Re: New dinosaur from South America

[Matt Wedel <sauropod@ou.edu>]

> Yes , basal tetanurans . I was not aware that Torvosaurus was in the 40
> ft.,3+ ton range . Edmarka would be the candidate for king-size basal
> tetanuran . My basic problem is that Edmarka , Saurophaganax , Torvosaurus
> and Allosaurus all lived in the same area at the same time
> (Kimmeridgian-Tithonian ) . I have no problem with 2 large predators
> coexisting but 4 seems to stretch things a bit .

Keep in mind that "the same area at the same time" covers more than 1000 miles
of territory and several million years of time.  And that more than 2 large
predators are present at La Brea or on the modern Serengeti.