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12-03-2018, 08:09 AM( This post was last modified: 12-03-2018, 08:11 AM by GuateGojira )
Interesting, I did not knew that "Rexy" was based in "Sue" and that "Buck" from The Lost World was based on "Stan", good information!
I don't think that "Sue" or even "Scotty" were over 9 tons, that figures is probaby the maximum for T. rex.
Also the biggest Giganotosaurs found was not as heavy as the biggest T.rex, probably about 8 ton at the most, but with only two specimens (only one more or less complete and the other only a fragment of mandible) this is still not sure. By the way Scott Harman retracted from his previous estimation of up to 13.2 meters for the large Giganotosaurus mandible, as with only an small fragment, this specimen could be just an specimen of the same size then the holotype (12.3 - 12.5 m long) but with a bigger head, just that.
Spinosaurus was not even close to the T. rex figures, with that body probably was much lower than 8 tons, maybe 7 at the most.