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Spinosaurus aegyptiacus v Tyrannosaurus rex
Topic Started: Jan 7 2012, 02:16 AM (459,311 Views)
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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.

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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).

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Fragillimus335
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dinosaur
Dec 23 2012, 11:46 AM
Does anybody agree Tyrannosaurus kills Spino?
Nope! :D Well, not me at least!
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SpinoInWonderland
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Dec 23 2012, 11:46 AM
Does anybody agree Tyrannosaurus kills Spino?
Among the ones that are quite kknowledgeable on large theropods, no, Spinosaurus would win, accept it or live in denial
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7Alx
Dec 23 2012, 02:23 AM
@Broly
Saying "Spinosaurus is much bigger" is wrong statement. You take as proven fact. So your argument is bs. Ok. Spinosaurus might be much bigger, but there is enough evidencethat it is (or must) be that bigger than Tyrannosaurus or Carcharodontosaurus
The evidence is the proportions of related spinosaurids, they all follow a head:body ratio close to or at 1:10
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Dec 23 2012, 03:06 AM
U know something theropod and brolyeuphyfusion, AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!! I'm just explaining my thoughts. Trust me
You know something dinosaur, We're just realizing the facts and drawing the logical conclusion...
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SpinoInWonderland
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PitbullJoseph
Dec 23 2012, 02:43 AM
T-Rex with EASE. I don't see what the spinosaurus' incredibly weak jaws and even it's claws is going to do.
So much facepalm...

Spinosaurus is so much larger than Tyrannnosaurus, that it's size advantage is more than enough to counter Tyrannosaurus' bite

And Spinosaurus' jaws are NOT weak
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Sue at 9.5 tons should stand a decent chance of dueling a 12 tons Spino. The is one fight that doesn't have a clear outcome unless more Spino's remain are found and size De-mystified. I give it 50/50. But if we're using a theoretical 17-18m long spino at 18 tons then we have to also use the UCMP137538 rex at 16.5 tons.
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bone crusher
Dec 23 2012, 05:38 PM
Sue at 9.5 tons should stand a decent chance of dueling a 12 tons Spino. The is one fight that doesn't have a clear outcome unless more Spino's remain are found and size De-mystified. I give it 50/50. But if we're using a theoretical 17-18m long spino at 18 tons then we have to also use the UCMP137538 rex at 16.5 tons.
Sue was not 9.5 tonnes, a 9.5-tonne Tyrannosaurus would be about ~14 meters long

UCMP 137538 is not a Tyrannosaurus, it's bone doesn't resemble any Tyrannosaurus toe bone, check it yourself
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Hehe I think I'll trust scientist with the latest method and knowledge than yours broly.
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Dec 23 2012, 06:14 PM
Hehe I think I'll trust scientist with the latest method and knowledge
Most estimates for Tyrannosaurus are centered around 6 tonnes and those estimates were made by researchers and such...
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SpinoInWonderland
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If you use the liberal estimate for Tyrannosaurus, you must also use liberals for other dinosaurs, otherwise it's bias
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Most estimates are from one or two people with very dated methods, the rest just copy and paste the wrong data. Researchers constantly refresh their data when new analysis and studies are published, get in with time man.
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Dec 23 2012, 06:18 PM
If you use the liberal estimate for Tyrannosaurus, you must also use liberals for other dinosaurs, otherwise it's bias
You are dumb beyond comprehension, not all dinosaurs receive a free weight gain coz everything is proportion based. This is why the method is so much more accurate. How many times do I have to repeat myself?
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bone crusher
Dec 23 2012, 06:26 PM
brolyeuphyfusion
Dec 23 2012, 06:18 PM
If you use the liberal estimate for Tyrannosaurus, you must also use liberals for other dinosaurs, otherwise it's bias
You are dumb beyond comprehension, not all dinosaurs receive a free weight gain coz everything is proportion based. This is why the method is so much more accurate. How many times do I have to repeat myself?
Obviously you are biased towards Tyrannosaurus

So you would compare a conservative 10-tonne Diplodocus to a liberal 9.5-tonne Tyrannosaurus, despite the size difference?
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If they 3d scanned the Diplodocus maybe it will gain some or loose some weight, nobody knows.
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bone crusher
Dec 23 2012, 06:24 PM
Most estimates are from one or two people with very dated methods, the rest just copy and paste the wrong data. Researchers constantly refresh their data when new analysis and studies are published, get in with time man.
And why then do people like Paul and Brochu disagree with your totally up to date estimate? Can you explain to me why it is mainly the 9,5t estimate that is copied and pasted by everybody, ignoring the existence of other estimates? Can you explain to me why you think we should use the highest estimate for T. rex and just the normal ones for all the others? Because so far you haven´t given proper reasons to presume we should make jsut T. rex much heavier and at the same time use lower end estimates for any other animal.
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