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The biggest dinosaurs that lived on Earth

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06-15-2015, 10:26 AM ( This post was last modified: 06-15-2015, 10:29 AM by GuateGojira )

(06-15-2015, 09:19 AM)'tigerluver' Wrote: Spinosaurus may have been heavier than its frame suggested, as per Ibrahim et al. (2014), "Bone density within the long bones, in addition, is 30 to 40% greater in Spinosaurus than in other theropods (8)". The bone density issue is the reason why tigers are oddly heavy for their bone frame.

See attachment for the Therian study.

I can't say anything on the potential accuracy of any estimate yet.

 
Actually the study of Therrien is invalid, as they used carnosaurs to get the weight of Spinosaurus, they presented a short but fat Spinosaurus which has nothing of the real Spinosaurus presented by Ibrahim and Sereno. I think that Spinosarus is the contrary of tigers, they have dense bones but a light frame and body.

I think that to compare T.rex and Spinosarus is like to compare an Albatros and an Harpy eagle, if you know what I mean. [img]images/smilies/wink.gif[/img]
 
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RE: The biggest dinosaurs that lived on Earth - GuateGojira - 06-15-2015, 10:26 AM
On the accuracy estimates - tigerluver - 09-01-2016, 06:05 AM



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