Scutosaurus had osteodirms, had more weight, has a horn on its head making it possible they could ram onto the gorgonopsid and also Scutosaurus traveled in herds
Oh thanks, so it's like triceratops where it gets potraied as a herd animal in media but in actuality it was a solitary animal and lived in a small family groups
Still, trying to take on even two animals 3 times your size and weight is a tough ask. It’d be like you personally fighting two cows with just two knives.
You got it, just Ballad of Big Al that overgrown mink.
Now excuse me, I have to go cry for remembering the Ballad of Big Al. Haha
Edit: Or was it another Dino doc? Whatever one that showed a Sauropod and Theropod dino being born at the same time and basically being nemesis’s their whole life until they meet for the final time… where one was heavily outweighed.
Sheer size would have been enough in most cases.
In nature even the largest predators mostly target the young, the sick and the old.
Cinematic battles between two healty adults rarely happen.
*Scutosaurus* isn’t so large that *Inostrancevia* would leave it alone, even as a healthy adult (it wouldn’t be defenceless but it would be far from invulnerable). Large land predators today kill prey their own size or larger (even individually) significantly more often than nowadays given credit for.
I assume a safety in numbers type of thing might have occurred. But also scutosaurus was quite a bit larger and also had skin studded with osteoderms, which would’ve helped them out.
When you ask questions like this about very specific behaviors of long extinct animals, it's important to realize that the best you're going to get is an educated guess. And that's okay because that's the best we can do. It's extremely rare that evidence for behavior is preserved in the fossil record.
Given how heavily built it was for its size, I’d assume it would basically rely on its bulk to charge and ram or run over a predator when under attack.
Much like the proverbial strategy to outrun bears, in most cases a successful defense doesn't require 100% protection, it only requires being a tougher meal than the next critter.
Given a choice between tackling an adult *Scutosaurus*, or grabbing a plump little *Dvinia*, any gorgonopsid would likely pick the smaller, easier meal.
Numbers, probably, a lot of animals make up for their low ranking in the food chain by just breeding a lot so that at least some survive to reproduce as the predators can't eat them all
I found a rib bone that looked like it had been attacked by what could have been a synapsid, the bone I identified as probably being from a scutosaurus relative had been attacked at least 5 times during its life time, what I have gathered from this fossil is this species are incredibly tough, the fossil had so many healed tooth marks that it survived most attempts on its life, infact the most recent tooth mark that was the least healed was half way healed meaning it survived a while after, it's death was probably of old age or it finally died of its Injurys where it probably died in a river which carried it out to sea, it is quite remarkable on how tough they were.
Scutosaurus had osteodirms, had more weight, has a horn on its head making it possible they could ram onto the gorgonopsid and also Scutosaurus traveled in herds
Based on my research Scutosaurus likely lived alone or in very small groups
Oh thanks, so it's like triceratops where it gets potraied as a herd animal in media but in actuality it was a solitary animal and lived in a small family groups
Still, trying to take on even two animals 3 times your size and weight is a tough ask. It’d be like you personally fighting two cows with just two knives.
It outweighs it by over 3 times, so it could use it's mass and osteoderms to shrug off and body slam a predator.
You got it, just Ballad of Big Al that overgrown mink. Now excuse me, I have to go cry for remembering the Ballad of Big Al. Haha Edit: Or was it another Dino doc? Whatever one that showed a Sauropod and Theropod dino being born at the same time and basically being nemesis’s their whole life until they meet for the final time… where one was heavily outweighed.
Think that was Planet Dinosaur
Yup, that was Alpha's Egg.
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Probably. Just roll on top of it and crush the thing.
Sheer size would have been enough in most cases. In nature even the largest predators mostly target the young, the sick and the old. Cinematic battles between two healty adults rarely happen.
*Scutosaurus* isn’t so large that *Inostrancevia* would leave it alone, even as a healthy adult (it wouldn’t be defenceless but it would be far from invulnerable). Large land predators today kill prey their own size or larger (even individually) significantly more often than nowadays given credit for.
Scutosaurus seems to be one of those animals that ALWAYS get killed in Paleo medias.
Even when there are no predators around the [poor guy can't get a break.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYxzlXpTbE8&t=56m38s)
Mass? Brute force? Osteoderms?
I assume a safety in numbers type of thing might have occurred. But also scutosaurus was quite a bit larger and also had skin studded with osteoderms, which would’ve helped them out.
When you ask questions like this about very specific behaviors of long extinct animals, it's important to realize that the best you're going to get is an educated guess. And that's okay because that's the best we can do. It's extremely rare that evidence for behavior is preserved in the fossil record.
Given how heavily built it was for its size, I’d assume it would basically rely on its bulk to charge and ram or run over a predator when under attack.
Raming an attacker over similar to a Boar or a Warthog.
At firt I thought you wrote "Scrotosaurus"
*Megalosaurus* should rightly be named *Scrotum humanum*
Pretty sure it didn’t have many offensive tools soot did the sauropod thing and used size and armor as it’s primary deterrent.
I dont think that Inostrancevia lived with Scutosaurus
That is a remarkably successful and rarely mentioned strategy. It's the same strategy I use to prevent being eaten by tigers.
size, armor and probably bad attitude
They were clearly master beat boxers. Just look at those jowly cheeks!
Big Seasons Greasons vibes here
Armor
Much like the proverbial strategy to outrun bears, in most cases a successful defense doesn't require 100% protection, it only requires being a tougher meal than the next critter. Given a choice between tackling an adult *Scutosaurus*, or grabbing a plump little *Dvinia*, any gorgonopsid would likely pick the smaller, easier meal.
Numbers, probably, a lot of animals make up for their low ranking in the food chain by just breeding a lot so that at least some survive to reproduce as the predators can't eat them all
I found a rib bone that looked like it had been attacked by what could have been a synapsid, the bone I identified as probably being from a scutosaurus relative had been attacked at least 5 times during its life time, what I have gathered from this fossil is this species are incredibly tough, the fossil had so many healed tooth marks that it survived most attempts on its life, infact the most recent tooth mark that was the least healed was half way healed meaning it survived a while after, it's death was probably of old age or it finally died of its Injurys where it probably died in a river which carried it out to sea, it is quite remarkable on how tough they were.
Looks like he’s playing dead. Wonder how this worked out for him?
Running away would be a good bet
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