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00:00 Introduction
00:24 What Was Saurophaganax?
02:51 Why Saurophaganax Is Not Allosaurus
04:50 Saurophaganax Ecology In The Morrison Formation
07:00 Was Saurophaganax A Pack Hunter?
08:00 Leviathan (The Jurassic's Biggest Theropod)

Saurophaganax maximus was the biggest theropod in the Jurassic Period, but remains relatively obscure despite being the biggest apex predator in North America besides Tyrannosaurus. New data indicates that not only was it a beast in the same league as the biggest megatheropods, but it was a sauropodhunting grappler with powerful arms, claws, and other adaptations for taking down the giants of the Morrison Formation. This video analyzes Saurophaganax's life, ecology, and size in order to create the new authoritative guide to the animal. Saurophaganax may be a dark horse in the megatheropod race, but it might be bigger than popular giants like Carcharodontosaurus and Spinosaurus when it comes to the largest specimens of each species. Is Saurophaganax different from Allosaurus? Saurophaganax coexisted with other large predators like Torvosaurus and Allosaurus, and may have hunted huge sauropods like the Kenton Giants, Barosaurus, Brachiosaurus, Apatosaurus, and Diplodocus. Including the gigantic specimen Leviathan, Saurophaganax was the secondlargest North American theropod, only behind Tyrannosaurus itself in terms of overall mass.

The source for the Saurophaganax specimens and measurements is DJ Sandy aka 7 Shots, who has been working with the animal for years and will be publishing a formal redescription soon. Measurements are not reproduced in this video in order to respect the Sam Noble Collection's social media guidelines.

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