Talk: Albertosaurus

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Albertosaurus or Tyrannosaurus?[]

It has been a large debate among fans in the Land Before Time community whether the Sharpteeth in The Big Freeze and The Great Longneck Migration are Tyrannosaurus or Albertosaurus. The Sharpteeth in these movies look noticeably different than the Sharpteeth in previous ones, having different colors, patterns, and eyes. Because of these differences, the later movie Sharpteeth are assumed by many to be of a different species, most notably Albertosaurus. There is yet to be a source of proof that these Sharpteeth are in fact Albertosaurus, as most Land Before Time merchandise media labels all carnivores as Sharpteeth. However, due to the Sharpteeths' differences from the earlier movie Sharpteeth, there has been no way of knowing that these Sharpteeth are Tyrannosaurus either. The solution to this conundrum may lie in a storyboard for one of the television series episodes, "The Great Longneck Scheme". During this episode, in one of Rhett's stories, two Sharpteeth similar to the ones in VIII and X appear, as seen in the image below. Pages in the storyboard of the episode show that the Sharpteeth are called "Trexes", therefore making them Tyrannosaurus. In The Land Before Time X:The Great Longneck Migration , a green Sharptooth, very similar to Mama Sharptooth or Plated Sharptooth making it therefore Tyrannosaurus or Tarbosaurus.

Because of these new findings, I propose that unless more info can be found, that the Albertosaurus page be at least temporarily deleted, and that mentions of the VIII and X Sharpteeth as Albertosaurus be changed to Tyrannosaurus. This of course would be a large change to parts of the wiki, and a consensus must be reached by the wiki's users before anything is changed. If you have any more information on this subject, or would like to put forth your own opinion or comment, please feel free to do so! -- A p p l e 18:19, July 29, 2012 (UTC)

Does anyone have an opinion on whether or not the Albertosaurus page should be deleted? I really don't want to delete it without any other opinions on the subject. Anons are welcome to comment! -- A p p l e 09:34, August 9, 2012 (UTC)

Great,to add more confusion into the debate,Wikipedia now says the ones from X were Daspletosaurus torosus.We gotta solve this somehow.And i agree with you about deleting the A. sarcophagus pageDino-Mario (talk) 00:22, August 15, 2012 (UTC)

Thanks for commenting! Since we are agreed on the removal of the page, I'll add the 'delete' tag on the article for now until we get this sorted out. I couldn't find where they're labled as Daspletosaurus on Wikipedia myself. Do you know if the Wikipedia page you saw them labeled as Daspletosaurus had a citation for where they got the information? If not, the information could be questionable. -- A p p l e 05:30, August 15, 2012 (UTC)

It can be seen here,in this old revision of the article:http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_The_Land_Before_Time_characters&oldid=494049864#Other_Sharpteeth

However,it has been edited recently and says they're Tyrannosauruses now Dino-Mario (talk) 16:44, August 15, 2012 (UTC)

That is interesting. Since there was no citation for it though, it is likely it was just speculation. Looking at the page now, the three are called about five different species. -- A p p l e 06:02, November 12, 2012 (UTC)

I still think it's an Albertosaurus the whole concept is very clear in this quarrel. Because lets face it most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference between Tyrannosaurus, Albertosaurus, Daspletosaurus whatever. To most of the media will just see more recent Sharpteeth as a T-rex because of the fame and more popularity, but if you look at the colors of their eyes and bodies (despite not having any markings or somesort). It explains to you that they are another species, one good reason for the storyboard is that maybe the writer just put "Trexes" there, I mean after all Tyrannosaurs in The Land Before Time would probably look all the same. Another logical explanation is why would Universal Cartoons change the color of a T-rex Sharptooth why changer Don Bluth's original color for the villian. It doesn't make sense. -- Ibarber (talk) 16:57, December 24, 2012 (UTC)

Sharpteeth Rhett story — The two Sharpteeth that appear in Rhett's story in "The Brave Longneck Scheme", notice their similarity to the Sharpteeth from X.

Sharpteeth Trex The Brave Longneck Scheme — A page from the episode's storyboard. The Sharpteeth are labled "Trex1" and "Trex2".

T-Rex — A Sharptooth from VI, confirmed to be a *Tyrannosaurus*. It has the usual greenish coloring of early Sharpteeth and its irises fill up its whole eyes.

LBT Albertosaurus sarcophagus — A Sharptooth from X. Notice its gray coloring as well as its eyes having whites instead of the iris filling up the whole eye.

LBT Albertosaurus arctunguis — A green Sharptooth from X. Notice its green coloring as well as its eyes having reds with a black stripe on its back.

They're T. rex, objectively; every piece of material we have that can be traced to Universal we have regarding their genus/species has stated that this is the case.

~ Don't lose your way, (with each passing day...) ~ 07:29, December 9, 2018 (UTC)