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Two male Shark-dingo allosaurs wrestle and bite for the attentions of females. The males have thicker skin to withstand the onslaught of such violence, and many carry brutal scars.

For those wanting a description of the Shark-dingo, read below.

Shark-dingo
Saurophagaraptor
Meaning: Thieving Lizard Eater
Description: Large four legged theropod
Species: S. longimanus
Family: Carnosauria, Neovenatoridae
Length: 25-39 feet
Lifestyle: Hunter and scavenger
Range: Australia, Indonesia

Distinguishing Features: This is one of the most unusual theropods in the world, being one of only four different theropods to return to a four-legged stance since dinosaurs evolved. Adults have red or yellow head crests depending on their gender and gray backs with red, green, and blue spots that are caused by symbiotic bacteria that produce an odor that can be released during a threat display. The bacteria come from the animal’s eating of stranded ammonites. Females are five to seven feet shorter than adult males and less colorful. The Shark-dingo is a pack-hunter that lives in small prides that contain two to three related males, their mates, and their young. Adults are monogamous pairing for life and occasionally do not choose new mates after their original has died. In a fight over a female or territory, rival males rear up and wrestle with each other, biting, snapping, pushing and shoving in matches that can be quite brutal and sometimes debilitating. Females lay twenty to forty eggs that are incubated in sand mounds for 75 days before hatching. Chicks are dull grey upon hatching and are fed ammonites upon birth so that they may gain their defensive odor. The young leave the pride at age four.

Habits and Habitat: These dinosaurs are commonly found around rivers, billabongs, and grasslands where there is an abundance of prey during the year. This gives them the opportunity to ambush any iguanadont or hypsilophodont they choose. Their favorite prey however, is large sauropods like Nigersauroides and Titanopus. They attack these animals by ambush, rushing upon them en masse. They then leap all at once, clinging to the sides of the sauropods with their claws and teeth, and then they let gravity and powerful arm muscles remove them from their victim’s flanks. This causes considerable damage and blood loss. They then follow their victim’s blood trail until they find their intended victim. The victim is usually dead by this time but if not, they attack again. These attacks can last up to three days. With smaller prey, it is usually quicker an end, and only takes one or two animals to make a kill. Animals found on island chains tend to be smaller than animals on the Australian mainland. They have few predators other than Australocarcharias, large crocodiles, and the massive Australospinos.

Description
Two male Shark-dingo allosaurs wrestle and bite for the attentions of females. The males have thicker skin to withstand the onslaught of such violence, and many carry brutal scars.

For those wanting a description of the Shark-dingo, read below.

Shark-dingo
Saurophagaraptor
Meaning: Thieving Lizard Eater
Description: Large four legged theropod
Species: S. longimanus
Family: Carnosauria, Neovenatoridae
Length: 25-39 feet
Lifestyle: Hunter and scavenger
Range: Australia, Indonesia

Distinguishing Features: This is one of the most unusual theropods in the world, being one of only four different theropods to return to a four-legged stance since dinosaurs evolved. Adults have red or yellow head crests depending on their gender and gray backs with red, green, and blue spots that are caused by symbiotic bacteria that produce an odor that can be released during a threat display. The bacteria come from the animal’s eating of stranded ammonites. Females are five to seven feet shorter than adult males and less colorful. The Shark-dingo is a pack-hunter that lives in small prides that contain two to three related males, their mates, and their young. Adults are monogamous pairing for life and occasionally do not choose new mates after their original has died. In a fight over a female or territory, rival males rear up and wrestle with each other, biting, snapping, pushing and shoving in matches that can be quite brutal and sometimes debilitating. Females lay twenty to forty eggs that are incubated in sand mounds for 75 days before hatching. Chicks are dull grey upon hatching and are fed ammonites upon birth so that they may gain their defensive odor. The young leave the pride at age four.

Habits and Habitat: These dinosaurs are commonly found around rivers, billabongs, and grasslands where there is an abundance of prey during the year. This gives them the opportunity to ambush any iguanadont or hypsilophodont they choose. Their favorite prey however, is large sauropods like Nigersauroides and Titanopus. They attack these animals by ambush, rushing upon them en masse. They then leap all at once, clinging to the sides of the sauropods with their claws and teeth, and then they let gravity and powerful arm muscles remove them from their victim’s flanks. This causes considerable damage and blood loss. They then follow their victim’s blood trail until they find their intended victim. The victim is usually dead by this time but if not, they attack again. These attacks can last up to three days. With smaller prey, it is usually quicker an end, and only takes one or two animals to make a kill. Animals found on island chains tend to be smaller than animals on the Australian mainland. They have few predators other than Australocarcharias, large crocodiles, and the massive Australospinos.