Size comparisons

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[DinoFan83]

Largest known specimens of Siats and Purussaurus.

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[Pckts]

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[Hello]

Impressive pillar like forelimbs!

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Mysore zoo

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[parvez]

Rajaji tigers, same surroundings for right sided pose, seem to be sub adult and mother. 

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Chuk from Taigan

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[DinoFan83]

@johnny rex 

A while back, I recall you asked me for a size chart depicting T. rex with Giganotosaurus/Carcharodontosaurus using my own estimates for the latter. If you are still interested, GetAwayTrike has done that. Here it is with Sue and SGM-DIN 1 (it should be important to remember that SGM-DIN 1 is in all likelihood not the 'Sue' of Carcharodontosaurus, but rather an average adult instead of the largest adult in a sample of >30 as Sue is).

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[johnny rex]

(01-23-2021, 06:57 PM)DinoFan83 Wrote: @johnny rex 

A while back, I recall you asked me for a size chart depicting T. rex with Giganotosaurus/Carcharodontosaurus using my own estimates for the latter. If you are still interested, GetAwayTrike has done that. Here it is with Sue and SGM-DIN 1 (it should be important to remember that SGM-DIN 1 is in all likelihood not the 'Sue' of Carcharodontosaurus, but rather an average adult instead of the largest adult in a sample of >30 as Sue is).

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Awesome, at the average size I believe most large theropods are about the same. Around 10 tonnes and 12 meters long or a little bit more. Reply

[DinoFan83]

I do not agree with 12 meters (in all cases below it would be at least somewhat longer), but 10 tonnes or more is a fairly plausible average of known specimens for a number of theropods as far as I can see. By my personal estimations, known specimens of Spinosaurus are probably well over that (>12 tonnes), the 2 Giganotosaurus specimens could plausibly be up to 10.3 tonnes average, Carcharodontosaurus might reach the 10-ish tonne area for average of known adults given CMN 50792 as well as SGM-DIN 1 possibly not being an adult (page 3). Not to mention there is at least 1 species of Allosaurus that has an immature 9-10 tonne specimen (whatever the species of AMNH 5767 is, I can link the source if you wish). Reply

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Exceptionally large lion (Aslan ,250 +kg) and Average lion if not slightly under for his subspecies (Aragorn, almost 180 kg). 

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[Sully]

A camel walking in front of a giraffe

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[DinoFan83]

Size comparison of Mammuthus meridionalis and the giant Tendaguru megalosaurid/Torvosaurus spp.

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[Luipaard]

Persian leopardess with two cubs and Syrian brown bear sow with cub

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[Sully]

Paraceratherium vs paleoloxodon. The two contenders for the biggest mammal of all time.

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More on the argument for the proboscidean: The Largest Beasts to Walk the Earth (nationalgeographic.com) Reply