Mankind was lucky - it did not meet with dinosaurs. Giant reptiles managed to die out until then. It is not known how such a meeting could end, although it is most likely that the death of a rational person, because against a huge predator with sharp teeth, sticks and stones in the hands of people are absolutely powerless.
This article presents the most terrible dinosaurs of antiquity.
Pteranodon
The "cute" bird pteranodon belongs to the most terrible dinosaurs. The only similar feature of this dinosaur with birds is that it flew across the sky, just like them, and the similarity ends there.
The terrible flying dinosaur had a huge beak and sharp teeth. Its wingspan was as much as 15 meters. Pteranodon ate fish, probably because people did not exist at that time.
Sinosauropteryx
This "lovely" creature preferred to move on two legs. Sinosauropteryx outwardly can be compared to a chicken with a long tail, which moved exclusively by running. The hind legs (long and powerful) more than compensated for the short forelimbs. The dinosaur ate meat, or rather, worms and small animals. This pangolin did not reach growth, its maximum growth was 50 centimeters, but this did not prevent him from becoming one of the most terrible dinosaurs.
Allosaurus
A predator whose height reached 3.5 meters. The body length with the tail was 9 meters. This dinosaur moved only on its hind legs, and this did not stop him from developing a speed of up to 55 km / h.
Why is an allosaurus considered one of the most terrible and dangerous dinosaurs? All because of his habits, he killed smaller relatives, his massive head with elongated jaws made it possible to tightly fix the prey.
Although the allosaurus had a large head, he did not differ in mind. Archaeologists have found the remains of these reptiles, which are mired in a swamp pit, chasing after prey.
Troodon
This dinosaur weighed only 50 kg and was no more than 1 meter tall. How can he be dangerous? Intelligence. The smaller the dinosaur, the higher the level of mental development.
Troodon was distinguished by the fact that he could hunt at night. Quick, with long jaws and sharp teeth, he captured prey with his forelimbs and dealt with it in a matter of minutes.
Mayungasaur
This reptile was characterized by cannibalism. With a length of 6 meters and a weight of 1 ton, the predator did not differ in great intelligence. His brain was extremely small in comparison with the size of the body, but the Mayungasaur was distinguished by its appetite - it ate its own kind, smaller dinosaurs, and enjoyed life.
Sarcosuchus
Among the 10 most terrible dinosaurs, this one stands out for its appearance. The crocodile is real, in the literal sense of the word. From the ancient "Genes" of the ancient, they differ in size - 12 meters in length and weight up to 8 tons.
The sarcosuchus ate small dinosaurs, fish and aquatic animals. I could not cope with large prey because of too short and blunt teeth.
Kronosaurus
What is the scariest dinosaur? Judging by its appearance, this is a kronosaurus. Imagine the body of a seal with a short neck and a crocodile head. This "seal" reached a length of 10 meters, and in the mouth were 30-centimeter teeth. He ate aquatic inhabitants, captured prey and tore it to pieces.
Carcharodontosaurus
Another two-legged “charming” lizard, it weighed 4 tons with a body length of 13 meters, do not forget about the 20-centimeter teeth. This representative hunted mainly for sauropods.
Amphicelium
It can be attributed to the list of the most terrible dinosaurs only because of its height and weight, and so the lizard was quite safe for itself, because it was a herbivore. Amphicelium reached a length of 9 meters, its weight was 12 tons. And taking into account the fact that the dinosaur had very low vision, he didn’t eat any relatives, but he could trample with ease.
Velociraptor
This is a small predator, like most of them are bipedal. Its length was 1.8 meters, weight - 20 kg. Why is such a predator dangerous? Firstly, he is fast and agile. Secondly, its size paid off with interest with sharp claws on the front legs. They seized the prey with them and broke through the trachea, and then proceeded to a bloody meal.
Tyrannosaurus
Not a single dinosaur movie is complete without this foot and mouth disease. What did he look like in reality? With a body length of 13 meters and a weight of 7 tons, this pangolin possessed very powerful and strong jaws. According to scientists, the bite force of one of the most terrible dinosaurs that once lived on Earth was 15 times greater than that of a modern lion. Can you imagine the consequences for the victims of these bites? You can die from only one pain shock.
Utaraptor
He was a small predator, 3 meters in total. The owner of huge claws on his hind legs, he, like his other relatives, seized and strangled the victim with them, breaking through her arteries. He ate himself like dinosaurs, only smaller ones.
Spinosaurus
Another carnivorous representative, and in contrast to the above dinosaurs, this one was huge. 15 meters in length with a weight of 7 tons. This lizard, despite its addiction to meat, could not eat everything that it wanted. The fact is that the structure of the jaws did not allow him to tear his victim and bite off pieces of meat. For hunting served only the front clawed legs. And what can you catch with small paws? Only fish and smaller relatives.
Pliosaurus
This waterfowl is also one of the scariest dinosaurs in the world. The body is more than 15 meters long, it was elongated with large shovel-like fins. This predator was distinguished by sharp triangular teeth, suitable for tearing meat into pieces, so it is not surprising that those unfortunate underwater inhabitants that came in his way became his lunch right there.
Gigantosaurus
From the name it is clear that this lizard was huge. According to the remains that they managed to find, scientists determined that the predatory relative of the tyrannosaurus reached a length of 15 meters, and he weighed about 8 tons.
Despite the enormous size, he ran poorly. This is due to the fact that the sizes of the femur and tibia were approximately the same. Vision also failed a giant lizard, unlike a tyrannosaurus, a giantosaurus was blind. And therefore, more vulnerable. Due to the peculiarities of the vision and structure of the musculoskeletal system and the size of the lizard, it was rather clumsy, unlike most predators of antiquity.
His teeth were not suitable for catching and holding prey. As for the brain, among the predatory lizards, the giantosaurus stood out by its smallest volumes. A sedentary, poorly seeing and thinking huge dinosaur often became the prey of more agile dinosaurs.
Conclusion
We examined the most terrible representatives of the dinosaurs. What unites them? Mostly the appearance and manner of movement. Most moved on its hind legs. There is also a pattern regarding the size of the body and brain - the larger the dinosaur, the stupider it is.
The sharp mind is distinguished by small representatives of extinct dinosaurs, as well as the structure of the jaws. Mobile, with a good grip and quick-witted, they can easily cope even with large predators.
The most terrible dinosaurs, photos of which are posted in the article, look very scary and dangerous. What would happen to people if they faced these monsters? Perhaps some representatives, for example, a gigantosaurus, could have been saved. But a man could not escape from a small predator. And fortunately for our family, we live in a time when meeting with such horrors of antiquity is impossible, only if it does not occur to scientists to create something like a Jurassic Park and then lose control over it.