Size comparisons

[DinoFan83]

@"LoveAnimals" 

Quote:I guess that the width of the ribcage of Sue depends on the kind of skeleton reconstruction that skeletal drawers refer to

They vary from this

To this

So that's maybe the reason why there are so many skeletal drawings about sue with different sizes of ribcages?

I saw something on the net like this

See, there's a problem with the Field Museum mount. The ribs are articulated so that the ribcage is too wide, and they are also swept strongly anteriorly instead of strongly posteriorly, so those images are not accurate to judge ribcage size from. See page 13 of the T. rex profile thread for more.

Quote:I only have the image sadly, you can download it and do the reverse research for images to be able to visit thebsite with this, if I remember correctly it was a new take on tyrannosaurus just like spino’s new mass is.

You are correct that it was a new take (putting in gastralia). But what they didn't do was fix the rib placement.

Quote:If it's true, I believe the size shown by franoys is correct

Well, since it's not true, the size shown by Franoys doesn't seem to be correct.

Quote:though he still didn't modify giganotosaurus’ weight.

Correct. Why that is, I am not sure, and it is one of the reasons I find the estimates from SpinoInWonderland, GetAwayTrike, and Greg Paul's modified skeletal to be the safer bet.

Quote:About the link I sent you, I was only showing you the skeletal comparisons and that's the site I use the most, i don't care about the topic he was talking to, about which is dangerous, because we didn't live at their time so we will most likely never now.

I estimate Tyrannosaurus could be more aggressive since it was most likely solitary, while wasn't Giganotosaurus a lizard that lived in packs? Whatever, Ibonky referred to sizes not “hypothetical battles”.

I guess this part I will drop since it has no relevance to size.

Quote:But here it comes the mystery. Giganotosaurus holotype.
Do photos of it exist? Because I only see it on skeletal drawings but I can't find no images of it, who is Giganotosaurus holotype? Do you know if there are any real images of it?
Maybe it's this one I saw myself? (Yes, pictures made by me hehe )

Sadly, they do not. There is no scientific publication describing the animal in detail, therefore the mounted skeletons are the closest we have to that until said description.

Quote:Could it be? Cos I already saw a comparison vs Sue made by someone using this model here

Not only is that Sue model very inflated, I suspect the Giganotosaurus mount may have its ribcage too narrow. We don't know for sure until a description is published, but it's quite dissimilar to Acrocanthosaurus for example, which is not barrel chested but not narrow either.

Quote:Now I have an opinion, I visited your thread and maybe we do share the same kind of opinion even before I could read your thread

Glad to hear that.

Quote:Giganotosaurus ROSEAE, are you also of the opinion that Mapusaurus Roseae and Giganotosaurus Carolinii could be secretly the same animal or one simply the evolution of the other?

I do believe they are within the same genus. The reason for this is that almost all of the traits Coria and Currie (2006) used to justify putting G. roseae into the Mapusaurus genus, were not preserved in MUCPv-Ch1 (so there could be no comparison made). Reply