Acrocanthosaurus vs Tyrannosaurus

[ShinGojira14]

Inspired by a certain quote from Monsters Resurrected.


Acrocanthosaurus atokensis

VS

Tyrannosaurus rex


Rules: Both dinosaurs are healthy adult males of average size; No retreat.

Battleground: Maastrichtian Cretaceous Hell Creek.

Verdict: Yeah, no, Monsters Resurrected. T. rex isn’t a weakling compared to Acro. Acrocanthosaurus is nothing to scoff at, but Tyrannosaurus rex is just built different. They may be similar in length and height (on average); but the rex is far more robust and heavily built, has a larger brain, and has the strongest bite force of any terrestrial animal ever known.

Tyrannosaurus isn’t a unit of measurement because he’s a unit that makes measurements out of everything else.

[Gojira 41mk11]

You made a whole topic just to spite Monsters Resurrected?


Good.

[CamtheGodzillafan]

Don't know how bad this monster resurrected thing is, but surely it can't be as bad as Dominion?

Giving this to the Rex, Acro is a beast, but it's a Rex, you aren't beating that unless you have a very clear size advantage.

[Itachi Amami]

Forgot that series was a thing. Yeah, T-Rex has it in the bag, it's just too heavy and powerful.

[Gojira 41mk11]

Don't know how bad this monster resurrected thing is, but surely it can't be as bad as Dominion?.

You have literally no idea. Monsters Resurrected is home to the kaiju sized Spinosaurus who snaps up 30 foot long theropods like they're squeaky toys and one shots Carcharodontosauruses with single slaps.

[ShinGojira14]

Don't know how bad this monster resurrected thing is, but surely it can't be as bad as Dominion?

Usually I don’t respond to people in the topics I create, but I’ll make an exception for this one.

It’s honestly debatable. And I’m not joking. Monsters Resurrected really is that bad; in fact, it may or may not have had some influence in how the JW trilogy played out.

Just watch the episode “Biggest killer dino” and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

[CamtheGodzillafan]

Don't know how bad this monster resurrected thing is, but surely it can't be as bad as Dominion?

Usually I don’t respond to people in the topics I create, but I’ll make an exception for this one.

It’s honestly debatable. And I’m not joking. Monsters Resurrected really is that bad; in fact, it may or may not have had some influence in how the JW trilogy played out.

Just watch the episode “Biggest killer dino” and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

I'm only two minutes and 17 seconds in and I'm already getting a headache, this looks like shit.

[ShinGojira14]

Don't know how bad this monster resurrected thing is, but surely it can't be as bad as Dominion?

Usually I don’t respond to people in the topics I create, but I’ll make an exception for this one.

It’s honestly debatable. And I’m not joking. Monsters Resurrected really is that bad; in fact, it may or may not have had some influence in how the JW trilogy played out.

Just watch the episode “Biggest killer dino” and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

I'm only two minutes and 17 seconds in and I'm already getting a headache, this looks like shit.

Here, here’s a thorough review that won’t give you a headache, but a laugh instead.

[Voyager]

Rexy utterly demolishes any other theropod known to man. Acro included.

[EarthNeronga]

Usually I don’t respond to people in the topics I create, but I’ll make an exception for this one.

It’s honestly debatable. And I’m not joking. Monsters Resurrected really is that bad; in fact, it may or may not have had some influence in how the JW trilogy played out.

Just watch the episode “Biggest killer dino” and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

I'm only two minutes and 17 seconds in and I'm already getting a headache, this looks like shit.

Here, here’s a thorough review that won’t give you a headache, but a laugh instead.

holy shit thats bad. like Bad Bad; even someone who likes Dominon and the JW films; this is just..

[Noble Saber]

I'm already in agreement that Tyrannosaurus wins (as it does against most nearly any theropod in a "to the death" match), so I won't say anything about that other than what has already been said.

One thing to note about Acrocanthosaurus is that it is known from incomplete remains. Even putting together a composite individual from the specimens illustrated on Wikipedia would still generate missing elements such as the terminal caudals. So we don't know the actual size, just a fairly good estimate.

I've spent some time with Allosaurus - which despite an excellent sample size of individuals especially for a dinosaur, tends to not preserve the tail in specimens and not articulated. That last part is the important part as caudal vertebrae count is clearly variable in theropods. Recent Allosaurus reconstructions which depict a shortened tail (most notably by GET_AWAY_TRIKE on Twitter) based on 'Big Al 2' are interpretations I would disagree with as Big Al 2 likely is missing several caudals.

Now this is all to say that missing caudal vertebrae and exact size estimates are not really THAT relevant for hypothetical match ups. Just that dinosaurs are tricky because the nature of the fossil record does not lean into preserving articulated specimens. Even Acrocanthosaurus which has a complete skull associated with it might end up looking different with new knowledge and new fossils. I know one paleontologist who has a wild (and unpublished) claim that Acrocanthosaurus isn't even allosauroid at all. Just some interesting thoughts.

I will also say that a fight between a juvenile Acrocanthosaurus (impossible to determine as there are no well preserved juvenile Acros) and a juvenile Tyrannosaurus would probably be less one sided, given the extreme ontogenetic changes T. rex go through.