Pycnonemosaurus

So, a contentious topic in the video game side of the dinosaur community is whether or not the designs in a game are accurate, some games, like JWE get more Leeway due to being a Jurassic world Tie-in Game but its most recent designs have ranged from ok to phenomenal, but games like path of titans says it is trying to be accurate, so lots of people were mad when T-rex, pachycephalosaurus, pycnonemosaurus, kaiwhekea and thalassodromeus didn't turn out the best, some got the designs close enough to be ignored others rightfully got critique so lets go through this list give a new take on some designs

1. T-rex

Some people were saying it was too thin, I personally don't see it. but the bigger problem is that 2/3 of the subspecies look the exact same and have no teeth but

aside from that maybe the arms seem a little longer than they should be.

2. Pachycephalosaurus

This one looks pretty good (as long as you ignore the speed variant) but I have two big problems. One: its legs seem a tad too long. and Two: its upper and lower jaws are shaped weird, I can't but my finger on it but if I am remembering correctly, Its upper jaw had no beak, but had an angular ending or maybe a pseudo-beak. the lower jaw of PoT's pachycephalosaurus has a more rounded angular and the dentry has no beak which everyone can agree that it had . also its eyes don't seem the right size or position (Balanced one)

3. Pycnonemo-Taurus

This is probably the worst design in path of titans(only with severe competition from kaiwhekea) only one subspecies looks realistic, heck, any compromise would be better than the versions we have now. For example, the hornless one being the default and having the other 2 subspecies horned or default being horned as long as the others either have one horn or none at all. I don't think there is anything else that no one has said already , but on an unrelated note his sounds and emotes are incredibly unique, too bad his model is riddled with problems.

4. Kaiwhekea

I know this is an unpopular opinion but I think the model actually doesn't suck as bad as everyone says it does, first the lips, lips are a confusing thing in plesiosaurs, due to how uniform their teeth are lips are a possibility(then again river dolphins also have organized teeth without lips) the head is either giving it extra nasal cartilage or they accidentally done goofed. but in my mind either is likely. however the model is fine but the locomotion seems slightly off (they are recently fixing locomotion in sarco and eotrike so maybe it's next) and the most egregious thing about this boy is that they gave it the wrong diet but I have a theory as to why *puts on tinfoil hat* I think the devs were originally planning on eurhinosaurus to be released but maybe the file got corrupted or the model didn't look good, so they rushed kaiwhekea out and didn't give it filter feeding since there were too many bugs with the system , so the locomotion is messed up, the skull is messed up and the diet is messed up (I didn't say it was a good theory)

5. Thalassodromeus

This one has essentially everything right, model is good, sounds are unique the skull isn't messed up, they didn't give it Pteranodons crest for no reason, the only thing wrong is the fish eating and the fact it isn't able to even hunt deinonychus (please give a bite damage buff devs, every problem will be fixed) some people, hower say the size is over exaggerated, but in reality the size in only a little more, maybe only differing a few inches or so.( I could be wrong as I cannot find a path of titans size chart That has Thalassodromeus in it

In short I don't think designs are the biggest problem in the game when only 2 are horrendously awful but there is a far larger problem that connects to design.

Map design is next

Sarcosuchus: Crocodilians rule

Amargasaurus: You like sauropods

Tylosaurus: You like mosasaurs

Rhamphorhynchus: You like pterosaurs

Leedsichthys: You like prehistoric fish

Hatzegopteryx: You like azhdarchids

Pycnonemosaurus: You like abelisaurids

Eurhinosaurus: You like ichthyosaurs

Pachycephalosaurus: You like pachycephalosaurs

Kaiwhekea: You like plesiosaurs

What would have happened if a duo of Polacanthus met with the largest Abelisaurid ever named, Pycnonemosaurus, battled with each other? Would the Polacanthus duo use teamwork to their advantage and defeat the Pycnonemosaurus, or, would the teamwork Polacanthus duo not be enough and lose to the Pycnonemosaurus? Let's find out as we check out Mesozoic world battle series.

Note: some (yes some, because some of them might not be from the Dinopedia pages) of the info I'm getting is from the Dinopedia pages of both dinosaurs.

In the red corner, we have the largest Abelisaurid named, Pycnonemosaurus.

Pycnonemosaurus stats:

Size: 8.9 meters in length and 4 metric tons in weight

Speed: 27 mph

Bite force strength: most likely high

Weapons: large size, powerful bite, and speed (bias to speed not intended)

Defence: some osteoderms

And in the blue corner, we have a Polacanthus duo

Polacanthus duo stats:

Size: 5 meters and 2 tons (10 meters and 4 tons when added up)

Speed: N/A but I do know it is slow (I couldn't even find anything useful)

Bite force strength: N/A

Weapons: spikes, tail spikes, numbers, armor

Defence: armor, sacral shield, spikes

Pycnonemosaurus advantages: bite strength, larger (when not adding them up), and faster

Polacanthus duo advantages: better defence, tail spikes, sacral shield, numbers, armor, lower center of gravity

Pycnonemosaurus disadvantages: higher center of gravity, alone, little armor, less better defence, no sacral shield, no tail spikes

Polacanthus duo disadvantages: slower speed, no bite strength, and smaller

Where it will be taking place in: an amethyst cave

Plot:

A Polacanthus duo is seen with each other walking in a cave and would later on stumble upon an amethyst cave, a cave that they do not recognize. A Pycnonemosaurus would later stumble upon the Polacanthus duo and the amethyst cave. The Pycnonemosaurus would let out a roar-like sound before charging at the Polacanthus duo. One of the Polacanthus would rear up and would try to slam the Pycnonemosaurus on the leg only for the Pycnonemosaurus to walk over the Polacanthus' tail and would try to bite the other Polacanthus on the neck only for the Polacanthus to rear up and slam its spikes onto the Pycnonemosaurus on the back of the ankle pushing it forward. The Pycnonemosaurus would roar at the Polacanthus duo and would bite one of them on the tail and would lift it slightly off the floor and would slam it on the amethyst knocking it out the Polacanthus. The other Polacanthus would charge at the Pycnonemosaurus and would slash the Pycnonemosaurus on the foot after it tried to stomp it on the back and would later on try to slash it on the leg only for the Pycnonemosaurus to bite the Polacanthus on the leg and would pick up slightly off the floor and would throw it a few meters away. The Polacanthus that was knocked out by the Pycnonemosaurus would get up but would later bellow at the Pycnonemosaurus and would charge at it and would rear up and would try to stab it on the chest with its spikes only for the Pycnonemosaurus to bite it on the neck and would lift up slightly off the floor but the Polacanthus would slash it multiple times on the side and after that, the Pycnonemosaurus would throw it and after that, the Polacanthus would be stabbed on the chest by a sharp piece of amethyst causing the Polacanthus to bellow in pain before letting out a final bellow before closing its eyes lifelessly, dead. The Polacanthus that didn't die would see the Pycnonemosaurus looking at his friend and the Polacanthus would let out a bellow, angered at the death of his friend. The Polacanthus would later on slam the Pycnonemosaurus on the leg with his tail before stabbing the Pycnonemosaurus on the chest, injuring the Pycnonemosaurus. The Pycnonemosaurus would later look at the Polacanthus before walking away injured by the deadly blow. The Polacanthus would later mourn and would bellow in victory.

Conclusion: Though the Pycnonemosaurus was able to dispatch one of the Polacanthus in the duo, it was too distracted on his kill before being injured heavily by the last Polacanthus of the group and would be defeated. Pycnonemosaurus may have been larger but the Polacanthus spikes and armor were just a bit much for the Pycnonemo to handle.

Winner: Polacanthus

Made by me

According to this Aliometric study

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667116301902?via%3Dihub

A 5.6 Meter(18.4 Foot) Majungasaurus is 1,100 Kgs(2,420 Lbs)

However,according to this Majungasaurus would reach 8 Meters in length

https://people.ohio.edu/witmerl/Downloads/2007_Sampson_&_Witmer_Majungasaurus_skull.pdf

Now

^x 1.1 Tons is roughly 1.571 Tons

Add 250 Kgs because of Mass increase and we get a Weight off...

1,821 Kilograms

Now to look at 2 Abelisaurids often considered Larger than Majungasaurus,Carnotaurus and Pycnonemosaurus

The article eastomates a max size of 8.9 Meters for Pycnonemosaurus

Now,for a 7 Meter Pycnonemosaurus there is an estimate of 1.2 Tons

8.9/7 is 1.271

1.271 x 1.2 is 1.525 Tons,adding 200 extra Kgs we have

1,725 Kgs

That May be big but it isn’t Majungasaurus big,Majungasaurus is heavier by 96 Kgs

Next is Carnotaurus

According to this

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1631068319301824?via%3Dihub

Carnotaurus would be 9 Meters and 1,743 Kgs

BUT,Carnotaurus was 7.8 Meters long irl

9/7.8 is 1.153

1.743/1.153 is 1.512

Minus 150 Kgs and we get

1,362 Kgs

So Majungasaurus is,and I ain’t Joking...

459 Kgs heavier!Half a ton!Majunga May be a bit long but it is way bulkier.

In Fact the largest Allosaurus is 10 Kgs lighter lmao.

Another is Chenanisaurus which is a mix of Pycnonemosaurus and Majungasaurus

2.175 Tons + 1.725 Tons /2 is 1.95 + 150 Kgs from scaling to 9 Meters

2,100 Kgs!

Fianlly is Majunga’s cousin,his rival....

Rajasaurus

Now,lowest estimates is 7 Meters,upper is 10.5

17.5/2 is 8.75

Now that is big but Majunga is bulkier

10.5/8.75 is 1.2

4/1.2 is 3.33

3.33-1.5 Because of mass

1,830 Kgs

So,Rajasaurus is the biggest in my own personal interpretation(10.5 Meter,4 Tons) and the median but barely,so with this in mind the biggest are

1. Rajasaurus(10.5 Meters and 4 Tons)

2. Chenanisaurus(9 Meters and 2.1 Tons)

3. Majungasaurus(8 Meters and 1.821 Tons)

4. Pycnonemosaurus(8.9 Meters and 1.725 Tons)

5. Carnotaurus(7.8 Meters and 1.362 Tons)

Rajasaurus and Chenanisaurus are interchangeable however

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