The Percentage Increase/Decrease Method:
1. Take new number and subtract it from original number.
2. Take that number and divide it by the original number and multiply by 100.
3. That number will by your percentage increase or decrease if it's negative.
132.7 - 130 = 2.7.
2.7 divided by (represented by "/") and multiplied by (represented by "*") equals 2.1.
(2.7/130*100 = 2.1)
2.1 is your percentage increase, or 2.1% increase.
12.2 m + 2.1% = 12.5 meters for "Wyrex."
Links:
Percentage Increase/Decrease Method Links:
"Percentage Change - Percentage Increase and Decrease." SkillsYouNeed:
"Relative Increase." percentage.calculators.ro:
https://percentages.calculators.ro/15-percentage-increase-from-original-number-to-new-value.php
Model: Florida Alligator:
Skull: 26 cm (10 1/4 inches).
Body: 6 feet.
Worldwide Wildlife Products. "Alligator Skulls": "10-1/4 Alligator Skull":
https://www.worldwidewildlifeproducts.com/store/pc/10-1-4-inches-Good-Quality-Florida-Alligator-Skull-for-Sale-You-are-buying-this-one-for-59-99-125p7589.htm
1. Cerrejonisuchus:
Skulls (Largest): 31.4 cm (Table 1).
26 - 31.4 = 5.4.
5.4/26*100 = 20.8% increase.
1.829 m + 20.8% = 7 feet (2.2 meters).
Cerrejonisuchus' Total Length: 7 feet (2.2 meters).
Link:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02724630903409204
2. Eothoracosaurus:
MSU 3293:
Skull: 89.7 cm (For now).
Cerrejonisuchus:
Skulls (Largest): 31.4 cm.
Body: 2.2 meters.
89.7 - 31.4 = 58.3.
58.3/31.4*100 = 185.7% increase.
2.2 m + 185.7% = 21 feet (6.3 meters).
Eothoracosaurus' Total Length: 21 feet (6.3 meters).
Links:
Carpenter (1983) (Pg. 4 Table 1 [24-33]):
https://www.mdeq.ms.gov/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Vol_4_1.pdf
Species Name:
Brochu (2004): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/40662929_A_new_Late_Cretaceous_gavialoid_crocodylian_from_eastern_North_America_and_the_phylogenetic_relationships_of_Thoracosaurs
Link 2:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4524750?seq=1
Time:
Fossilworks. "Eothoracosaurus":
http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=176554
Fossilworks. "Eothoracosaurus mississippiensis":
http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=176555
Family Tree:
Lee and Yates (2018) (Figure 1):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6030529/
3. Elosuchus:
Carcharodontosaurus and Elosuchus by David Bonadonna:
Largest Skull: 107.7 cm (Meunier and Larsson, 2017, Table 1).
Eothoracosaurus:
Skull: 89.7 cm.
Body: 6.3 m.
107.7 - 89.7 = 18.
18/89.7*100 = 20.1% increase.
6.3 m + 20.1% = 25 feet (7.6 meters).
Elosuchus' Total Length: 25 feet (7.6 meters).
Link:
Meunier and Larsson (2017) (Table 1):
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/179/1/169/2870024
Picture:
David Bonadonna:
http://www.davidebonadonna.it/project/342/
4. Sarcosuchus:
Sarcosuchus vs. Suchomimus:
Skull: 150 cm (Sereno et al., 2001, pg. 1518 Table 1).
Elosuchus:
Skull: 107.7 cm.
Body: 7.6 meters.
107.7 - 150 = 42.3.
42.3/107.7*100 = 39.3% increase.
7.6 m + 39.3% = 35 feet (10.6 meters).
Link:
Sereno et al., (2001) (Pg. 1518 Table 1):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11672584_The_Giant_Crocodyliform_Sarcosuchus_from_the_Cretaceous_of_Africa
2. BC-156:
Skull: 172.7 cm (Bone Clones).
Deinosuchus:
Skull: 167.6 cm.
Body: 11.8 m.
167.6 - 172.7 = 5.1.
5.1/167.6*100 = 3% increase.
11.8 m + 3% = 40 feet (12.2 meters).
Link:
Bone Clones:
https://boneclones.com/product/sarcosuchus-imperator-supercroc-skull-BC-156
Time Period:
Barremian and Older:
Douiret Formation:
Loeuff et al., (2010) (Pg. 753-754, 756-757):
http://doc.rero.ch/record/293777/files/S0016756810000178.pdf
El Rhaz Formation:
Bertozzo et al., (2017) ("Introduction"):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5480399/
Loeuff et al., (2012) (Pg. 3 and 8):
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/284617900_Between_Tendaguru_and_Bahariya_on_the_age_of_the_Early_Cretaceous_dinosaur_sites_from_the_Continental_Intercalaire_and_other_African_formations
Others:
Souza et al., (2019) (Pg. 2-3, and 5):
https://paleontologia.ufes.br/sites/paleontologia.ufes.br/files/field/anexo/souza_et_al._2019_-_sarcosuchus_0.pdf
Barremian-Aptian:
Contessa, Michela. Paleontological studies of Cretaceous vertebrate fossil beds in the Tataouine Basin (southern Tunisia). Pg. 12-13. 2013:
http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5240/1/Contessi_Michela_tesi.pdf
Aptian-Albian:
Dridi (2018):
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X18301778?via%3Dihub
Albian:
Contessa, Michela. Paleontological studies of Cretaceous vertebrate fossil beds in the Tataouine Basin (southern Tunisia). 2013:
http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/5240/1/Contessi_Michela_tesi.pdf
Notes:
Age:
Pg. 14: Albian.
Fossils:
All: Pages 20-29; Sarcosuchus: Pg 25-26, 28; Spinosaurus, Carcharodontosaurus, and ornithopod: Pg 27-29).
Sarcosuchus' Total Length: 35-40 feet (10.6-12.2 meters).
5. Deinosuchus:
Deinosuchus vs. Albertosaurus or Gorgosaurus:
Sarcosuchus holotype:
Skull: 150 cm.
Body: 10.6 m.
150 - 167.6 = 17.6.
17.6/150*100 = 11.7% increase.
10.6 m + 11.7% = 39 feet (11.8 meters).
Deinosuchus' Total Length: 39 feet (11.8 meters).
Link:
Prehistoric Planet Store:
http://www.prehistoricstore.com/item.php?item=1475
Bay State Replicas:
http://www.baystatereplicas2.com/product/deinosuchus-skull/
6. Purussaurus:
Skull (Mandible): 175 cm (Aureliano et al., 2015, "Introduction" p. 4).
Sarcosuchus Specimen 2:
Skull: 172.7 cm.
Body: 12.2 m.
175 - 172.7 = 2.3.
2.3/172.7*100 = 1.3% increase.
12.2 m + 1.3% = 41 feet (12.4 meters).
Purussaurus' Total Length: 41 feet (12.4 meters).
Link:
Aureliano et al., (2015) ("Introduction" p. 4):
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0117944
7. Stomatosuchus:
Skull from Paleofile:
Skull: 2 meters (Stromer, 1925, pg. 1) (Stromer, 1933, pg. 45).
Purussaurus:
Skull (Mandible): 175 cm.
Body: 12.4 meters.
175 - 200 = 25.
25/175*100 = 14.3% increase.
12.4 m + 14.3% = 47 feet (14.2 meters).
Stomatosuchus' Total Length: 47 feet (14.2 meters).
Links:
Stromer (1925) (Pg. 1):
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_30_0001-0022.pdf
Stromer (1933) (Pg. 45):
https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Abhandlungen-Akademie-Bayern_NF_15_0001-0055.pdf
Skull Pic:
Paleofile:
https://images.app.goo.gl/uwizbwGoJxtrJgsNA
