Saurophaganax: The Predatory Leviathan of the Jurassic

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  • @TheVividen
    @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +40

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    • @busbyrh4037
      @busbyrh4037 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @alexanderross8462
      @alexanderross8462 ปีที่แล้ว

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    • @JOECURR1488
      @JOECURR1488 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look up the definition of leviathan.
      😮

  • @goldman77700
    @goldman77700 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Crazy people directly researching these awesome beasts were so actively involved. Awesome team effort to everyone involved.

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Everybody did a great job!

  • @TheVividen
    @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +247

    Slight correction to the video: Allosaurus and Torvosaurus are not found in the Kenton Pits, and the Kenton Member is separate from the Brushy Basin member. While it remains highly possible that Allosaurus and Torvosaurus were in the same environment as Saurophaganax, we have yet to find them directly preserved together.

    • @biluroy2666
      @biluroy2666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Please make video about Victoria the trex

    • @tyrannotherium7873
      @tyrannotherium7873 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Is a torvosaurus thicker than saurophaganax in terms of muscle mass

    • @asmagamer728
      @asmagamer728 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tyrannotherium7873Not really unless we’re speaking proportionately but even then I’d say Saurophaganax would generally be slightly thicker than Torvosaurus. If we compare their skeletons, we’ll find that Saurophaganax is has a more “rotund” body while Torv has a “elongated” body and a larger head with a more downward neck compared to Saurophaganax making Torv a little shorter

    • @kyachdistent1301
      @kyachdistent1301 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@biluroy2666Tyrannosaurus, no such thing as a trex.

    • @michaelarias3310
      @michaelarias3310 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@kyachdistent1301 isn't t Rex just a short name for it

  • @stevepalpatine2828
    @stevepalpatine2828 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Whoever animated the Saurophaganax and gave it that weird hand position has somehow managed to make one of the most terrifying predators ever to live look fruity.

    • @Horrors-AI
      @Horrors-AI 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Thank you for the feedback! I appreciate it and will make sure to correct this "hand position" next time.😉

    • @Phoenixraptor-xo7wg
      @Phoenixraptor-xo7wg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I agree the raptor hand position just doesn’t sit right 😂

  • @beedrillbot121
    @beedrillbot121 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Man both Irritator and Saurophaganax really got some interesting papers this year, I love it.

  • @danielharris5044
    @danielharris5044 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Saurophaganax I feel a criminally underrated megatherapod more people should know about

    • @jackstraw4222
      @jackstraw4222 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      its a very unique theropod ..even experts that were around the excavation mention that ...

    • @leaguerpaleontology23
      @leaguerpaleontology23 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed

    • @Scion-cy6wj
      @Scion-cy6wj 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      animals are not "under-rated" - that's fanboy nonsense - they are as well-documented as possible in scientific works - and that's all that matters

    • @danielharris5044
      @danielharris5044 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      @@Scion-cy6wj It still deserves more recognition as a briliant megatherropod dinosaur.
      Since most just assume Saurophaganax is just a bigger Allosaurus, but there is more to it than that.

    • @Scion-cy6wj
      @Scion-cy6wj 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danielharris5044 How is an animal "brilliant" ??

  • @leaguerpaleontology23
    @leaguerpaleontology23 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    Saurophaganax maximus is currently 11.1 meters long & 5.3 tonnes

    • @YorktownUSA
      @YorktownUSA ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Amen.

    • @Do27gg
      @Do27gg ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Think it’s an adult allo/large specimen or a completely different species?

    • @nicholashaan7345
      @nicholashaan7345 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ​@@Do27gg There is so far only a small margin of difference between the two morphs that whether or not they belong in the same species is dependent upon the opinion of the person reviewing the material. On my part I'm sticking with Allosaurus Maximus until a more substantive difference can be identified.

    • @Do27gg
      @Do27gg ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@nicholashaan7345 as allo is my favourite Dino I’d love it to be a big ass allo 😂

    • @Hugo-yz1vb
      @Hugo-yz1vb ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The Ultimate Allosaurid Form, Shadow the Saurophaganax, Chaos Jaws!

  • @mercurialmarc
    @mercurialmarc ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Something funny about the skeletal is the fact that I reconstruct Saurophaganax in a manner that's reminiscent of the later Carcharodontosaurids, with a raised neural spine and the Carcharodontosaurid-chin, as well as bulkier arms. And I got it right despite never seeing a proper skeletal and drawing the animal from memory 9 times out of 10 since good reconstructions are so hard to find.
    I loved the whole video and the information was incredibly interesting!

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Further analysis might bear out that hypothesis! I'm excited to learn more!

    • @isaacslein6432
      @isaacslein6432 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It wouldn't be that off since Allosaurus itself is now reconstructed with a relatively larger head and a longer skull than the one seen in WWD

  • @thecretaceouscritter1920
    @thecretaceouscritter1920 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Justin McKee is a fantastic paleo artist! He is a close friend of mine, and I am so excited that his work is used here!!!

  • @Mikailodon
    @Mikailodon ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Just done watching this and I can say that you’ve done an excellent job covering such an underrated but awe-inspiring predator!

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      DONKEH

    • @Mikailodon
      @Mikailodon ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheVividen The Donkeh is here

    • @jihunshin4864
      @jihunshin4864 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      So I am guessing Torvo gurneyi is no longer the biggest carnivore of Late Jurassic?

  • @PythonicMethod
    @PythonicMethod ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Thank you for this. Regardless of its true size, the research described helps paint a better picture of Jurassic North America. There's nothing more I wish I could see. Saurophaganax taps into the thing I find so interesting about Allosaurids and Spinosaurids, the retention of robust arms on large therapods. Plenty of other therapods go for big heads, but large arms indicate something special and different was happening.

    • @o0_VanYsH_0o
      @o0_VanYsH_0o 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Amen to that!!! Kind of the same reason I'm so invested into Acrocanthosaurus!!!

    • @robertjackson1813
      @robertjackson1813 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If they're gonna make more seasons of prehistoric planet, they need to Stop showing the mastrictian epoch. I think we have plenty of information To have the BBC make it take place in the In the late Jurassic. And don't get me wrong ,I really do Like late Cretaceous Oceanic biodiversity Mosasaurs are my favorite marine reptile, But there is a lot of interesting Ocean wildlife in the jurassic

  • @kibecawest9867
    @kibecawest9867 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Never expected to see a WoWs ad in a video about a dinosaur.

  • @TaurusSaurus
    @TaurusSaurus ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Saurophaganax is definitely one of my favorite Dino’s so I’m happy to see it get some love. Great video as per usual Vividen

  • @jkjk7423
    @jkjk7423 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I'm truly honoured that you would use my Discord quote as the thumbnail text. (h)

  • @nono9543
    @nono9543 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I just love that there's one named Munchkin. Imagine coming back as a ghost and finding out that's what they named you.

  • @7-sBone-Pit
    @7-sBone-Pit ปีที่แล้ว +48

    So happy to have been a part of this :)

  • @Misp7423
    @Misp7423 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    It's amazing to see so many people coming together to shed light on such an underrepresented Megatherapod!

  • @panchoxxlocoxx9638
    @panchoxxlocoxx9638 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I want this guy on Jurassic World Evolution so bad, or at least in Prehistoric Kingdom, it looks so insanely cool I'd love to see a rendition of them in some dinosaur park builder.

    • @tysdogvlogs6697
      @tysdogvlogs6697 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Me to, I want him on path of titans as well

    • @jdmangrich
      @jdmangrich ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But he is already in Prehistoric Kingdom

    • @Alpha-Fury
      @Alpha-Fury ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tysdogvlogs6697well good news! There is a saurophaganax mod in the making by the wrath of Goliath’s mod team! Not paleo accurate, but still it’s planned to be in the making.

    • @tysdogvlogs6697
      @tysdogvlogs6697 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Alpha-Fury I’m in the “lost world” server on path of titans, their currently getting ready to launch the Morrison formation server soon, and saurophaganax will be playable, I’m excited

    • @Alpha-Fury
      @Alpha-Fury ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tysdogvlogs6697 ooo I sometimes get lay in that server too! Not a fan of the growth system, but it’s t’s still nice. Having the Sauro in there would be 👌🏾

  • @Final-Wars-Godzilla-goated
    @Final-Wars-Godzilla-goated ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Saurophaganax is my second favorite dinosaur and the fact that it was 8.3 tonnes is mind blowing which makes it bigger than almost every carcharodontosaur with only mapu and giga surpassing it. It truly is the apex predator of the Morrison Formation.

    • @Bangojicenter
      @Bangojicenter ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Saurophaganax is slightly heavier than mapu. It's also a ton heavier than spino.
      Making Saurophaganax the 3rd biggest megatheropod ever discovered

    • @Bangojicenter
      @Bangojicenter ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Among theropods only giga & Rex are heavier than sauro.

    • @Final-Wars-Godzilla-goated
      @Final-Wars-Godzilla-goated ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Bangojicenter that means that sauro is bigger than every carcharodontosaur besides giga.

    • @Bangojicenter
      @Bangojicenter ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@Final-Wars-Godzilla-goated fax.
      1.Tyrannosaurus- 11.5-11.7 tons
      2. Giganotosaurus- 10.1 tons
      3. Saurophaganax- 8.39 tons
      4. Mapusaurus- 8.36 tons
      5. Carcharodontosaurus- 8.2 tons
      6. Spinosaurus- 7.8-8.1 tons

    • @Final-Wars-Godzilla-goated
      @Final-Wars-Godzilla-goated ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Bangojicenter nice

  • @ThemagpieBird734
    @ThemagpieBird734 ปีที่แล้ว +56

    Saurophaganax takes the true title of the lion of the Jurassic!
    I still wonder,why is camptosaurus the biggest unarmoured herbivore in the Morrison formation that isn’t a sauropod? I mean, the dinosaur park formation proved that there could be 6-7 ton unarmoured herbivores with carnivores in the size range of the Morrison formation, and with leviathan being even larger than most other theropods in its area code wouldn’t it make sense for unarmoured herbivores in the Morrison formation to reach 5-9 tons? Yet the biggest unarmoured herbi from there is 0.9 ton campto

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +9

      That's a great question!

    • @nigerjohnson4977
      @nigerjohnson4977 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Sauro is the tiger u mean. Torvo the bear. Allo the lion.

    • @quentin8330
      @quentin8330 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@nigerjohnson4977sauro is the bear, torvo the tiger, and allo the lion

    • @smitabhmoitra5726
      @smitabhmoitra5726 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@nigerjohnson4977 Bears are *much* bigger and stronger than tigers. The big Kodiaks are twice the weight of even a big male tiger

    • @goldman77700
      @goldman77700 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@nigerjohnson4977 I like that analogy. Everyone wins.

  • @baneofbanes
    @baneofbanes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The Saurophaganax display at the Sam Noble Natural History Museum was one of the first dinosaur displays I ever saw as a small child and I think it’s what really cemented into me just how awesome dinosaurs are.

    • @jackstraw4222
      @jackstraw4222 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      iv never seen the skeleton of it,but from photos it looks impressive...iv been aware of it for years...

  • @jurassicsmackdown6359
    @jurassicsmackdown6359 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Everyone loves Allosaurus but here we have this horrifying king that could easily rival the T. _rex_

    • @dgrant3062
      @dgrant3062 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Rival in size im guessing?

    • @BradSnowslett
      @BradSnowslett หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe a young rex but full grown rexes would crush a saurophaganax

  • @8bitutopia1954
    @8bitutopia1954 28 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

    Oh no… my beloved Saurophaganax… this hurts… this didn’t age well…

    • @mozaffarahmed4308
      @mozaffarahmed4308 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      The giant 8 ton 12+ meter allosaurid still exists

    • @SamirZehar-ol1dc
      @SamirZehar-ol1dc 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@mozaffarahmed4308 allosaurus annax theyve called it right?

    • @thekingofgames20
      @thekingofgames20 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@SamirZehar-ol1dc yes

  • @IMP0I8LE-tx4jr
    @IMP0I8LE-tx4jr 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    Aged like milk

  • @testogel85
    @testogel85 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:50 Love seeing New Jersey in unexpected places, fellow Shikikan.

  • @paleoscinkus542
    @paleoscinkus542 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m glad to see more material coming to light. For a long time I was convinced that it was at the very least, a distinct species of Allosaurus under the same genus. Looking forward to that paper being published.

  • @NickSibz
    @NickSibz ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Allosaurus has always been one of my favorite dinosaurs but now hearing there's a bigger one. Essentially on steroids, is very cool.

  • @justjoshua5759
    @justjoshua5759 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Saurophaganax is literally the underrated over successful yet unknown older brother for all the clout allosaurus gets.
    I never recognised how much this thing had the ultimate mashup of hybridised traits of a predatory artillery like the indominus.
    Almost feels like the doomsday of Jurassic megatherapods. Or like allosaurus is homelander. Saurophaganax is omni man.
    Amazing work as usual vividen 👏🏾❤️. I’ve got to wonder though. Is it not possible that they could’ve had more range than we thought. I find it hard to believe this and torvosaurus were the only real competition compared to allosaurus.

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It's an incredible animal! And yes, I think it's likely that it existed in more areas. Hopefully we find more remains soon!

    • @justjoshua5759
      @justjoshua5759 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheVividen very hopefully! Truly deserves more love

  • @lawyeejenmoelaw2464
    @lawyeejenmoelaw2464 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    RIP Jurassic Top 1 predator

  • @DreadnumYT
    @DreadnumYT ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good job on the video! I’ve often confused it with allosaurus but this cleared things up. Thanks!

  • @Rusted-studios
    @Rusted-studios ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Underrated predator

  • @wafflewhale9354
    @wafflewhale9354 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This has to be one of my favorite dinos, glad to see an in-depth review.

  • @SpaceMonkeyBoi
    @SpaceMonkeyBoi ปีที่แล้ว +3

    0:03
    Me on my way to the fridge at 3 in the morning to get string cheese:

  • @MnDakota37
    @MnDakota37 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Loving the fact that at least half the names are from the norse pantheon

  • @oliyes406
    @oliyes406 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm very interested in the environment of the Morrison. Thanks for making this vid!

  • @eliletts8149
    @eliletts8149 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Well, allosaurs and carcaradontosaurs were fairly closely related. It is possible that Saurophagonax shared a close relation to both types of dinosaurs.

  • @AmaroRuiz08
    @AmaroRuiz08 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Im really happy to see this video of saurophaganax, this genus is one of my all time favorite dinosaurs and my favorite theropod just tied with Maip Macrothorax, thus is great video as always

  • @PaoloSita
    @PaoloSita ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Amazing 3d effects. This Ivano borghi guy is good

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's great! He really outdid himself on this one!

  • @MisfortunateJustice
    @MisfortunateJustice ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Whereas I am ecstatic that allosauridae are finally being proven to having been formidable adversaries, I am content to stay a fan on fragilis as they are already well balanced. 😁

  • @Sanon346
    @Sanon346 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Real life Indominus rex 🔥🔥🔥

  • @RandomMackem0069_Official
    @RandomMackem0069_Official ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Saurophagamax the third most disputed dinosaur I know of, after troodon and spinosaurus

  • @LightningsGames
    @LightningsGames 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really love how the videogame "Ark" is often used as visuals for alot of videos like these X)

  • @wpower7435
    @wpower7435 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This dinosaur has one of the coolest powerful name I've heard a 8.3t jurassic theropod is scary usually jurassic theropods range between 1t to 5t so if I'm correct that potentially makes Saurophaganax heavier than Stegosarus?? If yes that's incredible!

    • @fillit8839
      @fillit8839 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The video said leviathan weighed 8300 kg. That's equals to 9 tons. Left out the decimals.

    • @wpower7435
      @wpower7435 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fillit8839 Yes I know 8.3t I referred it to 8300 kg

    • @william3100
      @william3100 ปีที่แล้ว

      This all sounds like bullshit! Where is the evidence? All reliable sources I've seen but saurophaganax at 3 to 4 tons, and I think those are seen as adult specimens.

    • @Bengalvoaurus
      @Bengalvoaurus ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@william3100cope

  • @MoabDino
    @MoabDino ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ayy shout out my boi Justin for that fantastic thumbnail!!!1111

  • @Mazed927
    @Mazed927 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    all I'm hearin' is that the Rite of Spring segment of Disney's Fantasia, long thought an artifact of erroneous early dinosaur knowledge, has been vindicated

  • @mr.sir.
    @mr.sir. 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Acrocanthosaurus and Saurophaganax are criminally underrated

  • @bkjeong4302
    @bkjeong4302 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I’ve first heard rumours about Saurophaganax getting a size buff over a year ago; now the news seems to be starting to go public.
    Though I don’t think comparing Saurophaganax to battleships is flattering to the animal. Battleships (especially the WWII-era battleships everyone loves and argues about) are massively overrated and overhyped, Saurophaganax isn’t.

  • @Lizardboy-111
    @Lizardboy-111 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This has to be my favourite dinoasaur

    • @The_PokeSaurus
      @The_PokeSaurus ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And don't let anyone tell you it isn't valid.

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Great pick!

  • @beastmaster0934
    @beastmaster0934 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The hypothesis that Saurophaganax is a basal carcharodontosaurid is interesting.
    That would make it THE earliest carcharodontosaurid.

    • @Lamborlobator
      @Lamborlobator ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Veterupristisaurus and Lusovenator would be just as old

    • @Scion-cy6wj
      @Scion-cy6wj 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      but it isn't -- it is very, very closely associated with Allosaurus and may just be a larger species ...

    • @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer
      @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@Scion-cy6wj Yes indeed, but maybe Saurophaganax is an Allosaurus that has evolved into Carcharodontosauridae

    • @Scion-cy6wj
      @Scion-cy6wj 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Tameryraptor_Enjoyer um, what?

    • @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer
      @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Scion-cy6wj Saurophaganax is Basal Carcharodontosauride

  • @Tymdek
    @Tymdek 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bruh that sponsor segment came out of absolutely nowhere. Got me good lol

  • @RexTheGoat325
    @RexTheGoat325 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    W video bro
    I'd say saurophagnax is bigger and strongest version if allosaurus

    • @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer
      @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually no, Saurophaganax is a fully evolved carcharodontosauridae

  • @Chungus-h1l
    @Chungus-h1l 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Rip saurophaganax

  • @dareka9425
    @dareka9425 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I used to be interested in dinosaurs but after getting into college and busy with other interests I only occasionally peeked into the world of dinosaurs. With no internet in the early 2000s I have to rely on the occasional magazines and newspapers to get updated. I only seriously dove into the world paleo media in the TH-cam space just recently and I sure missed out on a lot of things.
    I only have one burning question: When and how on earth did the sauropods started having those very thick, at times very phallic-looking, necks? I was aware that feathered theropods gradually replaced the old scaly versions but these new sauropod illustrations is quite a surprise.

  • @detectivefk
    @detectivefk 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    It's a sauropod now... wow

    • @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer
      @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Just Holotype specimen
      Edit : Yeah it's sauropod now

  • @Leyley_editzz
    @Leyley_editzz ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’ve always loved Saurophaganx, it’s my favorite dinosaur

  • @ricopaulson1
    @ricopaulson1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I live in western Colorado in the Morrison foundation. Riggs found his brachiosaurus and apotosaurus a few miles from me. Loads of allosaurus found here...But it's cool to think snax was running around, potentially. No fossil evidence.

  • @Tyrannosaurus_rex.
    @Tyrannosaurus_rex. ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If Snax were to be a Carcharodontosaurid, what would Leviathan's mass be roughly?
    And is there any updates on Bertha's paper?

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +8

      We're not sure yet--a phylogenetic analysis is in the works, and should be included in the paper. Looks like sometime next year is possible, but all good things take time!

  • @John_McCarthy1
    @John_McCarthy1 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Although I play world of warships, and other games like it, I was not at all expecting a sponsored ad for it in this video.

  • @bubb655
    @bubb655 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow I didn’t realize how big Saurophaganax was compared to Allosaurus. It makes the lion of the Jurassic look like a chicken

  • @joshuastrittmatter4188
    @joshuastrittmatter4188 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    2:51-4:50 yeah…it’s quite possible that this section might not age well.

  • @PrehistoricMagazine
    @PrehistoricMagazine ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You are the new GOAT in this space. Another awesome video. Aside from Prehistoric Magazine I also write Prehistoric thriller novels and I have a new one early 2024 with fasolasuchus in it. I’ll have to mail you a paperback book when it’s out. Mike

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you, Mike! I dig your videos!

    • @PrehistoricMagazine
      @PrehistoricMagazine ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TheVividenI appreciate that greatly. Thx, Mike

    • @PrehistoricMagazine
      @PrehistoricMagazine ปีที่แล้ว

      Do we have any idea how tall at the hip a big Saurophaganax might have been. I envision it nearing the height and length of trex but not burdened by truly enormous weight and having long arms huge claws. A real nightmare. Mike

    • @7-sBone-Pit
      @7-sBone-Pit ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@PrehistoricMagazine Almost 4m for the giant Leviathan, around 3.9m

    • @PrehistoricMagazine
      @PrehistoricMagazine ปีที่แล้ว

      @@7-sBone-Pitthanks for the note. Mike

  • @jessehutchings
    @jessehutchings ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Fantastic virtual models. Loved this video

  • @thenaberius6081
    @thenaberius6081 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is the perfect roster for Isle.

  • @Darkgeran7
    @Darkgeran7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wasn’t sure if this theropod was one of favs but it got their in time

  • @gattycroc8073
    @gattycroc8073 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    since a lot of paleo youtubers are talking about large non-avian theropods I would love to see more videos about the other large predatory creatures of prehistory. the two I would love to see get more love are Barinasuchus and Megistotherium due to them being some of the biggest predators since the extinction of the dinosaurs.

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Both amazing animals!

    • @gattycroc8073
      @gattycroc8073 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheVividen I feel like a lot of Cenozoic carnivores get littile to no attention by he general public. I drew a picture in my sketchbook of a Barinasuchus eating a Perucetus carcass.

    • @floseatyard8063
      @floseatyard8063 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@gattycroc8073same with triassic ones

  • @ZacLowing
    @ZacLowing 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The meat cleaver chevrons indicate to me a greater musculture attachment, for a movement to counter what is happening towards the head. Could be anything from a fast walk head bob to a reach out and strike, the tail whips like a squirrels for balance

  • @impopularmano3394
    @impopularmano3394 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    make about a video about the largest carnivorous dinosaur from the triassic now, i want to know which species hold that title

  • @Dimitriterrorman
    @Dimitriterrorman ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Man you made Allosaurus too small compared to the other theropods

  • @adejoharuna1005
    @adejoharuna1005 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    RIP saurophaganax🙏🙏🙏😭

  • @jurassicgeographic3413
    @jurassicgeographic3413 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Well this aged well...

  • @platinumwarrior1309
    @platinumwarrior1309 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite Dino of the jurrasic 😍

  • @andrewmalinowski6673
    @andrewmalinowski6673 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maybe it's just the way the skull and arms look, but the appearance of the Saurophaganax almost makes me think of it like a cross between a Carnotuarus (the horn-like blades of the crests) and an Allosaur even if the arms look long enough to almost be convergent evolution between a Carnotaur and Carcharodontosaur

  • @xlnukB0y
    @xlnukB0y 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Saurophaganax’s proud of Spinosaurus for having long claws from its own grave

  • @buttons551
    @buttons551 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I spy a little New Jersey cameo standing in the corner near the end of the video.

  • @DoomRulz
    @DoomRulz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love your channel.

  • @PrehistoricMagazine
    @PrehistoricMagazine ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here’s a question for anyone I’m wondering. Aside from day spinosaurus did snax have the longest arms of any known theropod or did some megaraptorans surpass it. Thanks Mike

  • @omegadraq2039
    @omegadraq2039 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I really want this creature is JWE3 as an official creature.

  • @Radahn.v1
    @Radahn.v1 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Vivid when is the next t Rex video I'm dying to see how big Bertha was or if ed cope is just the rest of the Manospondylusspecimen which could make him bigger

    • @TheVividen
      @TheVividen  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bertha should come out by the end of next year, but we're not sure yet. Hopefully sooner!

    • @Shadow-Kalbo1
      @Shadow-Kalbo1 ปีที่แล้ว

      so tired of hearing about t rex

  • @chaoticiannunez2419
    @chaoticiannunez2419 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    5:02 Yo, watch out for the Resonance Cascade.

  • @markusbelden4569
    @markusbelden4569 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Leviathan the Saurophaganax is my favorite of his species

  • @erikahuxley
    @erikahuxley ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Is it me or all the dino channels decide to upload at once in the same day?

  • @triptriplang-o2z
    @triptriplang-o2z ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My favorite dinosaur

  • @wafflewhale9354
    @wafflewhale9354 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Could you perhaps make a video on the Sauroniops?

    • @leaguerpaleontology23
      @leaguerpaleontology23 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Sauroniops is 2.8 tonnes & 9.4m.
      It's not that impressive

  • @shameimaru_aya
    @shameimaru_aya ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sauro got the biggest buff

    • @fillit8839
      @fillit8839 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ikr. 5 tons to 9 tons is massive.

  • @hyperdreamer9483
    @hyperdreamer9483 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I’d say a better comparison between Saurophaganax and Allosaurus would be the African Lion and the American Lion(Panthera Atrox) since Saurophaganax is pretty much the Allosaurus but a lot bigger

  • @Adieldino
    @Adieldino ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Any idea on when the paper will be out? Also, could this be a sort of in-between animal from Allosaur to Carcharadontosaur? Saurophaganax is my favorite dinosaur.

  • @JDINK
    @JDINK ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Long live the Lord of the Lizard Eaters

  • @Uzair-qm8vm
    @Uzair-qm8vm 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    2:52 skip sponsor

    • @ACHABOKUS
      @ACHABOKUS 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      *there's a starman...

    • @Carlos-o5v
      @Carlos-o5v หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ACHABOKUSwaiting in the sky

  • @01Snax
    @01Snax 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    oh how the tables have turned

  • @011keepers
    @011keepers ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I never understood the arms, they are so short, that if it did hold down prey it would have to bend its head almost 180* for the jaws to work the area the hands are holding. The hands also don't extend past the collar bone so reaching out to grab doesn't seem like an option...

  • @leaguerpaleontology23
    @leaguerpaleontology23 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thanks for this amazing Saurophaganax video. Saurophaganax 3rd biggest theropod 🔥🔥🦖

    • @leaguerpaleontology23
      @leaguerpaleontology23 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Edit saurophaganax is the 4th biggest mega theropods
      Top 5 largest carnivorous dinosaurs
      Weight/Mass= size
      1. Tyrannosaurus rex
      Weight- 11.5 tonnes
      2. Giganotosaurus carolini:
      Weight- 10.1 tonnes
      3. Mapusaurus rosae:
      Weight- 8.4 tonnes
      4. Saurophaganax maximus:
      Weight- 8.3 tonnes
      5. Spinosaurus cf. aegyptiacus
      Weight- 8.2 tonnes

    • @christianvaixco196
      @christianvaixco196 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      T rex 11-12t. Giga extremely fragmentary, NOT VALID! The giga "complete" range 8t. Spino range 6-7t. T REX IS "INFINITELY" STRONGER AND HEAVIER!!!

  • @JurassicDaikaiju
    @JurassicDaikaiju 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Since these were among the 1st true mega-theropod, the names given to the specimens couldn't be more appropriate

  • @TheBullethead
    @TheBullethead 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like your concise, fact-based videos and the Iron Maiden background music ;)

  • @Kodiakman2127
    @Kodiakman2127 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love your videos, keep up the good work.

  • @des9930
    @des9930 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Allow me to introduce Munchkin..
    One of the most ferocious apex predators to ever walk the earth!

  • @Cheesewedgeofdoom
    @Cheesewedgeofdoom 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Saurophagnax is now like the leviathan
    It doesn’t exist

  • @SamirZehar-ol1dc
    @SamirZehar-ol1dc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Someone else commented this but im now intrigued, what on earth is epanterias? Is there any info on epanterias?

  • @bruh949
    @bruh949 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    T.Gurneyi, Brontoraptor and Edmarka Rex and the Megaolsaurus Ingens (probably a new Megalosauridae but close to Torvo). Still slams it though.

    • @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer
      @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol no, Saurophaganax bigger than them

    • @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer
      @Tameryraptor_Enjoyer 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Megalosaurus ingens maybe Carcharodontosauridae because skeleton very familiar like Veterupristisaurus

  • @rileyernst9086
    @rileyernst9086 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Is it just me, or is there a possible correlation between arm grappeling in carnosaurian, therapods(and ceratosaurus) and cohabitation with a stegosaur species.
    If we look at the stegosaur family's weaponry, and it is essentially a polearm, it has long reach and can deny and threaten a large area. The way you defeat such a weapon is getting in close and staying in close. The tail is very flexible, but I do not think a stegosaur can strike it's own flank, so if you are an predator, you want to be clinging to that flank as you wear that stegs down by biting.
    A head grappeler like an abelisaur or derived tyrannosaur is certainly at risk of it's hind quarters being struck if it is at more than say, a 15' angle from the centreline of the steg, and the steg has long back legs to quickly pivot swiftly with. And we have fossil evidence of what happens when thagomiser hits a therapod's hind quarters!

  • @TheAnimalzz
    @TheAnimalzz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Saurophagonax: If the indominus rex was cool