Dino File 6 here, coming up! We will see even more dinosaurs, so keep your eyes peeled, Get ready. Anyway, ENJOY!


Dino Files Pt. 6.

Giganotosaurus carolinii

Meaning: Giant Southern Lizard
Length: 13-15 meters (43-50 feet long)
Height: 5 meters (17 feet) tall
Diet: Carnivore
Period: Late Cretaceous (97 Mya)

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About a hundred years ago, Tyrannosaurus rex was once believed to be the biggest land carnivore that has ever stepped foot on Earth. Although bigger carnivores were found a few years later including Spinosaurus, they did not have enough fossil remains to tell how much length it was. T. rex thus remained the biggest carnivore, until 1994, in Patagonia when amateur paleontologist Rodolfo Coria found remains of an even bigger carnivore with surprisingly a number of detailed fossils. It seemed that Tyrannosaurus had finally been topped out as the largest land predator when a new theropod, Giganotosaurus emerged from South America. Giganotosaurus took the largest land carnivore for more than 10 years until more remains of Spinosaurus fossils told that this was an even bigger meat eater. Giganotosaurus is quite similar to Allosaurus, only more robust, with a bulkier built & a larger head. It had two medium sized arms with wicked sharp claws & knife like teeth that can cut through flesh easily. Initially, Giganotosaurus was believed to have hunted alone, until recent finds have stated that they have hunted & lived in packs of five to seven. It seems that they hunted in packs to be better able to hunt gigantic titanoaurs, which were the dominant herbivores of Patagonia. In Isla Sorna, Giganotosaurus has been confirmed to live in packs & are one of the most social theropods. They will mate for life & a pair will stick together & defend their young to the very end. Giganotosaurus & Tyrannosaurus do not directly fight & are mainly in neutral relationships with each other, as T. rex is more adapted to hunting armored dinosaurs whereas Giganotosaurus is specialized in hunting the very largest of sauropods. They share a strong friendship with another fellow carnosaur Mapusaurus & will often live together as a pack. A pack can consist of two males, three females, four Mapusaurus & several young, with a large male as the leader.


Onchopristis numdus

Meaning: Rostral Tooth
Length: 6-8 meters (20-27 feet long)
Height: 1 meter (3 feet) tall
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Period: Upper Cretaceous (110-94 Mya)

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An ancient species of sawfish, Onchopristis is a very common fish found in Africa. Sadly however, this animal is very poorly known & we do not have much info about it. These fish are large in size, reaching up to 8 meters & are very similar to salmon, as they migrate very often. They are very abundant in the shallow seas, rivers & lakes of Isla Sorna . These animals are very docile & do not attack. They will feed on some types of fish & will also eat any leftover dinosaur meat if left in the waters. Onchopristis are one of the most migratory animals in Isla Sorna, as they will migrate to even the thousands. They are extremely common in the Marshlands where they are prey to the numerous spinosaurs that patrol the area. These fish do not mate for life, although siblings will stay to the very end of death. Recently, is is rumored by InGen that hundreds of Onchoprists have left Isla Sorna & are swimming in the watery worlds of the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans.


Compsognathus longipes

Meaning: Elegant Jaw
Length: 1 meter (3 feet long)
Height: 30 centimeters (1 feet tall)
Diet: Carnivore/Insectivore
Period: Late Jurassic (150.8 Mya)

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Compsognathus are one of the most common dinosaurs on Isla Sorna. This particular dinosaur was so small that in 1859 when it was first discovered, it was stated that it was a small lizard (As the scientists of that time though dinosaurs were gigantic reptiles). Compsognathus, despite their size were the largest theropod on the island where it inhabited. These dinosaurs are very lightweight & are very small, suggesting that it was quite fast. Compsognathus hunted alone on the island it once lived, although they will mate for life, & are the perfect example for the coelurosaurs, the branch that will later spawn the very mightiest of the dinosaurs; the agile Deinonychus & Velocirapter, the theropod turned herbivore Therizinosaurus & the tyrannosaurs, which will later lead up to the King of the Dinosaur World, Tyrannosaurus rex. In Isla Sorna, the Compsognathus are one of the most common dinosaurs, & having been dwarfed by huge plant eaters as well as even more vicious killers, they have not resorted to living in packs of up to fifty. They are mostly insectivorous, preying on the insects where they live, but will scavenge the body of a dead dinosaur & stay there for days. If a pack is lucky enough to find the body of a dead Argentinosaurus, they might stay there for months! They are fierce & if in packs can overwhelm & kill dinosaurs ten times their own size, even demonstrating on how to kill even an adult person. Their packs are inseparable & will never abandon a pack member from a danger. These little dinosaurs live in the shadowy conifers & in small caves & hollow trees, though many also inhabit destroyed or deserted buildings & facilities.


Baryonyx walkeri

Meaning: Heavy Claw
Length: 8.5-11 meters (26-36 feet long)
Height: 3 meters (6 feet tall) (10 feet tall)
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore
Period: Early Cretaceous (130-125 Mya)

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Baryonyx was the most famous spinosaur discovered, due to fossils being found near-complete until more details of Spinosaurus were found. Baryonyx is extremely different from other theropods from having a skull that looked more like a crocodile, with it's nose being at the sides of the skull. The dinosaur's jaws were also very different, as they were thin & broad. Perhaps they were not suited to being hunting large herbivores dinosaurs, like Iguanodon, which Baryonyx resided with. It's teeth were conical, rather than the flesh-slicing teeth of carnosaurs or the bone-crushing teeth of the tyrannosaurs. Baryonyx did have one unique part of it's body. It had three arms with three fingers hooked with sharp wicked claws like the carnosaurs, but one of the fingers was drastically into an enormous claw, a unique evolution for the spinosaurs. Judging by the conical teeth & the heavy claw (For which it is named for), scientists have suggested that Baryonyx was a fish-eater, prowling in the marshlands & near lakes, rivers & shallow seas, waiting to get a bite for any fish that passes by. This is further supported as fish remains have also been found at the stomach. in Isla Sorna, it is now proven that Baryonyx is a carnivore, preying on small to medium sized dinosaurs like Dryosaurus & Camptosaurus & scavenging, while also retaining it's love for fishing as a piscivore. Baryonyx will mate for life, like many spinosaurs, & are expert swimmers, often swimming to find new food resources & territory. They will mark their territory with slash marks on trees, much like like bears do today & are protective parents & powerful & dangerous predators indeed. They will also travel in groups of two to six, making them very social.


Dilophosaurus wetherilli

Meaning: Two/Double Crested Lizard
Length: 6-7 meters (20-13 feet long)
Height: 2-2.5 meters (6-8 feet long)
Diet: Carnivore
Period: Early Jurassic (193 Mya)

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Dinosaurs became the dominant animals of the world as soon as the Early Jurassic period had arrived. Many of the dominant animals had died out, due to evolution. However, dinosaurs were not the only ones that became successful enough to survive. Pterosaurs would later become the ruler of the skies & marine reptiles Plesiosaurs & Ichyosaurs would finally have the chance to take the oceans by force. Dinosaurs simply dominated the land, but however, it was far from a million years before their greatest age could arrive. The first theropod to ever take the title of "The King of the Dinosaurs", was the carnivore, Dilophosaurus. Dilophosaurus was very similar to a dinosaur ancestor, Coelophysis, but with massive upgrades added to it. Dilophosaurus has a shorter, but more stronger neck, it's legs became long & strong, it's head became bigger & more robust, it's body got longer & it's teeth developed razor-sharp teeth capable of stripping off ribbons of flesh, a sign of the future, more powerful theropods like Allosaurus to come later on. The carnivore also possessed two double crests, that might have been used for display, hence the name, Dilophosaurus. Dilophosaurus was the ruler of it's land, preying & killing any creature it could, including the equal-sized prosauropods that were already at their end. In Isla Sorna, InGen have created three different types of Dilophosaurus: One that was smaller at 2-3 meters long & had developed a frill & had a new arsenal of using poison to paralyze & blind their victims, One that was traditional Dilophosaurus of the Early Jurassic & One that retained the poison & it's sheer size, with the frill removed, but enhanced with extra speed & strength. All three Dilophosaur types will mate for life & hunt in packs, nut are also known to be active scavengers. A pack will consist of three males, three females, several young & a dominant male & female that act as the pack's leader.


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