Tyrannosaurus rex

[tigerluver]

Explain to me why so often there is a lack of consensus regarding the measurement of dinosaur bones. Giganotosaurus is one case, and looks like that website has 1.29 m for Scotty's femur length (Persons et al. 2019 reports 1.333 m). In mammal bones, the difference is a few millimeters at best. Perhaps the larger the bone, the more difference in measurement between two observers? For instance, measuring a hemimandible of a cat, the measurement is shorter if the hemimandible is rested on its lateral or buccal side, and longest if measured in its natural in situ position (resting at the inferior base). Reply