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What was the deadliest dinosaur that ever lived? Steve Backshall decides!
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Sources:
Carnotaurus:
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2020.1802445
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025763
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/18/fasc8/novel-information-endocranial-morphology-abelisaurid-theropod-carnotaurus-sastrei
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01091.x
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/039.029.0313
Anodontosaurus:
doi.org/10.1139/facets-2017-0063
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0404
Maip macrothorax:
nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09272-z
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25128?af=R
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137709
peerj.com/articles/2312
Mapusaurus:
dinonews.net/rubriq/docs/2006_coria_mapusaurus.pdf
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00860-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982222008600%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Centrosaurus:
archive.org/details/dinosaurprovinci0000unse/page/500/mode/2up
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004252
https://archive.ph/20130203235043/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0012290
Utahraptor:
https://www.academia.edu/225747
skeletaldrawing.com/home/at-long-last-utahraptor
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/utahraptor-largest-raptor-180974954
Argentinosaurus:
bioone.org/journals/annals-of-carnegie-museum/volume-85/issue-4/007.085.0403/Determining-the-Largest-Known-Land-Animal--A-Critical-Comparison/10.2992/007.085.0403.short
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078733
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/palaios/article-abstract/25/2/112/146116/DINOSAUR-DEATH-PITS-FROM-THE-JURASSIC-OF-CHINA?redirectedFrom=fulltext
sjg.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s00015-019-00347-0
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/comptes-rendus-palevol2020v19a6.pdf
Spinosaurus:
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1258750
elifesciences.org/articles/80092
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25563
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1755-6724.13328
Tyrannosaurus rex:
nature.com/articles/s41598-017-02161-w
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031781
cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/abs/craniocervical-feeding-dynamics-of-tyrannosaurus-rex/06D2E437C93737C5AE9F0EA24D32BF56
peerj.com/articles/6573
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013419
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282005%29025%5B0469%3ATRFTUC%5D2.0.CO%3B2
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/389-allosaurus-feeding
jstor.org/stable/3889334?origin=crossref
https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app51/app51-435.pdf
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282006%2926%5B321%3ABVITD%5D2.0.CO%3B2
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0056
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.20983
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1216534110
nature.com/articles/nature.2012.11650
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223698
peerj.com/articles/3420
nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0241-4
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.201441
0:00 - Introduction
1:58 - Carnotaurus
5:46 - Anodontosaurus
8:27 - Maip macrothorax
12:18 - Mapusaurus
14:24 - Centrosaurus
18:31 - Utahraptor
24:38 - Argentinosaurus
28:42 - Spinosaurus
33:56 - T. rex
42:12 - And the deadliest dinosaur was...
What was the deadliest dinosaur that ever lived? Steve Backshall decides!
Steve Backshall Ocean Live Tour: stevebackshall.com/liveshows
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Social Media:
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►Twitter: twitter.com/BenGThomas42
►Subreddit: reddit.com/r/BenGThomas
Sources:
Carnotaurus:
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2020.1802445
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0025763
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/fr/periodiques/comptes-rendus-palevol/18/fasc8/novel-information-endocranial-morphology-abelisaurid-theropod-carnotaurus-sastrei
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01091.x
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/039.029.0313
Anodontosaurus:
doi.org/10.1139/facets-2017-0063
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0404
Maip macrothorax:
nature.com/articles/s41598-022-09272-z
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25128?af=R
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0137709
peerj.com/articles/2312
Mapusaurus:
dinonews.net/rubriq/docs/2006_coria_mapusaurus.pdf
cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00860-0?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982222008600%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Centrosaurus:
archive.org/details/dinosaurprovinci0000unse/page/500/mode/2up
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0004252
https://archive.ph/20130203235043/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0012290
Utahraptor:
https://www.academia.edu/225747
skeletaldrawing.com/home/at-long-last-utahraptor
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/utahraptor-largest-raptor-180974954
Argentinosaurus:
bioone.org/journals/annals-of-carnegie-museum/volume-85/issue-4/007.085.0403/Determining-the-Largest-Known-Land-Animal--A-Critical-Comparison/10.2992/007.085.0403.short
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0078733
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/sepm/palaios/article-abstract/25/2/112/146116/DINOSAUR-DEATH-PITS-FROM-THE-JURASSIC-OF-CHINA?redirectedFrom=fulltext
sjg.springeropen.com/articles/10.1007/s00015-019-00347-0
https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/comptes-rendus-palevol2020v19a6.pdf
Spinosaurus:
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.1258750
elifesciences.org/articles/80092
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25563
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1755-6724.13328
Tyrannosaurus rex:
nature.com/articles/s41598-017-02161-w
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0031781
cambridge.org/core/journals/paleobiology/article/abs/craniocervical-feeding-dynamics-of-tyrannosaurus-rex/06D2E437C93737C5AE9F0EA24D32BF56
peerj.com/articles/6573
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0013419
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282005%29025%5B0469%3ATRFTUC%5D2.0.CO%3B2
palaeo-electronica.org/content/2013/389-allosaurus-feeding
jstor.org/stable/3889334?origin=crossref
https://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app51/app51-435.pdf
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282006%2926%5B321%3ABVITD%5D2.0.CO%3B2
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0056
anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.20983
pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1216534110
nature.com/articles/nature.2012.11650
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0223698
peerj.com/articles/3420
nature.com/articles/s41559-017-0241-4
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.201441
0:00 - Introduction
1:58 - Carnotaurus
5:46 - Anodontosaurus
8:27 - Maip macrothorax
12:18 - Mapusaurus
14:24 - Centrosaurus
18:31 - Utahraptor
24:38 - Argentinosaurus
28:42 - Spinosaurus
33:56 - T. rex
42:12 - And the deadliest dinosaur was...
