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| Spinosaurus aegyptiacus v Tyrannosaurus rex | |
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| Wolf Eagle | Jan 7 2012, 02:16 AM Post #1 |
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Tyrannosaurus rex Tyrannosaurus is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex (rex meaning "king" in Latin), commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other tyrannosaurids. Fossils are found in a variety of rock formations dating to the Maastrichtian age of the upper Cretaceous Period, 67 to 65.5 million years ago.[1] It was among the last non-avian dinosaurs to exist before the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event. Like other tyrannosaurids, Tyrannosaurus was a bipedal carnivore with a massive skull balanced by a long, heavy tail. Relative to the large and powerful hindlimbs, Tyrannosaurus forelimbs were small, though unusually powerful for their size, and bore two clawed digits. Although other theropods rivaled or exceeded Tyrannosaurus rex in size, it was the largest known tyrannosaurid and one of the largest known land predators. By far the largest carnivore in its environment, Tyrannosaurus rex may have been an apex predator, preying upon hadrosaurs and ceratopsians, although some experts have suggested it was primarily a scavenger. The debate over Tyrannosaurus as apex predator or scavenger is among the longest running in paleontology. Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest land carnivores of all time; the largest complete specimen, FMNH PR2081 ("Sue"), measured 12.8 metres (42 ft) long, and was 4.0 metres (13.1 ft) tall at the hips. Mass estimates have varied widely over the years, from more than 7.2 metric tons (7.9 short tons), to less than 4.5 metric tons (5.0 short tons), with most modern estimates ranging between 5.4 and 6.8 metric tons (6.0 and 7.5 short tons). Packard et al. (2009) tested dinosaur mass estimation procedures on elephants and concluded that dinosaur estimations are flawed and produce over-estimations; thus, the weight of Tyrannosaurus could be much less than usually estimated. Other estimations have concluded that the largest known Tyrannosaurus specimens had a weight exceeding 9 tonnes. ![]() Spinosaurus aegyptiacus Spinosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. Spinosaurus may be the largest of all known carnivorous dinosaurs, even larger than Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus. Estimates published in 2005 and 2007 suggest that it was 12.6 to 18 metres (41 to 59 ft) in length and 7 to 20.9 tonnes (7.7 to 23.0 short tons) in weight. The skull of Spinosaurus was long and narrow like that of a modern crocodilian. Spinosaurus is thought to have eaten fish; evidence suggests that it lived both on land and in water like a modern crocodilian. The distinctive spines of Spinosaurus, which were long extensions of the vertebrae, grew to at least 1.65 meters (5.4 ft) long and were likely to have had skin connecting them, forming a sail-like structure, although some authors have suggested that the spines were covered in fat and formed a hump. Multiple functions have been put forward for this structure, including thermoregulation and display. Dal Sasso et al. (2005) assumed that Spinosaurus and Suchomimus had the same body proportions in relation to their skull lengths, and thereby calculated that Spinosaurus was 16 to 18 meters (52 to 59 ft) in length and 7 to 9 tonnes (7.7 to 9.9 short tons) in weight. The Dal Sasso et al. estimates were criticized because the skull length estimate was uncertain, and (assuming that body mass increases as the cube of body length) scaling Suchomimus which was 11 meters (36 ft) long and 3.8 tonnes (4.2 short tons) in mass to the range of estimated lengths of Spinosaurus would produce an estimated body mass of 11.7 to 16.7 tonnes (12.9 to 18.4 short tons).
Edited by Taipan, Apr 24 2015, 10:10 PM.
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| Jinfengopteryx | Jan 21 2013, 04:14 AM Post #1516 |
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It's actually just based on a too wide chest (that's why I too don't believe in it). Apart from that, the 9t figure just filled the outline, but the 18t one is really, really, really fat. |
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| Superiron21 | Jan 21 2013, 12:25 PM Post #1517 |
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they give you research... have you ever investigated on 1 dinosaur before? please that´s supported... even if you don´t wanna believe bulkier doesn´t mean fat... they´re not humans |
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| SpinoInWonderland | Jan 21 2013, 01:54 PM Post #1518 |
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The madness has come back...
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If you ever looked at a Tyrannosaurus skeletal and compared it to the model, you would see how disgustingly fat the model is...Need I post the images here and embarrass you? |
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| MysteryMeat | Jan 21 2013, 02:02 PM Post #1519 |
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If you look at the mount and compare it too the reconstruction u will see it's not that fat. Sue has a torso like a fat sausage anyways. U probably won't accept so... whatever. |
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| SpinoInWonderland | Jan 21 2013, 02:23 PM Post #1520 |
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The madness has come back...
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You really had to force my hand do you? Sue: ![]() Stan: ![]() Average Tyrannosaurus(represented by AMNH 5027 here): ![]() Then compare them to the models and prepare to be embarrassed... |
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| MysteryMeat | Jan 21 2013, 02:42 PM Post #1521 |
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I already posted the pics earlier in the thread. I said compare the reconstruction in the same paper to the mount. Even if the torso is too long due to extension, it still won't account for a 3 tonne downsize. It's been discussed many times, if you don't get it you don't get it. |
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| theropod | Jan 22 2013, 05:08 AM Post #1522 |
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palaeontology, open source and survival enthusiast
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the torso is not only too long, it is too wide because of the wrong rib posture. In the min model, that´s already causing a significant weight increase, you can see it from other scientists estimates. Do you think those where made up (Hartman´s for example)? I think I have debated about this enough for a lifetime, but for sure the differences are not just ignorable. |
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| MysteryMeat | Jan 22 2013, 05:44 AM Post #1523 |
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I don't think how the ribs are oriented laterally in the mount has an effect on how wide the torso is. If you look at that image in the paper, the rib cage is not too wide compare to the head. Sue's torso is about 1.7 meters wide at the widest point, and the reconstruction in the paper does not exceed that. |
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| Verdugo | Jan 22 2013, 03:36 PM Post #1524 |
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Large Carnivores Enthusiast
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Your Spino dentary is far too long and deep actually. If you does notice, Andrea Cau didn't just only make the size comparison but he also STATED that MSNM dentary is only as long as that of Sue, but it is still dimensionally smaller (which means SHALLOWER). Please, why don't you just go search for google and find some Spino skull reconstruction DIRECTLY from scientists instead of wasting time to create your own ? ![]() Don't you see the skull proportion is much better than yours ? |
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| SpinoInWonderland | Jan 22 2013, 03:52 PM Post #1525 |
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The madness has come back...
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Irrelevant, Tyrannosaurus is more related to birds than Spinosaurus, comparing the two dinosaurs that way proves nothing... |
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| Verdugo | Jan 22 2013, 07:24 PM Post #1526 |
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WTF are you talking about ???. I only stated that T rex had dimensionally bigger dentary, i didn't state that because T rex had dimensionally bigger dentary so it was bigger. Understand now ?. I didn't said a thing about birdie relations thing or the size of the two |
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| SpinoInWonderland | Jan 22 2013, 07:46 PM Post #1527 |
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The madness has come back...
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Their comparative dentary sizes are irrelevant as it doesn't actually prove anything in this match... |
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| theropod | Jan 23 2013, 12:32 AM Post #1528 |
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mystery meat: and where is the torso width figure from? not the mount? I actually was talking about depth mainly, if depth and lenght are both too large and the width is unclear the results may well end up significantly exagerated, but discussing this will not help solving the problem. Verdugo: I am really annoyed, it is enoug. you are criticising hatever I do, while you cannoz even reproduce it or point out really existant flaws. Do you criticise Hartman because of him mixing up the holotype and mnsm? The detary is scaled to match toe point it ends in Irritator as well, that's a fact. You cannot just claim tis to be wrong because you personally don't like it. You might favoura proportionally smaller dentary, that's your problem. It might just as well simply be more robust. And just because its Cau's opinion on how much larger Mnsn wasor how larger it's dentary was, it isn't automatically true. Do a friggin' better reconstruction before talking mine down. |
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| Maelstrom | Jan 23 2013, 02:05 AM Post #1529 |
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Autotrophic Organism
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I read somewhere on the forum that a spinosaur's claw would only inflict scratches, so I decided to make a comparison to show how deep these scratches would be - the T.rex skull is 143 cm long and the Spino's claw is scaled with Baryonyx's thumb claw to 65 cm across the curve (both are quite liberal).
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| Fragillimus335 | Jan 23 2013, 02:10 AM Post #1530 |
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Not to mention that claw lacks the keratin sheath!! I estimate the living claw at around ~75cm long. |
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