008-03-11 11:49:41 by IgorsWarpedBrain
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Artist's impression of a Thecodontosaurus, next to a castle it probably carved out with its teeth.
Thecodontosaurus is also known as the 'Bristol dinosaur', due to the discovery of the first thecodontosaur specimens taking place in and around the South West of England. However, thecodontosaurus is often misrepresented by palaeontologists who are jealous of Bristol and therefore prone to playing down the creature's size and ferocity. Despite such slander, the simple fact remains that thecodontosaurus could have taken on any of the superpredators that arose in the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous period - one at a time, or altogether. It really made no difference to thecodontosaurus.
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Artist's impression of a Thecodontosaurus, next to a castle it probably carved out with its teeth.
Physiology
Thecodontosaurus was easily tall enough to become a prime target for terrorist pilots, and its body length could have comfortably filled the Avon Gorge (which coincidentally was originally carved out by thecodontosaurs to create a "pen" for storing cattle animals, such as Allosaurus). Like many predators, thecodontosaurus' eyes were forward facing, offering it binocular vision. However, the creature's unusually large brain case suggests it may have had some latent telepathic ability, which it would have used to 'sense' nearby prey that was out of view. This ability could also have been used to communicate with other thecodontosaurs, as well as being an effective tool for remotely bursting the heads of any would be attackers. Not that there were any, or course - thecodontosaurus was at the very top of the food chain, and had no natural enemies. In addition to the expanded brain case and binocular vision, the thecodontosauruseses mouth was filled with razor sharp teeth, each fully as big as Cabot Tower, through which a constant electrical current (generated by a special gland below the creature's heart) would run. The electrical current would have been of roughly the same output as a European household plug socket, hence the creature's name "Socket Toothed Lizard". Located in puched running off the side of the creature's throat were the fabled "Thecodontosaurus Fire Glands", used for producing searing jets of white hot flame, which could be projected up to half a mile.
Mounted on the back of the Thecodontosaurus were two large, scabby-looking dragon-type wings which would have allowed it to swoop down on large sauropods from above, as well as enabling the creature to feed on pterosaurs. It's long forelimbs ended in six long clawed digits, and its hindlimbs were built for tremendous speed.
Diet and habits
Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore. Usually, the term 'omnivore' is used to describe creatures that eat both vegetable and animal matter and can process both. However, Thecodontosaurus was an omnivore in the truest sense of the word, in that it could (and would) eat and successfully digest anything! Entire trees, chunks of mountain, and volcanic ash have been found in the stomachs of fossilised Thecodontosaur specimens, although the primary diet seems to have been meat.
Due to the close proximity of all discovered specimens, it has been theorized that Thecodontosaurus was a brutal and intelligent pack hunter, although it seems far more likely that Thecodontosaurus hunted alone and instead met up with other Thecodontosaurs in large groups occassionaly, for the purposes of mating, fighting, and psionically exploding each other's brains for fun. Thecodontosaurus was not considered a particularly good parent, until a recent fossil was discovered with some unhatched eggs in it's mouth, as if it were carrying them to more suitable grounds. Given that other, more recent specimens have been found with partially digested eggs in their stomachs, however, it seems far more likely that they were simply fond of eating their own young.
Thecodontosaurus, therefore, was quite possibly the most awesome dinosaur ever to have lived, despite what those jealous, lying palaeontologists from other areas say, and although not as well known as some dinosaurs (such as triceratops, for instance), could have had them all in a fight.